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Free high school world history lessons
Ancient Greece Lesson: Athens vs. Sparta (Brains vs. Brawn)
The slight differences between classical Athens and Sparta are magnified in this lesson because it provides for good issue-based discussion. In reality Athens and Sparta were both fairly militaristic, and at other times both were fairly democratic. Contrary to the way they are commonly portrayed, Athens had a powerful army and navy, and Sparta had an Assembly of elected members. But as we deal with discussing the early development of civilizations, it is useful to portray Sparta as simplistic
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6th - 12th
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The Cold War In a Nutshell; Berlin Wall, Iron Curtain, Space Race, Brinksmanship
The Cold War in a Nutshell: From the creation of the USSR to Boris Yeltsin, this 5-page student packet clearly defines each facet of the rivalry between East and West. Topics included:Lenin and Stalinthe 15 Soviet Republicsdefinitions of communism and capitalism the nuclear arms raceChinathe Iron CurtainNATOthe Warsaw Pactthe Brezhnev Doctrinethe Berlin Wallthe Korean Warthe Vietnam Warthe Space Racethe Hungarian Revolutionthe Cuban Missile CrisisGorbachevPerestroika and Glasnostthe collapse of
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9th - 12th
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Mapping Skills Lesson Plan Guide for World Geography, Back To School
Mapping Skills Unit Lesson Planning, Mapping Skills Lesson Plan Guide, World Geography Lesson Planning Guide, Mapping Skills Pacing GuideThese lesson plan guides provide links to activities that support each component of the lesson cycle. The is also a pacing guide for the unit and course. There is an overview breakdown of how to plan a lesson and a lesson plan template to help get you organized. Also part of in WORLD GEOGRAPHY MEGA BUNDLE & MAPPING SKILLS BUNDLE. World Geography Lesson Pl
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6th - 12th
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Ancient Egypt Unit Plan and Lesson Overview
If you are looking to see an example of how we structure our Ancient Egypt unit, you are in the right place! This free resource shares what we do during our Ancient Egypt unit, approximately how long we spend on each activity or topic, and how the activities all fit together.This resource can give you an idea about how we teach Ancient Egypt and help you decide what to include in your unit. Feel free to use this plan as an outline for what to include in your Ancient Egypt unit or use the editabl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ancient Greece Unit Plan and Lesson Overview
If you are looking to see an example of how we structure our Ancient Greece unit, you are in the right place! This free resource shares what we do during our Ancient Greece unit, approximately how long we spend on each activity or topic, and how the activities all fit together.This resource can give you an idea about how we teach Ancient Greece and help you decide what to include in your unit. Feel free to use this plan as an outline for what to include in your Ancient Greece unit or use the edi
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Rome Timeline Worksheet - NO PREP
Directions for students to create a timeline based on Ancient Rome, emphasizing the changes from a monarchy to a republic to an empire. Includes a student handout (worksheet) for students to complete and a teacher answer key. The student handout has content about Ancient Rome included on it. The handout can be used without any preparation. This handout gives students directions to create and correctly label a timeline based on Ancient Rome from 800 BC to 1400 AD. Then students are asked qu
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Unit Plan and Lesson Overview
If you are looking to see an example of how we structure our Mesopotamia unit, you are in the right place! This free resource shares what we do during our Mesopotamia unit, approximately how long we spend on each activity or topic, and how the activities all fit together.This resource can give you an idea about how we teach Mesopotamia and help you decide what to include in your unit. Feel free to use this plan as an outline for what to include in your Mesopotamia unit or use the editable planni
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6th - 9th
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The Factory System
NOW WITH LINKS TO A GOOGLE CLASSROOM PRODUCT FOR CLASSROOM SUBMISSIONS!This one page reading plus one page of questions summarizes the development of the Factory System in Britain and how it revolutionized production at the expense of the workers during the Industrial Revolution. It is designed for middle school or high school students. The reading is visually appealing and broken into chunks. It can be used for classwork, homework, research or as a platform for projects. Questions are content b
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6th - 12th
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Ancient Rome Unit Plan and Lesson Overview
If you are looking to see an example of how we structure our Ancient Rome unit, you are in the right place! This free resource shares what we do during our Ancient Rome unit, approximately how long we spend on each activity or topic, and how the activities all fit together.This resource can give you an idea about how we teach Ancient Rome and help you decide what to include in your unit. Feel free to use this plan as an outline for what to include in your Ancient Rome unit or use the editable pl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient Rome Unit Bundle | Activities, Simulation, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ancient China Unit Plan and Lesson Overview
If you are looking to see an example of how we structure our Ancient China unit, you are in the right place! This free resource shares what we do during our Ancient China unit, approximately how long we spend on each activity or topic, and how the activities all fit together.This resource can give you an idea about how we teach Ancient China and help you decide what to include in your unit. Feel free to use this plan as an outline for what to include in your Ancient China unit or use the editabl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient China Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Timeline, Test
FREE Machu Picchu South America Virtual Field Trip
Hike the trails of Machu Picchu in this Virtual Field Trip! Explore this ancient civilization and learn how early humans lived with 360 tour and guiding tasks and activities! Great for science, history, or social studies classes in middle or high school!Please enjoy this exciting Freebie! Don't forget to click the star to follow me for more great lessons (and Freebies) and to give this product 5 stars! Thank you so much!This PRINT and Go resource is perfect for distance learning or classroom use
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Earth Virtual Field Trip Pack to the 7 Continents
Five Themes of Geography Lesson Plan Guide for World Geography, Back To School
Five Themes of Geography & Structure of Earth Unit Lesson Planning, Five Themes of Geography & Structure of Earth Lesson Plan Guide, World Geography Lesson Planning Guide, Five Themes of Geography & Structure of Earth Pacing GuideThese lesson plan guides provide links to activities that support each component of the lesson cycle. The is also a pacing guide for the unit and course. There is an overview breakdown of how to plan a lesson and a lesson plan template to help get you organ
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6th - 12th
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Ancient India Unit Plan and Lesson Overview
If you are looking to see an example of how we structure our Ancient India unit, you are in the right place! This free resource shares what we do during our Ancient India unit, approximately how long we spend on each activity or topic, and how the activities all fit together.This resource can give you an idea about how we teach Ancient India and help you decide what to include in your unit. Feel free to use this plan as an outline for what to include in your Ancient India unit or use the editabl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient India Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Timeline, Test
Africa Geography Unit
This is a complete unit filled with 37 assignments. The assignments range from worksheets, graphic organizers, map assignments, PowerPoints, study guides and a Unit Test. This Unit is intended for 7th grade but can be modified to be used for any grade level.
