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Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Gingerbread House Drawing Art Lesson - 2 Point Perspective Christmas Art Lesson
This Christmas/ holiday themed art drawing lesson will keep your middle school boys and girls ENGAGED during this very exciting time of year. Students will learn how to create a 3D house using 2 point perspective technique. In addition, students will use value and colored pencil techniques to create a 3D form. The PowerPoint and PDF slides include: vocabulary (2 point perspective, vanishing point, value scale, tint, shade and value), objectives, standards, step by step instructions, student refe
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6th - 12th
STEM Ancient Egypt Pyramid Build, Mummification, and Pharaoh Research Project
In this STEM project students will:
Research online an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh (Technology)
Build a pyramid for the Pharaoh (Engineering)
Measure the volume and surface area of the pyramid (Math)
Mummify a doll to better understand the mummification process (Science)
Build a Sarcophagus for your Pharaoh (Engineering)
Design an Amulet for your Pharaoh (Art and Engineering)
Write an excavation report about the Pharaoh and what you would find in the pyramid.
Website links provided for online r
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6th - 7th
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Christmas Debates for Middle School ELA - Public Speaking Activity
If Christmas is a crazy time of the school year for your students, make that Christmas frenzy work for you with these fun holiday debate topics for middle school!Because public speaking already carries a great deal of stress for many students, these debates feature both light-hearted and thoughtful holiday debate topics to engage your students and foster a festive atmosphere. These assignment sheets and rubrics keep middle-school kids laughing, thinking, and learning the art of public debate.Th
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Bundle
Christmas Writing (Compare and Contrast)
Christmas Writing! Compare and contrast Santa's Reindeer and wild Caribou. The product contains a Christmas reading passage about Santa’s Reindeer and a reading passage about wild caribou. It also contains two different graphic compare and contrast organizers, two sample templates for writing a comparative essay, reindeer themed paper, student checklist to use during peer editing and a grading rubric for you to use. I have also included a list of children’s books about caribou and books that fe
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2nd - 6th
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A Christmas Carol One Pager Project
Have your students share their understanding of the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images based on information from the text. With this one-pager reading comprehension project, students will analyze the literature by determining theme, symbolism, characterization, and more. Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student direct
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
Christmas Poetry Unit
Let the Poet Tree be your guide as your students become poets right before your eyes! This unit is our go-to for the month of December and one of the highlights of our year. Return to this one year after year. Includes:* 12 different poetry forms (one for each of the 12 days of Christmas)* Letters from the Poet Tree* Poetry templates with sample poems* Two poetry rubrics and more!Learn for the Long HaulCheck out more time-saving resources by Learn for the Long Haul:Music of DolphinsNameplates By
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Trees For Sale!- Holiday Opinion Writing
This is a fun, holiday writing activity that is festive, but still teaches Common Core Standards. I have loved doing this with my students at Christmastime!First, each student decorates a tree, using the printable trees and stickers, glitter, markers, pipe cleaners etc. Then, they write a persuasive opinion piece trying to convince others to “buy” their tree! This allows for a lot of creativity and development of opinion writing skills. Everything you need is in this packet (minus the glitter an
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1st - 3rd
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Early Humans - Paleolithic and Neolithic - Cave Painting Activity & Rubric
This product is an engaging activity for students to apply information learned about early humans during the paleolithic and neolithic time periods.
Students can work on the activity independently or in a group. They can do the activity on poster board, sketch paper, or bulletin board paper.
I give my students 2 days on this assignment. I use bulletin board paper with my class and allow them to work in groups. On the first day, I turn off the lights and give them flashlights. I have th
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Empires Project - Lapbook Template
This Ancient Mesopotamia Project using Lap-book Templates are designed for a 6th grade social studies class. This foldable lap-book is an ideal comprehensive project for your ancient Mesopotamia unit as part of your ancient civilizations curriculum! Using the different Mesopotamian civilizations, you can easily differentiate the project for your students, making it great for review or assessment.FEATURES: 1) Detailed article of how I teach ancient civilizations with a 7 part structure using this
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6th
Letter Writing Mini Unit (Christmas Themed)
Spread the holiday cheer in your classroom, and excite your students about letter writing that is fun and engaging Christmas themed mini unit! This letter writing unit is common core aligned and includes a friendly letter power point, 10 day lesson plans, list of books that will pair nicely with this unit, editing rubric, grading rubric, many paper choices, and more. The unit ends with writing a letter to Santa! Make this month fun for the kids in your classroom, and hit some common core standa
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1st - 3rd
Ancient Civilizations Project with Rubric
This package includes a detailed outline of what is expected in a complete Ancient Civilizations report and presentation - whether it is meant to be the "big" project during the final term of Social Studies class or merely a month-long individual project.
