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Free ancient history dbqs
World History Lab- Mesopotamia and Egypt- SS.6.W.2.2
W.H. History Lab- DBQ Style learning unit on Mesopotamia and Egypt
Document Based Questioning through Language Arts and Reading Strategies
Ms. Dunne's EOC Prep Course
The World History Edition:
World History Ancient Civilization Labs
DBQ Analysis of
SS.6.W.2.2 Describe how the developments of agriculture and metallurgy related to the settlement, population growth, and the emergence of civilization.
Essential Question: How have the following agricultural resources and tools helped to further de
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5th - 12th
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Ancient Rome - Twelve Tables Analysis - Crime & Punishment
Students will analyze an abridged version of the Roman Twelve Tables to assign punishments for 6 different crimes. Great partner or individual activity. Connections can be made to Hammurabi's Code. Answer key included for teacher use.
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Greece - Aesop's Fables (Wind and Sun, Dog and Its Reflection)
Reading comprehension worksheet to practice and enhance students' knowledge about two of Aesop's most famous fables: The Wind and the Sun, and The Dog and Its Reflection. After reading a summary of the either of the two stories, guiding questions and tasks will test students' understanding, logical thinking and creativity, too.As there are two stories, students can be divided in two groups and then share what each story was about. It proves to be a good "Do Now" activity at the beginning of the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Greece Bundle for Middle School
Stele of Hammurabi - Primary Source Analysis
For this activity, students will be doing a close reading of the Stele of Hammurabi. This is a great introduction to the importance of Hammurabi's Code and the impact of religion and laws in Mesopotamia. Students start by analyzing the entire image, taking notes on what they see. Then, they focus on specific parts of the carving for their analysis. They examine the differences between the figures, and parts of the image such as the flames behind the seated figure and the object being passed be
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5th - 9th
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China Mini Book
The mini-book is a brief overview of China including its land, people, history and accomplishments. It is intended for elementary children to support social studies, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. The pages can be copied front to back and then folded to create a mini-book to support a teacher's curriculum. Many teachers do not have access to social studies textbooks and this resource supports those non-fiction needs.
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2nd - 6th
ENL Global: Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism Review (English and Spanish)
Attached is a literacy based ENL lesson reviewing Chinese philosophies: Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism This lesson, like all of my lessons, are 100% translated in English and Spanish. I regularly include leveled texts to assist students with language development, images to assist with understanding, and translations to assist our newest students.Are you looking for more Global ENL materials?https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Global-1-ENL-Full-Curriculum-Ancient-History-1750-ENGLISH-AND-
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: ENL Global Lesson Bundle (Ancient History to 1750) - English and Spanish
Athens vs. Sparta Modified DBQ
This modified DBQ focuses on students formulating an argument on whether they believe Athens or Sparta is the better city-state. It allows students the ability to utilize drag and drop techniques and includes information that is tailored for only argument-specific content. Students can complete this remotely, or it can be used as part of whole-class instruction and assignments for writing and argument formulation.
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6th - 8th
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DBQ Alexander the Great: Hero or Villain Graphic Organizer
Alexander the Great: Hero or Villain Graphic Organizer
Created for use with the Alexander the Great: How Great Was He? DBQ (Documents Based Question), but can easily be adapted for any Alexander the Great chapter or assignment, including the TCI Ancient World History textbook.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Ancient India Map Worksheet (Ancient Hisstory)
Directions: Please write in the name of the following geographical featuresin the correct location on the map below.
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6th - 9th
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History Bellringer Weekly Fill-In Sheet
History Bellringer. Social Studies. Bellringers. Bellwork. Middle School. High School.
This is the free bellringer template for student fill-in during a history or social studies unit. Print off one sheet per week. See the products in my store for pre-made bellringers made for each history unit!
This can be adapted for each class. Bellringers should take about five minutes at the start of class.
Here are ALL of the Bellringers in my store:
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3rd - 12th
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Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt DBQ
This is a Google Form DBQ that includes images and passages relating to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. This resource can be easily manipulated and used to provide immediate feedback to students with upon submission grading.
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8th - 12th
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Era: Historical Thinking Skills
Help your students analyze complex text using historical thinking skills. Text based questions guide students though sourcing, close reading, corroboration and contextualization while analyzing images and text related to the study of the Neolithic Revolution. Students process what they have learned by writing a well-written extended response using evidence to support their claim.This easy to use, no-prep resource can be used as daily bellwork, a substitute lesson plan or stand alone activity. An
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6th - 10th
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Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 02/25 - River Valley Civ's - 9th Grade
Twenty short-answer questions, worth 27 total points and spanning 14 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about the early River Valley Civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China). These 14 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 9th grade Units 3-5 (Out of 20 9th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 3 (River Valley Civilizations), Unit 4 (Ancient India), Unit 5 (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Roman Republic DBQ
**Documents can be found at: http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh, but are NOT included in this product.**
You can join the Stanford Historical Education Group for free and access so many wonderful resources through their curriculum, Reading Like a Historian.
