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Black History Month ancient history Common Core W.7.5 resources
Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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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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MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
Black History Month - Text Based Evidence, Text Dependent Analysis - Bundle
Teaching text dependent analysis writing for Black History Month has never been easier! This in-depth literature based writing prompt bundle includes lessons for 62 of the most popular novels, short stories, and poems taught during Black History Month in middle school! The lessons include argumentative, expository, compare & contrast, narrative, and persuasive prompts. Each lesson includes a writing graphic organizer, rubric, writing quiz, detailed lesson plan, an instructional video, and
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6th - 8th
The Golden Goblet: Literature Study
This unit is a collection of questions and activities to enhance your study of Eloise Jarvis McGraw's The Golden Goblet. The study guide portion consists of short answer essay questions that focus the student on plot development. An answer key is included for the study guide. Writing prompts and suggested activities make connections to history.
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Teacher's Guide
Study Guide
Study Guide answer key
Egyptian Myth - narrative writing/comic strip activity student page
Egyptian Gods - resea
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5th - 7th
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Hieroglyphics & Rosetta Stone Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learning
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print documentor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.Need help tying in the Co
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4th - 10th
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Sojourner Truth Body Biography Project — Collaborative Poster Activity
Have your students create a collaborative poster and learn about Sojourner Truth in a fun, fresh, and engaging way!This biography research project emphasizes the significance of teamwork and effective communication, highlighting the importance of a unified body of knowledge.Your students will conduct research and demonstrate an understanding of the life of Sojourner Truth by creating a beautiful biography poster.This is an awesome Black History Month Activity!Powerful People Project Steps:1. To
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5th - 12th
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Dred Scott Body Biography Project — Collaborative Poster Activity
Have your students create a collaborative poster and learn about Dred Scott in a fun, fresh, and engaging way!This research biography project emphasizes the significance of teamwork and effective communication, highlighting the importance of a unified body of knowledge.Your students will conduct research and demonstrate an understanding of the life of Dred Scott by creating a beautiful biography poster.This is an awesome Black History Month Activity!Powerful People Project Steps:1. To construct
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7th - 12th
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Paul Robeson Body Biography Project — Collaborative Poster Activity
Have your students create a collaborative poster and learn about Paul Robeson in a fun, fresh, and engaging way!This biography research project emphasizes the significance of teamwork and effective communication, highlighting the importance of a unified body of knowledge.Your students will conduct research and demonstrate an understanding of the life of Paul Robeson by creating a beautiful biography poster.This is an awesome Black History Month Activity!Powerful People Project Steps:1. To constr
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6th - 12th
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Jack Johnson Body Biography Project — Collaborative Poster Activity
Have your students create a collaborative poster and learn about Jack Johnson in a fun, fresh, and engaging way!This biography research project emphasizes the significance of teamwork and effective communication, highlighting the importance of a unified body of knowledge.Your students will conduct research and demonstrate an understanding of the life of Jack Johnson by creating a beautiful biography poster.This is an awesome Black History Month Activity!Powerful People Project Steps:1. To constr
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6th - 12th
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Alexander the Great: Meal Paragraph Writing Lesson
Practice MEAL paragraph writing in with text dependent questions in Social Studies. Looking to integrate writing practice into your World History lesson plans? This product contains everything you need to practice short answer response questions with your middle grades students. In this lesson, students will write a MEAL paragraph as a class with teacher lead modeling, assess their work, then write their own paragraph independently using skills they learned.What's Included: - Teacher Instruction
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â MEAL Paragraph Guided Writing Lesson for Social Studies
Civil Rights Movement 1960s Research Project: MLK Jr. & Black History
Civil Rights Movement 1960s is a choice board research project that guides students through the writing process as they learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Movement 1960s gives students the chance to become an expert on one part of this huge, history-changing movement. Students will discuss reliable sources, what they already know about the Civil Rights Movement before diving into research. Students will take the Civil Rights Movement facts they gather and choose from 9 pro
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
28 Days of Black History Quotes Writing Prompts
Your students will delve into the minds of some of the most progressive and forward thinkers in American History with the 28 Days of Black History Quotes Writing Prompts.Students will read a new quote everyday made from a Black History figure and write what they think the quote means or how it relates to something personal in their lives.Each quote is inspirational and gives a glimpse into the thought process that attributed to the success of the historical figure. Some of the historical figures
