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Ancient history projects for Microsoft Word
Great Wall of China 3 Dimensional diorama art project
The Great Wall of China will come to life as your students recreate this ancient wonder out of paper! By printing out the sheets on different colors of paper, you gain the view of perspective (areas in the foreground are darker, areas in the background are lighter). Students practice fine motor skills as they piece together the "puzzle" and create their own 3-dimensional view of the Great Wall. If you like this project, check out my other World Cultures activities, like my paper Stonehenge proje
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4th - 7th
Social Studies Mythology Make Your Own Myth Constellation Activity Mythology Fun
EDITABLE! Just like ancient civilizations observed the night sky and created myths to tell stories of the stars, students write their own myths after creating their own constellation as they graph their name. All civilizations have mythology to tell the stories of the stars! Pick any civilization and create a social studies connection with the star tales of the Greeks, Romans, Native Americans, Africans, Aboriginals, India, and South Americas just to name a few!The project is also interdisciplin
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4th - 8th
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Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Facebook
In this activity, students design a "profile" for a Greek god or goddess. It requires researching a god or goddess and identifying important information about him or her. Students then create either a hand-drawn poster or a computerized profile in the style of a Facebook page.
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5th - 12th
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Ancient Civilizations Map Projects
This is a collection of map projects I designed over several years of teaching ancient civilizations. I usually begin each new area of study with a look at the geography where the civilization in question developed. Before we move into discussing the people and the culture they developed, my students are required to create their own maps of the location. Throughout each unit of study, we keep a significant focus on how the land and climate of each area contributed to the culture of the civili
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5th - 8th
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Create Your Own Civilization Project
This is a project for students to create their own civilization project. Typically this should be done at least after teaching about the features of a civilization, or at the end of the year after learning about different types of civilizations. This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of the different features of a civilization. I uploaded the word document so it can be edited if needed to fit the needs of your classroom.
This ends with students creating a PowerPoint, however
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5th - 8th
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History Ancient Rome Projects Roman Diorama & Research Project Roman History
EDITABLE! NO PREP! You can print this project and have students start it today!This fun project has students research and create an diorama/3-D model of an Ancient Roman structure! Rubric included. At the bottom of the instruction page I include a student and parent contract so that there is no excuse about due dates and expectations! The file is editable so you can adjust it to fit your classroom needs (remove the contract etc.). Projects can be done individually, with a partner, or in a group.
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6th - 12th
Building a Medieval Castle - Lesson Plan
Spent a lot of time in developing this lesson plan:
- Includes expectations
- Catering to multiple intelligences
- pre planning requirements
- list of materials
- pre activity
- activity
- work schedule task
- "leader list" with "job list" - a job to cater to each multiple intelligence; caters to all students
- rubric
- step by step instructions
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4th - 8th
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Religions: Monotheistic Bundle Pack (Reading Summaries & Graphic Organizer)
Includes 3 reading summaries on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The reading summaries tell about the beliefs and customs of the religions. how they began, the prophets, their eating habits, holidays, holy books, and holy places of worship. The 10 commandments, the Quran, and the New Testament are also listed as primary source documents and experts are taken from them all.
There is also a graphic organizer comaparing and contrasting the 3 monotheistic religions and a task explaining to student
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6th - 12th
Paleolithic Era vs. Neolithic Era Project
This assignment gives you all you need in order to give your students a project comparing/contrasting people of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. I have used the resources as follows:1. Use the info reading article to introduce (or review) information from these eras, and complete article questions.2. Using the reading and prior knowledge, have students fill out the comparison chart (be brief, key included) – this will be the key part of the info gathering for the project!3. Follow the checkl
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5th - 10th
Crusades Research Project
This is a research project for students to conduct as part of learning about the Crusades during the Middle Ages in a World History or World Civilizations class.
Students are assigned (or pick) one of the nine crusades to research and create a multimedia presentation for. Students are given a brief description of each Crusade to help them decide which interests them the most, are given a list of requirements for their presentation, and are provided a rubric for assessment.
Please also note th
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Student Choice Projects on Hinduism and Buddhism
This project can be used at the end of your unit on Ancient India. Students loved completing this project because they had a choice.
When we were done, we collaborated with students in the younger grades and students shared their projects with them to teach them about these religions.
