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European history Common Core CCRA.W.3 resources
Hernan Cortes Close Reading & Biography Bundle | 3rd Grade & 4th Grade
Two great activities that would span five lessons about the famous Spanish conquistador and explorer responsible for the downfall of the Aztec Empire, Hernán Cortés. Perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade. NO PREP is needed!Firstly, there is a close reading activity where children need to read through an informational text, and then answer comprehension and grammar questions, before completing an extension activity. Secondly, there is a biography writing unit which has been split in
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3rd - 4th
Virtual Field Trip to Paris, France
Need an end of year activity? This is a good way to end the school year in anticipation of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. This is a no-prep digital lesson. Students explore Paris on an 8-day virtual field trip using Google Earth, YouTube videos, Google Arts and Culture and other links. One day will focus on visiting some of the Paris 2024 Olympic venues.There are tasks and questions in a Google Slideshow, whereby students add their answers into an editable table for each place they visit.
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8th - 10th
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All the Light We Cannot See Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.ABOUT THE NOVEL: *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant N
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7th - 9th
Appeasement of Germany Activity
This activity helps students understand how Italy, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union (students are assigned one of these 4 countries) viewed Germany during the events of the 1930s (rearmament, the Rhineland, Anschluss, the Sudentenland, annexing Czechoslovakia, and Poland) and how their own domestic issues impacted foreign relations at the time. Students gain a lot of understanding with this activity! It is formatted for google classroom, but also is a Microsoft Word document, so the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
French Revolution Vocab Intro/Review Activity
Introduce or assess vocabulary and concepts for the French Revolution.Words included: French Revolution, Estates- General, Bourgeoisie, Absolute Monarchy, Storming of the Bastille, The Tennis Court Oath, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Reign of Terror, Jacobins, GuillotineTerm definitions are already listed so that students can focus on using the terms and understanding their meaning.This is best used individually at home or during class.Formatting:Two formats are provided:
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9th - 12th
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Child Labor Document Analysis and Letter | Industrial Revolution Primary Sources
In this engaging and analytical assignment, students will analyze primary source documents of child labor during the Industrial Revolution, and then use the information they learn to create a letter from the perspective of a child laborer. In doing so, students will gain important historical understanding of working conditions of child laborers as a prelude to reform movements during the Industrial Revolution. This is a fantastic way to engage your students in historical analytical skills and le
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9th - 12th
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Punic Wars - Ancient Rome - Four Project Options
This resource provides your students with four project options in order for them to showcase what they learned about the Punic Wars. Each project description includes an introduction, specific requirements and a rubric. For each project students need to refer to the following aspects of the Punic Wars: (1) Causes of the wars, (2) Important people, (3) Significant battles and (4) Effects of the wars.Students may create one of the following projects:✓ Movie Trailer ✓ Scrapbook✓ Farewell Speech✓
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Rome Unit Bundle: Projects and Activities
Dear Mom; Early Explorations of North America
Students put themselves in the place of the explorers of North America and write in the first person to “Mom”. It covers the explorations by Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands. This project is based on Chapter 2: European Exploration and Settlements in History Alive: The United States through Industrialization, but the information can be found in any textbooks on United States history. It can also be used as a research project. I always do the layout step-by-step together in class. The
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7th - 11th
Gorbachev's Problems and Detente, Glasnost, Perestroika
This is a handout that asks students to read charts, graphs, and short descriptions about these problems in the Soviet Union in the 1980s: per capita gross domestic product, surpluses and deficits of production of food, proxy wars, and protest movements. They analyze how these events caused problems in the Soviet Union and compare them to problems in China under Mao and Deng Xiaoping. There are QR codes for them to scan and watch youtube videos. Then, students read about the detente, glasnost, a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
The Social Contract, Locke and Hobbes (Distance Learning)
This handout takes students through the ideas of the social contract, and how Thomas Hobbes and John Locke viewed human behavior in the state of nature, and thus how they viewed government. Students are frequently asked to apply these lenses to our current society, gradually understanding the rationale for why we have laws. Students really love to debate and discuss these ideas, so this is a great basis for lots of rich discussions in class. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Colonial America
