Middle school Back to School ancient history games

Back to School, Classroom Community, For All Subject Areas

Escape Room - Team Building - Any Content

Created by

Taylor Teaches 7th

Escape room style team building activity - perfect for back to school! This escape room will help students learn to work together at the beginning of the year. This interactive escape room requires technology. Students will need to access a Google Form, so any technology that allows them to access and complete a Google Form will work! The Google Form is pre-coded, which automates the entire breakout experience! Other than printing and minimal cutting, this Escape Room is ready for you to use! No

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Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Back to School, Critical Thinking, English Language Arts

Also included in: All 4 Team Building Escape Rooms - BUNDLE - ANY Content

Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option

Created by

Real Cool English

In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues! ⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different

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Grades:

6th - 9th, Adult Education

Types:

Kristen Vibas - A Walk in the Chalk

Also included in: Games & Puzzles Mega Bundle - Early Finishers, Brain Breaks, Fun Fridays & More!

Getting to Know You | Four Corners Game | ESL Activity | Back to School

Created by

Four Corners is an activity that gets students up and out of their seats. This 4 Corners game is a fun "Getting to Know You" activity, perfect for the beginning of the year and throughout. It can also double as an engaging class warm-up activity! Created for beginning and intermediate English learners, thirty differentiated slides with visual supports provide ample question choices to suit your class needs. Three levels of questions are included, with ten slides for each level. Project a questio

Subjects:

Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

25 Community Building Activities and Games | Back to School | Team Building

Created by

Joanne Miller

These community building activities and games are perfect for the first weeks of school! Students will use collaboration and teamwork which will build a positive learning community in your classroom. These unique challenges and games will be different than most of the "getting to know you" activities your students have done in previous years. These activities are not just designed to be used only the first week of school, but give the perfect opportunity to build friendships, teamwork, and creat

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, For All Subjects

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Back to School, For All Subjects

Choose Three! Ice Breaker Digital Learning Game

Created by

Joanne Miller

Choose Three is a fun and engaging game to get students to think creatively! This game includes 50+ scenarios to choose from. This game can be played in person or digitally during a live meeting.**15 Christmas scenarios included in this resource with almost 70 scenarios in this fun game!So many ways to play the game! This is a great ice breaker and getting to know your students first week of school activity. Also, can be played as a five minute filler, reward, or just for fun on your Friday meet

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Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas

Also included in: Interactive Game Bundle | Student Engagement

This or That: An Icebreaker that Rocks!

Created by

Cult of Pedagogy

** NOW INCLUDES REMOTE LEARNING INSTRUCTIONS **Getting to Know Your Students Just Got Easier!Perfect for Back to School, this fun icebreaker game will help students get to know each other and feel more comfortable in your classroom without any corny gimmicks or embarrassing questions. This or That focuses on getting students talking on a variety of interesting, low-risk topics.How it Works: This game has students informally debate on light topics such as "Which animal makes a better pet...dog or

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Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Back to School Four Corners Game for Middle and High School - Icebreaker Game

Created by

Write and Read

Are you looking for a fun activity for the first day of school? This back to school four corners game is a fun, engaging activity that gets students out of their seats and helps you get to know them. The game includes 22 slides with questions relevant to teens. Students will love this game, and there's no prep for you! It's a great activity for the beginning of the school year or start of a new semester, and it can be used for any content area. Save 20% by buying the Back to School Activity Bund

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

Also included in: Back to School Activity Bundle for Middle and High School - Games and Activities

Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics Escape Room Activity | Engaging Crack the Code Game

Created by

History with Mr E

In this Ancient Egypt Escape Room activity, students are introduced to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and are placed in the shoes of investigators as they seek to crack a mysterious code left behind by the ancient Egyptians. Student investigative teams have one class period to solve four clues, each written in hieroglyphics, then complete the final formula to crack the code. Students only have a set number of attempts to open the lock before the ancient lock deteriorates and remains jammed for

Subjects:

Ancient History, Social Studies - History, World History

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Games

CCSS:

Also included in: World History Ancient History Curriculum | Part 1 World History PLUS Curriculum

Blobs and Lines: An Icebreaker that Rocks!

Created by

Cult of Pedagogy

** NOW INCLUDES REMOTE LEARNING INSTRUCTIONS **Getting to Know Your Students Just Got Easier!Perfect for Back to School, this fun icebreaker game will help students get to know each other and feel more comfortable in your classroom without any corny gimmicks or embarrassing questions. Blobs and Lines focuses on getting students talking on a variety of interesting, low-risk topics.How it Works: A set of questions asks students to line up in some particular order (by birthday, for example) or gath

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Back to School, Coaching, Physical Education

The Crazy Cards Challenge | Icebreaker, Cooperative Team Building Activity |

Created by

The PE Specialist

This is a great game that you can play as an icebreaker at the beginning of the year (or anytime really) to help kids develop connections, laugh, get to know each other and have a good time working together to complete a challenge.This game is good for all ages - even adults :-) The challenge is to finish all 60 task cards in the shortest amount of time possible.The real purpose of the game is just to “break the ice” - to have fun working together, to get kids laughing with one another and to p

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Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Erin's Classroom Creations

Classroom Scattergories | Community Building Activity

Created by

This Classroom Scattergories Game is a great icebreaker for the beginning of the year, a fun game for the end of the year, or perfect to play throughout the year! This resource includes both a printable and digital version. It can be played as a full class with the students playing individually or in pairs or teams that compete during each round. The game can be made as short or long as you want it, so it's also a fun time filler that keeps students thinking. It's great for sub plans, to use dur

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, End of Year

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Staff

Types:

Back to School, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Get To Know You Activity Ice Breaker Speech Therapy Connect with Others Original

