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Free elementary african history resources for Microsoft Word
Continent of Africa - Thematic Unit
In this complete 7 lesson plan introduce your student to the continent of Africa. Study the animals that live in Africa,learn about the anatomy of a lion, explore the continent and the cultures of people who live there. To purchase all the materials mentioned in the lesson plans please visit www.getbrainykit.com
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Inventors and Inventions Match
This simple worksheet offers visual supports perfect for Special education and ELL's. This worksheet features several famous inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison.
*Please note, the images used on this worksheet were clip art's created from Bing search engine.
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1st
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Global/U.S. - Maps Databank - Africa
40 pages of maps related to the continent of Africa. This databank of maps can be used for a variety of purposes depending on your lesson. Some examples of the types of maps included (but not limited to) are:- Political maps- Physical maps- Blank political maps- Vegetation Zone maps- Climate maps- Precipitation Rate maps- Satellite maps- Economic maps- Wealth / GDP maps- Resource / Land Use maps- Religion / language / ethnicity maps- Population density maps- Flag maps- Historical maps related to
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ancient Egypt - Building a Pyramid, Making a Mummy Videos
Simple guiding questions for students to learn more how Ancient Egyptians built pyramids and how they made mummies. Videos are cartoons adapted to G6 students (age 11-12) and available at youtube:1) how to build a pyramid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtJW-8ZvNE82) how to make a mummy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gD0K7oH92UThis quick worksheet is best used along presentation "Ancient Egypt - Kingdoms, Pharaohs, Religion, Afterlife" in my store, available also as a bundle.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt Bundle for Middle School
Africa Passport Stamps
Passport stamps for when your students learn about the great continent, Africa!
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PreK - 5th
Our Friend, Martin video questions with writing (editable)
Questions go in order with the video, Our Friend, Martin. Last page is a writing essay pieces to reflect on the movie/MLK.Originally created using Google Docs.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Editable Black History Month Google Slide Show Project
Includes a word document with directions for students. Gives a page with many famous African Americans to choose from. Last page gives an outline of what to include in the slide show
Great project for February!!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Black History: Fashion Pioneer Ophelia DeVore
Ophelia DeVore opened up the fashion industry to people of color, published a newspaper and created a line of cosmetics for African Americans. Learn more about this enterprising pioneer in this worksheet, designed for students of all ages.A great addition to Black History Month and Women's History Month.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Bartering/Money Sort
This worked really well with my kids. I just had them glue the headings into their notebooks and match the pictures. Best of luck!
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PreK - 2nd
Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Maps - Units 01-05 - 9th Grade
Twenty-eight multiple choice questions, spanning 22 pages, all based on analyzing maps. These questions are universal to any high school social studies curriculum. The repetitive nature of the questions, as well as the specific ordering of them, is meant to help students develop confidence answering multiple choice questions based on maps. This quiz is part of my global history skills series.Skill 1 = Maps (8 quizzes covering 40 units) Skill 2 = Political Cartoons/Artifacts (4 quizzes covering 4
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Early Human Beings Reading and Worksheet
The text describes the earliest human ancestor ever found in Africa. The accompanying worksheet contains reading comprehension questions and activities designed to help students synthesize and retain the content. Scanning the QR code embedded in the text produces a video that describes the human migration out of Africa and into the different continents across the globe.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Ancient African History
Black History Month: 101 Names to Know!
Celebrate Black History Month in every subject! Math, Science, English, History, Art, Gym, Drama, Dance, Business, and French class! This list of 101 influential people and events related to Black History Month can be used as lesson-inspiration for teachers, a mini-research assignment for students, or a useful handout and reference sheet.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Ancient Egypt: How do geographical features influence human settlement?
