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The Roman Empire - Ancient Rome Complete Unit World History Activities Bundle

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Enhance your classroom's study of the Rise, Reign, and Fall of the Roman Empire with The Roman Empire Complete Unit Activity Bundle! Save over 30% when you purchase this bundle with 10 fun and engaging lessons, assessments, and activities!

Included in the bundle are...

  • FOUR Interactive Reading Lessons (notes, reading passages, built-in warm-ups, review questions, writing prompts, and exit tickets)
  • Two sets of PowerPoint Notes with corresponding Foldable Activity and Graphic Organizer
  • Worksheets, Crossword/Word Search (with answer keys)
  • Editable Unit Test
  • Exploring Empires Project (for individual or group assignment)

Topics covered...

  • Roman Geography
  • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
  • Julius Caesar
  • The Roman Empire
  • Roman Emperors
  • The Fall of Rome
  • Roman Culture, Literature, Language
  • Justinian's Code and the Byzantine Empire
  • The Latin Language
  • Christianity and the Roman Empire
  • And more!

Your students will love learning about the Roman Empire through these tried and tested activities, suitable for any middle school or high school classroom!

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World History Mega Bundle: The Age of Exploration to Revolutions! | Activities

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Save time and money with this amazing bundle of 20 interactive and engaging activities, designed to enhance your world history classroom! This package helps supplement your existing curriculum, lessons and units, covering key periods from The Age of Exploration to Revolutions, and provides a rich variety of learning tools to captivate your students and deepen their understanding of history.

Topics covered in this bundle:

  1. The Age of Exploration
  2. Civilizations of the Americas
  3. The Gunpowder empires
  4. The Scientific Revolution
  5. The French Revolution
  6. Latin American Revolutions
  7. Vocabulary Review
  8. Projects and Activities for any unit!

Product Overview: This bundle includes a wide variety of activities to suit different learning styles and classroom needs:

  • Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical texts and topics with guided questions and activities.
  • Worksheets & Notes: Comprehensive resources for classwork and homework.
  • Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deeper investigation into historical topics.
  • Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Reinforce vocabulary and key concepts in a fun, engaging way.
  • Classroom Games: Interactive games that make learning history exciting.
  • Detailed Teacher Guides: Easy-to-follow guides for smooth lesson implementation.
  • Answer Keys & Rubrics: Simplify grading and provide clear expectations for students.
  • ..and so much more!

This bundle is perfect for:

  • New teachers wanting to build a solid collection of activities!
  • Experienced teachers looking for new ways of teaching a concept!
  • Homeschooling Families

Be sure to check out the previews for all activities to see how they are perfect for your classroom!

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World History Mega Bundle: The Middle Ages to Renaissance | World Religions

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Save time and money with this amazing bundle of over 30 interactive and engaging activities, designed to enhance your world history classroom! This package helps supplement your existing curriculum, lessons and units, covering key periods from The Middle Ages to The Renaissance, as well as World Religions, and provides a rich variety of learning tools to captivate your students and deepen their understanding of history.

Topics covered in this bundle:

  1. The Middle Ages
  2. World Religions
  3. Chinese History
  4. The Renaissance
  5. The Protestant Reformation
  6. Vocabulary Review
  7. Projects and Activities for any unit!

Product Overview: This bundle includes a wide variety of activities to suit different learning styles and classroom needs:

  • Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical texts and topics with guided questions and activities.
  • Worksheets & Notes: Comprehensive resources for classwork and homework.
  • Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deeper investigation into historical topics.
  • Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Reinforce vocabulary and key concepts in a fun, engaging way.
  • Classroom Games: Interactive games that make learning history exciting.
  • Detailed Teacher Guides: Easy-to-follow guides for smooth lesson implementation.
  • Answer Keys & Rubrics: Simplify grading and provide clear expectations for students.
  • ..and so much more!

This bundle is perfect for:

  • New teachers wanting to build a solid collection of activities!
  • Experienced teachers looking for new ways of teaching a concept!
  • Homeschooling Families

Be sure to check out the previews for all activities to see how they are perfect for your classroom!

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World History Mega Bundle: Prehistory to Classical Civilizations Activities Pack

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Take your World History students on a comprehensive journey from Prehistory to Classical Civilizations with this mega bundle of interactive resources. Perfect for both teaching and reviewing key concepts in early human history, this bundle is packed with a variety of engaging activities.

