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World history resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Japan Independent Research Project (Differentiated process and product)
Use this independent research assignment to awaken your students' interest in Japan. Students may chose any area of Japanese life and culture they would like to research. Step -by- step instruction on how to conduct the project is provided and is ready to go in student friendly language. Resources and websites for students to visit are included.
The project also includes a Memo writing activity that might be used as a checking point or a formative assessment before the entire project is comple
West African Proverb Activity
Students will get to choose one of three assignments based on traditional West African proverbs and Ben Franklins famous aphorisms. Students can either: create a comic strip showing the truth behind the proverb, compare a proverb to an aphorism, or create a modern day proverb based off the underlying truth of the West African proverb.
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7th
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Medieval Europe PowerPoint Project
Students in groups research an important aspect of the history of Medieval Europe. With the research students will summarize this topic, define key terms, create a cause-and-effect chart, write point-of-view and informative writing, invent quiz questions, and present the topic to the class through a detailed and illustrative PowerPoint presentation.
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7th
Art and Architecture of the Americas and Africa - Group Project
This is a MS Word document that details an art and architecture project related to tribal cultures in the Americas and Africa. It has been used primarily for AP Art History, but could also be used in a World History, Geography or Art setting. Cultures included in the Project:
1. Maya
2. Aztec
3. Inca
4. Central Andean Culture (Nazca, Moche, Chavin)
5. North American Indian
6. Sub-Saharan Africa (Nok, Benin)
Students are divided into groups and required to make a 10-20 minute unit to teach to t
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7th - 12th
Ancient Egyptian Creative Activity- Complete the Artifact
Creative, fun activity to use when learning about Ancient Egypt
Could be used as a prompt for creative writing or an extension activity.
Students use their imaginations and their creative/artistic side to finish the 'broken' artifact to show what it could have been in Ancient Egyptian society.
They finish it by writing about what the artifact would have been and what it would have been used for.
Some examples past students have done: pyramid fragment, tools, a piece of jewelry , statue to
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2nd - 8th
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Darkest Hour Movie Discussion and Character Analysis on Winston Churchill
This movie, Darkest Hour, won an academy award for best actor (Gary Oldman) in 2018. This teacher resource will take 4 days from a 50 minute classroom design. The resource I created has two parts.
1. A discussion guide on key stages of the movie
2. A writing assignment analyzing leadership/character trait analysis on Winston Churchill
3. Student Handout
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8th - 12th
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Madama Butterfly
This article explains what the opera, Madama Butterfly, is all about. You can also play the aria, Un Bel Di, from the opera.
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7th
Geography of Rome Brochure
For this assignment teachers must use the "Ancient Civilizations" textbook produced by Holt, Reinhart and Winston.
In this creative activity students will create brochures to advertise Rome. Students will use their creative sides to make their brochures attractive and effective at persuading people to travel to ancient Rome. While creating this brochure students will learn about the geography of Rome. It is recommended that teachers use this activity as a way to introduce ancient Rome or to in
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5th - 12th
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Justinian & Theodora
This is an article that covers the reign of Justinian & Theodora, along with how Theodora played an important part in the Byzantine Empire.
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6th - 7th
Buddah's Teachings
This article traces the beginnings and the characteristics of Buddhism.
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7th
Africa Griot Project
The Griots were the storytellers/historians for each of the kinship groups in Ancient West Africa. The main purpose of the Griots was to educate and entertain the villagers in each of these West African villages. Their stories were usually based upon life’s lessons and morals that each villager would take and learn from; much like the Ancient Greek Philosopher Aesop. These stories and morals that were taught by the Griots were never written down on paper form.
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7th
The Samurai Warriors
This article goes over the basic elements of the Samurai Warriors.
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7th
American Revolution Videos For Class
In my class, my students were bored to tears by the slow and methodical reading of the textbooks. So I decided to do something about it and make the Revolution fun again! I kept in mind middle school students who are learning about the revolution, but also made it serious enough to appeal to High School and beyond as well.
The videos are broken up into 17 3-5 Minute chunks that are great for generating discussion and getting the kids into the material.
The best part is, you can get the entir
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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