History From The Middle

The countdown is ON!

Come down into the comments and let us know how many days are on your countdown!

Start the week with a NO PREP ready to go resource that dives into the history of Memorial Day!

This resource includes this detailed presentation that takes you and your students throughout the entire resource!

It includes:
-History of Memorial Day
-Virtual field trip to 4 memorials
-Project where they can explore the Tomb of the Unknown
-US Memorials spinner game

You can grab this as an individual resource OR join the History MAKErs Club and have full access to this as well as all of my current and future resources!

Drop a comment with MEMORIAL and I’ll send you the links!

Looking for a fun and engaging resource for this last week of May?

A resource that also ties in some Memorial Day history??

Drop a comment with FREEBIE and I’ll send you this super fun spinner game where students have to guess the memorial!

Teacher tired is one thing

Teacher tired at the end of MAY-Is a whole thing

The end of the year brings so much excitement, but that calendar of events you planned back in March look a whoooooole lot different come the last week of May

To all my teachers out there just trying to make it through May-cember…I see you, I feel you-I am you!😂

Stay strong-We’re almost there!

Whether this is your last Monday, or if you have 1 or 2 more…The countdown is ON!

Come down into the comments and let us know where you are on the Monday countdown!

May is a time

It’s not like October, nothing like March

May is when our tanks are completely empty and we are just trying to survive

Trying to balance things at work

Trying to balance that with things at home

All while juggling a thousand things at one time

This is just a reminder-I see you, I feel you, I’m with you

Share this with a teacher bestie that’s right there with you 🤍🤍

Teaching in May is a TIME!!😫😂

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — and it deserves more than a bulletin board.

Our students need to see the full, rich stories of AAPI figures who shaped this country. Not just a name on a poster. The actual person. The actual impact. The actual legacy.

That’s exactly what this resource does.

My AAPI Heritage Month Research Project gives upper elementary and middle school students a deep dive into the lives of influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — through research, quote analysis, and reflection that builds real historical thinking skills.
📌 Here’s what’s inside:
✔ Individual research pages for AAPI figures including Bruce Lee, Amy Tan, and more
✔ Quote analysis prompts that push students to think critically and personally
✔ Biography research components — birth, background, contributions, and impact
✔ US map activity connecting figures to their stories geographically
✔ Print AND digital versions — Google Classroom ready
✔ Perfect for upper elementary and middle school classrooms

This isn’t a worksheet. It’s a window into stories your students may have never encountered — and that’s exactly the kind of history worth teaching.

No prep. High impact. Real representation.

Drop AAPI in the comments and I’ll send you the link. 👇

Every year, Cinco de Mayo rolls around and students think it’s Mexican Independence Day.

It is not. And that’s exactly why we need to teach it. 👀

The real story of Cinco de Mayo is one of the most underdog moments in military history — a smaller, less-equipped Mexican army defeating a French force that was expected to steamroll them at the Battle of Puebla. It’s dramatic. It’s powerful. And most kids have never heard the real version.

This is the lesson that changes that.

My Real History of Cinco de Mayo resource pack is built for upper elementary and middle school classrooms and gives your students the full story — not the party version.
📌 Here’s what’s inside:
✔ Content-rich reading passage on the Battle of Puebla
✔ Video-based comprehension and analysis questions
✔ Vault Hack self-checking Google Sheets activity (feels like a game — students love it)
✔ Primary source analysis using artwork from a soldier who actually fought
✔ Student reflection prompts that build real historical thinking skills
✔ Print AND digital versions included — Google Classroom ready

Perfect for history teachers who want no-prep, high-impact lessons that actually go somewhere meaningful.

No fluff. No surface-level facts. Just real history your students will actually remember. 🙌

Drop CINCO in the comments and I’ll send you the link. 👇

Someone has to do it!😂