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Ancient history movie guides for Microsoft Word
The Croods: Using the cartoon to review early humans/hominds
Bringing Common Core to the movies!!!
Questions to go along with the movie "The Croods". Example questions include determining the kind of homids they were (and justifying it), describing their cave art, and relating it to a modern day quote from Barack Obama about change.
8 questions in all with answers included
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5th - 9th
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Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas: Map activity, graphic organizer, & Inca video guide
This product includes a compare and contrast chart of the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas. This product also includes a simple mapping activity that will help students geographically located the three civilizations. Lastly, I have included a video guide to the NOVA documentary titled, "Ghosts of Machu Picchu." This video guides provides questions and background information about the Incas. This also includes a bonus file: European Explorers Chart Thumbnail Clipart Credit: Illumismart (highly recommend
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6th - 9th
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Engineering an Empire: China Video Guide with Teacher Key in MS Word Format
This video guide is for The History Channel's popular China: Engineering an Empire documentary video (individual episodes are available on YouTube, or DVDs can be purchased from the History Channel). The guide is divided into five sections which covers the major social, cultural, and political events of Ancient and Classical China, and focuses on dynastic change that has kept China intact for over 4000 years. There are a total of 28 narrative questions with fill in the blank answers that span t
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7th - 12th
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Engineering an Empire Greece: Video Guide in MS Word format with Teacher Key
This video guide is for The History Channel's popular Greece: Engineering an Empire documentary video (individual episodes are available on YouTube, or DVDs can be purchased from the History Channel). The guide is divided into five sections which covers the major historical, cultural, and historic events of this amazing civilization that became the "Cradle of Western Civilization". There are a total of 20 narrative questions with fill in the blank answers that span the 45 minute video. The narr
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7th - 12th
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Viewing Guide: Engineering an Empire (Episode 01 - Rome)
This is a great documentary series for World History that helps enrich students learning of the topic. These questions simply serve as a guide to ensure that students are paying attention to the information that is being presented. (41 questions & Answer Key Included)This episode is currently available via YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaG7jT76cSMEPISODE SUMMARY:One of the most powerful civilizations in history, the Roman Empire ruled the world for more than five centuries. Althoug
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9th - 12th
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Engineering an Empire: Egypt (Movie Guide)
This video is a wonderful introduction and overview of the crowning achievements of the Ancient Egyptians. With 26 guided video questions your students will have no trouble following along this informative and engaging documentary.
Engineering an Empire: Egypt Video Link
Main Content:
Menes (3000 BC)
Djoser (2662 BC)
Snefru (2613-2589 BC)
Sesostris III (1864 BC)
Hatshepsut(1473-1458 BC)
Amenhotep IV (1352-1336)
Seti I (1294-1279 BC)
Ramses II (1279-1212 BC)
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6th - 12th
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Africa's Great Civilizations Episodes 1 and 2 (with answer key)
This film guide, will guide students through the first two episodes of the PBS series Africa's Great Civilizations. In this series students will learn about the African continent's history and impact on civilizations globally starting with Human existence and leading through the exploration of religions in Africa. Each episode is just over 50 minutes making this activity perfect for two standard class periods. There are 38 questions total ranging in style from fill in the blank to true/false
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8th - 12th
Mr. Peabody and Sherman Video Guide
Mr. Peabody and Sherman not only teaches some excellent life lessons but incorporates several time periods from ancient history within the movie. This video guide asks 11 questions relating to the movie, characters, and time periods. The first section asks students to circle all of the characters in the movie from the word bank (Leonardo da Vinci, King Tut, George Washington, etc.). There is a summarizing question at the end, asking students which time period they would go back and visit if give
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3rd - 8th
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Islam: Empire of Faith fill-in-the-blank movie guide w/quiz
A three-part series, re-creates the spectacular sweep of Islamic power and faith during its first 1,000 years, from Muhammad's birth to the Ottoman Empire under Suleyman the Magnificent.
Quiz for part 1
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9th - 12th
Ancient Egypt: Engineering an Empire Documentary Questions and Answers
Take your students through 3000 years of Ancient Egyptian history through the lens of engineering! Through this 40 question worksheet your students will learn about:The Old Kingdom and the use of engineering with regards to the NileThe construction of the first pyramids and refining of pyramid construction over timeMilitary conquestsRole of the afterlife and mummificationQueen HatshepsutRamesses IIActivity features an answer key and in addition, the questions are divided up into ten parts based
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7th - 12th
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How Rome Forged an Epic Empire: Engineering an Empire (50 questions)
Perfect for a day when you need to grade papers or when you have a substitute. Students will watch the documentary How Rome Forged an Epic Empire: Engineering an Empire and answer questions as they watch.Documentary located at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxqPbGqYACwDownload contains:50 questions covering the the entire 90 minute documentary.Questions with space for students to answer.Key for Teacher
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9th - 12th
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The Road to Eldorado Movie Guide
This document is a movie guide to accompany the Disney film, The Road to Eldorado. The questions link back to material learned about the ancient Latin American civilizations, asking students to make connections between the movie and what was learned.
