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4th grade ancient history centers under $5
Ancient Egypt Stations or Gallery Walk with Doodle Note Style Graphic Organizer
Are you ready to take your students on a captivating journey through the mesmerizing world of Ancient Egypt? Look no further—our "Ancient Egypt Stations" resource is the key to your students falling in love with Egypt! Dive into the Wonders of Ancient Egypt:Step into a world of content-rich exploration as your students explore the heart of Ancient Egypt's history. Discover 6 Interactive Stations:Unearth the secrets of Ancient Egypt's geography, uncover remarkable achievements, explore its intr
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4th - 9th
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Ancient India Stations, Centers, or Gallery Walk: Print & Digital Resources
This content-rich Ancient India Stations activity is student-centered and interactive. The activity has 8 stations detailing the geography, achievements, social classes, leadership, economy, and religion of Ancient India. The stations cover key aspects of the Indus River Valley (Harappan Culture), Aryan, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires.Here's what's included:Readings come with pictures, artifact graphics, and maps. Questions and interactive mini-activities are underneath the reading. A separate graph
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4th - 9th
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Ancient Greece Stations l Ancient Greece Activities & Worksheets l Geography
This content-rich activity is student-centered and interactive. It has seven stations detailing the geography, achievements, social classes, leadership, and contributions to the democracy, economy, and religion (Greek mythology) of Ancient Greece. The readings include pictures, charts, and maps. Questions and interactive mini-activities are underneath the reading and on a separate worksheet for teacher choice. Teacher instructions and five different activity ideas for the same Common Core readin
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4th - 10th
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Ancient Egypt Activities Reading Passages Egyptian Gods Pharaohs Pyramids
Students will explore life in ancient Egypt while practicing essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features with this interactive book.TOPICS INCLUDE:the Nile riverUpper and Lower EgyptKing Menes and the double crowndaily life in ancient Egyptpharaohsgods and goddessesmummiespyramidsWHAT YOU WILL GET12-page printable bookCut-and-glue titlesAncient Egypt vocabulary cards with definitionsVocabulary graphic organizer Full color, digital vers
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3rd - 4th
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Greek and Latin Roots for 4th 5th 6th Grade Morphology Activities Games Wall
Easily introduce students to morphology and Greek and Latin roots with this root of the day resource. I like to print the posters on colorful card card stock and put 5 in a plastic sheet taped to the wall. I introduce a new root each day when we come in from recess.Each day, a student flips takes the 1st card and moves it to the back. The class uses a graphic organizer to record their work. They write it, define it, think of examples, illustrate it, and use it. This no-prep activity takes only
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4th - 7th
Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Scavenger Hunt-Read The Room Grades 4-7
This product offers an excellent way to give your students practice in reading for information. You place the 12 fact cards around the room and your students hunt,read,write,and learn all about the Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. The cards can also be used as a word wall.Included:12 Fact Cardsstudent worksheets answer keyoptional writing assignment and word findAligned with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1-7.1Please e-mail me with any questions about this resource or suggestions for future resour
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: A Bundled Collection of Scavenger Hunts-Read and Write the Room 4-7
Ancient Egypt Informational Text Posters
This series of 11 Informational Text Posters written in simple language will help your students learn basic facts about various topics of Ancient Egyptian history. Key vocabulary is highlighted in bold text, so students can identify the content words.
