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Medieval Times Gr. 4-6
"Serfs up"! Medieval Times — everything from knights and castles to Crusades and feudal feasts.
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Students will delight as they examine the many aspects of the Middle Ages including significant events, the roles of the people, and the different cultures. The unit starts off with core teaching lessons to build a base for knowledge, followed by student worksheets that compliment the core lessons. Optional lessons are included to add a degree of flexibility and possible enrich
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Ancient Greece and Rome Activity Bundle! - World History | Ancient Civilizations
Looking for fun lessons and activities that will keep your students engaged and your prep-time to a minimum? Then the Ancient Greece and Rome Activity Bundle is right for you!Enhance your classroom's study of the Ancient/Classical Greek and Roman civilizations with these 16 amazing resources! Save BIG when you purchase this bundle with 16 fun and engaging lessons, assessments, and activities!Included in the bundle are...EIGHT Interactive Reading Lessons (notes, reading passages, built-in warm-up
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5th - 10th
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Ancient Maya, Aztecs & Incas Gr. 4-6
This thematic, integrated unit about the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas will provide both the teacher and the students with a broad understanding of the topic.
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The unit starts off with core teaching lessons to build a base for knowledge, followed by student worksheets that compliment the core lessons. Optional lessons are included to add a degree of flexibility and possible enrichment activities to the lesson. The unit finishes off with a major project that allows students to de
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4th - 6th
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Prehistory and Early Civilizations - World History Activity Bundle!
Challenge and excite your students with these fun and engaging activities as you explore prehistory and early civilizations! This exclusive bundle includes PowerPoints, interactive reading activities, foldables, graphic organizers, crosswords, and much more!Topics covered include prehistory, the Neolithic Revolution, and River Valley Civilizations (Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, India)Follow The Classroom Globetrotter for promotions, product updates, and new resources!
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6th - 12th
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Ancient Greece Gr. 4-6
In this fascinating study, students will learn different aspects of Ancient Greek culture by gaining a better understanding of how Ancient Greece helped to shape our modern world.
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The unit starts off with core teaching lessons to build a base for knowledge, followed by student worksheets that compliment the core lessons. Optional lessons are included to add a degree of flexibility and possible enrichment activities to the lesson. The unit finishes off with a major project
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4th - 6th
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The Roman Empire - Ancient Rome Complete Unit World History Activities Bundle
Enhance your classroom's study of the Rise, Reign, and Fall of the Roman Empire with The Roman Empire Complete Unit Activity Bundle! Save over 30% when you purchase this bundle with 10 fun and engaging lessons, assessments, and activities! Included in the bundle are... FOUR Interactive Reading Lessons (notes, reading passages, built-in warm-ups, review questions, writing prompts, and exit tickets)Two sets of PowerPoint Notes with corresponding Foldable Activity and Graphic OrganizerWorksheets, C
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6th - 10th
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Julius Caesar World History Worksheet: An Ancient Rome History Skit w/ Bonus Qs
Looking for a Julius Caesar or Ancient Rome Activity that will engage your students? Want a lesson that is as easy as printing a no-prep World History worksheet, but offers high engagement and student buy-in? Look no further; I have exactly what you need to get your class excited about Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire.This Instagram Live! Q & A skit on Julius Caesar is a real hit in my history classroom. It comes in two DIFFERENTIATED versions and is NO PREP to save you time, stress and mo
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6th - 10th
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Rome: Punic Wars Lesson Plan with Guided Reading and Graphic Organizer
Here is the story of the Punic Wars, I love to teach the story of Hannibal and his War Elephants!! This lesson plan will explain how Rome becomes an Empire. This is a lesson plan that you can use for 2-3 classes. Included is a detailed lesson plan with essential questions, standards, Aim question, activities, directions for the lesson. Map comparison worksheet as an anticipatory set to get kids thinking about the lesson.Powerpoint presentation with 12 slides. Not a lot of notes, more guiding det
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Egypt Resource Pack
Mummies!! Oh my!!
If you are looking for practice on main idea pages for your kiddos and want them to learn about Ancient Egypt at the same time? This is for you!! Each page has a different topic on Ancient Egyptian civilization. This is a shortened version of my Mummies in the Morning Magic Tree House resource pack.
@2013 All rights reserved by author. These materials are intended for personal use by a single classroom only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school,
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1st - 4th
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Ancient Rome Gr. 4-6
This thematic unit will teach students about the powerful civilization of Ancient Rome and the many influences they have had on our modern world.