Given the choice of China, Rome, Greece, Egypt or India, students will write a report on the government system, social structure, inventions, communication, climate, landscape and conclude with a comparison of modern day Canada or the United
Grades:
5th - 10th
Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for December and January
Welcome to Writing Right Through December and January! This series will help you and your students practice various writing skills and genres in a fun and engaging way. Each month, you will find a new set of writing activities that are aligned with the seasons and holidays.➤Do you struggle each week, trying to plan for writing instruction? ➤Do you need some easy and effective writing activities for young learners?➤Do you want writing activities that don't require hours of preparation or grading,
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for the Year Bundle
Les civilisations anciennes : unité complète
Le document «Les civilisations anciennes» est une unité complète qui propose un enseignement sous forme de processus d’enquête pour les élèves d'immersion française. Les élèves sont enseignés des concepts clés pour pouvoir être capables d’une enquête sur une civilisation ancienne et ensuite partager avec leurs pairs puis comparer plusieurs civilisations anciennes.Dans ce document vous allez retrouver:– Les documents pour enseigner les concepts clés– La leçon complète de l’unité– Les documents à
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3rd - 5th
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Ancient China DBQ Essay - 5 Documents, Writing Scaffolds, Key, Examples, Rubric
Wonderful Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay to use during your Middle School Ancient China Unit! Students build analytical and writing skills using this differentiated resource! Students of ALL levels and capabilities will benefit from the step-by-step writing scaffolds included!Includes Everything Needed to Teach DBQ Essay Writing:1) 5 Documents with Scaffolded Questions (Geography, Silk Road, Confucius, Achievements, The Great Wall of China)2) Skeleton Worksheet - Developing a thesis a
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5th - 7th
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Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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Alexander the Great Facebook Timeline Project
This project asked students to pretend Alexander the Great was a social media conqueror as well and create a Facebook timeline for him. Using a template that I created to look just like a Facebook timeline (2013) students can fill in information regarding his background and stats as well as create some Facebook posts to Alexander from Philip of Macedon, Aristotle, and even Alex's much loved horse. Rubric included for grading. Additionally, I have another file of the old Facebook profile for th
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6th - 10th
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Poetry Writing Christmas Prompts
This download includes 36 poetry writing prompts with a Christmas theme along with 19 templates and a rubric!✩Use the prompts for end of the year revision of procedure writing. Make them discussion topics or use them as brain breaks.✩Each prompt is on an individual page so you can print full size, print multiples to a page for task cards or display on a screen.✩The prompts cover haikus, shape poems, limericks, acrostic poems, cinquains, alphabet poems, simile poems, quatrains, couplets, ballads
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1st - 6th
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Romulus and Remus Activities
Lesson and activities to introduce students to the mythical founding of Rome. Students learn about Romulus and Remus, the myth surrounding them, and use what they learn to write an argumentative essay.Includes:- Notes Power Point with student worksheet to introduce students to the miss- Worksheet where students put the myth's events in the correct order- Crossword puzzle- Rubric for students to create a comic summarizing the myth- Argument writing assignment: rubric, suggested sources, and grap
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7th - 12th
Ancient India and Ancient China Travel Brochure Project
The amazing students at your school have engineered the very first time machine - now we are able to travel back in time! It is now up to you to create a travel brochure to entice time travelers to join you on a visit to the civilization of Ancient India OR Ancient China.Students will be designing and creating unique brochures. Within your historical brochure, you’ll need to include general information about the civilization of Ancient India OR Ancient China. You also need to include appealing p
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6th - 9th
Ancient/World History Interactive Notebook Cover, Rubric, Table of Contents
If you're like me, you LOVE using interactive notebooks with your students! They're a fantastic way to actively involve students in the learning process. But...if you're like me, you also want your interactive notebooks to be organized! Students should be able to access information quickly and accurately, making it easy to review previously-studied material and create new entries when needed. This is the perfect tool to help you and your students get, and STAY, organized! Included in this resou
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4th - 10th
Create a Holiday Children's Book! — Seasonal ELA or Art — Writing — CCSS
You've found the perfect Christmas or winter holiday project! This no-prep art and writing project provides your students with everything they need to create their own holiday narrative storybook! The two-week unit starts with an introductory presentation, continues with straightforward and fun planning activities, and culminates with the creation of an original holiday children's book! Best of all, this project can also serve as a holiday present for your students to give to their family and f
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6th - 10th
Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
This research fun bundle leans into the excitement of the holiday season with four Animal activities. Included is a Pet-Safe Holiday Food Research activity with Poster and Presentation options, True False or Opinion Partner Activity, Ugly Winter Animal Sweater and a Compare and Contrast Santa Writing Prompt that asks students to help Santa out by compiling a list of goodies he should bring to Children who also ask for a kitten or a puppy for Christmas.Bonus: Christmas Word find for early finishe
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6th - 12th
Ancient History Wax Museum Biography Research Project - Rubrics & Organizers 6-8
Get your students excited to learn about Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, or Ancient India with this fun and engaging Biography Research project! Students will create a living ancient history wax museum and write a research paper while building their research & writing skills.This engaging and ready-to-go printable project provides excellent support to the history, writing, and literacy curriculum to engage students and motivate students for learning. Students can
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Find Ancient History resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about ancient history, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of ancient history resources available, including activities and lessons on ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient China, and ancient Mesopotamia, to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach ancient history to your students with ease.
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.
What types of ancient history resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of ancient history resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units.
How do I find ancient history resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing ancient history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ancient history resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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