Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for the following regions:

1. Eastern Woodlands
2. Southeast
3. Great Plains
4. Southwest
5. Northwest Coast
6. Arctic
7. Great Basin

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“I used this as a homeschooling unit study. It was absolutely perfect. More than I expected especially for the price. This really took us through the Native American study in depth! Other studies I have done never went into this much organized detail. The rubrics and the worksheets for my kids were great. Thank you for this!” – Christina H., 2nd/3rd Grade Teacher 

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Exploring the Unknown
2. Leif Erikson
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Amerigo Vespucci
5. John Cabot
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Hernando DeSoto
8. Henry Hudson
9. Robert LaSalle

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“My kids and I loved it! I even learned a lot! I highly recommend this purchase. I had the kids have their maps out during the lessons and would have them put their finger on where they started and ended up. This helped them better visualize the trips. We also reviewed the vocabulary and questions each day.” – Jennifer S., 4th Grade Teacher

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Columbian Exchange
2. European Settlements and Territories in the New World (Spain, France, England)
3. 13 Original Colonies 
4. Southern Colonies
5. Middle Colonies
6. New England Colonies
7. Lost Colony
8. Jamestown
9. Plymouth
10. The Triangular Trade Route

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“This is the best resource!!! Everything you need is in this set. It has so many fun and engaging activities. Love that you added a digital component to your resource. It was perfect to use when my students were remote.”  – Jackie E., 5th Grade Teacher

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are provided for:

The Causes:

1. French and Indian War
2. Benjamin Franklin
3. Proclamation of 1763
4. Acts (Quartering, Stamp, Townshend, Tea, Intolerable)
5. No Taxation Without Representation
6. Boston Massacre
7. Boston Tea Party
8. King George
9. First Continental Congress
10. Patrick Henry

Battles and Events:

1. Lexington and Concord
2. Second Continental Congress
3. Battle of Ticonderoga
4. Battle of Bunker Hill
5. Olive Branch Petition
6. Battle of Quebec
7. Common Sense
8. Declaration of Independence
9. Battle of Trenton
10. Battle of Saratoga
11. Battle of Valley Forge
12. Battle of Rhode Island
13. Bonhomme Richard
14. Battle of Charleston
15. Kings Mountain
16. Battle of Cowpens
17. Battle of Yorktown
18. Treaty of Paris

Important People

1. Benjamin Franklin
2. King George III
3. Patrick Henry
4. Paul Revere
5. John Hancock
6. Thomas Jefferson
7. George Washington
8. Molly Pitcher
9. John and Abigail Adams
10. Marquis de LaFayette
11. Crispus Attucks
12. Peter Salem
13. Phyllis Wheatly
14. Mercy Otis Warren
15. Benedict Arnold
16. James Armistead
17. Sybil Ludington
18. Deborah Samson
19. Nathan Hale
20. John Paul Jones
21. Thomas Paine
22. General Cornwallis
23. Ethan Allen
24. Nathaneal Greene
25. Samuel Adams
26. Thomas Gage
27. Francis Marion
28. Bernardo de Galvez
29. Alexander Hamilton
30. Richard Henry Lee

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“I absolutely LOVE this resource! My co-operating teacher used this resource during my student teaching, and I loved it so much I knew I had to get it for my own classroom as well. It is very engaging and the students learned so much!! I highly recommend this resource!”  – Haley M., 4th Grade Teacher

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Articles of Confederation
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Treaty of Paris
4. Shays’ Rebellion
5. The Virginia Plan
6. The New Jersey Plan
7. The Great Compromise
8. Three-Fifths Compromise
9. Northwest Ordinance of 1787
10. The Constitution
11. Preamble
12. Three Branches of Government
13. Federalists
14. Antifederalists
15. George Washington
16. Bill of Rights

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“This resource is so very good! Each kiddo had their very own booklet and was able to make notes, highlight, etc. as they pleased. It’s a good foundation to begin building more knowledge about our government. The passages weren’t too easy or too hard, so everyone was able to participate without any hesitation. Thank you!” – Elizabeth G., 5th Grade Teacher 

Moving westward played a huge part in the America we know today! But how did it happen? And what did people have to go through to get there? There’s a lot to cover, but I broke it all down for you in this Westward Expansion Unit! It’s loaded with informational text and activities for events, battles and important people. There are charts, primary sources, maps, graphic organizers, foldables, projects, timeline, and so much more! Students will learn to infer, use text evidence, look closer at images, identify cause and effect, compare and contrast, group facts, use context clues, show chronological order, etc.

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Daniel Boone
2. Northwest Ordinance
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Lewis and Clark
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. Sacagawea
7. Seminole Wars
8. Acquisition of Florida
9. Santa Fe Trail
10. Indian Removal Act
11. Battle of the Alamo
12. Trail of Tears
13. Oregon Trail
14. Manifest Destiny
15. California Trail
16. Annexation of Texas
17. Mormons
18. Mormon Trail
19. Oregon Treaty
20. Oregon Fever
21. Mexican Cession
22. Gold Rush
23. Gadsden Purchase
24. Pony Express
25. Telegraph
26. Pacific Railroad Act

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“I love all the products from Rockin’ Resources! They never disappoint. This unit expanded the chapters that involved A New Nation and Westward Expansion. It was very easy to get my students involved in research and participate in all of the activities within the packet.” – Lacinda B., 6th Grade Teacher

The Civil War played a key part in what America is today! Abraham Lincoln once said, “America will not be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” This Civil War unit includes well-crafted informational text in chronological order, along with creative lessons, activities, timeline, charts, maps, graphic organizers, projects, and a ton of reading comprehensions skills perfect for social studies. (Point of View, Summarizing, Cause and Effect, Comparison, Text Evidence, Vocabulary, etc.)

