US History Bell Ringers Unit 1 - 45 Daily Warm-Ups (Grades 6-8)

Start every class with a focused five-minute warm-up. This is Unit 1 of the US History Bell-Ringers full-year set: 45 daily prompts covering colonial america & the revolution.

WHAT'S INSIDE

- 45 daily bell-ringers (Weeks 1-9), organized as nine ready-to-print weekly pages

- One page per week: five prompts, Monday through Friday, with answer space

- A complete answer key for every prompt

- A standards page listing the CCSS literacy codes and content covered

TOPICS

- Historical thinking and sources, native nations before contact, european exploration and the columbian exchange, the thirteen colonies, colonial life and slavery, the french and indian war, the road to revolution, the declaration of independence, and the revolutionary war.

WEEKLY ROUTINE

- Monday vocabulary, Tuesday a short reading, Wednesday a source or data analysis, Thursday a quick check, Friday a higher-order question

- About five minutes a day; hand out Monday, collect Friday

FORMAT

- Print-first PDF, US Letter, low-ink, two-sided friendly - no logins or apps required

- Grades 6-8; works as a daily opener, spiral review, or emergency sub work

PAIRS WITH VIDEO

- Cross-references the The American Revolution video worksheets for a ready-made bell-ringer + video pairing.

SAVE WITH THE FULL YEAR

- This unit is one of four. Buy the US History Bell-Ringers Full-Year set (180 prompts) to get all four units together and save.

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TERMS OF USE

- For single-classroom / single-teacher use. Do not redistribute or post publicly.

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