Search query: ancient civilizations

Product: Ancient Egypt Pharaohs Role-Playing Research Project
Description: Students may choose one of these eight pharaohs: Akhenaten, Cleopatra, Hatshepsut, Khufu, Ramesses II, Seti I, Tutankhamen, or Thutmose III.
Their task is to evaluate their chosen pharaoh's strengths and weaknesses as a leader and their contributions to Egyptian life and culture.
Here are some of the specifics:
For students: the role-playing letter introduction, step-by-step directions for implementation (written in plain English for students to easily understand), research logs, and a works cited page to document their sources.
For teachers: a list of required materials, a pacing guide, two rubrics, and a list of reputable online resources for students to use when they conduct their research.
This project is intended as a cumulative assignment to enrich a unit on Ancient Egypt. It would work best with middle school or high school students. You might modify it for mature elementary school students.
Additionally, this project demands higher level critical thinking, as students must assess the importance of the pharaoh they have chosen. (This is not a biographical sketch.) They must also demonstrate teamwork skills, research skills, proper MLA citation, 21st century technology skills, the ability to work against a deadline, and much more.
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Product: Ancient Rome Emperors Role-Playing Research Project
Description: This is a research project titled "Roman Rulers: The Good, the Bad... and the Weird."
Students must research one of the following emperors of Ancient Rome: Julius Caesar, Octavian (Augustus), Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Caligula, or Commodus.
They must determine the emperor's strengths and weaknesses and their contributions to Roman life.
In the assignment packet, you will find:
For students: a role-playing letter for students to read as an introduction to the project, a step-by-step list of detailed instructions, research logs, and a works cited page to document their sources.
For teachers: a list of required materials, a pacing guide, two rubrics, and a list of reputable online resources for students to use when they conduct their research.
This project is intended as a cumulative assignment to enrich a unit on Ancient Rome. It would work best with middle school or high school students. You might modify it for mature elementary school students.
Additionally, this project demands higher level critical thinking, as students must assess the importance of the emperor they have chosen. (This is not a biographical sketch.) They must also demonstrate teamwork skills, research skills, proper MLA citation, 21st century technology skills, the ability to work against a deadline, and much more.
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Product: Gladiators and the Roman Colosseum RAFT Writing Project
Description: Would you like to enliven ancient history with a fun, challenging writing project? The Gladiators of the Roman Colosseum RAFT Writing Project contains a RAFT writing project for the social studies classroom. This project may be used as a creative research project or as a summarizing assignment to end a unit of study on Caesar or Ancient Rome.
**Students are also reminded in the instructions that the writing MUST be school-appropriate! **
What is a RAFT, you might ask? RAFT is an acronym for a powerful writing strategy that provides rigor, flexibility, and variety. A RAFT can be implemented in all content areas, thus making it an excellent Writing Across the Curriculum resource.
Young writers might pursue one of several genres of writing (expository, narrative, descriptive, argumentative or persuasive) to create one of several products (letter, television commercial, diary entry, etc.).
I define this further in the packet.
In this project, students have four writing options to choose from. They may role-play as a gladiator, a concerned citizen, an emperor, or a senator.
Why are RAFTS wonderful for reading comprehension assessment and writing projects?
(1) They require higher-order thinking skills: students must role-play as the character they choose and utilize unique character traits to
write a convincing response.
(2) They are extremely difficult to plagiarize or copy from the Internet. This is NOT a book report. Students must synthesize key details and create a brand new writing.
(3) As a result, students will emerge from the writing project with a much better understanding of the assigned reading. After all, they must demonstrate mastery in the project.
The packet includes (1) a classroom-ready printable of the RAFT for gladiators and the Colosseum;
(2) a rubric that you might use to evaluate students after completion of the project;
(3) suggested free websites for research should students need them;
(4) and a "Ticket out the Door" summarizing strategy to gauge what students learned in the unit or project.
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Product: History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations, Grades 1-3 - Teacher Reproducible, E-Book
Description: History Pockets—Ancient Civilizations,Grades 1–3, contains seven discovery pockets. An introduction pocket gives an overview of the time periods studied. The other pockets focus on the food, shelter, clothing, and contributions of six ancient worlds.
