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Middle ages Common Core WHST.6-8.2a resources
Oh Rats! Black Death Bubonic Plague Story Board Europe Middle Ages Activity Set
Created to align with students' supporting claims with evidence! In this activity, students create a 9-scene storyboard for an animated film. The film should be about a flea-ridden rat who helped to spread the Bubonic Plague into Europe during the 1300s. An example page and an easy step-by-step how to draw a basic cartoon rat printable are both included.This lesson can be used after the Plague/Black Death Powerpoint Slides also posted or in conjunction with our Plague that Rocked the World Lesso
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6th - 10th
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Bubonic Plague / Black Death Project - Create a Newspaper
This project gives students the opportunity to delve deep into many aspects of life during the black death (bubonic plague) in medieval Europe. As journalists, the task of your students is to capture the major issues and events of the bubonic plague. While there is a lot of room for creativity and an opportunity for originality, students will base their information on historical evidence.Included in the Resource:✓Explanation of each newspaper section (examples: title, news stories, interviews,
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Unit Activities - Bundle
Samurai Medieval Feudal Japan Project Help Wanted Advertisement
To set the scene, your students are Japanese scribes who live in medieval (feudal) Japan and have been chosen to design a help wanted advertisement to recruit highly qualified people to become samurai. The task of your students is to create a help wanted ad describing the role of the samurai. Additionally, an optional extension project is included in the resource in which students apply for the job by creating a career portfolio.This samurai project includes a detailed introduction for students
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Medieval Feudal Japan Bundle Unit Activities
DBQ Gupta, Ancient India Achievements DBQ Primary Secondary Source Activity,
Get your students investigating history with this versatile document-based questions activity for The Golden Age of Ancient India- Gupta Empire Achievements. This Common Core bundle has a mini-DBQ that is designed to get students to analyze primary and secondary sources in small, compressible chunks. The DBQ is divided into a primary source document analysis and a written response section. Students are expected to respond to questions, find evidence and provide commentary. It fits perfectly with
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5th - 9th
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Gupta Empire Lesson Plan: The Golden Age Literacy & Writing Activity & Fun AD
This activity pack is student-centered, rigorous, and fun. It comes with an informational text one-page reading covering the Golden Age of the Gupta Empire in Ancient India. Students then complete a Common Core writing printable that has them find supporting sentences for claims and summarize the main ideas. Students are expected to respond to questions, find evidence and provide commentary. It fits perfectly with the common core writing standards 6-8.1-10. Lastly, as an alternative assignment o
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5th - 10th
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Renaissance Mystery Party Gallery Walk - Fun Knives Out Style Detective Activity
In this Knives-Out-Style renaissance-detective-lesson students solve a crime while learning about the accomplishments of key renaissance figures! This renaissance mystery party activity is engaging, fun, and academic.Setting the stage: Billionaire Ronald Jenkins has a lavash Hollywood A-list party with a renaissance dress-up theme. The party is complete with a Da Vinci painting borrowed from the Vatican. In a strike of lightning, the lights dimmed, and the painting went missing! The student's mi
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6th - 10th
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Mansa Musa Hero or Hype? Empires of West Africa Body Biography Poster Project
We know Mansa Musa of Mali was one of the wealthiest men in all of World History, but based on his accomplishments, was Mansa Musa a hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A Mansa Musa 2-page Google Doc Reading. T
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5th - 9th
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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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Inca Mesoamerica Project Graphic Novel Comic Strip Activities Google Slides
Explore the fascinating world of the Inca civilization with "Machu Picchu Mischief," an immersive and engaging graphic novel project designed for middle school students! This comprehensive resource offers a dynamic learning experience, featuring colorful Google Slides versions and printable black and white versions. How this resource works: ✔ Students will first read the directions, then the enticing graphic novel synopsis, followed by character descriptions that bring the story to life.✔ They w
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Mesoamerica Activities Choice Board Maps Virtual Field Trip GRAPES DBQ
Knights Medieval Europe Middle Ages Project: Create an Advertisement
Your students are medieval scribes who have been hired to create help wanted advertisements to find qualified people to become knights. The task of your students is to create help wanted ads describing the roles, responsibilities, privileges and hardships of knights. Additionally, an optional extension project is included in the resource in which students apply for the job by creating career portfolios. Also, the resource comes with over 20 visually appealing templates for your students.Include
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Unit Activities - Bundle
MIDDLE AGES BUNDLE! - The Norman Conquest and King William in 1066!
