Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies > Lesson Plans > Middle School

Tic-Tac-Toe: Civil War Activities and Assignments

Submitted by Gorman Lee, Braintree Public School
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, U.S. History, Bleeding Kansas, Differentiated Instruction, Dred Scott, Fugitive Slave Law, Lincoln-Douglass Debates, Sectionalism, U.S. Civil War

Thomas Jefferson On Trial

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, U.S. History, Constitution, Constitutional Interpretation, Executive Powers, Impeachment, Mock Trial, Thomas Jefferson

The Constitution

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, Civics & Government, U.S. History, Articles of the Confederation, Authority, Constitution, Executive Branch, House of Representatives, Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch, Powers of Government, President, Senate, Supreme Court

The Acts of the British Government

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, U.S. History, British Government, Colonial America, Intolerable Acts, Navigation Acts, Proclamation of 1763, Revolutionary War, Sugar Act, Tea Act, Townshend Acts

State of the Union Address

Submitted by Grade 9 Teachers, Braintree Public School
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, Civics & Government, U.S. History, Article II Section 3, Congress, Constitution, Current Issues, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch, Listening, POTUS, State of the Union Address, Writing

Sectionalism Debate

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, U.S. History, Bleeding Kansas, Economics, Manifest Destiny, North vs South, Role of Federal Government, Sectionalism, Slavery, States Rights, U.S. Civil War

Road to War of Independence

Submitted by Pat Connor, Canton High School
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, World History, American Revolution, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, British, Bunker Hill, Coercive Acts, Committees of Correspondence, Common Sense, Evacuation of Boston, Lexington and Concord, Proclamation Line, Quartering Act, Quebec Act, Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, War of Independence