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Free 8th grade african history resources for Microsoft Word
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.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Egypt Bundle for Middle School
A Teacher's Guide to Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming
This guide contains tools and resources for teachers and students to use in conjunction with Brown Girl Dreaming. The verse novel communicates lessons about History, Reading and Language Arts through the contents and the writing form. The guide has been written for use in middle grade (6-8) classrooms, but can easily be modified for other grades.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Ancient Egypt Blank Cartouches
Blank Cartouches - 2 per sheet - can be used to have students write their names in hieroglyphs
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6th - 12th
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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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Cultural Reseach Project: Los afro-latinos
Research project designed for high school students to explore the rich, diverse culture of afro-latinos across the Americas. Project was created as a follow up to this video https://vimeo.com/151897541 but is easily adaptable to any lesson!
Grades:
7th - 12th
Ancient Africa Webquest
This webquest helps students explore the 3 kingdoms of West Africa including people, events, and content specific vocabulary.
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6th - 9th
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Online Museum on Slavery
Activity: Online Museum on Slavery
It's the start of the school year, and there is a laundry list of skills students need to develop after 8 or so weeks off during the summer. This online museum activity will capture student's interest and function as a good rust-buster for reading and writing within the history framework. This activity also lays the foundation for strong research skills. If you're a teacher who likes project based learning and group work for your classroom, this is a great pla
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8th - 12th
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.
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4th - 8th
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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
Also included in:Â Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Bundle - Units 01-20/20 - 9th/10th Grade
The Color of Friendship Movie Guide
The Color of Friendship's story does a great job of approaching issues like cultural differences across countries and racial inequalities in both South Africa and the United States. I've uploaded half-sheet guides for 2 days of viewing, including some true facts behind the story.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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:Â 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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Letter from Birmingham Jail Questions
Guided Questions for students to use while reading/listening to the Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Martin Luther King Jr.
Grades:
8th - 12th
King Leopold's Ghost Video Guide (AP Euro/World History)
This video guide follows along with the 2006 movie 'King Leopold's Ghost', which is based off of a book titled King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa written by Adam Hochschild. I use this resource for my 11th and 12th grade AP European history class, but it could be used in any world history class.This free movie teaches students about African colonization through specifically looking at King Leopold and his acquisition of the Congo. Students will observe
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Readers Theater--Mansa Musa, the Richest Man in History
Not finding adequate readers theater options for my secondary students, I decided to write some myself. I use readers theater with my struggling readers to practice fluency.This piece introduces students to the history of Mansa Musa, the richest man in history, and his journey to Mecca.It is a 2 page script written for 4 readers.
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6th - 12th
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Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Drawing Conclusions - Units 11-20 - 9th Grade
Eighteen multiple choice questions, spanning 4 pages, all based on making conclusions and drawing inferences, generalizations and main ideas. These questions can be used in any 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 one specific skill: drawing conclusions, inferences and generalizations. This quiz is part of my global history skills seri
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Bundle - Units 01-20/20 - 9th/10th Grade
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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CIVIL WAR PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS ETC (Great -year round, End & Start too)
This is very convenient and useful.
CONTENTS:
1. Foreward And Dedication For This Publication
2. Where To Locate Civil War Primary Source Documents
3. A. Mississippi's Declaration Of Secession,
4. B. Viriginia's Declaration Of Secession,
5. C. The Emancipation Proclamation
6. D. The Gettysburg Address (Nicolai Version)
7. E. The Gettysburg Address (Bliss Version)
8. F. Two Letters By Regular Union Soldiers
9. G. Letters By Regular Confederate Soldiers
10. H. The War Of The Rebellion (WOR)
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6th - 12th
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McGraw-Hill World: Empires of Near East Vocab and Quiz, Chapter 3
This is a short vocabulary set with accompanying matching quiz on chapter 3 from the McGraw Hill World History textbook with the orange cover and woman on it.
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7th - 10th
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West African Kingdoms Interviews: Mansa Musa, Askia Mohammad, Ibn Battuta
This task has students assigned to be one of 6 roles: Mansa Musa, Askia Mohammad, Ibn Battuta, or an interviewer for any of those three people. The students playing the roles of the West African historical figures need to read their biography and annotate parts that connect to the government, religion, economy, or geography. The interviewers need to read the biography of the person they are interviewing and develop 8 questions to ask the person about the government, religion, economy, or geogra
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â African History Bundle
Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Images/Visuals - Units 01-20 - 9th Grade
Thirty-five multiple choice questions spanning 18 pages, all based on analyzing artifacts (photographs, sculptures, drawings and political cartoons). These questions can be used in any 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 one specific skill: artifacts and political cartoons.This quiz is part of my global history skills series.Skill 1 =
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Bundle - Units 01-20/20 - 9th/10th Grade
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