Partition of India Discussion Activity
This activity has the teacher assign each student one of two roles: Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Each student will read the description about how either Nehru or Jinnah felt about a unified India (spoiler alert, they disagreed), and then look at three situations which made unity complicated: 1) the differences between Hindu and Muslim religious practices2) which regions were majority Muslim, majority Hindu, and mixed3) the history of conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India. Aft
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Asian Studies Bundle
Interactive Notebook for Ancient Rome - 44 Student-Centered Activities
These activities will capture the attention of your students and will keep them engaged throughout your lesson. These activities can be completed at any point in the lesson - as a way to engage your students when the bell rings, as a main activity of the lesson or as a way to wrap up your lesson in a meaningful way. The handouts are a great way for you to assess your students' knowledge about the content and their critical thinking skills.The activities focus on ancient Rome and cover the follow
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Rome Unit Bundle: Projects and Activities
AP® US History: WWII European/ Pacific Theater Comparison Grid
By the time Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor brought the US into World War II, the conflict had already been raging for years. Indeed, while most young American men were attending school or working on the family farm, their battle-hardened counterparts in Japan & Germany were conquering large parts of the world.This side-by-side comparison grid traces the order of major developments in both the Pacific & European theaters during World War II. Beginning with the rise of totalitarian regimes
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Cold War Bundle
This bundle takes students through the Cold War by having them do assignments and activities to analyze and understand: The difference between capitalism, socialism, and communismHow tensions rose between Truman and Stalin in the 1940sChinese Communism How the U.S. and Soviet Union approached Korea during the Korean War and how the issue of nuclear proliferation was handled.The Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis An exploration into three proxy wars during the Cold War (Korean War, Vie
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cold War: Truman and Stalin Activity
This activity has students understand the increasing tensions between President Harry Truman and General Secretary Joseph Stalin during the events of the 1940s that started the Cold War. Students are paired up where one reads the Truman handout and one reads the Stalin handout, and as students go through the activity, they will understand more and more why mutual distrust formed between the two men. It is formatted as a Microsoft Word document, so it can be modified however you want!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: U.S. Foreign Policy Bundle
Morality Play Monologue Prompts and Templates (ESL)
Morality plays were a popular form of drama in Europe in the 15th and 16th century. This project modernizes this dramatic genre and prompts students to write their own morality play monologues based on modern day situations.
Materials include seven (7) situations with 2 characters in each. Each character represents two opposite characteristics. Pages 2-3 include an English and Spanish template for the monologue script to provide scaffolding.
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7th - 10th
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CKLA Grade 3 Unit 9 European Explorers Reading Journal (1st edition)
This CKLA European Explorers Reading Journal is aligned to the 1st Edition Grade 3 Reader for Skills Unit 9. This journal includes a Common Core-aligned comprehension activity for each chapter. The comprehension activities in this journal are pulled from the comprehension questions and worksheets in the Skills Unit 9 Teacher's Guide and Skills Unit 9 Student Workbook. ⇒Looking for the 2nd edition version? CLICK HERE!⇒Looking for a DIGITAL version? CLICK HERE!This reading journal is an easy, mini
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3rd
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Also included in: CKLA Grade 3 Reading Journal BUNDLE (1st edition)
Jean Calvin and Calvinism Reformation Instagram Activity
Assess your students' knowledge of Jean Calvin more creatively and engage them more by asking them to create an Instagram post for Calvin! In addition to writing a few sentences on his beliefs and life, students can give him a fun username and include a couple hashtags that relate to his life! Then they can show how different Calvin was from Martin Luther by having Luther (with his own username!) comment on Calvin's post. This will be way more fun than a short-response question contrasting the b
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9th - 12th
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Journey Across Time Ch4 L2 Sparta and Athens
A teacher-created worksheet containing objectives, vocabulary, graphic organizers and content for Chapter 4 Lesson 2 of the Journey Across Time text. The lesson is intended for students to complete as a reading comprehension introduction to the lesson. It also functions as an excellent review guide to help students organize information. Each worksheet includes a key at the end of the document.
