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Ancient history Common Core W.8.7 resources for Gifted and Talented
Maya Aztec Inca Unit - Activities Bundle
This comprehensive Maya Aztec Inca unit provides students with a deep-dive into all aspects of these Mesoamerican civilizations. A bundle of 27 individual resources and featuring over 250 pages, the depth and variety of lessons and activities will keep your students engaged, focused and eager to learn more about the people of this fascinating period of history.The diversity of this resource caters for students of all learning styles and provides the opportunity to create poems, skits, currencies
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6th - 8th
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Internet Activities - Rockets, Space Shuttles, Satellites and Rovers
28 printable or digital internet investigations on space exploration. Students use a laptop, tablet or smart phone to search online for information about... NASA, space suits, accidents in space, animals in space (dog, monkey, rabbits, mice, spiders, flies…), people in space, rockets, the Apollo space program, space shuttles, SpaceX, going to the Moon, going to Mars, Luna 1, Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, Voyager 1, Messenger, the lunar rover, Sojourner, Chang’e 4, Hubble telescope, Chandra, satellites
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in:Â Space BUNDLE
ANCIENT ROME: World History Travel Brochure Research Summary Project
Have you ever wanted to take your class to Ancient Rome? Now you can without spending a dime! On this virtual field trip, students will become the travel guides. Through summaries and pictures, students will create a travel brochure that highlights 10 major locations of the Ancient Roman Empire. This creative project includes writing, research, and graphic design. What's Included:Student instructions to help explain all aspects of the projectA map of the Roman Empire to locate each stop of th
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5th - 12th
Ancient Egypt Project Based Learning with Easel Activity Digital and Printable
This Ancient Egypt project allows students to choose from a list of 21 different choices to research! Includes teacher directions, student directions, Egypt Project Requirements (one hundred point checklist), project idea list, project choice sheet (students choose their top four choices), topic assignment sheet (teacher assigns project to student from their choices), bibliography example sheet, and a peer review sheet for the research paper and for an oral presentation. Students can research to
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4th - 7th
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Middle School BUNDLE
This bundle contains 557 printable activities for 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade students: frequently misspelled words, internet research activities, quotations, villains and heroes, ASL fingerspelling, taking selfies, discrimination and stereotypes, blindness, stealing, how to make people laugh, the purpose of school, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Martin Luther King Jr., Native Americans, Spanish missions, rock-climbing, geometry, adjectives and nouns, divergent thinking,
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6th - 8th
April Digital and Print Writing Journal Bell Ringers Warm Ups Activities
Print and Digital options! Keep your students writing every day! Quirky holidays, historical events, inspirational quotes, and mini research -- a different prompt for each day gives students lots of choices!Did you know that April is National Grilled Cheese Month? That's one of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, famous birthdays, and thoughtful quotes. This resource includes:Both digital and print versions3
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
January Daily Writing Journal Warm Up Bell Ringers Print and Digital
No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 January prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Print or digital -- You'll get both!Did you know that January 7 is National Bobblehead Day and January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, histor
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
May Digital Writing Journal Prompts Warm Ups Bell Ringers
Print & Digital Versions! Keep your students writing every day! No matter what your classroom set up is. Fun and wacky daily prompts with open-ended creative prompts that encourage creative and critical thinking.Did you know that May 7 is World Laughter Day or that May 13 is Frog Jumping Day? Those are a few of the thirty-one prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, famous birthdays, and thoughtful quotes. This is what you
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
October Daily Writing Warm Up Bell Ringer Journal Prompt Print or Digital
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 October prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that October 4 is National Cinnamon Bun Day and that October 14 is National Chocolate Covered Insect Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
End of Year Internet Research Projects (Grades 5-8)
This packet has 101 different internet research projects for middle school students. Students search for interesting facts about Canada, Ireland, Egypt, Madagascar, North Korea, Greece, Panama, Kenya, China, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Russia. Students locate postage stamps from foreign countries and illustrate them. Students explore the wild animals and people of Hawaii, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Texas, California and New York. Students find and describe coins from foreign countrie
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â End of Year BUNDLE
Mayan Civilization - Newspaper Project
This Mayan Civilization Newspaper Project gives students the opportunity to delve deep into the culture of the Mayan people. As journalists, students are asked to accurately depict the major issues and events of the era with a focus on culture and daily life. While there is ample room for creativity and originality, students will base their information on historical evidence. A range of newspaper templates are provided to assist with students’ final presentation of their research, along with a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Maya Aztec Inca Unit - Activities Bundle
Internet Research on Reptiles and Amphibians
15 printable or digital pages to engage your students in Internet Research on Reptiles and Amphibians. Students use a phone, tablet or laptop to search online about the alligator, tree frog, sea turtle, Komodo dragon, chameleon, rat snake, crocodile, bullfrog, desert tortoise, iguana, rattlesnake, anaconda, box turtle, cobra, and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and downlo
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4th - 10th
