Ancient River Valley Civilizations Study Guide Unit Packet Worksheets Activities

This thorough packet on Ancient Civilizations is a perfect unit guide to help students understand all of the key concepts, people, and events they need to know about this era in World History!

The 9-page independent work packet includes engaging pages on all every aspect of Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Indus River Valley, and Ancient China. There's also standards-based Essential Questions to guide your whole unit!

It starts off with a short introductory reading on these ancient civilizations, followed by the standards-based essential questions, then pages dedicated to each of the following:

• Vocabulary
• Geography of the Earth and early human migration
• People to know (Hammurabi, pharaohs, etc)
• A Timeline of the Era
• Key Concepts
• Visual Literacy

Content covered includes city states, Hieroglyphics, Hammurabi’s Code, the Harappans, the Dynastic Cycle, and much more!

There are engaging analysis questions throughout the packet so that students are not just copying information, but thinking about the key concepts. Pages feature source excerpts and quotes, images for students to analyze, mapping to help improve geography skills, and more. It can be split up and used as worksheets or as a complete packet!

Also included is an editable Google Docs version of the entire packet. This version features links to great online sources and is perfect for those of you who have gone paperless or use Google Classroom. A link to online readings to use with the printed version is included as well!

A complete answer key is also included for your convenience.

This resource can also be downloaded as part of my complete River Valley Civilizations Unit Bundle.

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