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Review Activities using Foldables

Engaging Students with Foldables for U.S. History to 1865

Engaging Students with Foldables was created by Susie Orr, an elementary social studies specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools. It contains instructional activities using foldable templates that were modeled after the folding techniques of Dinah Zike. These models correlate to specific Virginia SOL objectives and essential knowledge for U.S. History to 1865.

Overview of the Folding Techniques
Here are some tips for teaching with foldables.
Overview

Permission to Use
Teachers, specialists, coordinators, and other school personnel may use the templates and materials with students.
Permission to Use

Examples

Have a look at this file for examples of finished foldables.
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USI.2a
Continents and Oceans

USI.2b
Geographic Regions, Locations, and Physical Characteristics

USI.2c
Locate and Identify Water Features

USI.3a
Cactus Hill Pocket Book

USI.3b
Locating American Indians - 5 tab

USI.3c
American Indians and Resources Pocket Book

USI.4a
French, Spanish, Portuguese and English Explorations

USI.4a
Explorers

USI.4b
Conflict and Cooperation

USI.4b
Cultural Interaction

USI.4c
West Africal Societies: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

USI.5a
The Colonization of America

USI.5b
Comparing and Contrasting Life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Colonies

USI.5c
Colonial Life from Different Perspectives

USI.5d
Identifying the Political and Economic Relationships between the Colonies and Great Britian

USI.6a
Issues of Dissatisfaction that Led to the American Revolution

USI.6b
Key Philosophies in the Declaration of Independence

USI.6c
Revolutional War Key Events Step Book

USI.6c
Key and Important Individuals of the American Revolution

USI.7a
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

USI.7b
Constitutional Convention and Ratification of the Constitution

USI.7b
Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution

USI.7c
Major Accomplishments of the First Five U.S. Presidents

USI.8a
Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition

USI.8a
Territorial Expansion and Acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California

USI.8b
The Westward Movement: Geographic and Economic Factors

USI.8c
Impact of Inventions

USI.8d
Abolitionist Movement

USI.8d
Women's Suffrage Movement

USI.9a
Describe the Cultural, Economic, and Constitutional Issues that Divided the Nation

USI.9b
Southern Secession

USI.9b
Compromises Attempting to Resolve Differences

USI.9b
Government and Slavery Issues that Divided the Nation

USI.9c
The Union and Confederacy (1863): States that Seceded and Remained

USI.9d
Roles of Civil War Leaders

USI.9d
Roles of Civil War Leaders Pocket Book

USI.9e
This foldable has two versions: a basic level, wherein students recall names of battles and events, and a higher order thinking version, wherein students must explain and describe the importance of battles and events. The maps, images, and documents in each are duplicates.
The Civil War: Major Battles and Events (Basic Level)
The Civil War: Major Battles and Events (Higher Order Thinking)

USI.9f
Effects of the Civil War on African Americans