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Middle ages cultural activities for Microsoft Word
A Midsummer's Night Dream adaptation
This play is a 10 minute adaptation of William Shakespeare's, A Midsummer's Night Dream. This version was an all female cast and this is reflected in a few of the character changes. If males are in the cast the names can be changed back to the original ones and dialogue reflecting this, also. It is a simple script with parts for those who memorize well and smaller parts for those who have a harder time. The cost includes permission to copy the script for one school/ location, but not any furt
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Viking Raids Historical Fiction Reading with Questions
This is a work of historical fiction to motivate and engage reluctant readers. Part of my Warriors of God series, it depicts a hapless monk caught up in a Viking raid who unwittingly becomes the hero.
It is a short reading that most middle school age students will finish in about fifteen to twenty minutes of reading. If you include the questions, the activity will take around thirty minutes.
A set of twenty multiple choice questions are included that are focused not only on recall of the s
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6th - 8th
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Abrahamic Religions Comparison
A brief summary of Islam, Judaism and Christianity comparing them.
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6th - 8th
Blow the Roof Off! Activity on The Crusades
This is a fun words and actions game using the "blow the roof off" activity. Each student gets one of the strips of paper with a piece of information about the crusades and an action that goes with the corresponding information. By doing the actions with each piece of information, it helps the kids retain the information better. The kids love to act it out over and over as I time them to beat their previous times!
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5th - 7th
Middle Ages "Stain-glass Windows"
An arts and crafts project for students to make 'stain-glass' windows from colored tissue paper, poster board and clear contact paper. Students will learn why in the Middle Ages, or the Renaissance, the pictures on the windows, were selected; the shape; rose windows; Gothic Arch; Roman Arch; and who paid for them: the patrons. A good project to do leading up the Christmas or Easter celebrations.
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4th - 7th
Historieta del apellido español
Historieta del apellido español es una cápsula cultural muy interesante e importante. Preguntas como estas se contestarán:• ¿Por qué los españoles usan dos apellidos, el paterno y el materno?• ¿Son los españoles europeos los únicos que usan dos apellidos?• ¿Desde cuándo usan apellidos?• ¿Cuál es la función del apellido?• ¿Significan hoy lo mismo que antaño: López, RamÃrez, Sánchez…?• ¿Cuál es la historia de los apellidos españoles? Van a quedar fascinados y con deseos de hacer más investigacione
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5th - 12th
Genghis Khan: The Exhibition
This is the perfect activity to have your students complete while they tour the Genghis Khan exhibit currently at The Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. Genghis Khan: The Exhibition is at The Ronald Reagan Library until August 2018. This five-page resource is customizable. It serves to give students a focus as they move through the exhibit. If you're taking a field trip here and don't have the time to tour the exhibit yourself ahead of time (it is $25 a ticket), then please use th
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6th - 10th
Are World History classes too Eurocentric?
Definition of Eurocentric: centered on Europe or the Europeans especially; reflecting a tendency to interpret the world in terms of European or Anglo-American values and experiences (source, Merriam-Webster dictionary).This summative assessment asks students to think critically about the standards presented in common history textbooks and resources. Challenging the curated versions of events in human history can help students become critical thinkers and more curious about current events.This is
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9th - 12th
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Medieval Theatre Notes
Notes about theatre of the Middle Ages.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Advice for a Young Renaissance Prince - Machiavelli
This rich task puts students in the role of political advisers to a Renaissance prince. It invites them to consider different ways that rulers might exercise and consolidate power, in the tradition of the Italian Renaissance political philosopher Machiavelli.
The handout provides a brief, imaginative, realistic context to help students assume their role and to understand some of the factors they need to consider.
I like to arrange chairs around the room like a council chamber, with myself or
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7th - 12th
Medieval Times
This is a scavenger hunt design to let students explore the variety of topics covered in a unit of Medieval Times. It also includes an answer sheet.
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3rd - 5th
Groundhog Day /Candlemas Day for High Schoolers FREEBIE
4 separate activities for understanding the circle of seasons, and the specific holiday of candlemas/groundhog's day. The first includes a four page reading with primary source poems and medieval rhymes with question and answer sheet suitable for upper levels and upper grades.
2 project ideas with overview readings, one on candles/gardens and the other on animals (woodchuck) that could be adapted or used with lower grades or level
1 word search - younger grade and level
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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