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5th - 8th
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Literature of Civil Rights (ELA, Black History Month Unit)
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
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7th - 12th
Frederick Douglass Literary Analysis
Increase students' awareness of a great African-American and improve analytical writing skills simultaneously with this resource. This analytical writing lesson uses an excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to develop students' understanding of literary analysis. Guiding questions train students to break the evidence down into parts, which helps promote detailed analysis. The corresponding paragraph outline not only explains the structure of a literary analysis, but it als
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6th - 9th
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Langston Hughes Literary Analysis
This analytical writing lesson uses Langston Hughes's short poem "Dreams" to develop students' understanding of literary analysis in a short period of time. As the language of poetry is filled with figurative language, one poem can provide multiple opportunities for students to practice important skills. As this two-stanza poem centers around a pair of metaphors, it does not take long to read and discuss. Therefore, the entire lesson can be completed in 1-2 class periods. To facilitate discuss
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6th - 9th
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Fictional Reading Comprehension and Creative Writing Unit: The Flying Dutchman
This fictional reading comprehension passage with questions contains a 3 1/2-page adaptation of the legend, "The Flying Dutchman." The text is followed by a creative writing unit that will allow your students to have fun while learning! This assignment is accompanied by a sample prewriting story map and includes the elements of a legend and the parts of a plot. "The Flying Dutchman" will also assist your students with vocabulary acquisition and retention. It contains a context clues worksheet f
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7th - 9th
Also included in:Â Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions
"The Other Foot" by Ray Bradbury - Mini Unit
This Mini-Unit Contains:Words in context vocabulary worksheet with an answer sheet.Character traits and evidence chart with an answer sheet.PEEL paragraph open-ended response question with two sample responses. A guide for teachers with some helpful tips.Suggestions for discussion questions and extension activities.Digital versions of worksheets for easy online posting.I love teaching Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man. "The Other Foot" is a short story that appears in the original book and can
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6th - 12th
Famous People in Black History Research Project
This choice board research project guides students through the writing process as they learn more about famous people from Black History. Students will research about Black History leaders, Black History inventors, and more to learn about this important part of history.There is a mini-lesson about reliable and unreliable resources. Students will also discuss what they already know about Black History and their historical figure. They will pick a topic to research and use the graphic organizer
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5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
Argumentative/Persuasive Writing Project - Protest
This project is a culminating project that I utilized to assess students’ writing. We used this activity after reading Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix. However, it can be used independently to assess persuasive/argumentative writing.Items included in your purchase:Teacher DirectionsStudent ChecklistsStudent Directions
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6th - 12th
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Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement: Class Project
Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement is a class project where students will work together to create a timeline of the Civil Rights Movement of 1960. Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement guides students through the writing process as they learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement gives students the chance to learn more about one part of this huge, history-changing movement. Students will discuss reliable sources, what they already know about the Civil Ri
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
Civil Rights Movement Leader Book Report
Combine reading, writing, and social studies with this Civil Rights Movement Leader Book Report. Students will choose a leader of the Civil Rights Movement they would like to study more about and do a book report on that individual. This report includes:people to choose fromreport outlinegrading rubricThis is an excellent month long project.
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â Black History Month Bundle
Black History Profiles: Worksheets & Display
Celebrate Black history with these 35 printable profile worksheets of famous and influential African-American and black leaders. This makes a great research project for students to do independently or in pairs and can be completed as a class or homeroom activity. It is perfect for Black History Month, but can be a great learning opportunity at any time of year.Included in the download you will find:suggestions for how to use the profiles and instruct studentsa sample/exemplar completed profile30
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7th - 10th
Informative Writing Activity: Black American Historical Figures
Students will celebrate Black-American icons from past and present through an informative writing assignment. This Google Drive document includes everything you need for students to complete an informative writing essay on this topic: a list of 35 people with linked sources included, a guided research worksheet, a guided outline worksheet, a proofreading checklist, and a peer conferencing checklist.
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5th - 10th
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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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