Instructomania
We offer a history and Social Studies curriculum that is engaging, student-centered and creates accountability.
We offer teacher memberships on our website and individual products on TPT. We are teachers who provide other teachers lesson plans, activities, templates!
09/30/2026
Did Vikings reach America nearly five centuries before Columbus? ⛵🛡️
Swipe through for 4 fast facts about Leif Erikson’s journey—from founding Vinland to how a heroic rescue earned him the nickname “Leif the Lucky”!
If you need an engaging, zero-prep activity for Leif Erikson Day (October 9th), we have you covered.
Our Leif Erikson Biography Reading & Collaborative Poster pairs a focused Lexile 950 reading passage with comprehension questions and a collaborative color-by-number poster project:
• 📖 Accessible reading passage built for middle school social studies
• 🎨 Collaborative color-by-number tiles that assemble into a massive classroom display
• ⚡ Perfect for October 9th bellringers, early finishers, or low-stress sub plans
👉 Tap the link in bio to download yours for class!
Save this post for your Age of Exploration or Viking unit. 📌
Stop using staples or tape for your gallery walks!
I’ve been using simple hooks and string in my classroom for years, and it’s a total game-changer. I set up in seconds, it makes the stations feel more interactive, and it’s reusable year round.
If you do gallery walk stations often, you need to try this!
Starting the year off right. 🤣🤣 Except this activity actually helps everyone learn each other’s names.
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Your Hispanic Heritage Month sub plans just got easier 🙌 Reading + collaborative art + zero prep. Link in bio!
No more piecing together five different resources to cover Mesopotamia, we got it all here for you!
This full GRAPES unite covers geography, cuneiform, Hammurabi’s Code, an escape room, and a CER assessment, print or digital, all in 300+ pages!
Get it on TPT or the link below 😁
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ancient-Mesopotamia-Unit-Sumerians-Ancient-Civilizations-Social-Studies-Unit-1171790
Can your students crack the code?? An interactive Google slides timeline covering 12 milestones of Ancient Mesopotamia where students click through events, answer review questions, and unlock an 8-digit secret code along the way.
Check it out on TPT or copy and paste the link below!
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mesopotamia-Interactive-Timeline-Scavenger-Hunt-Escape-Room-Activity-6th-Grade-17487983
History just got a glow-up. 🕊️💪 Let’s be real: teaching the Civil War and the Underground Railroad is vital, but sometimes a standard biography doesn’t grab them.
Enter the Harriet Tubman Collaborative Color-by-Number. 🧩
Students dive into her incredible story—from her tactical genius as a Union spy to her “Moses” legacy—and use their reading comprehension to “unlock” their coloring codes.
The result? A massive, 4-piece student-created portrait that looks AMAZING on your wall.
The Details: 📍 2 Lexile Levels (950L & 650L) 📍 Rigorous CCSS Evidence-Based Questions 📍 Perfect for 6th-9th Grade.
Tap the link in my bio to grab the Harriet Tubman set! 🔗
Perfect for: ✅ Black History Month. ✅ Women’s History Month ✅ Civil War Units.
04/03/2026
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