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Elementary ancient history projects for Microsoft Word
Great Wall of China 3 Dimensional diorama art project
The Great Wall of China will come to life as your students recreate this ancient wonder out of paper! By printing out the sheets on different colors of paper, you gain the view of perspective (areas in the foreground are darker, areas in the background are lighter). Students practice fine motor skills as they piece together the "puzzle" and create their own 3-dimensional view of the Great Wall. If you like this project, check out my other World Cultures activities, like my paper Stonehenge proje
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4th - 7th
Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Facebook
In this activity, students design a "profile" for a Greek god or goddess. It requires researching a god or goddess and identifying important information about him or her. Students then create either a hand-drawn poster or a computerized profile in the style of a Facebook page.
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5th - 12th
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Social Studies Mythology Make Your Own Myth Constellation Activity Mythology Fun
EDITABLE! Just like ancient civilizations observed the night sky and created myths to tell stories of the stars, students write their own myths after creating their own constellation as they graph their name. All civilizations have mythology to tell the stories of the stars! Pick any civilization and create a social studies connection with the star tales of the Greeks, Romans, Native Americans, Africans, Aboriginals, India, and South Americas just to name a few!The project is also interdisciplin
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4th - 8th
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Ancient Civilizations Map Projects
This is a collection of map projects I designed over several years of teaching ancient civilizations. I usually begin each new area of study with a look at the geography where the civilization in question developed. Before we move into discussing the people and the culture they developed, my students are required to create their own maps of the location. Throughout each unit of study, we keep a significant focus on how the land and climate of each area contributed to the culture of the civili
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5th - 8th
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Create Your Own Civilization Project
This is a project for students to create their own civilization project. Typically this should be done at least after teaching about the features of a civilization, or at the end of the year after learning about different types of civilizations. This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of the different features of a civilization. I uploaded the word document so it can be edited if needed to fit the needs of your classroom.
This ends with students creating a PowerPoint, however
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5th - 8th
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Building a Medieval Castle - Lesson Plan
Spent a lot of time in developing this lesson plan:
- Includes expectations
- Catering to multiple intelligences
- pre planning requirements
- list of materials
- pre activity
- activity
- work schedule task
- "leader list" with "job list" - a job to cater to each multiple intelligence; caters to all students
- rubric
- step by step instructions
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4th - 8th
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Paleolithic Era vs. Neolithic Era Project
This assignment gives you all you need in order to give your students a project comparing/contrasting people of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. I have used the resources as follows:1. Use the info reading article to introduce (or review) information from these eras, and complete article questions.2. Using the reading and prior knowledge, have students fill out the comparison chart (be brief, key included) – this will be the key part of the info gathering for the project!3. Follow the checkl
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5th - 10th
Create your own Greek God/ Goddess Worksheet Activity
This is a one page worksheet to be used as a supplemental, creative activity for students. They will need some background and introduction into different Greek Gods.
The worksheet requires them to create their own mythological god or goddess, give it a name, a power, a domain, an illustration, a relation to other greek gods and what event or happening they are responsible for in the earth around them.
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5th - 9th
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Ancient Greek Culture Station Project
This is an activity that I created and have used for several years. It covers a lot of information about the culture of Ancient Greeks. However, because the material is broken down into smaller stations I can honestly say that I have never heard a complaint from a student about it being too much work. It is designed to be used as stations that either students move to or they can remain seated and you move the station to them by trading out stations as they go.Students will learn various aspects
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5th - 10th
Ancient Middle East Civilizations
Mesopotamia and Phoenicia come together in this bundle. Your students will be actively engaged in making their classroom look like they are living in the ancient civilizations with minimal effort on your part! See the individual resources for more information.
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5th - 10th
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Ancient China Brochure
Students review everything they learned about Ancient China by creating a travel brochure. The lesson includes a brochure template with each labels for each topic to cover. Directions tell them specifically what to include in each section. The entire lesson is editable so you can adapt the topics to fit your textbook.
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Civilization Travel Brochure Project
This is an excellent PBL activity for students. You can assign them a civilization or allow them to choose their own. This can also be used as a group project. I have provided guiding questions for each area. Students will gather facts about their civilization in the areas of:
History
Government
Culture
Geography
Economy
and Modern day connections
They will then compile them into a travel brochure. This lesson does include a rubric.
