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A Rose for Emily Literature Guide, Unit, Lesson Plan
In this "A Rose for Emily" short story lesson plan you'll find an updated twist on a classic. It is an excellent model for teaching close reading and making connections across texts. Everything is planned and neatly organized for you to use immediately.Student Experience: How far would you go for love? Is Miss Emily in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" truly in love or just insane? In this unit, students will examine how Faulkner painted a crafty picture of a woman scorned, a nosy southern town, a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
THE HANDMAID'S TALE UNIT PLAN: COMMON CORE APPROVED
***I added the viewable google slide companion as a bonus and to show how I used this unit during remote learning. This 84-page unit has expository text and activities meant to elevate classroom discussion. The goal of this unit is to make connections to the present and find ways to relate and engage with this dystopian tale. Students focus on: the social commentary about gender roles, feminism, and real-world examples. With the current political climate of the world, this is a great unit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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After Spring Break Spanish Activity Back from Easter Break Preterite Tense Chat
Need a after Spring Break Spanish activity? This back to school after Spring Break Spanish Find Someone Who is the perfect interpersonal Spanish activity for the first day back from Spring break or after Easter break of Spanish 2-4 to talk about what you did over the break using the preterite tense Spanish. These people search or people hunt activity was designed as a Spanish interpersonal communicative activity to get students talking in Spanish class after Spring Break or after Easter BreakThi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Halloween Reading, Cause and Effect and Inference Skills Using, "Thriller"
Students like to be entertained while they learn! HALLOWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT AND INFERENCE SKILLS USING, "THRILLER." Introduce students to the concepts of cause and effect and inference skills. This lesson can be used prior to teaching longer, more complex short stories, poems, viewing films, creative writing, novel studies.
Includes: PDF File
Presentation for the smart board or projector
Active link to the music video, “Thriller”
Cause and effect handouts (2)
Inference handout
Lyrics handout
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Trifles by Susan Glaspell Literature Guide Unit, Lesson Plans
Are your students obsessed with Serial or Undisclosed or other true crime stories? Pique their interest while exposing them to canonical literary fiction with Trifles -- the perfect twist on this murder mystery, of sorts! This easy-prep drama unit is an excellent choice if you are looking for a text to quickly cover the elements of drama in place of a longer text, or it would even work well as a quick unit for Women's History Month. Student Experience: Since it's first production in 1916, Trifle
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Oil Pastel Christmas Bow Drawing, Middle/High School Art, Winter Crafts
Teach your students to draw stunning realistic Christmas bows using oil pastels in this step-by-step tutorial presentation. This works great for high school grades 9-12. Great for public, private and homeschool and adult education students as well. The perfect art project during winter season!This product comes with:PDF/PPT versions of project tutorial steps/instructionsPDF handout of image steps for studentsBow grid drawing practice handoutPDF of color bow reference imagesOil pastels techniques
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Ultimate Drawing BUNDLE, 10 Art Projects, Middle/High School Grades
Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
In this Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature. The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Ancient Egypt Bundle
Buy all seven Ancient Egypt presentations and save. These dynamic presentations from the pre-dynastic period to the end of the New Kingdom provide visuals, video links, guided notes, and reflection questions to keep your students engaged for the entire lesson. Two versions of each lesson! The first is a Presentation - PowerPoint/Google Slides - for those teachers who know the topic and want to guide their students through the material. There are links to Youtube and Vimeo in the presentations
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Distance Learning - Ceramics (E-Day) "Who-What-When-Where" Ceramics History!
The "handouts" included in this download have been uploaded to Google Drive, (The Google folder link is included in the "Google-links.docx" file) and made into "Drag and Drops" used with Google Drive for Remote/Distance Learning Days. Just "Make a copy" to your Drive and share with your students!Additional Visual Arts E-Learning Activities can be found here.If your Ceramics students are like mine, you know that students do NOT wish to spend studio time learning about ceramics history! But as art
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Great Debaters Viewing Guide and Introduction to Debate Bundle
This 5 day lesson plan for high school students includes everything you need to introduce your students to logic, logical fallacies and debate in an engaging way! I use it with my juniors before we do classroom policy debates. The movie is based on the true story of the Wiley College debate team in the 1930s, which was the first all black college debate team to debate a white college team and which has been a champion team since. The movie is riveting and inspirational, and I've never had a clas
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Slideshow | Easter in Spanish-Speaking Countries | La Semana Santa Las Pascuas
ENGLISH VERSION - From dancing skeletons to colorful carpet-adorned streets, Easter brings a wealth of different traditions throughout the Spanish-speaking world. With this slideshow*, your students will learn more about how the Holy Week is celebrated by Spanish-speakers in 15 different countries. This slideshow in English has 16 slides with pictures and maps to teach not only culture but also some geography! It also comes with questions to share thoughts and ideas as a class.Overview:Easter in
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Nonfiction Lesson for Halloween: Are Horror Movies Hilarious or Horrible?