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Haiti - Internet Research
24 printable or digital pages to engage your students in Internet Research on Haiti. Students use a phone, tablet or laptop to search online about the people of Haiti: language,customs,flag,coat of arms,coins and paper currency,mountains,rivers,wild animals,leadership and politics,national anthem,history,sports,famous people,and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in:Â The Caribbean Internet Research BUNDLE
Pets - Internet Activity - Search online for information about each type of pet
21 print or digital pages investigating pets: bird, cat, dog, duck, ferret, fish, frog, gecko, gerbil, guinea pig, hamster, horse, lizard, pig, praying mantis, rabbit, rat, scorpion, snake, tarantula, and turtle. Students visit websites to learn more about: the food that the pet eats (plant or meat); whether it has hair, scales, feathers, or a hard exoskeleton; where it lives (in a bowl, cage, or back yard); the dangers it faces and how it protects itself; where it came from in the wild; its
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3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â Cats and Dogs BUNDLE
Mayan Civilization Project - Design Mayan Currency
Creativity and design are at the heart of this Mayan Civilization Project in which students are asked to design Mayan currency bills that accurately represent the history and culture of the Mayan people. Students will assume the role of an artisan who the king has ordered to create a new currency. The currency must reflect the values and daily life of the Mayan people. Students may reference aspects of religion, social structure, city-states, beauty, writing, ball courts or the three periods of
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Maya Aztec Inca Unit - Activities Bundle
Internet Research - Insects, Bugs and Spiders
32 printable or digital pages to help students investigate insects, bugs and spiders: the food a bug eats (live plants, dead and decaying matter, other insects), how it stays alive (avoiding predation), where it lives (air, on or in trees, grass, underground, in or on water), how it moves (flying, running, digging, wiggling, swimming), how it changes (partial or complete metamorphosis), how it contributes to life on the planet (pest or friendly to humans).Bugs: the ant, aphid, black widow spide
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bugs BUNDLE
November Daily Journal Print or Digital Google Drive OneDrive
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 30 November prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day and that November 20 is National Absurdity Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia,
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Dominican Republic - Internet Research Activity
25 printable or digital pages to engage your students in Internet Research on the Dominican Republic. Students use a phone, tablet or laptop to search online about the people of the Dominican Republic:language,customs,flag,coat of arms,coins and paper currency,mountains,rivers,wild animals,leadership and politics,national anthem,history,sports,famous people,and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click o
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â New Teacher Activities - June (First Year Teacher) BUNDLE
Belize - Internet Research Activities
24 printable or digital pages to engage your students in Internet Research on Belize. Students use a phone, tablet or laptop to search online about the people of Belize: language,customs,flag,stamps,coat of arms,money (coins and currency),biggest mountains,major rivers and lakes,wild animals,history,national anthem,capitolsize (population and land),most popular sports,and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at hom
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4th - 10th
Also included in:Â Central America Internet Research BUNDLE
Stephen Hawking - One-hour Internet Research Projects
11 printable or digital pages about STEPHEN HAWKING. Students search online for information about the world’s most well-known cosmologist and theoretical physicist, answering questions like: Who is Stephen Hawking? What do we know about Black Holes? What is Lou Gehrig’s Disease? What does it take to become a scientist? What is the study of cosmology? What do we know about the Milky Way? How do we learn about the universe? What is space filled with? Where did the Earth come from? and m
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Space BUNDLE
Middle School Internet Research Projects (Grades 5-8)
101 different internet research projects for middle school students. Students search for interesting facts about Egypt, Israel, Russia, China, Mexico, Ireland, Germany and Puerto Rico. Students locate postage stamps from foreign countries and illustrate them. Students investigate Alaska, North Carolina, Texas, Hawaii, New York and California. Students find and describe coins from foreign countries. Students discover national parks and monuments. Students locate cities, mountains and bodies
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4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Middle School BUNDLE
August Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Writing Monthly Journal Print and Digital
Print & Digital! No matter what the year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 August prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that August 21 is National Spumoni Day? That's one of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, research prompts, and thoughtful quotes
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Space BUNDLE
This BUNDLE has 219 writing and research activities on space exploration: NASA, space suits, accidents in space, animals in space (dog, monkey, rabbits, mice, spiders, flies…), people in space, rockets, the Apollo space program, shuttles, SpaceX, going to the Moon, going to Mars, Luna 1, Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, Voyager 1, Messenger, the lunar rover, Sojourner, Chang’e 4, Hubble telescope, Chandra, satellites, the International Space Station, fuel, and the earth. And, projects on the planets Mercu
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3rd - 10th
The Caribbean Internet Research BUNDLE
This Bundle contains 169 printable or digital pages for students to explore Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago. Students search the internet with a phone, tablet or laptop to learn about the people of the Caribbean: languages and customs,national flag and coat of arms,coins and postage stamps,biggest mountains and cities,major rivers and lakes,wild animals,history and national anthem,capital and political leader, size (population and land
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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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.
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