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Middle ages Common Core SL.7.1 resources
Shark Tank Chinese Inventions Activity- Medieval China Reading & Presentation
This activity set is student-centered, rigorous and fun. It comes with a Common Core one-page reading covering the Golden Age of the Tang and Song dynasties. Students are then issued one of nine innovations from Medieval China to research and create a Shark Tank-type presentation. Students present while five pre-selected class "sharks" use a rubric to evaluate the presentation based on enthusiasm, support from readings, and marketing ideas. The class fills out an invention basics chart, includin
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5th - 12th
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Epic of Sundiata Compare to Lion King
Engage students with the Empire of Mali's epic story that tells of its founding by comparing it to Disney's The Lion King. Students practice critical reading skills, summarizing, and comparing and contrasting. Take it to the next level by holding a class discussion on how similar the two stories are. All materials provided!
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5th - 9th
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Middle Ages Unit Activities - Bundle
Students will have the opportunity to create posters, dialogues, debates, newspapers, talk shows, advertisements, training manual booklets, visuals, currencies, timelines, board games, book jacket covers, travel brochures, and poems. Students will also analyze primary sources. Finally, the bundle also includes 43 activities which focuses on the lives of the monarchs, nobles, knights and serfs.
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7th - 8th
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Medieval Japan Samurai Projects
This resource includes 13 engaging activities and projects that help the samurai and shogun era in feudal Japan come alive for your students!All projects include introductions, detailed and specific requirements and rubrics!Samurai Training BookletClick here for more informationThe year is 1603 and the new shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, has required that your students, experienced samurai, create a training manual booklet for young samurai to study before they become expert and well-trained samurai. S
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6th - 8th
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Create a Visual Project of Feudalism in Japan - Shogun & Samurai
Creating visuals for topics in history truly help the content come alive! Your students will work in small groups of three to create a visual that portrays the status, roles and responsibilities of the four social groups that made up feudalism in medieval Japan. Each group member will choose a role (professor, graphic designer or scribe). While there is a lot of room for creativity, the visual that students create must be based on evidence.Included in the Resource:✓ A brief introduction✓ Step
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Medieval Feudal Japan Bundle Unit Activities
Visual of Feudalism in the Middle Ages - Group Project
Creating visuals for topics in history truly help the content come alive! Your students will work in small groups of three to create a visual that portrays the status, roles and responsibilities of the four social groups that made up feudalism during the Middle Ages in Europe. Each group member will choose a role (professor, graphic designer or scribe). While there is a lot of room for creativity, the visual that students create must be based on evidence.Included in the Resource✓ A brief intr
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Unit Activities - Bundle
Middle Ages: Medieval Dinner Party
Engage students in a fun socratic seminar! The purpose of this project is for students to learn more about the lives of Medieval Europeans and the system of Feudalism. Students will choose a role from Medieval Europe, research and create a character card. They will then participate in a Medieval dinner party (really a Socratic Seminar!) to show their understanding of their character and to try to work with their classmates to solve problems in the kingdom.
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5th - 8th
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Samurai Activity in Feudal Japan: Samurai for Hire - Interview & Portfolio
Your students are going to assume the role of an experienced and well-trained samurai named Date Masamune. One of Japan's most powerful daimyos is Kuroda Yoshitaka and he is looking to hire a brave and responsible samurai. Your students will complete a five-part career portfolio and be part of an interview presentation. This is a group project that works perfectly at the end of your samurai unit and can be used in place of a test. Included in the Resource:• Two pages of directions• Rubric• F
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Medieval Feudal Japan Bundle Unit Activities
World History I Hexagonal Review Activities Bundle
In this World History Part 1 hexagonal review bundle, you receive EIGHT hexagon activities for ancient and medieval World History. You receive sets for the Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India, Medieval Europe, the Renaissance, and Mesoamerica!
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5th - 8th
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History of the Samurai Activities
The samurai era is divided into three historical periods which each have unique characteristics. After students read about the features of each historical period (also known as a shogunate), they'll complete a project to show off what they learned. They can choose to create journal entries, a scrapbook, song lyrics or a skit. The resource includes an introduction, an explanation of at least 5 - 10 characteristics of each historical period, directions for the four projects and a rubric.Related
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Medieval Feudal Japan Bundle Unit Activities
Renaissance Unit Hexagon Thinking Activity
In this Renaissance Unit Hexagonal Review game activity, students link up link terms through discussion and conversation to build critical thinking skills. 48 total hexagons are included (48 total terms from the Renaissance), and one blank page is included as well so you can add terms if needed!This is a great supplement to my best-selling Renaissance Unit Bundle!
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: World History I Hexagonal Review Activities Bundle
Ghana, Mali & Songhai Group Activity - Create a Skit
This lesson truly helps history come alive! Students will work in groups of four to write, direct and perform a skit about various topics related to medieval west Africa, with a focus on one of the following empires: Ghana, Mali or Songhai. Students will choose (or be assigned) to one of four possible roles (researcher, playwright, director, creative designer). Included in the Resource:✓ Introduction to the skit✓ A description of the responsibilities of each student role✓ Seven steps to foll
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ghana, Mali & Songhai Projects
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