Topics include:
King Tut
Cleopatra
Egyptian Pyramids
The Great Sphinx
Hieroglyphics
Mummies
Sarcophagus
Camels
Ancient Egyptian Cats
Howard Carter
Step Pyramid
I've also included a cover page and a scavenger hunt. Students can use the posters to
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1st - 4th
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Website Sleuths- Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent) | Web Search Activity
Your students will enjoy being "web detectives" with this web scavenger hunt/webquest/ internet search activity on Ancient Mesopotamia/the Fertile Crescent. Students will use the provided website to look up the answers to twenty questions on this ancient civilization. Please note that this resource is also included in my "Less Mess" Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent Interactive Notebook Activities as well. Please note that this resource is also included in my Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent Web Search
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4th - 7th
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Greek Mythology Coloring Posters - Gods & Heroes Coloring Pages - SimpleLitColor
Greek gods! Greek heroes! Greek mythology characters! Each is a poster (10"x 15") that can be printed on 11"x17" paper or two 8.5"x11" sheets taped together. This Greek myth resource includes the 12 Olympians, 10 Greek heroes, and 12 other Greek gods and characters.This download includes 34 coloring posters for the following characters:AchillesAphroditeApolloArachneAresArtemisAtalantaAthenaBellerophonDaedalusDemeterDionysusErosHadesHelen of Troy HephaestusHeraHerculesHermesHestiaIcharusJasonMela
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2nd - 5th
30 High Interest: Low Level Reading & Comprehension Passages Ancient History
30 High Interest, Low Level reading passage for grades 5-12. These passages are perfect for older struggling readers and are aligned with the middle school and high school standards for ancient history and English Language Arts. The passages are cross-curricular and can be used to provide reading practice for struggling readers as well as to teach history concepts to students who have trouble accessing the reading levels of tradition textbooks.This resource contains:A form Fillable PDF. Works gr
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Website Sleuths Ancient Egypt (Religion and the Afterlife) | Web Search Activity
{Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Egypt unit, Egypt unit, Ancient Egypt activities; Egypt Web Search}Your students will enjoy being "web detectives" with this web scavenger hunt activity on religion and the afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Students will use the provided website to look up the answers to twenty questions on this ancient civilization. Space is provided under each question for students to write the answers in their own words. An answer key is also provided for teacher con
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3rd - 7th
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Greek Mythology Task Cards
Get a little "MAD" with these MYTHOLOGY task cards. Enrich your students' knowledge of mythology with these fun activities. Use at stations for students, as an “early finisher” activity, partner work, or hang up task cards as a Mad Myth Hunt around the classroom.These creative task cards include facts about mythological gods, goddesses, monsters, and more. Students can complete a variety of tasks including poetry writing, using dialogue, persuasive writing, alliteration, personal writing, dra
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Mythology BUNDLE - Four Awesome Products!
Website Sleuths- Ancient Egypt Web Search Bundle | Web/ Internet Search
{Key Words: Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Egypt unit, Egypt unit, Ancient Egypt activities; Egypt Web Search}Your students will enjoy being "web detectives" with these web scavenger hunt activities on life in Ancient Egypt. In each activity, students will use the provided website to look up the answers to twenty questions on this ancient civilization. Please note that this resource is also included in my "Less Mess" Ancient Egypt Interactive Notebook Activities. This bundle fe
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3rd - 7th
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Achievements of the Gupta Empire Stations Activity- Ancient India Unit
STATIONS ACTIVITY! Get your students up and moving, all while learning about the many achievements of the Gupta Empire! This activity includes six information sheets that can be placed in different areas of the room and a two-page worksheet that students fill out along the way. Topics include: literature, universities, painting & sculpture, metalwork, mathematics, and roads. Laminate these sheets and keep them for years to come!! Feel free to modify and pass information sheets around to stud
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient History BUNDLE: Second Semester (Three Units)
Greek Gods- Greek Mythology - Scavenger Hunt- Read The Room- Grades 3-6
This product offers an excellent way to give your students practice in reading for information. You place the 20 fact cards around the room and your students hunt,read,write,and learn all about the Greek gods and heroes. Depending on the level of your students you can break it up into more sessions. The cards can also be used as a word wall.Included:20 Fact Cards5 student worksheets answer keyAligned with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1-6.1If you're looking for more about Greek Myths check out this
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3rd - 6th
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Dog Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Art Project | Word Search
Who doesn't love PUGS?Dive into the history of Pugs with this fun and engaging informational text activity. Students will use reading comprehension, word banks, a quiz, and more to explore the breed's origins and characteristics. This art project is perfect for a dog-themed bulletin board as well!Did you know that National Pug Day is held every October 15? It is one of many dog and cat holidays founded by Colleen Paige and was launched in 2012.The resource is easy to use; just print, gather some
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4th - 7th
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Solve the code Egyptian secret message Egypt hieroglyphs Mensaje secreto Egipto
If you are teaching about ancient Egypt, this resource is the perfect way to have your students having fun between lessons!15 pages with secret messages related to Egypt.This resource includes 15 black and white pages in English language, and 15 pages in Spanish language. Answer key is included, too.Please, note that not all the messages in English are the same as in Spanish. The secret messages are simple words or very short sentences.Fill in the blanks with the letter that matches each picture
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1st - 6th
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The Legacy of Ancient Greece: A Stations Activity!