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The unit starts off with core teaching lessons to build a base for knowledge, followed by student worksheets that compliment the core lessons. Optional lessons are included to add a degree of flexibility and possible enrichment activities to the lesson. The unit finishes off with a major project that allows students to demonstrat
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4th - 6th
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Ancient Egypt Gr. 4-6
Walk, no run "like an Egyptian" right into the past.
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This thematic unit is designed to help students understand what life was really like in this ancient civilization. The unit starts off with core teaching lessons to build a base for knowledge, followed by student worksheets that compliment the core lessons. Optional lessons are included to add a degree of flexibility and possible enrichment activities to the lesson. The unit finishes off with a culminating project that c
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4th - 6th
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NEW! Africa Geography Bundle + 2 Freebies
BUNDLE & SAVE 30%This Bundle includes our best-selling Africa lessons: Solving Environmental Issues in AfricaAfrica Interactive NotebookAfrica Scavenger HuntAfrica Task CardsAfrica's Population BoomAfrica's Rift Valley: Breaking Up is Hard to DoWhat Can Africa Teach Us About Government?Africa Map QuizCrossing The Sahara: Physical and Geography Landforms of AfricaAfrica Travel Story+ 2 FREEBIESOR BUILD A CUSTOM BUNDLE HERE ☑Check out the preview to see what is included.Visit our store Geogra
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7th - 12th
GEOGRAPHY, ANCIENT HISTORY, TRADING ALONG THE SILK ROAD, PAST AND PRESENT
Let Your Students Experience Traveling the Ancient Silk Road & Learn About The New Current Silk Road.Trading Along The Silk Road focuses on the geographical theme of "movement" of goods, people, ideas, and technology. Students will work in cooperative groups and will travel the Silk Road. This lesson allows them to travel through ten different countries and learn about the (1) trading routes (2) government (3) religion (4) available and needed resources, and other experiences of those who tr
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6th - 12th
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Comprehensive Intro to Geography of India with Activities!!!
Here is a lesson plan/mini unit plan that introduces India. The main focus is on India and its geography. This is a great introduction for before you get into India as a civilization or India's history. You can teach this anywhere from one day (might be too much and too quick) up to 3-4 days/lessons.
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1) Blank Map activity which has students discover the geography of India. They have to locate important areas and climate zones of India and they become more familiar with where Indi
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5th - 10th
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Ancient Civilizations - Mali - Social Studies Lesson Unit
Are you looking for a Social Studies unit on Ancient Civilizations (Mali) that has activities along with all the materials you need to teach the entire unit? Are you tired of just teaching from the textbook and want something different to do with your class? If so, this packet of materials is literally all that you need – an overall unit outline for 5 days of activities, interactive notes, quizzes, suggested homework assignments, class activities, and a unit test.
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Africa Geography — Africa's Population Boom (Population Density)
Will need a zip file reader to open. Get your students involved in exploring and providing solutions for Africa's Population Boom! This lesson includes a fun Human Twister intro activity, cooperative learning reading activity, chart population activity, and "Share What You Learned "exit card for the wrap-up. Students will be actively engaged through the entire lesson, working cooperatively with one another to examine issues and complete tasks. This lesson includes 14 pages of detailed teacher in
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: NEW! Africa Geography Bundle + 2 Freebies
NEW! Asia Geography Bundle + 2 Freebies
Bundle & Save!This bundle includes our 6 best-selling Asia geography lessons: China's Historical One Child Policy Act of 1979China's One-Child, Two-Child, Three-Child Policy ActsABC Asia BookExamining Democracy and Communism, Study of Tiananmen Square ProtestExamining Marxism in Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, and ChinaAlexander the Great Character Web Analysis+ 2 Free ResourcesOR BUILD YOUR OWN BUNDLE HERE ☑ For secondary, middle school, and high school students☑Check out the preview to see wha
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7th - 12th
Ancient Civilizations (Rome and Greece) - Social Studies Lesson Unit
Are you looking for a Social Studies unit on Ancient Civilizations (Rome and Greece) that has activities along with all the materials you need to teach the entire unit? Are you tired of just teaching from the textbook and want something different to do with your class? If so, this packet of materials is literally all that you need – an overall unit outline for 8 days of activities, interactive notes, quizzes, suggested homework assignments, class activities, and a unit test.