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6th - 9th
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Ancient River Valley Civilizations Inference Lesson
This lesson is an inference activity that serves as an excellent introduction and overview of new content dealing with early river valley civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, and China. It introduces important content vocabulary, requires students to categorize, make inferences (hypotheses), support answers with evidence, read for meaning and compare and contrast. It has been successfully used in an AP World History class, but could just as easily be edited for any non-AP course.
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9th - 12th
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Longitude and Latitude Scoot
Have your students get more experience learning Longitude and Latitude through scoot! MAPS ARE NOT INCLUDED Aligned with maps from A History of the World Textbook. How to Play Scoot 1) Each child needs a scoot recording sheet, and a pencil 2) Put each numbered card at student desks. Cards should be distributed clockwise for easy recording 3) Students will work on the card in front of them, when ready teacher will say "scoot!" 4) Everyone shifts to the desk with the next number. 5) Continue until
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4th - 12th
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⭐Why Study History Interactive Notebook & Distance Learning Lesson Set FREEBIE!⭐
★★★ Ideal for Distance and Classroom Learning! ★★★ This print and digital lesson contains 50+ pages/slides of material. It’s a perfect lesson for anyone starting out their school year or who wants to help students understand about the reasons we should study history – either in the classroom or via distance learning. This is a single lesson Free from my Interactive Notebook collection includes all related the pieces from my companion sets for teaching this lesson.I built this lesson bundle(idea
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5th - 10th
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Ancient India - Drawing Conclusions Activity
This is a 1 page worksheet that asks students to draw conclusions about evidence found at an ancient site in India.
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6th - 10th
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UNIT PLAN: World War I!
UNIT PLAN: WORLD WAR I Everything you need to teach World War I.Unit Outline - shows day to day activities and suggestions. See sample below.6 Lessons - each in its own packet with a corresponding PowerPoint3 projects/assignments1 Document Constructed Response Question (cause/effect)Review Packet (with answer key)Multiple Choice Exam (15 stimulus based questions) (with answer key)Great deal - less than $1 per resource! Used for 2+ weeks!All resources labeled in a neat file folder..pdf and .docx
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: WORLD HISTORY / GLOBAL HISTORY No Prep Full Curriculum!
Cold War Student Performances
This assignment will have every student in your class reading, writing, and performing the events of the Cold War. The assignment includes detailed directions/expectations, questions for all students to answer, particular group questions, and the readings necessary for success. The first six pages is the packet each student will receive. The following 16 pages are the readings/pictures for the individual eight groups.
For this interactive assignment, break your class into eight groups. Each gr
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8th - 12th
FREE Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire Worksheet CCLS
An exciting activity sheet that focuses on how Christianity impacted the Roman Empire!**Lesson Plan Included****Activity Sheet including Five Documents****Exit Ticket****Homework Assignment*More resources on Ancient Civilizations!Ancient MesopotamiaAncient EgyptAncient IndiaAncient ChinaAncient RomeAncient GreeceAncient Mesoamerica (Maya, Aztecs, Incas)
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5th - 9th
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Religion in Ancient Greece
In this lesson students learn about Ancient Greek religious beliefs, how religion was important in Ancient Greek society, and how Ancient Greek religion still affects our society today - a great introduction for any history or ELA class studying Ancient Greece.
The lesson is student-centered, engaging, and action-packed! My kids LOVE doing the "Which god should you call upon?" activity and finding the modern connections in the PowerPoint slideshow. Students also read the "Pluto and Persephone"
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7th - 11th
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River Valley Civilizations Lesson Plan Guide, World History Curriculum
River Valley Civilizations Lesson Plan Guide, World History Lesson Plans Back To School, River Valley Civilizations Pacing GuideThese lesson plan guides provide links to activities that support each component of the lesson cycle. The is also a pacing guide for the unit and course. There is an overview breakdown of how to plan a lesson and a lesson plan template to help get you organized. Also part of: World History Part 1 MEGA Bundle EARLY MAN BUNDLE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS BUNDLE. This co
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Early Man & River Valley Civilizations World History BUNDLE
WWI Propaganda lesson and assignment
A comprehensive powerpoint presentaion ppt which includes elements and purposes of propaganda with samples and an assignment and rubric
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8th - 11th
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