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Cloze (fill-in-the-blank) activities for early writers: Women in History.

Fill in the blanks in this short biography of the Roman leader Julius Caesar, who first protected the republic and then turned it into a dictatorship.

Fill in the blanks in this short biography of King George III, the British monarch during the American Revolution.

Fill in the blanks in this short biography of Susan B. Anthony, the courageous women’s rights leader who worked for equality and suffrage for all.

Fill in the blanks in this short biography of the Greek philosopher Socrates, a central figure in Western thought.

Word bank: 470-399 BC, arrogant, ask questions, Greece, guilty, immortality, knowledge and virtue, Plato, refused, Socratic method, trial, Western philosophy.

This is a larger version of our Electoral College Coloring Map. After the 2016 US presidential election, color the US states on the map: red for states that vote Republican, blue for states that vote Democratic. This can be a standalone activity, or you can use the map as a larger, easier-to-color picture for our other electoral college worksheets, the Electoral College Coloring Map 2016 and the Electoral College Map Activity 2016.

Fill in the blanks in this short biography of Johannes Gutenberg, the German inventor of the printing press, who revolutionized the world through the mass production of books.

After the 2016 US presidential election, color the US states on the map: red for states that vote Republican, blue for states that vote Democratic. Then tally the electoral votes for each party - 270 votes are needed to become US President.

Answer the questions and follow the instructions to color the US electoral college map. Answers: 3. California (with 55 votes), 4. Texas (with 38 votes), 5. New York and Florida (with 29 votes each), 6. Georgia, 7. Washington, 8. Vermont, 9. Nebraska, 10. Louisiana.

Answer the questions and follow the instructions to color the US electoral college map. Answers: 3. California (with 55 votes), 4. Texas (with 38 votes), 5. New York and Florida (with 29 votes each), 6. Georgia, 7. Washington, 8. Vermont, 9. Nebraska, 10. Louisiana.

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Find words relating to Native Americans in this wordsearch puzzle. Look up, down, left, right, and diagonally! The PDF file includes both the word-search puzzle and the answer key.

Word bank: Sitting Bull, Powhatan, Sacajawea, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Ottawa, Lakota, Ghost Dance, Pontiac, Tribes, Sioux, Pocahontas, Chief, Little Bighorn

Solve this printable wordsearch puzzle with words related to the inventor Johannes Gutenberg.

Fill in the blanks in this printout, which is a short biography of the Native American warrior Crazy Horse. He was victorious over Gen. Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Word bank: American, army, Bighorn, born, brave, Custer, photographs, reservations, sculpture, South Dakota, surrender, westward.

Fill in the blanks in this printout, which is a short biography of Sitting Bull. This famous Native American leader was the last chief to surrender to the U.S. government.

Word bank: battle, Canada, expansion, father, South Dakota, Stand, courageously, government, surrender, Custer, reservations, warrior.

Ambulance coloring printout. Color it online or print it out and color it yourself!

Come celebrate the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!

Various pages on Social Studies and History.