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5th - 12th
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Ancient River Valley Minecraft World Project *Fully Editable*
Create one of the Ancient River Valley Civilizations using Minecraft. Show your understanding of how an early civilization relied on its geography to survive and thrive. Build what you think one of the ancient River Valley Civilizations would look like and how their people lived! This is a fully editable project. Make this project work for your classroom!Included:ObjectiveInstructionsExamplesStudent check listGrading rubric
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5th - 8th
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Pharaoh Poster Project
The students loved completing this project about the Egyptian pharaohs. Students can either work individually or in groups to research their favorite Egyptian pharaoh. They will create a poster and present it to the class.
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5th - 8th
Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, Egypt, Greece, China, Maya, Aztecs and the Stone Age
Imagine all of your students actively engaged in units on Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient China, the Maya Civilization, and the Stone Age with very little preparation on your part! Sound wonderful? It is!! Your whole semester will be taken up with 2-3 weeks on each topic where students take control of their own learning. Each project-based treasure quest includes five PowerPoint programs for five different groups, each on different topics related to the anci
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5th - 10th
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Ancient Egypt Cumulative Project for Middle School
Students are generally captivated by studies of the ancient world! This project gives them the opportunity to show what they have learned while also flexing their creative muscles in a hands-on project. It also allows the teacher to incorporate several skills (research, writing, speaking) into one comprehensive project!What is it?A cumulative project to be used after teaching a unit on Ancient Egypt. It is designed to give the students choices after studying many different aspects of ancient Egy
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4th - 8th
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Design Your Own Medieval Manor
A creative project that asks students to research the elements of a Medieval Manor and then create their own map.
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5th - 8th
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Lemon Pharaoh Mummification and Lab Report
Like many modern people, the ancient Egyptians believed in life after death. In their religion, the afterlife was a place very similar to life on earth; as a result, they began to develop the process of embalming, or mummification, in order to preserve the dead. They wanted their dead, loved-one to look the same in the afterlife as he/she did on earth. This was important so that the ka, or the soul, could find the body in the afterlife. Mummification was a ritual enacted for over 3,000 years in
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5th - 8th
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"Old Time or Ancient" Front Page Newspaper Template
A performance task is a great way for students to apply new knowledge!Have students use this newspaper template to illustrate what they have learned.This template makes it easy for students to concentrate on the content; the planning is already done for them.This activity can be used in any subject area. -Reading- book report or class novel-Social Studies-an important event in history or a historical figure from American or World History-Culture Study- highlighting a country or world culture-Cur
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4th - 7th
Ancient Egypt Differentiated Web Quest
This Web Quest was created on the foundation of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and Differentiation. It contains activities in math, reading,writing, building, creating, etc... as well as the option to change "token" values that students need to accumulate based upon ability levels.
Please feel free to check out the website and the types of activities students can complete.
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/ancient-egypt-webquest/
All the activities and links can be used by
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5th - 8th
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Create Your Own Civilization Final Project
This editable document describes a final group project where students will have to create their own civilizations using the knowledge they learned about what makes up a civilization. The graphic organizer asks them to elaborate on the following characteristics: geography, religion, government, social structure, stable food supply, technology, and written language. I had students use Google Slides for this presentation.
This document includes the project description, a graphic organizer (with qu
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4th - 7th
Mesopotamia Test and Project Bundle
This product includes:
1) A study guide for the Mesopotamia test
2) A Mesopotamia test that includes a matching vocabulary section, multiple choice, and three open response questions
3) An answer key for the test
4) A Zooming into Mesopotamia project - here is an excerpt from it:
With a partner, you will zoom in on one group of ancient Mesopotamians that you would like to learn more about. As you research, you will take a closer look at their daily lives, culture, and governments. It will be yo
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5th - 7th
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Greek Mythology Research Project
This project is best used as a beginning for a unit on Greek Mythology. I have students use this template for their research of two Greek God/Goddesses. Students choose thier research subjects from a list of 12. I have students use online websites to research.
Once the research has been completed you can take it a step further and have students do a poster/ gloster or powerpoint on one of the God/Goddesses they chose.
This project is a sort term inquiry research project.
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5th - 8th
The Maya and Aztec Empires
Complete your study of ancient Mexican culture with these two student-led units. I've done all the work for you! All links are provided and tested so your students don't waste time wandering around the Internet. There are many different activities for many different abilities. See the individual listings for more complete information. Also, check my listings for other ancient history units: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/All-american-Teacher-Tools/Category/Ancient-History-587046
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5th - 10th
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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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