This hot topics nonfiction mini lesson in print and digital format is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension if you are looking for an interesting way to engage students with informational, expository texts this Halloween. This resource is more than just questions and answers - you are getting a full blown mini lesson plan complete with a relevant video link for a starter, an argumentative writing prompt, and spooky creative project... all perfect Hal
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Fall of Rome Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Activity
We've got you covered tomorrow with this ready to print collaborative, critical thinking activity. Use on a Monday or Friday for a SURE FIRE boredom-busting pre-reading activity. I've used this for 8 years as the lead in to our section on the factors that led to the fall of the Western Roman empire. Printable handouts, Powerpoint/Google Slide Images, best practice tips, and answer keys are all provided. The Activity:Rome is burning - Literally and figuratively. There is economic unrest, p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories — BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Activities
This Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Short Stories Bundle includes a literary analysis for the following 5 short stories:The Tell-Tale HeartThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathEach product includes an in-depth look at each piece of literature with corresponding activities and reading comprehension questions. All stories form a perfect gothic literature unit, Edgar Allan Poe unit, or short story unit during Halloween season!This BUNDLE also includes
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Black History Month- Black Poetry
This unit comprises of poems and speeches by famous Black poets. I suggest you use this for grades 8-12. Students should be familiar with figurative language to answer some of the PARCC questions.
The excerpts analyzed includes:
*Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
*Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth
*Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
*On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
This Black History Month Unit includes:
*An answer sheet for the multiple choice questions.
*An extende
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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House Plant Guided Drawings
The only thing more relaxing than surrounding yourself in a room of house plants, is learning how to draw said beautiful plants! Let your love of greenery spill onto the pages of your sketchbook or into your classroom with this how to draw different house plants guide. In this guided drawing document you and your students will learn how to draw a plant as simple as a cactus, to a more complicated Monstera Deliciosa. Even though this is just a beginner guide to just show you how to draw, you can
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Comparing and Contrasting Hinduism and Buddhism
Guided Reading articles to help teach the background and basic tenants of the Hindu and Buddhists faiths. This activity includes two guided reading activities with questions and answer keys to help you teach, reteach, review, supplement or assess the Hindu and Buddhist faiths and how they developed in India. Students then move to the comparison activity where they will either collaboratively or independently complete a Venn Diagram-type chart to help you assess their understanding. This activ
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Monkey's Paw: Preview, Notes, Questions (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
"The Monkey's Paw" brought to you in Google Slides OR PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this lesson are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, and questions for guided reading or pre-reading. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of activities! The perfect to
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Julius Caesar: Hero or Tyrant Primary Source and Analysis Activity
Students put their CSI skills to work as they consider the character qualities of heroes and traitors, read through primary and secondary accounts, and write about historical events before rendering a verdict in the case of Caesar vs. the Roman Senate. To some Julius Caesar is a hero who acted as needed to defy the corrupt Roman Senate and make life better for the Roman people. To others, Caesar was a man of selfish ambition and a threat to the Roman order. In this activity: students will de
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Valentine's Day Cupcake Bulletin Board Kit or Door Decor with Writing Activity
This cupcake bulletin board kit is perfect for February. Everything you need to make this bulletin board is included. Just print the pieces on paper, cut them out, and then attach them to your bulletin board or to your door. Please click the preview to view the pieces of this kit. Please note that this bulletin board kit is part of a BUNDLE. If you are interested in getting a year's worth of bulletin boards, including this one, at a huge discount, click HERE to check out my growing bundle.***My
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3rd - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
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Lectura y Actividad: Día de los Muertos Reading Questions in English & Spanish
Lectura auténtica de México (español), preguntas (español e inglés), actividad creativa de dibujar una ofrenda con instrucciones (español e inglés).La lectura se trata sobre el origen del Día de Muertos, explicación de lo que significa y cómo se ha globalizado gracias a Coco y la película de James Bond. También explica las ofrendas y qué significa cada nivel y objeto.Ejemplos de las preguntas en español: 1ª. ¿Qué se celebra el 1 de noviembre?1b. ¿Qué se celebra el 2 de noviembre?2. ¿Qué impacto
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ancient Rome Bundle
Buy all seven Ancient Rome presentations and save. These dynamic presentations on Ancient Rome provide visuals, video links, guided notes, and reflection questions to keep your students engaged for the entire lesson. Google App Links are on the Teacher Instructions Sheet!Lesson 1: Birth of the Roman RepublicRome began as a small village on a hill by a river. It grew into one of the greatest empires in history. The story of how that journey began is a mix of legend and truth. From this mix arose
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Black History Month Histogram | Instagram
Instagram and Black History Month have collided! Students are challenged to create Instagram profiles and posts for famous black leaders. Digital and print formats included! Students can pick from the following leaders:Amanda GormanMichelle Obama Martin Luther King Jr. Jackie RobinsonHarriet TubmanRosa ParksClaudette ColvinMary McLeod BethuneBarack Obama Thurgood Marshall (coming soon) After choosing a leader, students will follow along with a read aloud/informational video. Next, they complete
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ancient Greece Bundle
Buy all seven Ancient Greece presentations and save. These dynamic presentations on Ancient Greece provide visuals, video links, guided notes, and reflection questions to keep your students engaged for the entire lesson. Google App Links are on the Teacher Instructions Sheet!Lesson 1 : The Minoan and Mycenaean CivilizationsThis free lesson is added to the bundle for convenience.The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations existed in a time that the Greeks called the heroic age, a time when Achilles f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Find Ancient History resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about ancient history, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of ancient history resources available, including activities and lessons on ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient China, and ancient Mesopotamia, to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach ancient history to your students with ease.
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.
What types of ancient history resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of ancient history resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units.
How do I find ancient history resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing ancient history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ancient history resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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