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Middle school End of Year middle ages 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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Medieval Knights Simulation Game
This is an engaging and exciting way to get your students to role-play as medieval knights. Students must make the right decisions along their journey to earn as many honor points as possible. Just print one game card per student and control the story from your projector! Includes:- Medieval Knights Simulation PowerPoint- Medieval Knights Student Game Card- Spinners to Print for Random Events within Simulation- RAFT Writing Activity for Assessment Following the AdventureFollow this Simulation wi
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4th - 12th
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Desert Island Team Building, Cooperative Learning Challenge
Your students will love this game! They are required to work together in teams and make important decisions to help them survive on and escape from a Desert Island.Perfect for developing Critical Thinking, Cooperative Learning and Team Building.Students earn points based on the decisions they make and one team will leave the island as the victors. This resources comes with a comprehensive teacher guide, a full lesson on PowerPoint and an island map. You don't need to do a thing!!This would be g
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4th - 9th
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Knighthood Simulation | Middle Ages Simulation Activity about Medieval Knights
This no-prep, game-based Knighthood Simulation will be a highlight in your Middle Ages or Medieval Europe unit! In this Middle Ages activity with printable and digital options, students will learn the process of how someone became a knight in Medieval Europe!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is why we did all of the work for you! You don't need to cut, purchase, or set-up anything to do this simulation, simpl
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6th - 9th
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Escape Room - Students Create Their Own
Students create their OWN themed escape room in this terrific editable Google Slide product.....and NO LOCKS ARE NEEDED!!!!! This is a print and go Escape Room concept for ANY content area.Have students edit the template to include a theme, a mystery letter and 5 different puzzles/riddles that lead to a solution for the ESCAPE!!! When finished, students print and exchange their escape challenges for an engaging classroom ADVENTURE!! Every step is guided with video tutorials (if needed) to help
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3rd - 10th
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Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation Curriculum Middle School Lesson Plans
Looking for fun end of year activities, middle school teacher? Students LOVE the intrigue of Forensic Science CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION! This 4-pack of Forensic Science Lesson Plans is the perfect addition to your curriculum, created for upper elementary and middle school students. They will love these not-scary mock crime scene activities! These CSI activities are easy to set up with common materials you can easily find at your local grocery store. Tested and approved by my students - these are
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS1-7
, 5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-2
Why did people go on The Crusades in the Middle Ages? INTERACTIVE POWERPOINT
If you're looking for a fun and interactive way for your students to learn why some people went on the Crusades from Europe, this interactive PowerPoint and question sheet. It's based on the idea of 'choose your own adventure' games. They 'time travel' back to Medieval England and find out the reasons why people went on the crusades to Jerusalem. Students have to navigate their way through the presentation making decisions on who they 'speak' to and what they read in order to answer the questi
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3rd - 7th
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Feudalism and Manorialism Simulation
Students will conduct an in-class simulation that mirrors the organization and responsibilities of medieval society. Pupils will assume the roles of lords, knights, and serfs, and be required to perform certain tasks that highlight the societal expectations of these classes. Privileges, rewards, and restrictions granted during the simulation will mimic feudal life and reveal the inequalities inherent in manorialism. Total class time needed is one period.Materials Needed:1) You will need 20-30 sh
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6th - 9th
Also included in: World History I Bundle
Create Your Own Medieval Manor: Map Simulation
To create a more immersive experience I created this fun simulation to guide students through the different parts of a fief and manor. Anyone can show a canned image of a diagrammed manor. But in this simulation students become a medieval lord or lady and design their own following a realistic storyline. Lots of fun and educational!
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3rd - 8th
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Feudalism in the Middle Ages - Worksheets, Readings, and Fun Simulation!
This 8 page packet/lesson teaches students about how feudalism structured society in the Middle Ages - using primary source excerpts, images, notes sections, and a fun simulation activity. There are 4 pages of materials for the simulation, as well as a complete 3 page teacher lesson guide and answer key. Depending on your class length, this lesson may take two class days or can be partly given as homework. The lesson begins by having students complete an engaging Do Now activity to get them thi
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7th - 12th
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War of the Roses - English History Simulation
An exciting simulation which allows students to immerse themselves in the role of a noble family during the time of the Lancaster and York wars. Students will work together in teams to make decisions, change sides, and support or overthrow the ruling family of England. The simulation takes the class through many of the major battles while teaching them about the history of England.