This editable product is merely an assignment sheet, rubric, and graphic organizer that can be used with the Roman Republic DBQ on SHEG's site (or any DBQs).
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6th - 10th
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The Destruction of Pompeii, by Pliny the Younger "Teaching with Primary Sources"
Track back to the Schecknabi Productions Storefront in Early to Mid-February 2019 to purchase the following related resources! For now, enjoy this free content!Part of a Bundle!THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII Summative Assessment: Journal Entry with RubricPerspective-Taking writing assignment to foster empathy with historical figuresHelps students understand the events of the eruption of Vesuvius Formative AssessmentsGraphic Organizers including:Analyzing a Primary Source for: Facts, Dates, Historic
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6th - 12th
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Global - Multiple Choice Skills - Maps - Units 01-05 - 9th Grade
Twenty-eight multiple choice questions, spanning 22 pages, all based on analyzing maps. These questions are universal to any high school social studies curriculum. The repetitive nature of the questions, as well as the specific ordering of them, is meant to help students develop confidence answering multiple choice questions based on maps. This quiz is part of my global history skills series.Skill 1 = Maps (8 quizzes covering 40 units) Skill 2 = Political Cartoons/Artifacts (4 quizzes covering 4
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ancient India - Fables Panchatantra
Reading comprehension worksheet to practice and enhance students' knowledge about the arts and literature from Ancient India. Students will need to read short fables from Panchatantra first. Their goal will be to retell the fable in their own words, create a poster / comics strip depicting the main events in the fable or perform the plot of their fable in the class.This worksheet is best used as a follow-up to presentation "Ancient India - Scientific Achievements, Arts, Heritage" in my store, av
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient India Bundle for Middle School
4th Grade- Ancient Rome Source Work-Class Starters with a Bonus Quiz FREEBIE
**Aligned with the New 4th Grade Louisiana Social Studies Standards**I have created a set of materials for three weeks of class starters, homework, test reviews, or centers related to Ancient Rome. You are free to use them in any way you like. The set also includes an overall quiz with multiple-choice questions, written response questions, and one bigger writing prompt with a planning section and a spot to write the final draft. All questions are aligned with the material provided by the Bayou B
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4th
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Neolithic Revolution: Human Migration Lesson Directions and Activities
This activity explores the hunter-gatherer migration out of Africa as observed in the "Out of Eden" journey by Paul Salopek. This lesson includes a link for the national geographic article, reading comprehension slides, and a flow map to show the students thinking. Directions are provided on each slide. This content can be utilized remotely as an activity on google slides as well as a worksheet printable.Includes:Directions for activityDo Now with a variety of choices to start the lessonLink to
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5th - 8th
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Maya Artifact-Based Question
Each location in Excavate! Mesoamerica culminates with a beautifully rendered scene that incorporates excavated artifacts in a historically accurate scene. Use this scene combined with artifacts from the game to have your students answer a DBQ assignment that will demonstrate their learning. Only the Maya location is shown here. For Inca and Aztec and the Excavate! video game, please go to http://www.dig-itgames.com.
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5th - 10th
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2.1 Classical Empires in East Asia Source Exploration
This hefty document (which is Pre-AP’s just with my writing strategy) will give your students a chance to analyze documents in preparation for writing an essay using a strategy for body paragraphs I call CHEAP... C - Claim, H - Historical Context, E - Evidence, A - Analysis, and P - People. This is meant to help prepare my students for the New York State Global Studies Regents and the AP World Modern Exam in 10th Grade. (The numbering of the document is for my organization purposes only.)
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8th - 11th
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Pompeii - Mini-Unit
Welcome to my Pompeii mini-unit!In the zip file is a week long (or longer) unit that I use to introduce the Roman Empire/Roman Republic. In the zip file are the following activities/assignments1. Artifacts of Pompeii- Students explore the primary source artifacts found at Pompeii in a teacher led activity by making inferences, discussing with partners and writing down what they learned. A video made to show the eruption of Pompeii is included to give students context as to what happened during t
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6th - 7th
Pax Romana: Rome's "Golden Age" or Not? Lesson Plan and Readings with questions
Students will:- Learn brief background about origins of Pax Romana and Octavian Augustus' rule- Read 3 primary sources and watch a movie clip depicting life in the Roman empire and answer analytical questions- Understand the problems inherent in the bread and circus policy- Use information to debate the question: Was the Pax Romana really a "golden" age for Rome?Included:- Detailed Common Core aligned lesson plan with Aim, Do Now, lecture notes, and class questions- 3 primary source reading exce
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8th - 11th
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Ancient China - Writings of Confucius (Elementary)
Simple worksheet to practice and enhance students' knowledge about the Confucianism. Students will need to read a short excerpt from Confucian teachings first. Simple Document-Based Questions that refer to the text and make students think of connections with the contemporary world follow. I can provide the key if needed.This worksheet is best used as a follow-up to presentation "Ancient China - Early Dynasties (Xia, Shang, Zhou)" in my store, available also as a bundle.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient China Bundle for Middle School
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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.
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