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5th - 8th
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Guide for Soldiers in World War I
This assignment has students use images of new war technology during WWI and also three movie scenes (two from All Quiet on the Western Front and one from 1917) to create a guide for soldiers entering WWI. It's a good way to have them do some narrative writing that uses real evidence from history. It can also be done as a distance learning or homework assignment too.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
Russian Revolution and Stalin Activity
This activity has students learn about the events of the Russian Revolution, 1920s like the NEP and famines, and the 1930s, including Stalin's Five Year Plans and Purges, while seeing that whatever choices Russians made, they were very much doomed to fail. This activity is VERY enjoyable for students and really made them learn how impossible it is to live under an authoritarian government and how revolutions can turn from hopeful to harmful. There were great discussions and debates during the ac
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
Comprehensive Europe Unit: 6th Grade Social Studies
This no-prep unit will take your students on a journey through Europe! We combine European exploration, European history, and modern-day geography into one comprehensive unit.This product includes:- A PowerPoint presentation with 23 slides, beginning with the European continent, climate and geography, and modern-day Europe. Then, we explore the Middle Ages and Renaissance period. European exploration follows, which covers Spain, Portugal, France, the Triangular Trade Route, and the fall of the I
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5th - 7th
Also included in: 6th Grade Social Studies Bundle
Communist Revolution Speech
This role play puts students in the position of a communist worker in Germany in 1848. They want to inspire their fellow workers to rebel, and they must use a word bank of vocabulary and limited quotes from the Communist Manifesto in their speech (excerpts from Communist Manifesto included). It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: World History Curriculum Materials and Resources
Teaching the AP Euro Long Essay - 3 Day Lesson Using Unit 1
This lesson is intended to introduce students to a number of resources and the long essay in general. The lesson begins by looking at the Commercial Revolution using 2 different resources: the AP Classroom video series (1.10 for the Commercial Revolution) and then the AP European History Crash Course book, which I encourage all students to purchase. The lesson has the teacher guide students in watching the video and then answering the review questions after. Then, students self-assess for their
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10th - 12th
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Take your students on a journey through European history with TPT! If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about European history, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re teaching about the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration, or the World Wars, there are plenty of high-quality TPT resources at your fingertips to teach European history to your students.
European 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 European history:
Centers & Stations
Through the use of centers, students can collaborate and discuss topics and content they examine for various eras in European history. For example, you could have students navigate through a handful of centers or stations to help them learn about different elements of the Renaissance period, including influential cities, leaders, and artists. Or, to help them learn about the key figures and milestones of the French Revolution.
Map Making
With map-making activities you can not only teach students about European history, but also incorporate geography into your lessons. As they label and color maps, students can learn about important places in Europe and how European countries have expanded (and fallen) over time. For example, you could have students make maps of Europe before and after World War I to identify how the conflict impacted Europe.
Primary Source Analysis
One of the best ways to learn about European history is through historical documents, letters, diaries, art, and literature. Encourage students to use these firsthand accounts to gain a deeper understanding about European people and events. For instance, you can have students read excerpts from the works of Enlightenment philosophers — like Mary Wollstonecraft — and how they contributed to the political thinking of the time.
Research Projects
Have students research and present on a specific topic of European history, like the Age of Exploration. For example, ask students to choose a famous European Explorer to research, and have them write a short biography of that person or create a short video or presentation about their achievements and legacy.
Frequently asked questions for teaching European history
What is taught in European history?
In European history courses, students are taught about the cultural, economic, political, and social milestones that shaped Europe from the Middle Ages until the present.
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