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World history Common Core SL.7.1 resources
Ancient Mesopotamia Invention Debate for PDF and Google Drive | Achievements
This Mesopotamia Madness Invention Debate Activity is the most engaging way to teach about Ancient Mesopotamia inventions! This resource will not only highlight many of the great accomplishments and legacy of the inventions of Mesopotamia, but it will also excite your students, due to the use of March Madness-style brackets. Furthermore, this interactive activity gives your students the chance to debate the importance of each invention and evaluate the ways that these early inventions have shape
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6th - 9th
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Ancient China Confucianism Daoism Legalism Philosophies - Talk Show Activity
In this Ancient China Philosophies Activity, students will work in groups of four to present a talk show focusing on Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism. This talk show activity will allow students to further develop their teamwork and presenting skills along with demonstrating their knowledge of these ancient Chinese philosophies. When planning and performing the talk show, students will take on the role of either the host or as a guest. The host will be responsible for asking the deep and engagi
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient China Unit Bundle
Middle Ages and Medieval Europe Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Test
This Middle Ages Unit Activity Bundle is a great way to supplement your textbook or curriculum materials about the Middle Ages and Medieval Europe! This Middle Ages Unit Bundle contains the following resources:Middle Ages Word WallMiddle Ages Vocabulary Activities for Google DriveMedieval Europe and Middle Ages SlideshowMiddle Ages Bell RingersMedieval Times Road Trip for Google DriveMiddle Ages Invention Debate ActivityFeudalism Slideshow and Activity for Google DriveKnighthood Simulation: Beco
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6th - 9th
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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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Medieval Feudal Japan Bundle Unit Activities
Students will have the opportunity to create the following activities and projects:✓43 Interactive Notebook Activities✓Webquest: Introduction to Japan✓Geography of Japan: Create a Real Estate Advertisement or Commercial✓Create a Timeline: Medieval Japan✓Create Tanka Poems✓Create Currency for Japan’s Golden Age✓Feudalism in Japan Notes: Pros & Cons✓Samurai Training Booklet✓Help Wanted Ad: Samurai Needed✓Writing Project: Samurai Cover Letter✓Primary Source Analysis: Creed of a Samurai✓Samurai
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6th - 8th
Middle Ages Invention Debate | Medieval Times Activity for PDF and Google Drive
This Middle Ages Madness Invention Debate Activity is the most engaging way to teach about the inventions of the Middle Ages or Medieval Times! This resource will not only highlight many of the great accomplishments and legacy of the Middle Ages, but it will also excite your students, due to the use of March Madness-style brackets. Furthermore, this interactive activity gives your students the chance to debate the importance of each invention and evaluate the ways that they have shaped our socie
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6th - 9th
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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Novel Guide
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Novel Guide is ideal for teaching world history, current events, scarcity of natural resources, world conflict and MORE! A story about the Lost Boys of Sudan, water crisis, and world history. This pack includes:Chapter by chapter comprehension questionsBackground information and mapsKLW ChartCharacter AnalysisVocabularyCause & Effect ChartEssay and discussion questionsPost Reading Questions Writing WorkshopExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for:Teachi
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5th - 8th
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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Mesopotamia Unit (Fertile Crescent) Bundle: Activities & Projects
This bundle includes the following activities and projects:✓Create a Board Game About Mesopotamia✓Make a Timeline of Mesopotamia✓Design Currency for Sumerian City-States✓Student Talk Show Project: Emperors of Mesopotamia✓Mesopotamia Writing Project: Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Empires✓Hammurabi: Hero or Villain?✓Real Estate Ad or Commercial
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6th - 8th
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Create a Visual of the Caste System in Ancient India - Group Project
Creating visuals for topics in history truly helps 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 social groups that made up the caste system of ancient India. 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✓ St
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient India Bundle Projects Activities
Ancient China Unit Bundle
Looking for a creative and engaging unit on Ancient China to use with students in 6th, 7th or 8th grade? This Ancient China Unit features sixteen individual resources and provides students with an in-depth exploration of this fascinating period of history. Students will have the opportunity to create travel brochures, timelines, commercials, advertisements, currencies, newspapers, biography book covers, festival brochures, visuals, talk shows, movie trailers, scrapbooks, poems, speeches, posters
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6th - 8th
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Maya Aztec Inca Project - Student Talk Show
The Maya Aztec Inca Project - Student Talk Show is a fun and interactive way for students to demonstrate their learning at the end of an ancient Mesoamerican civilization unit. Students are asked to work in groups of four to first research, prepare and present their own talk show. Their talk show will include a host, who will ask the deep and engaging questions, and three guests who will answer in an interesting and detailed way. The three guests interviewed will be King Pakal the Great (of the