Each of the pockets contains:
a reproducible pocket label
four picture dictionary words
a fact sheet of background information for the teacher
a reproducible student information booklet complete with illustrations
a postcard of a famous monument
two puppets to show the clothing
arts and crafts projects
writing activities
As a culminating activity, the students put together a passport of all the places they have visited. This passport gives students a chance to reflect on all they have learned.
The book includes the following pockets:
What Is History?
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient China
Ancient Aztec World
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Product: Map Activities Bundle- World Civilizations, Ancient and beyond! (Label and Color)
Description: This is everything that you need for getting students acquainted with the geographical world around them! This bundle of map activities is a MUST for new topics of study; it will have your students embarking on geographical exploration! Each student will make their own, personalized maps of different global civilizations, and enhance their knowledge of each region. They will label and color their blank maps, and answer follow-up questions related to the geography of each civilization. This includes a world map of continents and oceans.

Included:
- 7 Blank Maps
- 7 Map Directions sets (with suggested colors to use)
- 6 worksheets with five engaging follow-up questions, and 1 worksheet (for the World: Continents and Oceans map) with a "Test Your Skills" assessment!
- 7 Completed, colored maps to use as a guide
Topics Covered:
- CHINA
- EGYPT
- ANCIENT ROME
- MESOPOTAMIA
- INDIA
- JAPAN
- WORLD: Continents and Oceans
**To access maps, simply right-click on the zipped file folder, click on "Extract All", and that's it! Enjoy!
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Product: Ancient Greece
Description: Ancient Greece Travel Brochure & Important Book! This resource includes 2 Activities: An Ancient Greece Travel Brochure & "Important Book" template. Perfect for any 3rd - 6th grade teacher looking to make social studies a bit more hands on and creative!
1. Ancient Greece Travel Brochure
Copy the travel brochure back-to-back on legal size paper (8.5 x 14). The paper is then folded accordion style to appear as a travel brochure would. Students fill in each section with information related to: geography, economy, religion, government, and things to do & see. I encourage students to modernize certain aspects (create restaurants, attractions, tours, etc . The goal is to persuade tourists to visit by using names and words from ancient times. EX: Plato's Pancakes, etc.) ***Pages 4 - 6 give different variations for a front cover.
I provide my class with the following directions & grading scale:
Design a trifold travel brochure that would encourage people to visit. Each section (except the cover page) should have 2 – 5 paragraphs detailing the heading. Information can be found in you social studies text, books, magazines, and the internet. Fill the blank spaces with illustrations.
Grading:
60% quality of the information
30% writing – sentence & paragraph construction
10% presentation & creativity
Printing Instructions: To print on legal size paper, go into printer properties, select paper size (legal 8.5 x 14), and save before printing.
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2. "Greek Important Book" Template
Directions: Have students use their texts and other sources to list 9 facts about each topic. They will then choose the fact they believe to be the MOST important to list first, & that fact is also repeated last. In between, students should list the remaining 8 facts that relate to each topic.
The topics include: Sparta, Athens, Religion, Philosophy, Literature & Theater, Astronomy, Art & Architecture, Mythology, Medicine, Olympics and a blank page you can use for any topic of your choice! I’ve also included an alternative cover.(p. 13)
Teaching Tip: I generally introduce the structure with the topic “Shoes”. We list 9 facts about shoes. Then, we pick the most important, and rewrite our facts following this formula. After that example, they have usually have the hang of it.
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Copyright: Copying any part of this product and placing it on the internet in any form (even personal/class website) is forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).In purchasing this resource, you are agreeing that the contents are the property of Peas in a Pod and licensed to you only for classroom/personal use as a single user. I retain the copyright, and reserve all rights to this product. Thank you!
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Product: Ancient Egypt
Description: Ancient Egypt Travel Brochure & Important Book! Perfect for any intermediate teacher looking to make social studies a bit more hands on and creative!
1. Ancient Egypt Travel Brochure
Copy the travel brochure back-to-back on legal size paper (8.5 x 14). The paper is then folded accordion style to appear as a travel brochure would. Students fill in each section with information related to: geography, economy, religion, government, and things to do & see. I encourage students to modernize certain aspects (create restaurants, attractions, tours, etc . The goal is to persuade tourists to visit by using names and words from ancient times. EX: King Tut's Tacos, etc.)