**If you teach in
PERU AND THE INCREDIBLE INCAS Gr. 4-6
Give your students the opportunity to review modern Peru with mapping and research activities and along with an intensive study of the Incas. To stimulate student interest, start with a short film, video or a few pictures. Brainstorm and list on a chart what students have learned from this brief introduction and viewing. Many of the research topics could be used at activity centres. Begin or end each session with student presentations of individual or small group activities. These presentations
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4th - 6th
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The Greek Columns: Doric, Ionic, & Corinthian (Comparison Chart)
This organizational chart provides students with a great opportunity to note the features, examples, and factoids surrounding the essential components of Ancient Greek architecture: Doric columns, Ionic columns, and Corinthian columns.
It can also easily serve as quick formative assessment for students in this social studies unit, or a scaffolded note-taking device during its relevant mini-lesson(s).
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6th - 8th
Ancient Greece Activity Bundle! - World History
Enhance your Ancient Greece unit and save over 30% off regular price with the Ancient Greece Activity Bundle! Included in the bundle are FOUR Interactive Reading Lessons (notes, reading passages, built-in warm-ups, review questions, writing prompts, and exit tickets), Primary Source analysis and comparison worksheets, and the Ancient Greece crossword and word search combo to review key terms!
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6th - 10th
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The Greeks
"The Greeks" (1000 B.C.—300 B.C.) provides an overview of Greek civilization from its origins in ancient Minoan and Mycenaean culture through the Golden Age of Athens and the rise of Alexander the Great. Special emphasis is given to the sociology of life in Ancient Greece—the lives of ordinary women, children, families, and soldiers—as well as to the great political, cultural, and intellectual achievements which shaped the course of the Western world. The birth of democracy, science, philosophy,
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7th - 12th
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Ancient Cultures SET Gr. 4-6
Our Ancient Cultures SET combines 4 titles in one bundle: Ancient Greece Gr. 4-6, Ancient Rome Gr. 4-6, Ancient Maya, Aztecs & Incas Gr. 4-6 and Ancient Egypt Gr. 4-6.About Ancient Greece Gr. 4-6: In this fascinating study, students will learn different aspects of Ancient Greek culture by gaining a better understanding of how Ancient Greece helped to shape our modern world. The unit starts off with core teaching lessons to build a base for knowledge, followed by student worksheets that compl
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4th - 6th
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LA MANIE DES CHATEAUX Gr. 6-8
Explorez les châteaux et découvrez les styles de vie du moyen âge. Faites participer vos élèves aux activités ci-incluses qui se concentrent sur les habiletés suivantes: recherche, créativité, étude de mots, remue méninges, langage expressif oral et écrit.
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6th - 8th
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Find Ancient History resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about ancient history, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of ancient history resources available, including activities and lessons on ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient China, and ancient Mesopotamia, to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach ancient history to your students with ease.
Ancient history activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about ancient history:
Map Making
With map-making activities you can not only teach students about ancient civilizations, but also incorporate geography into your lessons. As they label and color maps, students can learn about important places in ancient civilizations, chart trade routes, and learn how empires expanded (and fell) over time.
Primary Source Analysis
One of the best ways to learn about ancient civilizations is through the artifacts and writings of people from that particular period of time. Encourage students to analyze primary sources to gain a deeper understanding about bygone eras of history. For instance, you can have students read accounts of the destruction of Pompeii and discuss it as a class.
Centers & Stations
Through the use of centers, students can collaborate and discuss topics and content they examine for each era in history. For example, you can have students navigate through four or five different centers or stations to help them learn about different aspects of Ancient Chinese culture, like literature, geography, government, and major historical events or achievements.
By making ancient history come to life through a variety of interactive and immersive activities, teachers can help students develop a deeper appreciation for the subject.
Frequently asked questions for teaching about ancient history
What is ancient history?
Ancient history refers to the period of human history that takes place from the invention of writing to late antiquity (spanning from about 3000 BC to AD 650). This era includes the study of various ancient civilizations, such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, and others. Ancient history plays a critical role in helping us understand the origins and development of human civilizations and the influence it had on contemporary cultures and societies.
What are examples of ancient history?
The Persian Wars, the rise of the Tang Dynasty, the campaigns of Alexander the Great, and the decline and fall of the Roman empire are all examples of important milestones and events that you can teach about in ancient history.
What types of ancient history resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of ancient history resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units.
How do I find ancient history resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing ancient history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ancient history resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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