This Medieval History Unit bundle contains 7 fully resourced lessons on the Norman conquest of England after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. They cover King William's efforts to control his new kingdom through the feudal system, castles, the Domesday book and violence. The unit contains detailed, animated PowerPoints, worksheets and graphic organisers as well as handouts for a fully stand alone unit. The lessons have been made for the English National Curriculum and as such have level descripto
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4th - 8th
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
Mesoamerica DBQ Document Based Questions Essay Writing DOLLAR DEALS
Discover Mesoamerica with this Comprehensive DBQ Teaching Resource: Unlock the vibrant history, culture, and achievements of Mesoamerica with this essential Document-Based Question (DBQ) teaching resource. This resource contains an authentic excerpt from a primary source.What's Inside? 100% EDITABLE TEXT IN GOOGLE DOCS!: Adapt and personalize the DBQ to suit your classroom needs, enhancing engagement and enabling customized learning experiences.★ Primary Source Excerpt: A captivating selection f
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Mesoamerica Activities Choice Board Maps Virtual Field Trip GRAPES DBQ
Daily Life in the Middle Ages Medieval Europe Choice Board Project
This choice board resource provides students with fun and engaging projects to demonstrate their learning about daily life in the Middle Ages (medieval Europe). Providing students with choices in the classroom is a sure way to excite them and capture their attention about the topics at hand. This comprehensive resource includes six low-prep and interactive projects for students to choose from. Each project is explained on printables that are broken down into manageable chunks and includes step
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6th - 8th
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World History Mini-DBQ: Medieval Peasant Life
Bring primary and secondary source documents to your students' fingertips as they analyze two sources about life for Peasants and Nobles during the Middle Ages in Europe. Included in this resource are both sources, formatted to support students with space to annotate, a glossary, analysis questions, and embedded mini-rubrics for annotation and analysis. Also included are a cover page and writing page both with specific instructions and optional PEEL paragraph sentence stems to support student wr
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Mini-DBQ Bundle
Samurai Medieval Feudal Japan Projects and Activities Mini Bundle
This resource includes five projects and activities (including primary sources) for students to demonstrate their learning of Medieval Japan. These creative, print and go resources are a sure way to increase student engagement, keep them motivated, and practice critical thinking and writing skills. Each resource contains step-by-step directions that are broken into manageable chunks that make the requirements accessible to all students. Plus, planning guides, templates, and detailed rubrics are
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6th - 8th
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Martin Luther Hero or Hype? Body Biography Poster, Reading, CER Writing Project
Is Protestant Reformer Martin Luther worthy of the title of a history Superhero? Students decide! This fun, student-centered Martin Luther full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A Martin Luther 2-page Google Doc Reading. The reading can be read to students via Google and easily
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5th - 8th
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History Alive-The Medieval World Unit 3-The Culture & Kingdoms of West Africa
ALL 4 Chapters of Unit 3, The Culture & Kingdoms of West Africa, are in this resource. GREAT RESOURCE TO SUPPLEMENT INSTRUCTION or to ADD TO YOUR SUBSTITUTE LESSON PLANS for The Medieval World and Beyond History from the TCI Curriculum. I created these google documents for teachers using the TCI History Alive- The Medieval World and Beyond textbook/curriculum, published in 2011. The Google Documents are reading comprehension activities AND Graphic organizers of key vocabulary terms for stu
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7th
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Middle Ages Medieval Europe Feudalism Choice Board Projects
This Middle Ages Choice Board resource provides students with fun and engaging projects to demonstrate their learning about medieval Europe. Providing students with choices in the classroom is a sure way to excite them and capture their attention about the topics at hand. This comprehensive resource includes six low-prep and interactive projects for students to choose from, with all topics centered on the Middle Ages. Each project is explained on printables that are broken down into manageable
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6th - 8th
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History Alive-The Medieval World & Beyond (Unit 4)-Imperial China
All 4 Chapters of Unit 4, Imperial China, are in this resource.GREAT RESOURCE TO SUPPLEMENT INSTRUCTION or to ADD TO YOUR SUBSTITUTE LESSON PLANS for The Medieval World and Beyond History from the TCI Curriculum. I created these google documents for teachers using the TCI History Alive- The Medieval World and Beyond textbook/curriculum, published in 2011. The Google Documents are reading comprehension activities AND Graphic organizers of key vocabulary terms for students to complete while they
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7th
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Maya Mesoamerica Project Graphic Novel Comic Strip Activities Google Slides
Explore the fascinating world of the Maya civilization with "Maya Magic," an immersive and engaging graphic novel project designed for middle school students! This comprehensive resource offers a dynamic learning experience, featuring colorful Google Slides versions and printable black and white versions. How this resource works: ✔ Students will first read the directions, then the enticing graphic novel synopsis, followed by character descriptions that bring the story to life.✔ They will then be
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Mesoamerica Activities Choice Board Maps Virtual Field Trip GRAPES DBQ
Medieval Feudal Japan Shogun Samurai Choice Board Projects
This choice board resource provides students with fun and engaging projects to demonstrate their learning about medieval (feudal) Japan. Providing students with choices in the classroom is a sure way to excite them and capture their attention about the topics at hand. This comprehensive resource includes six low-prep and interactive projects for students to choose from, with all topics centered on medieval (feudal) Japan. Some examples of topics include feudalism, the samurai's code of Bushido
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6th - 8th
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Medieval History Key Concept GRAPES Activities, Year in Resources, & Worksheets
Start the year off right by introducing key concepts that will be embedded throughout the year! This resource set will both get you started and provide key activity choices that will get students analyzing major concepts. Did you know that all of Instructomania's content is grounded in key concept G.R.A.P.E.S.? That's right! From the introduction all the way to the assessments the key concepts are embedded!Unfamiliar with the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S.? The key concepts or G.R.A.P.E.S for World Histor
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6th - 9th
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