Design a trifold travel brochure that would encourage people to visit. Each section (except the cover page) should have 2 – 5 paragraphs detailing the heading. Information can be found in you social studies text, books, magazines, and the internet. Fill the blank spaces with illustrations. (Pages 4 - 7 give different variations for a front cover.)
Grading:
60% quality of the information
30% writing – sentence & paragraph construction
10% presentation & creativity
Printing Instructions: To print on legal size paper, go into printer properties, select paper size (legal 8.5 x 14), and save before printing.
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2. "Important Book" Template
Directions: Have students use their texts and other sources to list 9 facts about each topic. They will then choose the fact they believe to be the MOST important to list first, & that fact is also repeated last. In between, students should list the remaining 8 facts that relate to each topic.
The topics include: pyramids, king Tut, hieroglyphics, mummification, pharaohs, Ra, Hatshepsut, the Sphinx, the Nile and a blank page you can use for any topic of your choice! I’ve also included an alternative cover (pg. 13).
Teaching Tip: I generally introduce the structure with the topic “Shoes”. We list 9 facts about shoes. Then, we pick the most important, and rewrite our facts following this formula. After that example, they have usually have the hang of it.
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Copyright: Copying any part of this product and placing it on the internet in any form (even personal/class website) is forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).In purchasing this resource, you are agreeing that the contents are the property of Peas in a Pod and licensed to you only for classroom/personal use as a single user. I retain the copyright, and reserve all rights to this product. Thank you!
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Product: Ancient India Learning Stations with Ancient India Project Lotus Flower, India Lesson Plans and Activities
Description: This resource contains six ancient India learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each learning station (or ancient history learning center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete tasks and assignments.
Check this out! Students will create a 3-D interactive lotus flower filled with their learning. They’ll add information to different layers of the lotus flower as they progress through the stations. Working both independently and with their small groups, students will have multiple opportunities to develop their understanding of ancient India while they investigate its geography, religion, achievements, politics, economy, and society. Then, they'll cut out their work and assemble a 3-D lotus flower to display on their desks, around the classroom, or even slip into their folders to refer to throughout the school year.
ABOUT THE LEARNING STATIONS:
The learning stations are based on the Common Core elements for Social Studies: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics / Government, Economy, and Society.
STATION 1: GEOGRAPHY
Students learn about the geography of India as they collect facts about important elements of the country’s geography.
STATION 2: RELIGION
At this station students learn about Hinduism and Buddhism. Then, they sort facts and add them to their lotus shape.
STATION 3: ACHIEVEMENTS
Students read a series of reading cards to learn about 6 of ancient India’s significant achievements. Then, they show what they know as they doodle and write about each achievement.
STATION 4: POLITICS
Students will learn about the Maurya and Gupta Empires at this station. Then, they complete guided notes based on the reading passage.
STATION 5: ECONOMY
At this station students will learn about ancient India’s economy. Then, they need to match facts to create statements about India’s economy.
STATION 6: SOCIETY
Students will learn about the caste system at this learning station. Then, they’ll need to explain the different levels of ancient India’s society.
ABOUT THE 3-D INTERACTIVE LOTUS FLOWER
The lotus flower is significant in the Hindu and Buddhist religions. As students rotate through the 6 learning stations, they’ll work to create different layers of a lotus flower. After they complete their work, they’ll cut out the shapes, stack them together, and assemble a beautiful symbol of India filled with their learning. It’s super easy to create, and the “wow factor” can’t be beat!
INCLUDED IN THIS DETAILED RESOURCE:
This resource is absolutely turn-key! Everything you need is included!
--- Station Implementation Guide
--- Station Grade Tracker
--- Station Vocabulary Worksheet
--- Station Table Labels (6)
--- Teacher Resources - Detailed Station Overview and Set-Up Guides (7)
--- Station Materials (reading passages, directions, reading cards, maps, student directions, lotus-shaped worksheets)
--- Step-by-Step guide for make the 3-D lotus flower
--- Keys (for all station activities)
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Product: Ancient China Learning Activities, Ancient China Fact Hunt and Doodle Poster, Ancient China Lessons
Description: Students will learn about ancient China’s geography, religion, achievements, politics, economy, and social structures during this fun activity. First, they’ll rotate around the classroom to find fact cards about ancient China. They’ll transfer critical information from the cards to their poster worksheets. Finally, they’ll glue their work together to make a doodle poster shaped like an ancient Chinese temple. Oh, and they’ll fill their posters with doodles as they complete 5 different doodle tasks as they learn.
