Ancient India & Indus River Valley Teaching Unit PowerPoint Presentation Bundle

This unit on the civilizations of Ancient India is aligned to middle school common core Language Arts History standards. It covers Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure.

Built into each lesson are:

-academic vocabulary

-time for reflection and discussion

-short academic writing activities

-standards based questions with answers

This is an excellent resource to use either on its own or to supplement the text book. To better facilitate a multi-day presentation, there is a table of contents with hyperlinks to each section.

(It would be very easy to parlay the nine writing opportnunities scattered throughout the presentation into a five paragraph essay or report on Ancient India.)

I have been using this presentation with my students for the several years (and have shared it with other teachers). All the students have really enjoyed the visuals and the interactive nature built into the presentation. Everyone who has used this presentation reports that the students were highly focused and engaged during each lesson.

**This presentation includes ALL the ancient India products. To get a comprehensive view of the product, please look at the previews for my other products on ancient India, including my excerpt ANCIENT INDIA: The Mauryan and Gupta Empires

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*Due to copyright piracy, all of Ms. Amy’s Lessons are not editable. This means that it is both difficult and time consuming to alter the presentations.

Topics:

Geography and climate

a. Topography

b. Monsoons

Indus River Valley Civilization

a. Macro-economics

b. Religious beliefs

Aryans and Social Customs

a. Caste

b. Guild

c. Marriage

Hinduism

a. Major gods

b. Reincarnation

c. Dharma

d. Karma

Buddhism

a. Beliefs

b. Statues and paintings

Mauryan and Gupta Empires

a. Emperor Asoka

b. Accomplishments

Contents:

7 PowerPoint Shows with the history and ELA Common Core Standards

7 PowerPoint Shows without the history and ELA Common Core Standards

-8 PDF presentations of the slide shows

-1 PDF of the Present's Notes for the entire unit

1 set of color vocabulary posters & vocabulary flashcards

1 PDF of the 20 question quiz with answer key

-297 content slides

-124 presenter’s notes

-90 different illustrations

-22 academic concepts and vocabulary terms

-22 vocabulary posters

-22 vocabulary flashcards

-12 maps

-11 Class Discussions

-10 Writing Opportunities

-4 types of graphic organizers

-pyramid, circle, T Chart and Venn diagram

-12 standard’s based test questions in the presentation

-20 additional questions for pre or post unit assessment (both paper and pencil or whole class as a power point presentation, answers at end of presentation and as an answer key for grading paper quizzes.

-7 interactive web sites for children on Ancient India

-10 general History Standards

-9 Ancient India History Standards

-10 Language Arts Common Core Standards

ELA Standards Selected

RH.6-8.1,

RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.8, SL.6.1, SL.6.1a, SL.6.1c, WHST.6-8.1WHST.6-8.1a, WHST.6-8.1b, WHST.6-8.2

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