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History of the World in two hours fill-in-the-blank movie guide
This landmark television special cuts 13.7 billion years of history down to size. In just two hours, you will get the whole story of where you came from and how you got here.
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9th - 12th
Troy (the movie) and background information
Included are two articles that provide a historical foundation for the existence of the ancient Troy and the possibilities that there was an actual Trojan War.
I then include supplements to accompany the viewing of the film Troy. These include: character list, myth vs. fact chart, and multiple types of viewing questions and discussion questions
ex:
What did you learn from the movie? Was there anything of historical significance?
How is Achilles characterized in this movie? What is the driv
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8th - 12th
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Buried Truth of the Maya - National Geographic - Movie Guide
Buried Truth of the Maya National Geographic – Documentary, Historical - TV-PG – 47 minutes - December 18,2020Over 800 years ago, ancient Mayan civilization collapsed, and now, the ruins are slowly being lost to time. A team of a high-tech archaeologists try to virtually preserve these hallowed grounds and, in the process, discover the truth behind the Mayan legends about a large cave directly under El Castillo. Using cutting-edge technology, they set out to find the buried truth of Chichen Itza
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8th - 12th
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History of the World in Two Hours
This video guide for the History Channel's documentary "History of the World in Two Hours" was designed for middle school students. There are 20 questions total - about one question every four to five minutes. The first half of the video relates more to science - roughly halfway through the video it begins to focus more on social studies. I try to pick important information for the questions and space them out so students must pay attention but do not have to write so much that they can't enjoy
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6th - 8th
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Gods of Egypt Movie - Interactive Worksheet
***Note there is one brief bedroom scene in Gods of Egypt that I skip when I show this scene to middle schoolers.Do you want your students to enjoy watching videos for History class but still really get something educational from it? What better way to reinforce your history lessons then by wrapping up a unit with a video that covers some of the lessons and standards that you are teaching. If you study Ancient Egypt at all in your class, you will want to purchase this. The students also have
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Ancient Greece and Rome Super Bundle - 6 PowerPoints 4 Video Guides
This Super Bundle includes all of our popular PowerPoints and corresponding student PowerPoint Outlines for the Classical Civilizations of GREECE and ROME as well as FOUR video guides for History Channel's popular Engineering an Empire series. (individual episodes are available on YouTube or can be purchased on DVD from the History Channel store or Amazon). This bundle is perfectly suited for a Classical World History Unit or can be used independently as needed.These colorful and graphically enr
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6th - 12th
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Engineering an Empire Persia: Video Guide in MS Word format with Teacher Key
This video guide is for The History Channel's popular Persia: Engineering an Empire documentary video (individual episodes are available on YouTube, or DVDs can be purchased from the History Channel, or Amazon.com). The guide is divided into five sections which covers the major periods and leaders of this remarkable empire, including Cyrus the Great, Darius, and Xerxes, and includes its demise at the hands of Alexander the Great. There are a total of 28 narrative questions with fill in the bla
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Engineering an Empire: Three Episode Ancient Civilizations Bundle
Engineering an Empire Carthage: Video Guide in MS Word format with Teacher Key
This video guide is for The History Channel's popular Engineering an Empire: Carthage documentary video (individual episodes are available on YouTube, or DVDs can be purchased from the History Channel, or Amazon.com). The guide is divided into five sections which covers the birth, growth and major developments of this remarkable North African trading empire.Much of it focuses on the Punic Wars, in which Carthage and Rome fought for Mediterranean dominance. There is a strong focus on the legenda
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Engineering an Empire: 11 Episode Super Bundle
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Movie Questions and Answers
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Movie Questions and AnswersThis is split into three sections (40 minute intervals) and includes multiple choice questions with answer keys. Enjoy!
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3rd - 12th
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Ancient Egypt: David Macaulay Pyramid Documentary Quiz
David Macaulay is a renowned author and illustrator (The Way Things Work) who over the years has produced a series of very engaging educational films on the history of pyramids, castles, cathedrals, and other places. Many are available to purchase through PBS and most of them are easy to find on YouTube. I have found the animated and historical documentary he created on the Egyptian pyramids to be a wonderful addition to the study of the Ancient Egypt in Grades 4-8. I have yet to find a better o
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4th - 8th
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The Untouchable Kids of India
This is a video guide to go along with the episode on the India's caste system filmed by Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. The video is just over 20 minutes and can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2kXQgSKI6w. The guide includes a teacher key and goes in order of the film.
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6th - 12th
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Drain the Oceans Season 2 Episode 15 Rise of the Roman Empire Movie Guide
Drain the Oceans - 2018 ‧ Documentary ‧ 3 seasons TV-PGPull the plug on the ocean to reveal hidden secrets and lost worlds, using groundbreaking technology, breathtaking photography and insight from top marine archaeologists. Drain the Oceans delivers penetrating new insights into the epic history of civilizations and the deep history of the Earth itself, exposing sunken cities, shipwrecks and the amazing natural wonders of the deep. S02 E15 · Rise of the Roman Empire - Oct 14, 2019 – 47 minutes
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7th - 12th
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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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