Topics covered in this bundle:

  1. Prehistory
  2. Ancient Egypt, China, India, and Mesopotamia
  3. Classical Greece
  4. The Roman Empire
  5. Vocabulary Review
  6. Projects and Activities for any unit!

Product Overview: This bundle includes a wide variety of activities to suit different learning styles and classroom needs:

  • Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical texts and topics with guided questions and activities.
  • Reading Comprehension Activities: This is a new product line, currently covering key historical periods from Prehistory to Ancient Greece, with more added throughout the year!
  • Worksheets & Notes: Comprehensive resources for classwork and homework.
  • Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deeper investigation into historical topics.
  • Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Reinforce vocabulary and key concepts in a fun, engaging way.
  • Classroom Games: Interactive games that make learning history exciting.
  • Detailed Teacher Guides: Easy-to-follow guides for smooth lesson implementation.
  • Answer Keys & Rubrics: Simplify grading and provide clear expectations for students.
  • ..and so much more!

This bundle is perfect for:

  • New teachers wanting to build a solid collection of activities!
  • Experienced teachers looking for new ways of teaching a concept!
  • Homeschooling Families

Be sure to check out the previews for all activities to see how they are perfect for your classroom!

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World History Bundle - Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games, Projects

By The Classroom Globetrotter

World History Ultimate Bundle! Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games & Projects for Your Classroom

Bring world history to life and save time with this ultimate yearlong bundle! This comprehensive collection includes over 125 engaging activities covering major historical periods, from Prehistory, Ancient Civilizations, and the Middle Ages to World War II and the 21st Century. Designed for middle school, high school, and homeschool students, this bundle provides an extensive range of resources to enhance your world history curriculum, making history interactive, fun, and memorable.

What’s Included:

  • Reading Comprehension Worksheets: This is a new product line, currently covering key historical periods from Prehistory to Ancient Greece, with more added throughout the year!
  • Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical events and figures with guided questions and in-depth analysis.
  • Worksheets & Notes: Perfect for classwork, homework, and review.
  • Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deep dives into specific historical topics, fostering critical thinking.
  • Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Fun ways to reinforce vocabulary and key historical concepts.
  • Classroom Games: Make history fun with interactive activities that engage all learners.
  • Teacher Guides & Answer Keys: Detailed guides, rubrics, and answer keys for easy lesson planning and grading.

This Bundle is Ideal For:

  • New teachers building a robust collection of classroom activities.
  • Experienced teachers seeking fresh, creative resources.
  • Homeschool families wanting structured, engaging lessons.

Stay tuned for even more resources added throughout the year as the reading comprehension series continues to expand. Check out the previews to see how these activities can enrich your classroom today!

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Prehistory & Early Civilizations Mega Bundle: Reading Comprehension & Activities

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Challenge and excite your students with this comprehensive and engaging Prehistory and Early Civilizations Mega Bundle! This exclusive bundle combines in-depth reading comprehension with a wide variety of interactive activities, providing everything you need to explore prehistory and early civilizations in your classroom. Designed for middle and high school students, this mega bundle covers key topics including prehistory, the Neolithic Revolution, and the River Valley Civilizations of Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, and India.

Product Features:

  • Comprehensive Reading Passages: Each worksheet includes detailed, content-rich reading passages with bolded key terms, subtitles, and definitions to aid student understanding.
  • Engaging Interactive Activities: From foldables and graphic organizers to crossword puzzles and hands-on projects, students will stay engaged as they learn about early human history.
  • PowerPoints and Visual Aids: Use visually appealing PowerPoints and other visual tools to bring history to life and make complex topics accessible to all students.
  • Assessment Tools: Unit quiz and answer keys are included to easily assess student progress and understanding of key concepts.
  • Lesson Objectives: Each worksheet and activity includes clear learning objectives to guide instruction and focus on essential historical concepts.
  • Creative Projects and Games: Recap topics with best-selling projects and games that your students are sure to love!

Topics Covered:

  • Prehistory
  • The Neolithic Revolution
  • River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, and India

Ideal For:

  • Comprehensive study of prehistory and early human civilizations
  • Engaging classroom activities, projects, and homework assignments
  • Enriching homeschooling curriculum
  • Preparation for exams and unit reviews
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Ancient Greece and Rome Activity Bundle! - World History | Ancient Civilizations

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Looking for fun lessons and activities that will keep your students engaged and your prep-time to a minimum? Then the Ancient Greece and Rome Activity Bundle is right for you!