Learn about the Legacy of Ancient Greece through this fun and exciting STATIONS ACTIVITY! Everything you need is included in this product. Your students will enjoy getting up and moving, all while learning about the many legacies the Ancient Greeks had on our modern world. Includes six station cards, a two page worksheet, and answer key! Laminate the cards and keep for years to come. You can place around the room and have groups of students visit each station and fill out their worksheet, OR pla
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Ancient History BUNDLE: Second Semester (Three Units)
Greek Mythology Add 'Em Up! Math Activity (Version One)
This is a fun, hands-on way for students to review their math skills and review some fun facts about the gods, goddesses, and monsters of MYTHOLOGY. This MYTHOLOGY edition includes review questions about Cerberus, Odysseus, the Sphinx, and more. Students cut apart ten strips to work their way up a mat while answering a series of math problems in which they add a number to the answer. *A sample problem might be: Add 67 to the year of Lincoln's number as President and you get this. The activi
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4th - 6th
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Great Wall of China Scavenger Hunt - Read and Write The Room - Ancient China
This product offers an excellent way to give your students practice in reading for information. You place the 12 fact cards around the room and your students hunt, read, write, and learn fascinating facts about the Great Wall of China. This is a great way to expand your students' knowledge about ancient civilizations. Included:12 Fact Cardsstudent worksheets answer keyAligned with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1-7.1Please e-mail me with any questions about this resource or suggestions for future re
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Interesting People, Places, and Things-Read and Write the Room Bundle
Mythological Math Amusement Park Project (Design a Theme Park)
Want to integrate MYTHOLOGY into your math unit and math into your mythology unit? Looking to work in some descriptive writing and figurative language also? Well, here is a great project based learning idea for you! This product includes student directions for creating an amusement park based on a mythological god, goddess, or monster. Students will design an amusement park based on the checklist which includes 20 elements to be included in the poster project. Rotations, reflections, and
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4th - 6th
Social Studies-Writing Connection: Ancient China (Core Knowledge/CKLA)
Our Social Studies-Writing Connections are the perfect blend of writing and history! Help your students learn perfect paragraph organization one color at a time, while integrating important historical concepts such as Ancient China.Our Writing Connections help model proper writing organization which is essential to your students' writing success. This product is perfect for whole group, small group, and independent center time. During whole group or small group instruction, teachers can rea
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Core Knowledge Writing Connections: History BUNDLE
Twelve Labors of Mythology-Fun Activities For Your Students!
Just like Hercules (Heracles) - this product presents TWELVE LABORS for your students! The difference being these are actually FUN labors that your students will enjoy conquering! Use these activities to compliment your mythology unit. Students will read, write, research, and create. Activities include: Design an iPhone cover, Create a Cupcake, Adopt A Friend, Mythical Texts, and more! You can copy and display these task posters around your room to create a Mythological Labors Day, you
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Mythology BUNDLE - Four Awesome Products!
The Flight of Icarus - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4-5 students. This is a Greek tragedy and is based on the story of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus is an inventor and very very smart. He builds King Minos a labyrinth and, after it is finished, the king decides to get rid of him. He locks Daedalus and Icarus in the labyrinth that Daedalus made him. Daedalus know the labyrinth well and he and his son escape. They go into hiding and come up with a plan to get away from the island where King Minos lives.
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4th - 12th
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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.
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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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