The doodle element of the poster makes this activity especially engaging. After students collect the facts and create their doodle poster, they can color in their work. As students color over their learning, they’ll have another opportunity to interact with the information.
You might use this resource as an introduction to a unit on ancient China, or this works great as a review of the unit before a final assessment. This activity lends itself to a fun classroom display as well! The poster’s extra-long size makes it unique too!
Included in this resource:
--- Detailed lesson plan for the Fact Hunt and Doodle Poster
--- Photos for Activity Steps
--- Fact Cards (25 total) – color version
--- Fact Cards (25 total) – black and white version
--- Doodle Poster – Organized with the GRAPES acronym (Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economy, and Society) (3 pages)
--- Answer key – Poster (3 pages)
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Product: Ancient Egypt Learning Stations, Ancient Egypt Activities with Sphinx Poster, Egypt Worksheets
Description: This resource contains six ancient Egypt learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete ancient Egypt activities.

How cool is this? Students will create an interactive sphinx to showcase their learning. They’ll “build” flip-able parts of the sphinx poster while they progress through the stations. Working both independently and with their small groups, students will have multiple opportunities to develop their understanding of ancient Egypt while they investigate its geography, religion, accomplishments, politics, economics, and society. Then, they’ll put together a sphinx poster that opens up to reveal their learning!

About the Learning Stations:
The Ancient Egypt learning centers or stations are based on the Common Core elements for Social Studies: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics/Government, Economy, and Society

STATION 1: GEOGRAPHY
Students learn about the geography of ancient Egypt as they label, color in a map and complete guided notes.
STATION 2: RELIGION
At this station students learn about the religion of ancient Egypt. First, they’ll read a passage. Then, students will complete a cause and effect chart.
STATION 3: ACHIEVEMENTS
Students read a series of reading cards to learn about 5 of ancient Egypt’s significant achievements. Then, fill in several charts to show what they’ve learned.
STATION 4: POLITICS
Students will learn about the Egyptian government in their small groups. Then, they’ll use their knowledge to answer questions on puzzle pieces. They’ll put the puzzle together on their poster.
STATION 5: ECONOMY
At this station students will learn about the economy of ancient Egypt. They’ll collect facts and doodle, too!
STATION 6: SOCIETY
Students will learn about the class structure in ancient Egypt’s civilization. They’ll cut and sort to create a social class pyramid.

ALL STATIONS: VOCABULARY
Students will travel with a vocabulary tracker to each learning station. They’ll collect critical vocabulary and record the definitions as they work.

ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE SPHINX POSTER
Students will easily create an interactive sphinx poster. Each page that they complete during the learning centers will be stacked and placed “inside” the sphinx poster. Then, they’ll create “doors” around their work to reveal a flip-able record of their work inside the poster! It's easy to create, and the "wow factor" can't be beat!
INCLUDED IN THIS DETAILED RESOURCE:
This resource is absolutely turn-key! Everything you need is included!
--- Station Implementation Guide
--- Station Grade Tracker
--- Station Vocabulary Worksheet
--- Station Table Labels (6)
--- Teacher Resources - Detailed Station Overview and Set-Up Guides (7)
--- Station Materials (reading passages, directions, reading cards, maps, student directions, puzzle pieces, sphinx poster worksheets)
--- Step-by-Step guide for make the interactive sphinx poster
--- Keys (for all station activities)
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Product: Ancient Mesopotamia Activities, Mesopotamia Learning Stations with Ziggurat Project
Description: This resource contains six Mesopotamia learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each ancient Mesopotamia learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete tasks and activities all about ancient Mesopotamia.