Enhance your classroom's study of the Ancient/Classical Greek and Roman civilizations with these 16 amazing resources! Save BIG when you purchase this bundle with 16 fun and engaging lessons, assessments, and activities!

Included in the bundle are...

  • EIGHT Interactive Reading Lessons (notes, reading passages, built-in warm-ups, review questions, writing prompts, and exit tickets)
  • Two sets of PowerPoint Notes with corresponding Foldable Activity and Graphic Organizer
  • Worksheets, Crosswords/Word Searches (with answer keys)
  • Editable Unit Test (for The Roman Empire Unit)
  • Exploring Empires Project (for individual or group assignment)

Topics covered...

  • Greek Geography and First Civilizations
  • Greek Philosophers
  • Athens and Sparta
  • Alexander the Great
  • Roman Geography
  • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
  • Julius Caesar
  • The Roman Empire
  • Roman Emperors
  • The Fall of Rome
  • Roman Culture, Literature, Language
  • Justinian's Code and the Byzantine Empire
  • The Latin Language
  • Christianity and the Roman Empire
  • And more!

Your students will love learning about Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire through these tried and tested activities, suitable for any middle school or high school classroom!

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Exploring Empires! World History Research Project

By The Classroom Globetrotter

In this fun and engaging project, students will explore every aspect of an empire in history by conducting research, creating a visual representation, and presenting their findings to the class! This project can be modified to specific needs and can be adapted for use with any time period that you’re studying in class. Examples of empires/civilizations may include:

  • River Valley Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China)
  • Classical Empires (Persia, Greece, Mauryan, Gupta, Qin, Han, Rome)
  • Gunpowder Empires (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal)
  • Maritime Empires (Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French, British)
  • Age of Imperialism (Belgium, Germany, France, etc.)

Here's what's included:

1. Project Instructions

2. Template for project assigned to individual students.

3. Template for project if assigned to groups.

4. Examples of group project designs.

5. Guiding topics for each research category

6. Grading Rubric

This project has options for either group or individual assignment!

Social Studies - History
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US Government WebQuest - The Republic - 15 Questions

By Quick Assignment Central

This WebQuest includes 15 questions - each with a link for students to explore to find the answer to the questions.

Includes a comprehensive answer key.

Written at a 9th grade level but suitable for many grades.

Check out other WebQuests in the US Government series. Bundle also available.

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WebQuest - Political Ideologies - 15 Questions Liberalism Capitalism Socialism

By Quick Assignment Central

This WebQuest includes 15 questions - each with a link for students to explore to find the answer to the questions.

Includes a comprehensive answer key.

Written at a 9th grade level but suitable for many grades.

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DAILY BELLRINGER U.S. Constitution Worksheet PACK with VIDEOS and key!

By Jared Bruening

U.S. Constitution Worksheets that go directly with DAILY BELLRINGER VIDEOS. Each video is 4-6 minutes long and have not bad language, inappropriate jokes, or political spin. The videos cover the history of the Constitution and then go article by article through the document itself.

U.S. CONSTITUTION VIDEO PLAYLIST: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWWndCnip3V2cH-ihbrjIIy7we\_1rUrNL

Each worksheet includes additional questions on the front side, a writing activity or table to complete, on the backside some include a PRIMARY SOURCE or an ART ACTIVITY or an INTERACTIVE WRITING PROMPT. ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

  • Articles of Confederation
  • Shays’ Rebellion
  • The Constitutional Convention
  • The Great Compromise
  • ⅗ Compromise
  • Preamble of the Constitution
  • Article I Section 1,2, & 3
  • Article I Section 4, 5, 6, & 7
  • Article I Section 8, 9, & 10
  • Article II Section 1 & 2
  • Article II Section 3 & 4
  • Article III Section 1, 2, & 3
  • Article IV Section 1, 2, 3, & 4
  • Article V
  • Article VI & VII
  • The Bill of Rights 
  • Branches of Government Graphic Organizer
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DAILY BELLRINGER Progressive Era Worksheet Pack with VIDEOS and answer key

By Jared Bruening

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, after the American Civil War, the United States experienced a time of enormous industrial and urban growth. This growth gave Americans many opportunities but also led to overcrowding, poor working conditions, and inequalities. Progressives in the late 1800s and early 1900s fought to combat these challenges.