Created by

Stacy Crouse

Out with traditional ice breakers, and in with a NEW activity to get to know and BUILD RAPPORT with your students... while targeting speech therapy GOALS at the same time! This simple and versatile game for OLDER students comes with 2 VERSIONS– print and digital.The game allows you to target tons of LANGUAGE & PRAGMATIC goals within a FUNCTIONAL activity, including:✅ Asking and answering QUESTIONS using appropriate syntax✅ Engaging in back-and-forth CONVERSATION✅ Asking FOLLOW-UP questions✅

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Also included in: Conversation Games Speech Therapy BUNDLE Pragmatics Activity Connect with Others

Interactive Game Bundle | Student Engagement

Created by

Joanne Miller

Bring excitement and engagement in your classroom with these three interactive game resources! Interactive Game BoardsBoost engagement and excitement with these interactive game boards using sticky notes. These 20 game boards can be used with any subject or lesson. They are perfect for review or test prep. Students can work as teams, partners, or as a whole class. Use your already printed worksheet or workbook and add these game boards to excite and motivate your students! This is the perfect wa

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Community, For All Subjects

Icebreaker Questions for Older Students - Ice breaker Activity for Teens Gr 7-12

Created by

Mondays Made Easy

Looking for an icebreaker activity for teens? Your classes will love this viral ice breaker game on TikTok! These ice breaker questions are engaging and age-appropriate for older students to use for a "speed-meeting" icebreaker game, for group discussions, or as daily attendance prompts. Includes editable templates to make your own prompts!Included with this Icebreaker Game:✏️ 30 unique, engaging, and age-appropriate icebreaker questions for teens - Color & GreyscaleIce breaker questions ar

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Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.4

, W.7.4

, W.8.4

, W.9-10.4

, W.11-12.4

...

Also included in: Back to School Bundle - Classroom Management, Teacher Organization & Community

Ice Breakers & Back to School Math Activities for Middle School

Created by

Rise over Run

The first week of math class is coming! Want to engage students, create community, and get to know your students… all while doing some math? Look no further! Included are 4 resources that will help you tackle back to school:The Graph of MeThis is an activity students love! Students determine if statements are true or false about themselves. Each statement has a corresponding ordered pair. Students graph the points for each true statement to create a unique shape. The result is "the graph of me!”

Subjects:

Back to School, Math

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Morning Meeting Activities & Games - Team Building, Brain Breaks, Back to School

Created by

Brooke Brown - Teach Outside the Box

These Activities & Games for Morning Meeting are the perfect go-to for team building, community building, and brain breaks! Print, laminate, and put on a binder ring for convenient access.83 activities, songs, and games are included and are divided into sets for the beginning, middle, and end of the year.Includes the following:Page 2: How to Teach Activities and GamesPage 3: Side TabsPage 4: CoversPage 5-23: Beginning of the Year Activities & Games *Page 12-13: EDITABLE “I Have…W

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Back to School, Character Education, Classroom Management

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Back to School, Holidays/Seasonal

Also included in: Morning Meeting and Back to School BUNDLE! {9 Products in One!}

Back to School Activities Escape Room | Getting to Know You Game

Created by

Teresa Kwant

Now updated with a digital option! The digital option is a Google Form. Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room style game with your students today! This is a fun game that is perfect for the back to school season. This game focuses on students getting to know each other. It is similar to a “Find Someone Who” game, but an escape room version. This activity is great for the first day of school, team building activities, and for students just getting to know each other! It is perfect

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Games

Also included in: Cracking the Classroom Code™ Back to School Escape Room Bundle

Back to School Escape Room - Fun Back to School Activities for any subject area

Created by

Nouvelle ELA

Are you ready for a back to school activities your students won’t forget? This editable back to school escape room works for any subject area and is a great activity for the beginning of the year. Students strengthen their growth mindset as they overcome challenges as a team. Included back to school activities: ✅ Beginning of the year icebreakers✅ Supply scavenger hunt✅ Syllabus close reading quiz✅ Growth Mindset Cryptoquotes (or “fill in the blanks”)✅ Optional growth mindset writing activityWha

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Community, For All Subject Areas

Also included in: Secondary ELA Curriculum - Full Year of Interactive Notebooks (grades 7-10)

Morning Meeting Games & Activities for Upper Elementary | Brain Break Games

Created by

The Collaborative Class

Morning meeting is the perfect opportunity to create a positive classroom environment, improve teamwork and collaborative skills, encourage respectful learning, and support academic, social, and emotional learning. Playing cooperative games during morning meeting helps facilitate all of these skills in a fun and engaging way. This resource is part of my Morning Meeting Complete Bundle! Save $$$ by purchasing in the bundle HERE. What's Included:40 classroom games & activities cardsGoogle Sl

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Community, End of Year

Also included in: Morning Meeting Bundle of Resources | Upper Elementary

Find Someone Who Bingo (Back to School and End of the Year) [EDITABLE]

Created by

Teaching in the Big Sky

Building and maintaining relationships in a classroom is one of the most important things we need to do as educators. In this activity, students will go around the classroom and ask their peers if they fit a characteristic of one of the squares. In this product, you will find 3 Find Someone Who activities for the beginning of the year and 3 Find Someone Who activities for the end of the year. Specifically, there is a general one, a math and reading edition. [EDITABLE] Customize this Find Someone

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Back to School First Day Icebreaker Activity - Would You Rather Game Slides

Created by

Presto Plans

Back to School First Day Icebreaker Activity - Would You Rather Game Slides: Kick off the first day back to school with a dose of fun using this engaging icebreaker activity. A delightful spin on the timeless "Would you rather...?" game, these ready-to-use slides will ignite lively discussions and facilitate deeper connections among students. Divided into groups, students will ponder thought-provoking dilemmas and share their preferences. This interactive activity not only breaks the ice but als

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

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