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6th
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Grade 6/7 Social Studies BC Curriculum
In this bundle you will get over $27 worth of products for only $20! PLUS a BONUS Historical Thinking Collaborative Poster Project, which is great for starting your year teaching Social Studies 6/7.1. Ancient Mesopotamia Project (Editable and PDF Version)2. Early Humans Project3. Government Comic Strip Project4. Global Inequality Gratitude Project 5. Population and Population Density Project6. Roman Governance Project and Note Taking Template7. Wonders of the World Project8. Early Humans & S
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6th - 8th
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Broken Pots: A hands on intro to archeology and historical study
This activity contains lesson plans, a student activity worksheet, and rubric for use in a 6-12 grade social studies classroom. Students are presented with a hypothetical situation in which they must use team work, critical thinking skills, and artifact analysis to study a culture. Some preparation of materials beforehand is required however students never fail to be highly engaged! This works well as a course introduction to the study of pre-history, ancient peoples, and archeology methods. Cr
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6th - 12th
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Medieval Manor Project
This project is meant to help students solidify their knowledge of the manor system during the Middle Ages by designing and drawing a poster layout of the system.
Requirements are given on necessary elements to incorporate and a rubric for assessment is included as well.
By purchasing this file, you agree not to make it publicly available (on websites, etc.) or to share with any other teachers. It is intended for classroom use only.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Create A New World Religion Project
This project concludes the unit on World Belief Systems in my World History Class. Students are given a scenario where the end of the world occurs and are asked to create a new world religion based on common elements among religions.
I have included instructions for the teacher describing the process I took when leading my students through this project. Before students start the project, they participate in a Gallery Walk
A project rubric has been included for teachers who use Standards Ba
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7th - 12th
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Greek Mythology Group Poster Project and Oral Presentation
There are so many Greek gods, goddessess, heros, and monsters. Rather than memorize them all — and then promptly forget them — I would rather students become experts in one, and share their knowledge with their peers. This assignment has students delve deeply into one of forty-five ancient Greek mythological figures and then present their findings to the class by way of a poster and oral presentation.Students, working in groups, will be assigned by Zeus himself, from up on high on Mount Olymp
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7th - 9th
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6th GRADE - Investigating World Religions: Inquiry + Infographic Project!
Updated March, 2022This project has three sections:Step 1: World Religions: Jigsaw Inquiry ActivityStep 2: World Religions: Research Graphic OrganizerStep 3: Creating the Infographic (Google Slides presentation is linked in from Google Drive)My 6th graders really enjoyed this project-based learning activity. The inquiry begins with a jigsaw activity through which students are placed in teams of 5 and are tasked with completing the research chart for one world religion (Christianity, Judaism, Isl
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6th - 9th
Ancient Middle East Civilizations
Mesopotamia and Phoenicia come together in this bundle. Your students will be actively engaged in making their classroom look like they are living in the ancient civilizations with minimal effort on your part! See the individual resources for more information.
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5th - 10th
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Fall of Rome Mind Map
This is a mind-map project which reqiures students to determine the ten key events that led to the Fall of Rome in 476CE and "map" out how each event led to the following. The project requires them to not only visualize and draw an image for each event, but to include a brief description for each event. It is a great wrap-up project for a unit on the Fall of Rome and can be used as a formal assessment at the end of a unit.
Included in the directions are a rubric and example of a student pro
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7th - 12th
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Punic Wars Poster Activity
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 B.C.E. to 146 B.C.E. These wars had a huge impact on Rome's expansion and eventual control of the entire Mediterranean region.
In this activity students will work in groups to become an expert on one of the Punic Wars. They will read a summary of the war in their groups and answer the 5W and H questions that go along with the reading as well as the prediction question. Students will then need to create a poster
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6th - 8th
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Ancient Greek Culture Station Project
This is an activity that I created and have used for several years. It covers a lot of information about the culture of Ancient Greeks. However, because the material is broken down into smaller stations I can honestly say that I have never heard a complaint from a student about it being too much work. It is designed to be used as stations that either students move to or they can remain seated and you move the station to them by trading out stations as they go.Students will learn various aspects
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5th - 10th
Ancient China Brochure
Students review everything they learned about Ancient China by creating a travel brochure. The lesson includes a brochure template with each labels for each topic to cover. Directions tell them specifically what to include in each section. The entire lesson is editable so you can adapt the topics to fit your textbook.
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5th - 8th
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Create your own Greek God/ Goddess Worksheet Activity
This is a one page worksheet to be used as a supplemental, creative activity for students. They will need some background and introduction into different Greek Gods.
The worksheet requires them to create their own mythological god or goddess, give it a name, a power, a domain, an illustration, a relation to other greek gods and what event or happening they are responsible for in the earth around them.
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5th - 9th
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Early Humans Foldable
Wrapping up an Early Humans unit or wanting students to research the early types of humans? Well, than this is the assignment for your classroom!Document is print-ready, fully editable, and can be implemented immediately.Can be completed digitally or by hand. Student sample included.This foldable has students create a product based on their knowledge of the 5 early types of humans: Australopithicus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Neanderthal, and Cro-Magnon. It requires students to illustrate an
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6th
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Also included in:Â Early Humans Activities: Hyperdoc and Foldable
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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.
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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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