Academic Vocabulary and Concepts for Ancient Civilizations Bundle 1

Make academic vocabulary and concepts come alive for your history students. No need for your students to look up vocabulary definitions in the dictionary or textbook glossary. Now all the terms and concepts are on color slides with easy to understand definitions paired with beautiful photos. Even your 2nd language students will quickly understand the new terminology because the photos trigger comprehension across linguistic divides.

Great teachers have many tools at their disposal when teaching new skills and concepts. To that end this product has been designed to let you tailor it to best meet the needs of your students. Go digital with a slide show for the entire class, or have the students work independently at their own pace on personal computers or iPads. Design a colorful word wall or stunning bulletin board with colorful posters of the history unit’s vocabulary. Create flashcards for independent or group activities.

This academic vocabulary set is a combination of the following 4 academic vocabulary products. The only difference is the price savings. When you buy this set you save $3.75.

You Get:

4 PowerPoint Slide Shows on the following ancient history and geography units

-Geography: Land and Water

-Archaeology and Early Man

-Mesopotamia

-Ancient Egypt

4 printable files for each history unit:

-1 set of definition worksheets

-1 set of color flashcards

-1 set of color vocabulary posters

-1 set of word search puzzles with color coded answer keys

Contents:

137 slides

209 pages for printing

120 vocabulary terms and concepts

Archaeology 24 academic terms and concepts:

Anthropology, anthropologist, archaeology, archaeologist, paleontology, artifact, dig, excavate, excavation, fossils, hearth, kitchen midden, radiocarbon dating,

Early man:

Mesolithic, Neolithic, Nomads, Paleolithic,

Technology:

Domesticate, flint, mortar and pestle, obsidian, revolution, specialization, technology, tools

Geography 37 Academic Vocabulary and Concepts:

20 Land Terms:

Canyon, Cliff, Continent, Dam, Desert, Forest, Jungle, Island, Isthmus, Marsh, Mesa, Oasis, Peninsula, Plain, Plateau, Reef, Mountain Range, Mountain Peak, Swamp, Valley

17 Water terms:

Canal, Cataract, Delta, Glacier, Iceberg, Lake, Mouth, Ocean, Pond, Rapids, Reservoir, River, Strait, Stream, Swamp, Tributary, Waterfall

Mesopotamia 26 Vocabulary terms:

geography:

Fertile Crescent, plain, plateau

Agriculture:

canals, irrigation, shadoof

Government, People and Religion:

administrator, administration, artisan, astronomer, city-state, empire, nomad, polytheism, ziggurat

Law, Trade and Writing:

bulla, caravan, code, cuneiform, epic, pictograph, route, scribe, seal, standard,

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Ancient Egypt 33 academic vocabulary and concept terms

Geography and Agriculture:

cataracts, delta, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Nilometer, shadoof

culture:

papyrus, hieroglyphs, cartouche, scribe, obelisk, Pharos, mastaba, pyramid, dynasty, Narmer’s Palette, pharaoh, tribute, Sphinx,

Death and Religion:

deity, polytheism, Afterlife, Ba, Ka, canopic jars, embalm, mummies, mummification, sarcophagus, grave goods, Valley of the Kings, Weighing of the Heart ceremony

*Vocabulary and terms are grouped by topic. The definition worksheets are meant to be used in conjunction with the vocabulary slide presentations.

Product format:

PowerPoint Show made in Microsoft 10

Features include: slide sorter, laser pointer, digital pen, high lighter, and presenter’s notes. This makes it possible to add or highlight notes directly onto the slides. It is possible to check out these features on the preview, by right clicking on the screen. A tool box will appear so that you can experiment with the various options. *You must move the preview and presentation from your download folder in order to view the extra features.

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