Young historians can practice the key concept of empathy with this engaging starter activity on Ancient Egypt. Here's a tip before utilising this resource:Before commencing this activity, I use Google Earth to show students the geographical features of Egypt. We discuss the climate, average annual rainfall and discuss why the majority of settlements are located next to water etc. Then commence with Task 1. I usually get students to pretend they have time travelled back to Ancient Egypt and to co
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5th - 8th
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Black History Month Project
Students can choose an important African American figure and write about them. Students are to include the person's achievements, challenges, and influences. Students may or may not choose someone from the list. For differentiation, students can write a song, letter, or essay, create a poster about the life of the African American figure. BE CREATIVE!
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3rd - 5th
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Teaching Social Structure Through Egypt
This pyramid activity takes an Egyptian twist on the process of thinking about social structure. Egypt is well know for their pyramids, with few blocks at the top, and many at the bottom, similar to the setup for Social structure. Students will cut out different types of jobs and try to match them to their proper status tier found back in ancient Egypt. This can allow for teaching about Egypt itself, or teaching about social structure in isolation by tapping into prior knowledge or a unit cov
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5th - 8th
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Unit 1: In The Land of Salt and Gold: Early and Medieval African Communities
The “In The Land of Salt and Gold: Early and Medieval African Communities” workbook resource is designed to support 1st grade social studies Unit on Africa. Each page supports teacher lessons and student activities. This 22-page workbook can be presented to students as a guide to help them keep notes on the Unit of study.Workbook Table of ContentsCover PageLesson 1 World MapLesson 2 Physical Map of Africa Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Sub regions of Africa MapLesson 5 African MapLesson 6Lesson 7 Three Earl
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K - 2nd
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Jackie Robinson Readers Theatre
Have a look through Jackie Robinson's eyes with readers theatre? Experience the racism and prejudices, he faces within the baseball league, with a kid-friendly approach. This product has 7 speaking parts perfect for a small group or whole class read aloud
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K - 3rd
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Horrible Histories: Timbuktu (Mali) Video Questions
These questions are video questions for the Horrible Histories Timbuktu cartoon. The video is about 25 minutes. The assignment is part of the unit on West Africa and the Gold-Salt Trade.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Phillis Wheatley mini poster and writing.
Phillis Wheatley was an African American writer who was brought to America and sold into slavery as a child. I made these mini posters for students to write about who she was and glue into their social studies interactive notebooks.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Renewable And Non-Renewable Resources Pop Quiz (EDITABLE)
POP QUIZ ON RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES IN SOUTH AFRICA (EDITABLE)
Grades:
4th - 7th
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The Anti-Slavery Alphabet Pamphlet of Poems
Your students will get to dive into a very unique primary source created in 1846 during the Abolitionist Movement in the United States. Using this website: https://americanantiquarian.org/earlyamericannewsmedia/exhibits/show/news-in-antebellum-america/item/49; your students will read through poems written about the horrible institution of slavery. This alphabet pamphlet was created by Hannah Townsend and printed for the Anti-Slavery Fair. Your students will get the opportunity to examine and e
Grades:
3rd - 12th
African Creation Myth Comparison Activity
This is a great activity to have kids jigsaw. Break students up into 4 small groups and have them read the creation myths of these 4 African cultures. Each group reads one myth then, as a class, they teach the others through the jigsaw method. Graphic organizer test students reading comprehension and connects human culture with geography. A lesson that can be easily applied to multiple grade levels. I have used this lesson and variations of it in English, ELL, World History and Human Geography a
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3rd - 12th
We are Unique
Looking to help students understand the importance of respecting people's differences? Look no further, this is a 5-day resource that will bring real-life scenarios and application.
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2nd - 5th
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Ancient Egypt - Kingdoms Geography Warm-Up
A quick worksheet that serves as a logical link between evaluating the effects of climate and physical geography on earliest history of Ancient Egypt and introducing kingdoms of Ancient Egypt. Students need to color key forms of landscape that shaped life in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.This worksheet best fits as a "Do Now" exercise at the beginning of the presentation "Ancient Egypt - Kingdoms, Pharaohs, Religion, Afterlife" in my store, available also in a bundle.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt Bundle for Middle School
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