From the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s assassination to the Civil Rights Act and Rutherford B. Hayes Inauguration, the Reconstruction Era played a huge role in the progress of America. A lot happened in that vital time, so there’s a lot to uncover. No worries though, this Reconstruction Unit is loaded with informational text, reading comprehension activities (covering a ton of reading skills), a timeline, a cumulative project, primary sources, first- and second-hand accounts, and so much more!

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Emancipation Proclamation
2. Lincoln Re-elected
3. Freedmen’s Bureau
4. Robert E. Lee Surrenders
5. Lincoln Assassination
6. 13th Amendment
7. Black Codes
8. Civil Rights Act
9. Memphis Race Riots
10. New Orleans Race Riots
11. Ku Klux Klan
12. Reconstruction Acts
13. President Johnson’s Impeachment
14. 14th Amendment
15. Ulysses S. Grant Election
16. First Redeemer Government
17. First African American Senator
18. 15th Amendment
19. 42nd Congress
20. Freedmen’s Bureau Abolished
21. First African American Governor
22. Democrats Control
23. Civil Rights Act Enacted
24. Presidential Election Dispute
25. Wade Hampton
26. Rutherford B. Hayes Inauguration
27. Reconstruction Ends

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“I love all your Social Studies resources! Our new state standards picked up the Reconstruction period this year, but our textbooks end with the Civil War. This resource has been wonderful. I love that the passages are full of great information as well as containing relevant images. The level of questioning is varied as well to offer deep thinking.” – Whitney C., 4th Grade Teacher 

America, and the world, saw a fundamental change during the Industrial Revolution. This is when mass production, the rise of digital technology and more began! It completely changed society. With so many changes in such a short period of time, there’s a lot to cover in this unit. I broke it down chronologically for you. With this comprehensive Industrial Revolution unit, you’ll get well-crafted informational text with a variety of different comprehension questions to cover many reading skills, a timeline, study guide and test, as well as an end of unit project!

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Thomas Newcomen’s first steam engine
2. James Hargreave’s Spinning Jenny
3. James Watt’s new design for a steam engine
4. James Fitch’s steam engine design
5. Samuel Slater’s first cotton mill
6. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin
7. Richard Trevithick’s steam-powered locomotive
8. Robert Fulton’s steamboat and commercial steamboat company
9. Government roads
10. George Stephenson’s steam locomotive
11. The Erie Canal
12. First public railway
13. Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb steam engine
14. First commercial steam engine
15. Cyrus McCormick’s mechanical reaper
16. John Deere’s steel plow
17. Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar’s grain elevator
18. Charles Goodyears’ rubber
19. Samuel Morse’s telegraph
20. Elisha Howe’s sewing machine
21. Elisha Otis’s safety brake for elevators
22. Henry Bessemer’s steel production
23. Transcontinental Railroad
24. The National Labor Union
25. The Knights of Labor
26. George Brayton’s first combustion engine
27. Joseph Glidden’s barbed wire
28. Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone
29. Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb
30. George Eastman’s camera
31. Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz’s modern-style cars
32. The American Federation of Labor
33. Guglielmo Marconi’s machine to transmit radio waves
34. Wilbur and Orville Wright’s airplane
35. The National Child Labor Committee
36. Reginald Fessenden’s broadcast music and entertainment over the radio
37. Benjamin Holt’s gasoline-powered tractor
38. Henry Ford’s Model T on the assembly line
39. The end of the Industrial Revolution

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“This unit was laid out so clearly, such a smooth process for instruction. The book recommendations included in this resource were excellent, kids have been trying activities outside of this unit. Highly recommend, opened the door for lots of further discussion and exploration. We were also able to connect some of the events to what is happening in our world today.” – Maureen K L., 6th Grade Teacher

Informational Text and Comprehension Activities are included for:

1. Causes of World War I
2. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
3. The Great War Begins
4. Germany Invades Belgium
5. First Battle of Marne
6. Trench Warfare
7. First Battle of Ypres Begins
8. In Flanders Fields
9. The Ottoman Empire Officially Entered the War
10. Zeppelin Raids Begin in Great Britain
11. Germany Declares Unrestricted Warfare
12. The Second Battle of Ypres
13. Anzac
14. Sinking of Lusitania
15. Italy Declares War and Enters World War I
16. The Mesopotamian Campaign
17. The Battle of Verdun
18. The Battle of Somme
19. Biography of Field Marshal Douglas Haig
20. The Skyes-Picot Agreement
21. The Battle of Jutland
22. The Great Arab Revolt
23. The United States Severs All Diplomatic Ties With Germany
24. Zimmermann Telegram Received by America
25. Woodrow Wilson
26. America Declares War on Germany
27. The Selective Service Act
28. Women in World War I
29. Animals in World War I 
30. The Lost Battalion and Cher Ami
31. Sergeant Stubby
32. The Espionage Act of 1917
33. The Hello Girls
34. Christmas Truce of 1914
35. The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
36. General John Pershing
37. The Battle of Cantigny
38. The Assassination of Czar Nicholas II and His Family
39. The Bolsheviks
40. Vladimir Lenin
41. Aisne-marne Offensive 
42. The Battle of Saint-Mihiel 
43. Treaty of Brest-litovsk
44. The Battle of Vittorio Veneto
45. Kaiser Wilhelm II
46. Balfour Declaration
47. Key Players in War and Peace
48. Germany Signs The Armistice
49. The Allied Occupation of Germany 
50. The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
51. The Creation of the League Of Nations
52. Other Treaties That Ended World War I
53. Prime Minister Herbert Asquith
54. Prime Minister David Lloyd George
55. French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau

That’s a wrap on my social studies units for now! With the different standards in each state, I’ve created many bundles to meet your needs! Now go ROCK your teaching! 

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