VIDEO PLAYLIST FOR WORKSHEETS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWWndCnip3V3bTxRbG8nxxKlkm68jiLCz\&si=E1g1toJZOsMjJYhp

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Political Systems USA vs UK - Reading Comprehension Passages - ESL EFL - B1 - B2 level

By Miss Clever Cookie

Looking for an engaging and informative reading comprehension activity on the topic of political systems in the USA and the UK? These reading passages are are designed to help students practice **skim reading, summarizing **and comparing.

They are perfect for EFL / ESL students at the B1/B2 level and can also be used for native English classes at 7rd to 9th grade level. With low prep, just print and use. It contains 2 reading passages about the political systems in the States and the United Kingdom.

Each reading passage comes with 4 multiple-choice reading comprehension questions. Summarization questions are on a separate sheet of paper. Students use Venn diagrams (included) to compare the 2 countries or to compare and contrast the system in the US or the UK with any other country.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

♥ 2 reading passages (each with 4 multiple-choice questions)

♥ 1 sheet with summaries (2 per page - students choose the best fitting summary)

♥ 2 Venn diagrams (USA vs UK and a universal one)

♥ directions

♥ teacher answer key

Options for use:

☻Independent Work

☻Pair Work

☻Sub plan

☻Stations

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Presidents' Day Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: Happy Presidents' Day

By Qiang Ma

This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Presidents' Day or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The pictures have two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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Presidents' Day Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: Obama

By Qiang Ma

This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Presidents' Day or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

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Presidents' Day Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: Washington

By Qiang Ma

This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Presidents' Day or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

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Presidents' Day Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: Lincoln

By Qiang Ma

This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Presidents' Day or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

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The 'Bill of Rights' Time Travel

By Sarah Austin

This resource will provide students with an engaging way to learn about the 'Bill of Rights'. In a critical reading activity, students will explore and understand the historical background of how each Constitutional Right came to exist. The provided reading is an easy to read, attention-grabbing resource. The second part of this lesson involves having students delve deeper into their analysis by completing a graphic organizer in which students will:

  1. Interpret each amendment.

  2. Summarize the historical background of why/how each amendment came to exist.

  3. Illustrate: Find an image/gif (or draw) that best depicts the meaning behind each of the 10 amendments. Be creative!!

SUPPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES:

Option #1: This activity will have students vacillate between two different time periods: late 1700’s and current day. The slide presentation will guide students through the ‘Bill of Rights' reading AND prompt student discussion and debate as it surrounds the 1st, 2nd, 5th, & 8th amendments.

Option #2: The Bill of Right Rank-O- Meter will have students rank their Constitutional Rights in terms of importance. Working collaboratively, students will present and defend their analysis to their classmates.

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The Debate on Affirmative Action

By Sarah Austin

Affirmative Action had been a contentious issue in the United States since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. The Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to reject race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities around the nation upended decades of law and the higher education landscape. This lesson will invite students to draw connections between the past and today, as they take a focused look at affirmative action as it applies to admission programs at universities. Students will be provided with an introductory framework from which to understand the historical roots of affirmative action and its' controversial application today through the analysis of primary sources, research, and student-led discussion forum activity.

Time Frame: 2-3 class periods (Based on 60 min class period)

Materials:

  • Teacher Reference Guide
  • 35 Slide Presentation
  • Guided Notes
  • Four Articles
  • Four Corner Signs

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U.S. Constitutional Compromises: Inquiry Approach

By Sarah Austin

This lesson will have students explore & debate the five major compromises that were made at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The delegates were charged with the task of amending the Articles of Confederation. However, they quickly decided to replace the Articles and write a new constitution. Because the delegates came from all parts of the country, they differed on a number of key issues. In order to keep the convention going and ensure ratification of the Constitution, the delegates had to compromise a number of times. As a result, the final document is sometimes described as a "bundle" of compromises.

Materials Include:

  • Student Guided Notes T-Chart
  • 23 Slide Presentation
  • Teacher Answer Key

Supporting Questions:

  • What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
  • What are the five compromises of the Constitution?
  • How did the Constitutional Convention address the issue of slavery?

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