U.S. HISTORY QUICK STARTS

Each page features two to four quick starts, some of which encourage creative thinking with open-ended projects like faux pioneer diary entries and short speeches supporting or opposing controversial issues, while others require memory and critical-thinking skills, such as cause and effect, compare and contrast, or sequencing. Quick starts can be cut apart to use separately, or entire pages may be employed as whole-class or individual assignments. Unit titles: "The Land and First People," "Explorers and Colonizers," "Revolutionaries and Pioneers," "Slavery, Freedom, and Technology," and "The United States as a World Power."