FREE Modern History Activities & Notebooking: 1970s
Published:
May 5, 2020
Contributor:
Bonnie Rose Hudson
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How much do your kids know about the 1970s (other than the unique music and fashion)? Teaching modern history can seem challenging, but we have a FREE Modern History Activities & Notebooking series that can help.
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This FREE Modern History Activities & Notebooking: 1970s unit looks at five key events from American and world history that happened during the 1970s. It helps your student learn about:
- the Apollo 13 mission (1970)
- the massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
- Secretariat’s victory in the Triple Crown (1973)
- Watergate and President Nixon’s resignation (1974)
- the U.S. Presidential election (1976)
For each event, students will complete an activity such as a fill-in or a decoding puzzle. Completing these activities gives them a introduction to the topic as well as key information about it. After each activity, students can dive deeper into the topic by answering several questions on the notebooking pages provided. These are great ways to encourage independent research using an encyclopedia or other similar resource. The unit wraps up with a crossword puzzle reviewing all five events studied.
This unit is a great way to learn about modern history that gives plenty of room for rabbit trails that interest your students. Scroll down to grab your FREE instant download.
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Bonnie Rose Hudson
Bonnie Rose Hudson’s heart’s desire is for every child to feel the love of God and know how special they are to Him. She would love for you to stop by her website WriteBonnieRose.com for homeschool and history curriculum, resources to help teach your children about missions and the persecuted Church, free history and writing printables, and to check out her newest release from JourneyForth, The Hidden Village, an early reader set in India.
