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Ugly Christmas Sweater Reading and ELA Activities | Middle School Christmas ELA
This holiday project and activity set with keep upper elementary and middle school students on task during this busy time of year! Students will read about the history of the ugly Christmas sweater, practice grammar and ELA skills centered around this theme and even design their own sweater as a finale to a FULL WEEK of activities!This resource includes the following:⭐ The History of the Ugly Christmas Sweater informational text passage⭐ Nonfiction comprehension questions⭐ Vocabulary matching ac
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Christmas ELA and Reading Activities for Middle School | Holiday ELA
Ugly Sweater Multiplying Decimals (Money) Christmas Math Color by Number
It's ugly sweater time! Give your students a winter math color page that reviews multiplying decimals (dollar amounts) by whole numbers. Students solve the multiplying money problems. Then they use the code to color the picture. This ugly Christmas sweater color sheet is great to use before Christmas!What's Included:✢ 1 sheet of problems (10 multiply decimals by whole numbers problems, the decimals are money amounts)✢ 1 color page✢ answer keyThis resource is great for:✧ Math Centers, Math Statio
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Shade By Number Art Activity, CHRISTMAS Edition, Early Finisher/Sub Lessons
SHADE BY NUMBER allows students to learn shading and value in a simple, easy way by matching value tones inside the portrait. A great introduction activity to shading. No prep required except provide a few shading pencils!These activity sheets work great for early finishers, end of the year, after fall/winter/spring break, during testing and also emergency sub lessons!These SHADE BY NUMBER activity sheets are designed for middle school ages (5-8th), high school (9-12) and homeschool ages!Celebra
Grades:
5th - 12th
Christmas Holiday Brain Break Activities and NO PREP Worksheets for December
These NO PREP Christmas Holiday Brain Break Activities for December are the perfect collection of fun mazes, find the difference coloring pictures, coordinate graphing pictures, connect the dots, riddles, logic puzzles, sudoku puzzles, tic tac toe, word searches, and a word scramble page for your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade students to help them focus, improve their fine motor skills, and be more productive! This Christmas Holiday Brain Breaks PDF of NO PREP WORKSHEETS is the perfect collec
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Mesoamerica Reading Comprehension Bundle Aztec Inca Maya Civilizations
This reading comprehension bundle provides several reading passages and questions about the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas. A color and black and white version are included for all passages, as well as a key. A test on all three civilizations is also included. INCLUDES:MAYAS:-Government-Daily Life-ReligionAZTECS:-Daily Life-Religion-Aztec Warriors-Tenochtitlan-Spanish ConquestINCAS:-Daily Life-Government-Religion-Society-Cuzco-Machu Picchu-Spanish Conquest*If you don't already, Follow Me!
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5th - 8th
Christmas Grammar Worksheets, NO PREP, Middle and High School
These five Christmas grammar worksheets designed for high school students aren’t your typical Christmas grammar exercises! These are truly NO PREP, print and go, age-appropriate exercises to challenge and review your teens' grammar skills during December.Student Experience: These grammar activities for Santa reflect a seasonally-inspired thematic concept of the page that coincides with key, standards-based grammar skills. For example, students will repair broken sentences (fragments and run-ons)
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Grammar Worksheets Holiday and Seasonal BUNDLE
Virtual Field Trip of Winter Holidays Around the World Bundle Digital
Explore the different holidays around the world in this virtual field trip discount bundle including FREE trips! Perfect for Winter or Holidays in your classroom to learn about Hanukkah, St. Lucia Day, Boxing Day, Christmas, Diwali, and Kwanzaa!Holidays are almost here and what a wonderful time of year! Christmas is magical but so are all the other exciting holidays around the WORLD! Explore and learn all about different places around the globe with what celebrations they have for Winter with fu
Grades:
1st - 8th
Christmas ELA and Reading Activities for Middle School | Holiday ELA
The holiday season can be a very difficult time to keep students on task. Do you need engaging, meaningful activities to keep middle school students focused at Christmas time? If so, this Christmas ELA and Reading Activities Bundle is perfect for you! No prep is required and answer keys are provided to keep this activity very low stress for you! The activities in this bundle were created specifically for students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade.Included in Bundle:Ugly Christmas Sweater Reading and ELA
