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8th grade Autumn ancient history resources for SMART Notebook
"Whooo's Here Today?" Owl & Back to School Theme SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND
Whooo's here today?? Students click their owl to hear a real owl hooting and then watch it disappear. Any owls left on the page indicate students who are absent for the day.
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having students use a pointer. This has
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PreK - 8th
SMART Notebook File - Fall Background
This file has includes one SMART Notebook pages (within one file). This SMART Notebook background is perfect if you are looking for an easy way to incorporate stimulating visuals that tie into the season!IMPORTANT NOTE: You need SMART Notebook for this file to work! This file only includes sample text, and is intended to be a background for your own content.
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PreK - 8th
Religion in the Middle Ages Smartboard Presentation
Contains a smartboard presentation covering Religion during the Middle Ages. Also includes a guided note sheet for students to following along with presentation.
Topics covered include:
--the Catholic Church, its functions, and its hierarchy
--the knight's code of chivalry
--Christianity and Jesus of Nazareth
--powers of the Catholic Church (sacraments, excommunication, etc.)
--the spread of Islam and the Arab Empire
--the life of Muhammad
--the teachings of Islam
--religious conflict between C
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Smartboard Attendance/ Lunch Count
This is a fall template that you can manipulate for use with your students. It comes with instructions on how to change the names on each leaf. You will also get a password to watch a video on how to create your own!
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K - 12th
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Morning Message AND Homework Board
Display your Morning Message and Homework Board on your SmartBoard every Morning. My students write their homework in the morning from the this file, and love to watch as the themes change monthly. When buying this you will have a different display for the months of August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May. These will make your life easier and even provide a clock, so you ensure you take roll in time! Enjoy!
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PreK - 12th
Back to School "Schoolhouse" SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND
Ring in the day with this fun and engaging Schoolhouse Attendance Activity! Students "ring their bell" by clicking on it. It will making a realistic ringing sound and then disappear to indicate the student is present for the day. Any remaining school bells indicate students who are absent.
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerne
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PreK - 8th
Ancient Athens Pillars of Democracy
This SMART Notebook lesson is designed to help students understand part of the structure of Ancient Athenian government. It includes information on the pillars of Athenian Democracy, including The Assembly, the Council of 500, and the Courts.
Lesson also includes review activities at the end!
There is also a worksheet / review sheet in my store that can be used in conjunction with this lesson, or as a textbook activity!
Enjoy!
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6th - 9th
Election and Voting Themed SMART Board Attendance Activity w/ SOUND
It's election time! Students "cast their vote" by dragging their ballot to the ballot box. Students then click the box to hear a sound that lets them know their vote has been counted!
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having students use a point
Grades:
PreK - 8th
Ancient Greece - The Game of Polis
Play the game of Polis and learn how conflict created opportunities for honor and glory among the ancient Greeks. Create a competition among five teams! This Notebook file uses animation to reveal key questions, Magic Pen for explanation during discussion, and a random generator to set groups. The game rules are provided and examples. Students can play in teams or individually and record their individual score for the team. Much loved by students - great for tournaments and rainy days!
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6th - 9th
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Sparta vs Athens Jeopardy
Sparta, Athens, Ancient Greek government SmartBoard Interactive Jeopardy game. This is a 48 slide SmartBoard Interactive Jeopardy game that reviews Athens, Sparta, and the Ancient Greece government. This game allows the teacher to keep score for up to six teams and includes double jeopardy and final jeopardy.
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6th - 8th
Ancient Greece Review Game on the SmartBoard
This is a really fun review game for Ancient Greece. It is set up like a game board where each person gets a gamepiece and they spin the spinner to land on a specific square. The squares all have built in links that bring them to the questions for Ancient Greece. It's a great center activity and review for a test! Everything is completely editable and could even be used for other subject areas.
Grades:
5th - 9th
Day of the Dead Mask SmartBoard Lesson
This product is a smart board lesson to make a day of the dead mask. You will get step by step directions with picture and animation examples as well as a linked video on the history of the Day of the Dead. This lesson focuses on symmetry and pattern and has curricular links to math and history. A complete materials list is also included. This lesson is great to create around Halloween or any time of the year that students are studying Mexican history and culture.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ancient Egypt Polity and Economy Smartboard Presentation
Contains a smartboard presentation covering ancient Egyptian polity and economy. Also includes a guided note sheet for students to following along with presentation.