I designed this simulation for our fifth grade teachers' Tudor unit as a Motivational Introduction. It can also
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5th - 8th
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Italian Renaissance Marshmallow Activity STEM Challenge
Italian Renaissance Marshmallow ChallengeThe Italian Renaissance Marshmallow Challenge activity is designed to allow student groups of three to four students to interact with their classmates by building a tower or an architectural wonder for their Italian city-state in eighteen minutes out of dry spaghetti noodles, tape, and string. Lastly, the tower needs to hold up the marshmallow at the top of structure. A group “wins” by making the tallest free standing structure that holds up the marshmal
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Renaissance Sampler: By History Wizard
Summer Break Simulation | Last Day of School Activity
This no-prep, game-based Summer Camp Simulation will be a fun activity for the last day of school! In this last day of school activity with printable and digital options, students will participate in a game-based simulation in which they attend a summer camp with many different activities, events, and social opportunities!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is why we did all of the work for you! You don't need
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5th - 8th
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Medieval Europe Urban Game Simulation
In 18 rounds, students construct a medieval landscape with manors, guild halls, cathedrals, roads, and many more features that show change over time from a rural to urban economy in the middle ages. Teacher key provided and PowerPoint guide. My students loved this simulation because it was so visually oriented.
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6th - 12th
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Hundred Years War Simulation
When kings of two rival countries both think they have a claim to the same throne it usually won't end well. What started as a family drama turns into one of the most epic conflicts of the Middle Ages and your students will be right in the thick of it. There are individualized roles for the Kings of England, France, and Joan of Arc, and the rest of the class will take the role of the French and English armies as they set to square off. The teacher acts as moderator and narrator, but it's a stude
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6th - 12th
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Pick Your Own Path Medieval Silk Road, Mongol Empire, Islam, etc
Need something fun to teach World History during medieval times to your students? This Google Slides Pick Your Own Path story is the perfect lesson that engages students in the time period by traveling on the Silk Road. Students are asked to make decisions that will change their storyline, so students will have different experiences and endings. It comes with Reflection Questions for students to answer at the end of their journey. Also check out my other Pick Your Own Path in Renaissance England
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6th - 10th
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Virtual Field Trips: 25 engaging trips that make fun end of year activities
This document contains 25 links (with descriptions about each link) to free virtual field trips. You click on the link and are taken to a sight that has both information and media--such as a virtual tour of a museum or a live feed of a webcam or a 3d manipulative view, etc.
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K - 12th
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Chinese Inventions Along The Silk Road Activity and Simulation
This is a fun 2 day activity where students get to travel along the Silk Road looking for mysterious inventions coming out of the Far East. The premise is that a wealthy merchant has hired you to travel along various segments of the Silk Road. Rumors of impressive Chinese inventions have spread along the trade routes and many people in Europe and the Middle East are eager to learn what they are.Your job is to travel and look for clues about the Chinese inventions. Keep in mind that you should al
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6th - 8th
Also included in: China Unit Bundle Over 10 Resources!
End of Year Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
With a school year that experienced some turbulence, you can still make a smooth landing with these 4 engaging and interactive virtual field trips! Virtual field trips are a great way to infuse technology, spark curiosity, and bring learning to life! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will stay engaged with these enrichment activities until the last school bell.This Bundle Includes:1. Pirate Ships Virtual Field Trip2. NAS
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5th - 7th
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Middle Ages Simulation: A Three -Event Medieval Tournament in Your Classroom
A Three Event Medieval Tournament
INTRODUCTION: Medieval Knights were trained from boyhood to develop the skills necessary to be warriors. They needed to know how to fight on horses with a lance, how to use a sword, and how to shoot a bow and arrow. Tournaments were held to allow Knights the chance to practice and show off their abilities in these three skills necessary to be a good Knight.
In this classroom tournament they will exhibit their skill in JOUSTING (fighting with a lance),
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6th - 12th
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Silk Road activity Simulation Middle Ages
This engaging simulation in barter and trade explores the challenges in trading on the Silk Road during the Middle AgesIn this student-tested and approved hands-on trade simulation, students “travel” with Marco Polo on the Silk Road to Kashgar. Students take on the role of traders to explore the challenges of barter by exchanging goods on the Silk Road. Students practice non-verbal skills because of language barriers, a very real situation for many students. Students determine the economy i.e
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: World History Middle school Curriculum Bundle GROWING
Simulation: A Traveler's Guide to the Crusades
This simulation is an easy, low-prep activity to engage students in what Crusaders would have experienced journeying to the Holy Lands!Students take on the perspective of a Crusader and must make decisions to try and make it to the Holy Land in time to fight! Spark their creativity by encouraging them to come up with hashtags, mentions, and tweets about their experience!Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is wh
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6th - 9th
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Medieval Guilds Simulation
Research shows that students only remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, and 90% of what they say and do! This activity will allow your students to experience the challenges of trade in medieval Europe and explore the changes brought forth by the emergence of guilds in a way that is engaging and memorable.
After completion of this activity students will be able to explain how guilds changed trade in medieval Europe.
Students will also understand the following:
Guilds are busine
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6th - 10th
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Medieval Manor
Bring the Manor System alive in your classroom with this fun and engaging Build a Manor simulation. All students need is a blank sheet of paper, something to write with! Display an interactive Google Slideshow that, step by step, tells the story of how Medieval Manors work and grew! This lesson can be used in person or virtually in a Google Meet/Zoom class. What's IncludedTeacher Direction Page Google SlideshowStudent ExampleDiscussion QuestionsAll clipart used to make these slides are from Mr.
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4th - 8th
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