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Maya Aztec Inca Unit - Activities Bundle
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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Mesoamerica: the Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Presentation
4,000 years ago the Olmec civilization rose to prominence in Central America. They became the mother civilization for all of Mesoamerica. Their religion was adopted and modified by all the other cultures, as were their agriculture practices and architectural structures. As sudden as their appearance, the Olmec disappeared leaving behind many questions about their civilization.Featuring: -academic vocabulary and concepts-reflection-discussion-academic writing-questions with answersIntroduce yo
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient History Growing Mega Bundle
Ancient Rome: Student Debates - A Great Group Project
Debates help students improve their skills in the areas of problem solving, critical thinking, communication, teamwork and leadership. For this class activity, divide your students into six teams. Two groups will be competing against each other at a time during the classroom debate. There are a total of three debate questions so each student in your class will participate in a debate and will be an audience member for two debates. The debate questions are about ancient Rome with a focus on p
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Rome Unit Bundle: Projects and Activities
Ancient India Bundle Projects Activities
Students will have the opportunity to complete the following activities and projects: (All resources include introductions, detailed and specific requirements, answer keys when necessary and rubrics.)✓Create a Timeline: Ancient India✓Geography of South Asia: Create a Real Estate Advertisement or Commercial✓Mohenjo-Daro Travel Brochure✓Create a Board Game: Hinduism✓Caste System in Ancient India - Informational Text & Evidence-Based Questions✓Group Project: Create a Visual of the Caste System✓
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6th - 8th
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Signs of Survival a memoir and oral history by Hartman for ELA and history
This product includes over 100 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the memoir, Signs of Survival, by Renee Hartman with Joshua M. Greene. This book is an inspiring narrative account of Renee and Herta Hartman's experiences as children in Czechoslovakia during WWII. This novel opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Courage,
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6th - 8th
Geography of South Asia (India) Project - Real Estate Ad or Commercial
After researching the geography of South Asia (with a focus on India), your students will assume the role of a real estate agent. They can work on their own or collaboratively to convince homebuyers to move to their chosen region. Your students can create a commercial that would be on TV or an advertisement that would be found in a magazine or newspaper.Included in the Resource:✓ Brief introduction✓ Six requirements✓ Five advertising strategies✓ Two rubrics✓ Templates✓ Planning guideRelated Re
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient India Bundle Projects Activities
Ancient World History BUNDLE: 75 Writing Prompts & Discussion Questions
This money-saving bundle of all six sets of World History “Brain-Stretchers” covers prehistory to the Renaissance. There are 75 prompts in this set (including 3 bonus Renaissance prompts only found in this package). Use them to spark a discussion, to promote literacy, to start class in an engaging way. I used them as a written bell-ringer activity followed by a class discussion to accomplish all three of these goals! They are sure to get students thinking about topics that they will be exploring
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6th - 10th
Mesoamerican Civilizations Power-Point Presentation Bundle
An in-depth examination of the three major civilizations of Mesoamerica: the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec civilizations from 1500 BC to 1521 AD covering Geography, Religion, Agriculture, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure. Explore three of the greatest ancient civilizations found in the Americas. Located in the jungles of Central America and the highland desert of Mexico, the Olmec, Maya and Aztec civilizations changed their world and left unforgettable legacies in agriculture, architecture,
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7th - 10th
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Ancient Rome Unit Bundle: Projects and Activities
This unit includes a variety of activities and projects about ancient Rome that are engaging, meaningful and student-centered. ✓Ancient Rome Interactive Notebook: 44 Activities ✓Real Estate Advertisement or Commercial of Ancient Rome✓Biography Book Cover: Roman Historical Figure✓Create a Board Game✓Ancient Rome Training Guide✓Create a Currency for Ancient Rome✓Government of the Roman Republic✓Help Wanted Advertisement: Plebeians and Patricians ✓Role Play Activity: Plebeians and Patricians✓Ancie
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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
Renaissance Choice Projects
Students will choose to complete a project on a famous historical figure from the Renaissance. They can create a movie trailer, scrapbook, farewell speech or illustrated epic poem. Each project choice comes with an introduction and a description of requirements. Included in the Resource:✓ A list of 10 famous Renaissance people ✓ An explanation and list of requirements for each project✓ Four rubrics (one for each choice project)Related Resources:Renaissance Unit: 8 Activities & ProjectsD
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Renaissance Unit Bundle Activities and Projects
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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