Grades:
5th - 8th
December Early/Fast Finishers | Fun Activity Packet | Christmas Holiday | Break
Includes 20 fun pages! Do you need some fun No Prep Winter activities to keep your early finishers engaged during the December and Christmas Holidays? Perfect for Winter Break! This monthly packet features tons of independent work like puzzles, games, and SEL-centered drawing and coloring activities.This December-themed Early Finishers Packet will keep elementary and middle school students busy when they finish their work! They'll love the fun games they can play with a partner quietly, or th
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Winter Solstice Virtual Field Trip Science and Solstice Holidays for Google
Winter holidays are almost here so it is time to celebrate the Winter Solstice with this virtual field trip! Learn what creates Earth's rotation and seasons and the science and cultural holidays around the solstice! Perfect for science or social studies classes!Take a Virtual Field Trip:Watch a video to learn what the solstices are and how they are formedWatch a video from around the world to learn about festivals and solstice celebrations around the globeTry a 3D VR simulation of Earth's tilt a
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3rd - 12th
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Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Achilles
Practice deep reading comprehension with this fun Greek myth based on Achilles. Students will read a one page story about Achilles, the brave Greek warrior with a hidden weakness. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, figurative language, cause and effect, theme, and character traits. Some questions require more than one answer. Some questions have more than one pa
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
Christmas Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: Christmas Mega Bundle 8 in 1
This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-12 for Christmas, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom. - One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole nu
Grades:
4th - 12th
Ancient Maya Civilization Study - Mayan | History & Social Studies Activities
Ancient Maya, This Kid's Life in History is a booklet that focuses on how a child lived daily life in a different time and country. This particular book tracks the life of a boy named Aapo who lived in Ancient Maya and speaks the Mayan language. Included:1. A pre-test to see what your students know about Ancient Maya2. A 2 page letter from Aapo that describes his life in Ancient Maya3. Facts about Ancient Maya and discussion questions4. Ancient Maya Word Search Puzzle5. Ancient Maya Secret Code
Grades:
1st - 6th
Prehistory and Early Humans Google Drive Interactive Notebook
This Prehistory digital resource for teaching about features a set of 10 fully-editable interactive pages on the Stone Age for Google Drive! The pages cover the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras with a variety of links, graphic organizers, and more! These super-engaging pages can be completed all online with laptops, tablets, or any other device that supports Google Drive! Prehistory topics covered in these pages include: The Hominids: Australopithecines, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Neanderthal, &a
Grades:
7th - 10th
New Year and Winter Grammar Worksheets, NO PREP, Middle and High School
These five New Year and Winter grammar worksheets designed for high school students aren’t your typical grammar exercises! These are truly NO PREP, print and go, age-appropriate exercises to challenge and review your teens' grammar skills during January.Student Experience: These grammar activities for winter reflect a seasonally-inspired thematic concept of the page that coincides with key, standards-based grammar skills. For example, students build a snowman by putting together new words with p
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Grammar Worksheets Holiday and Seasonal BUNDLE
The Silk Road Reading Comprehension and Answer Key - Print & Digital
This Silk Road reading comprehension activity is perfect to use during your Ancient China Unit to cover all important aspects of the Silk Road! This resource includes a ready-to-print PDF and a Google Doc digital version for your convenience! Great for both in-person and distance learning! This resource is also available as a station activity.Students are provided with four pages of content reading on the following topics:1. What was the Silk Road?2. What was traded on the Silk Road?3. How did t
Grades:
5th - 7th
Christmas Shopping Spree | Financial Literacy | EDITABLE | Print and Digital
