This book is intended for teachers of United States history and contains dozens of ready-to-use reproducible activities and lesson plans for teaching the Age of Exploration through the Progressive Movement. Written by a teacher, for teachers, the student-centered activities in this book are creative yet challenging, are classroom-tested, and represent years of teaching students of diverse ability levels. Teachers will find graphic organizers, quizzes, tests, writing assignments, cooperative learning activities, lecture notes, map activities, and project-based lessons. The lesson plans are detailed yet adaptable and are sure to save teachers countless hours developing lessons from scratch. Additionally, the activities in this book are aligned to the new Common Core Standards and Indicators for Literacy in the Social Sciences as well as the ACT-created College Readiness Standards.