Causeway

For history teachers, grades 6–12

Let your class make Washington’s call.

The Revolution plays out on a live map. Your class votes on the real decision, then sees what really happened. 15 minutes, nothing to prep.

$0 today. We email you before it ends. Cancel in two clicks.

Or run the Revolution lesson free, no card

Every turning point in your course, from Jamestown to the Cold War. 39 lessons, each mapped to your state’s standards.

It all builds to George Washington’s hardest choice. Then you make it.

One lesson, bell to bell.

You run it from the front of the room with your clicker. The map does the explaining. You do the teaching.

  1. 0 min

    Hook

    Open on the big question of the unit.

  2. 2 min

    Watch

    History moves across the map. Each moment waits for your clicker.

  3. 8 min

    Decide

    The map stops where the leader had to choose. Your class votes.

  4. 10 min

    What really happened

    Their choice plays out. Then history: the result, the cost, a primary source.

  5. 13 min

    Exit ticket

    Three questions, answer key included.

Every student picks a side.

Take a show of hands, or let students vote from their Chromebooks with a class code. No accounts, no names. The tally fills in on the board, and now everyone has a stake in what happens next.

You are George Washington

Where do your best troops go?

ADefend Philadelphia9
BReinforce Gates17
26 votes from Chromebooks, class code K7QM

What really happened

Washington did both.

He kept his main army to defend Philadelphia. He lost at Brandywine on September 11 and at Germantown on October 4, and the British occupied the capital.

Killed, wounded and missing
BattlePatriotsBritish
Brandywine, Sep 111,300587
Germantown, Oct 41,111533
Primary source: George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 20 August 1777

Tomorrow’s lesson plan is already written.

Every lesson comes with a printable plan: what students will learn, the questions to ask at each moment, vocabulary, and an exit ticket with the answers. Pick your state to see the standards it covers.

15-minute lesson plan

The American Revolution, 1775–1783

How did thirteen colonies break away from the most powerful empire in the world, and who gained freedom when they did?

Students will be able to

  • explain how British taxes and laws after the French and Indian War led colonists to resist and then go to war.
  • describe the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence, including natural rights and the consent of the governed.
  • explain why Saratoga was a turning point and how help from France led to victory at Yorktown.

Texas standards

  • Explain the significance of 1776, the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. 8.1(B)
  • Analyze causes of the Revolution, including the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, lack of representation in Parliament and British policies after the French and Indian War. 8.4(A)
  • Explain the issues around declaring independence, Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris of 1783. 8.4(C)

Exit ticket, question 1

Why did Parliament start taxing the American colonies after the French and Indian War?

  1. To pay off the large debt from the war
  2. To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  3. To pay for the Continental Army
  4. To buy land from Native nations
Read the whole lesson plan

Made for a real school week.

A history lesson, not a game

Every lesson covers causes, geography, choices and costs, including the people caught in between. No points, no winners, and wars are taught without gore or glory. It always ends on what really happened, and the “what if” your class picked is labeled as a simulation.

Dates, troop numbers and losses come from the American Battlefield Trust, the National Archives and the Library of Congress, cited on screen. See a mistake? Every screen has a button to report it.

Easy for your school to say yes to

It runs in a browser tab on school Chromebooks, laptops and projectors. Nothing to install.

Students never make accounts. They join with a class code and a nickname, and we never ask for a name, an email or a birthday. There’s no student data to protect because we don’t collect any.

Every turning point you teach, ready before you teach it.

39 lessons across 5 courses, from the Persian Wars to the Cuban Missile Crisis, each released before your pacing calendar gets there. Pick your course.

13 lessons in US History I. 3 ready to teach today. The rest come out before you reach them.

  1. Columbus and the Columbian ExchangeSpain: pay for a voyage west across an unknown ocean?1492–1600Ships Jul 15
  2. Jamestown and the Thirteen ColoniesJamestown is starving. Stay, or sail home?1607–1733Ships Jul 15
  3. French and Indian WarBritain won and is deep in debt. Tax the colonies?1754–1763Ships Jul 15
  4. American RevolutionWashington: where do your best troops go?1775–1783Play free
  5. The Constitutional ConventionBig states or small: how should Congress count votes?1787Ships Oct 31
  6. The Louisiana PurchaseJefferson: buy land the Constitution never mentions?1803Ships Nov 15
  7. War of 1812Adams: accept Britain’s peace terms?1812–1815Play free
  8. Indian Removal and the Trail of TearsThe Cherokee Nation: keep fighting in court, or sign a treaty?1830–1838Ships Dec 1
  9. Manifest Destiny and the Oregon TrailPolk: fight Britain for all of Oregon, or split it?1843–1846Ships Dec 1
  10. Mexican-American WarPolk: send the army into the disputed land?1846–1848Ships Dec 1
  11. The Road to Civil WarCongress: let each new territory vote on slavery?1820–1861Ships Jan 10
  12. Civil WarLincoln: attack Richmond, or take the Mississippi first?1861–1865Play free
  13. ReconstructionCongress: keep federal troops in the South?1865–1877Ships Feb 10

$149 a year for your whole course.

One unit bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers runs $20 to $40, and you still have to prep it. Causeway gives you every turning point in every course you teach, ready to project, with the lesson plans written.

A school day
83¢
Lessons
39
Prep time
0

May be tax-deductible under the $300 educator expense deduction.

Classroom

$149 a year

  • Every lesson in every course you teach
  • New lessons before you reach them
  • Lesson plans, standards and exit tickets
  • Class voting on Chromebooks, no student accounts

$0 today. We email you before it ends. Cancel in two clicks.

Don’t want to pay yourself?

  • Use a school P-card.
  • Get a receipt with your school’s name, ready for reimbursement.
  • Ask your principal to pay. We email them an invoice for the School plan, payable by purchase order.

Full refund within 30 days if it’s not right for your class.

Get it for your whole school.

One price for every teacher and student in your building, paid by card, bank transfer or purchase order. Classroom plans your teachers already bought come off the first year.

  • Unlimited teachers and students. Every history class in the building, every lesson.
  • A usage report for your principal. Lessons taught, classes reached and standards covered, each month.
  • One privacy review. Students never make accounts, so there is no student data to approve.
  • Paperwork your district expects. An invoice with your PO number, due in 30 days.

School

$2,999 a year

Full refund within 30 days of payment.

Questions teachers ask

What happens after the 3-day trial?

If you do nothing, your card is charged $149 for the year. We email you a day before. To stop, cancel from that email in two clicks and you pay nothing.

Do my students need devices or accounts?

Neither. A show of hands works: you click what your class chose. If they have Chromebooks, they can vote with a class code and a nickname. Nobody signs in.

Is it aligned to my standards?

Each lesson lists the C3, state (Texas, California, Florida, New York, Virginia) and AP framework standards it covers. Read any lesson plan before you buy.

Will it work on our Chromebooks and projector?

Yes. It runs in a browser tab with nothing to install. Your clicker and the arrow keys both work.

Can my school pay for it?

Yes. Use a school P-card, submit our receipt for reimbursement (it shows your school’s name and the license period), or have your school buy the School plan by card, bank transfer or purchase order.

How accurate is it?

Every event cites its source on screen, and every debrief names a primary source. Each lesson is checked by a history teacher before it’s marked reviewed.

Is it appropriate for middle school?

Yes. There’s no gore and no glory. Each lesson teaches why something happened, what it cost and how it ended, written for an 8th grader to follow.

Tomorrow, your class makes the call.

Your whole course, ready tonight.

Or run the Revolution lesson free, no card