Looking for a fun Christmas activity for middles school? This fun holiday activity students will use their budgeting and financial literacy skills to show their understanding of decimal operations. Students will be adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals to solve various problems.Santa needs your students help to complete his Christmas list. Your students are given a budget and must browse local flyers to purchase gifts for family, friends or anyone else who would love a gift fro
Grades:
5th - 8th
December Writing Prompts & Reading - December Activities - Christmas Activities
December & Christmas Reading Passages w/ Christmas emojis! Text Dependent Reading / Text Dependent Writing / Text Evidence / Constructed Response Reading & Writing (4th- 6th) with social media theme ( emojis - hashtags - texting ) - Made to use with Google Drive or pdf printouts. Great for Christmas Writing Prompts for the month of December. SAVE 30% by purchasing the WHOLE YEAR BUNDLE! - Hashtag Bundle - 200 Constructed Response Reading & Writing Passage Check out our December
Grades:
4th - 6th
Christmas Activities, Paired Text Lesson (Poetry and Nonfiction)
This paired text lesson for Christmas inspires and warms the heart during the holiday season. With these low prep activities, your middle and high school students will be making thematic connections across texts, exercising close reading, comprehension, and writing skills while spreading kindness and cheer. Student Experience: From close reading the song "Christmas Shoes" to analyzing a paired informational text about Toms shoes to planning their own real-world project for children around the w
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Christmas Holiday Activities, English Lessons for Teens, BUNDLE
5th Grade Christmas Packet Fun Early Finishers Puzzles Worksheets & Activities
Are you searching for a fun Christmas packet for your fifth grade students? This engaging Christmas activities workbook is perfect for the December festive season. It is filled with 30 unique pages of puzzles, critical thinking, creative thinking, brain teasers and fun busy work. It can be used for early finishers, fast finishers, morning work, brain breaks, sub plans, class parties and as a fun reward!ALSO AVAILABLE:Preschool Christmas Fun PacketKindergarten Christmas Fun PacketFirst Grade Chri
Grades:
5th - 6th
Industrial Revolution Study Guide Activity Packet: Timeline, Map, & People
This thorough packet on the Industrial Revolution is a perfect unit guide to help students understand all of the key concepts, people, and events they need to know about this era in World History! The 9-page independent work packet includes engaging pages on all every aspect of the Industrial Revolution for your World History classroom. There's also standards-based Essential Questions to guide your whole unit! It starts off with a short overview reading on the Industrial Revolution, followed by
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: World History 2 Study Guide and Unit Packet Bundle
Christmas Figurative Language Color by Number Worksheets
These Christmas-themed color by code printable worksheets are the PERFECT way for your students to practice identifying and explaining the meaning of figurative language!Includes 4 Color-by-Code Activities:Simile, Metaphor or Hyperbole?Metaphor, Alliteration or Personification?Simile, Alliteration or Onomatopoeia?Explain the Meaning of Figurative LanguageThe coloring sheets AND skills sheets are Christmas themed!Includes:4 skills practice worksheets focusing on similes, metaphors, hyperboles, pe
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Figurative Language Color by Number Holiday Bundle
Holiday ELA Activities RACE Writing Strategy Prompts for Google and Print
These ELA Holiday Writing Activities will engage your students while building paragraph writing skills. The RACE Writing Strategy is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements.This Download Contains:Student resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionsPossible answers to each passageThis pac
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ELA Holiday Activities Bundle : Writing with the RACE Strategy and More!
Advent Reading Comprehension Questions - Catholic Christmas Activity
Are you looking to teach your students about the meaning and traditions of Advent, in preparation for Christmas? This resource includes an article about the season of Advent, as well as six multiple choice and short answer questions. Advent is a season that is rich in tradition. Students will learn about the purpose of Advent, the meaning behind the colors purple and rose, and Advent devotions such as Advent wreaths, Advent calendars, and the O Antiphons. It is my hope that students will yearn t
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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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