Check this out! Students will create a 3-D ziggurat to showcase their learning. They’ll “build” each part of the ziggurat while their progress through the stations. Working both independently and with their small groups, students will have multiple opportunities to develop their understanding of Mesopotamia while they investigate its geography, religion, accomplishments, politics, economics, and society. Then, they'll cut out their work and assemble a 3-D ziggurat to display on their desks, around the classroom, or even slip into their folders to refer to throughout the school year.
ABOUT THE LEARNING STATIONS:
The learning stations are based on the Common Core elements for Social Studies: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics / Government, Economy, and Society.
STATION 1: GEOGRAPHY
Students learn about the geography of Mesopotamia as they color in an ancient Mesopotamia map and complete guided notes.
STATION 2: RELIGION
At this station students learn about the religion of Mesopotamia. First they learn the facts. Then, they fix the mistakes in a series of incorrect statements.
STATION 3: ACHIEVEMENTS
Students read a series of reading cards to learn about 5 of the Sumerian’s significant achievements. Then, they show what they know as they write about the achievements.
STATION 4: POLITICS
Students will learn about the Sumerian government in their small groups. Then, they’ll use their knowledge to answer targeted questions.
STATION 5: ECONOMY
At this station students will learn about how the Mesopotamian economy centered on trade. They’ll collect facts and doodle, too!
STATION 6: SOCIETY
Students will learn about the class structure in the Sumerian civilization. They’ll cut and sort to create a social class pyramid.
ABOUT THE 3-D ZIGGURAT
Students will easily create a 3-D ziggurat after they complete each ancient Mesopotamia learning station. They'll cut out their work and combine it to make the 3-D model! It's easy to create, but the "wow factor" can't be beat!
INCLUDED IN THIS DETAILED RESOURCE:
This resource is absolutely turn-key! Everything you need is included!
--- Station Implementation Guide
--- Station Grade Tracker
--- Station Vocabulary Worksheet
--- Station Table Labels (6)
--- Teacher Resources - Detailed Station Overview and Set-Up Guides (7)
--- Station Materials (reading passages, directions, reading cards, maps, student directions, ziggurat-shaped worksheets)
--- Step-by-Step guide for make the 3-D ziggurat
--- Keys (for all station activities)
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Product: Ancient China
Description: Ancient China Projects - This resource includes two activities: 1. Travel Back to Ancient China Brochure 2. "Important Book" template. Perfect for any intermediate grade teacher looking to make social studies a bit more hands on and creative!
Travel Brochure
Copy the travel brochure back-to-back on legal size paper (8.5 x 14). The paper is then folded accordion style to appear as a travel brochure would. Students fill in each section with information related to: geography, economy, religion, government, and things to do & see. I encourage students to modernize certain aspects (create restaurants, attractions, tours, etc . The goal is to persuade tourists to visit by using names and words from ancient times. EX: Confucius, The Great Wall, The Silk Road, Dynasty)
***Pages 4 - 6 give different variations for a front cover.
I provide my class with the following directions & grading scale:
Design a trifold travel brochure that would encourage people to visit. Each section (except the cover page) should have 2 – 5 paragraphs detailing the heading. Information can be found in you social studies text, books, magazines, and the internet. Fill the blank spaces with illustrations.
Grading:
60% quality of the information
30% writing – sentence & paragraph construction
10% presentation & creativity
Printing Instructions: To print on legal size paper, go into printer properties, select paper size (legal 8.5 x 14), and save before printing.
"Important Book" Template
Directions: Have students use their texts and other sources to list 9 facts about each topic. They will then choose the fact they believe to be the MOST important to list first, & that fact is also repeated last. In between, students should list the remaining 8 facts that relate to each topic.
The topics include: The Great Wall, Confucius, The Silk Road, Dynasties, The Bronze Age, Chinese characters, The Terracotta Army, and a blank page you can use for any topic of your choice
Teaching Tip: I generally introduce the structure with the topic “Shoes”. We list 9 facts about shoes. Then, we pick the most important, and rewrite our facts following this formula. After that example, they have usually have the hang of it.
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Copyright: Copying any part of this product and placing it on the internet in any form (even personal/class website) is forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).In purchasing this resource, you are agreeing that the contents are the property of Peas in a Pod and licensed to you only for classroom/personal use as a single user. I retain the copyright, and reserve all rights to this product. Thank you!
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