Topics covered include:
--ancient Egyptian government
--ancient Egyptian pharaohs
--ancient Egyptian bureaucracy
--ancient Egyptian military
--ancient Egyptian trade
By purchasing this file, you agree not to make it publicly available (on websites, etc.) or to share with any other teachers. It is intended for classroom use only.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Unit 1 World History - Jeopardy Game (Places) SmartBoard Game
SmartBoard Jeopardy game that covers beginning 6th grade world history. Includes questions about map skills, geography, basic religions, and important skill-building facts.
Support activity to review for test from the Unit 1 PowerPoint.
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5th - 8th
SMART Board Unit for Ancient Greece
This unit covers the founding of Ancient Greece, the Governments of Sparta and Athens, and Greek society and economy. I have also created a 7 wonders of Ancient Greece information and video segment. It includes videos for each of the 7 wonders along with information and pictures. There are interactive slides, graphic organizers, charts, links to the internet, and much more. This unit includes everything you need for a unit on Ancient Greece.
Grades:
8th - 10th
"Welcome Back to School" Schoolhouse Bus Themed SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND
Beep, beep! Ring, ring! The school bus has arrived and the schoolhouse bell is ringing! It's time to start another great school year!
Students pick one of the children to drag to their name (or number) to indicate they are present at school for the day. Then students choose to either honk the horn by clicking on the bus or ring the school bell by clicking on the schoolhouse. What a fun and engaging way to start the day!
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assi
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PreK - 8th
Artistic OWLS
Students will have a blast creating these colorful owls. This notebook presentation focuses on pattern, color, and line but allows the teacher to adapt the lesson to fit any materials available. This is great for any grade level, any time of the year. This lesson is a favorite among my students and soon will be a favorite of yours! Included, you get a notebook presentation with step by step directions, work examples, and a list of suggested material. You also get a set of objectives that will al
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PreK - 12th
"Sweet Treats" Halloween & Candy Themed SMART Board Attendance Activity
Trick or treat!! Give me something sweet to eat!! Students choose a "sweet treat" and drag it to their name. Any names that do not have treats above them indicate students who are absent for the day.
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having stude
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PreK - 8th
Apple, Johnny Appleseed, & Back to School Themed SMART Board Attendance Activity
Pick an apple off the tree to start the day! Use this fun attendance activity to go along with apple, back to school, and/or Johnny Appleseed themes in your classroom!
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having students use a pointer. This has worked
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PreK - 8th
Prehistory and Mesopotamia Jeopardy
Review Prehistory and Mesopotamia on the Smart Board with this Jeopardy Game. I have blank pages for you to insert your own Daily Doubles or use it without DD! There is a page to keep score as well!
The preview only shows questions through 300 points, but the board goes to 500!
Game can be edited to add your own questions or team names!
Be sure to X out the point value of the questions chosen to avoid choosing the same question more than once.
Works GREAT with buzzers.
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7th - 9th
Ancient Civilizations - the Middle East Jeopardy
What better way to critically assess students understanding of a topic than playing JEOPARDY!
This format is used with a SmartBoard but if you do not have a SmartBoard in your classroom, it can be used with a projector. You will have to click on the icons through your computer if that's the case. There is a final Jeopardy question, random Daily Doubles, and the famous Jeopardy music.
You can change the questions and answers however you like, so this template can be used for all subjects.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Renaissance Smartboard Presentation
Contains a smartboard presentation covering the Renaissance. Also includes a guided note sheet for students to following along with presentation.
Topics covered include:
--when/how it began
--influences of the trade market, culture, and Medici family
--the idea of the Renaissance Man and Leonardo Da Vinci
--the development of Humanism and its connection to Ancient Greece and Rome
--education during the Renaissance
--changes in art during the Renaissance
--Machiavelli and The Prince
This was de
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The History of Valentine's Day
This is a great Smart lesson for any Smart based product. This lesson features an 8 pg. walk through of the History of Valentine's day. Included within the lesson are pictures, animations, a video and is appropriate for 6-12 students. This lesson is presented in a way that any students will be able to understand.
This lesson should take one full class period and the video can be accessed on the third slide by clicking, "BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW." This video will bring you to the video about Valenti
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6th - 9th
review exponent rules smartboard
This smartboard lesson is meant to review the basic exponent rules (multiplying and dividing monomials, negative exponents, and powers to a power) The home screen has leaves the students can poke to go to a set of questions and that leaf can then be placed in the leaf pile to indicate that it is done.
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7th - 9th
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Ancient history activities to try
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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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