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5th grade The New Year asian studies simulations
Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School
Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of teamwork and sets the tone for a fun, high energy class!Here's what you need: a whole lotta marshmallows, a box of toothpicks, and some Clorox wipes! :-) Set your classroom up for the first day so that students are working in teams to build eight differ
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5th - 12th, Staff
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India: Mohenjo-Daro Dig Activity
This is a great activity to introduce students to Ancient India the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro!
In this activity, students examine 6 artifacts. They need to determine what the artifacts are made of, what they could be used for, and what they might actually be.
My students loved doing this because they wanted to find out what each artifact was. I usually like to leave them hanging at the end of class, and won't give them the answers until the next day.
Also included are many pictures of Mo
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5th - 7th
Mt. Everest Simulation Game
This is an engaging and exciting way to get your students to role-play as climbers attempting to summit Mt Everest. Students must make the right decisions, take chances, and hope the dice is in their favor while they climb. Sharing oxygen with classmates, or not, adds a fun team element to the game. Just print one game card per student and control the story from your projector or tv!Includes:- Mt Everest Simulation PowerPoint- Mt Everest Student Game Card- Dice Spinners to Print for Random Event
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3rd - 10th
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China Pre-Qin Dynasty Simulation
Take students through an experience in life in Pre-Qin Dynastic China during the Warring States Period before China became a unified country. Students will experience what it is like to have to deal in different currencies, different weights and measurement systems, different written languages, and different calendars. Through this experience they will develop an understanding of the important change to a unified government on daily life including trade, communication, and social events which
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4th - 8th
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Classroom Escape Room - Asia - Geography, Maps, Flags, and Landmarks
Looking for an engaging way to teach map skills and geography? Turn your classroom into an Escape Room. Included are three escape room style lessons. You can have your students work on their own or in small groups to complete each level of the lesson. Each level increases in difficulty. Starting at 1st Time Traveler - students can level up to Seasoned Traveler - then level up to the final escape challenge, Wily Veteran. Students will need to check out the Maps, Flag, and Landmarks of Asia to dec
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Classroom Escape Room - Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, United States
Diwali Lesson & Celebration
These Slides will walk your students through a Diwali celebration in a fun and informative way! Students watch a video and do five activities to correspond to the days of Diwali. You will need some supplies (full list included), but you can also make a copy of the Slides and adapt them to the supplies you have on hand. My students loved this activity, and it was much more memorable than just reading about the holiday.
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4th - 8th
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Chinese History Play: The Life and Death of Shi Huang Di
This is a comedy I wrote to elaborate upon some of the entertaining and sometimes brutal stories and legends surrounding China's first Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di. It has some dark humor but is totally school appropriate. My students loved acting out this play and learned much about Chinese history.
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4th - 8th
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Ancient India Play: The Finale of the Ramayana
A comedic take on the finale of the Ramayana written for middle school students. Students will get some exposure to one of India's greatest works of literature.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Stand Up If Game
Use this 20 slide Stand Up If Game to help get to know your class this year. Great time filler if necessary, and no personal questions are asked. This is a great game to get students moving, without going too far (which is great for the first month of school as we're setting routines). This is in PDF form to help keep the fonts uniform. If interested in the powerpoint file, leave a message and I am happy to email it to you :)
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1st - 7th
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Medieval Japan (fun activity)
This lesson has a lot of moving parts, here is a short video of me explaining step by step how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeM4Pdsg-aE
Grades:
5th - 9th
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