$5 - $10 7th Grade Other (Social Studies & History) Activities (by rating)

Gamify your vocabulary lessons with this massive Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Game Bundle!

This bundle includes BINGO, Matching Cards, Crossword Puzzles, and Word Searches using the same set of words to encourage recognition through repetition!

This bundle also includes the Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Presentation and Word Wall Slides to help introduce the vocabulary terms, as well as three scaffolded vocabulary sheets for students to keep track of the terms and definitions!

**Vocabulary included** amulet, ankh, book, of the dead, bureaucrat, Canopic jars, caravans, cartouche, cataract, delta, demotic, dynasty, embalming, hieroglyphics, ideogram, monotheistic, mummification, obelisk, papyrus, pharaoh, phonogram, pictograms, polytheistic, pyramid, sarcophagus, scarab, shadoof, theocracy, vizier

This product introduces naval warfare during the Civil War to students. The passage specifically discusses the importance of blockades, the introduction of ironclad ships, the Battle of Hampton Roads, the fight for control of waterways during the war, and more.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

★ 3 page passage

★ 15 multiple choice comprehension questions

★ 5 short answer comprehension questions

★ Primary source analysis of official military reports after the Battle of Hampton Roads

★ Choice board with diverse activities to extend learning

★ Answer keys

★ Link to Google Slides version

This product is a part of my Civil War series (products will be linked as they are published) ⤵⤵⤵

Pre-War: 1830s-1860

• The Abolitionist Movement
• Compromises (The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act)
• Dred Scott Decision
• John Brown’s Raid

Secession and Formation of the Confederacy (1860-1861)

• Election of 1860
• Formation of the Confederacy
• Confederate Leadership

Opening Conflict (1861)

• Union Leadership
• Battle of Fort Sumter
• First Battle of Bull Run

Early War (1862)

• Naval Warfare

Eastern Theater

• Peninsula Campaign
• Second Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam

Western Theater

• Battles of Shiloh and Fort Donelson

Turning Points (1863)

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Siege of Vicksburg

Total War and Union Advancements (1864)

• Sherman’s March to the Sea
• Grant’s Overland Campaign

End of the War (1865)

• Fall of Richmond
• Appomattox Court House
• Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Reconstruction (1865-1877)

• Reintegration of Southern States
• Freedmen’s Bureau
• Amendments

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Before beginning the study of history, students need to know how to study:

These activities walk students through the steps of quality researching. This is a great way to begin a study of social studies. Students are guided to an understanding of what is good information and what is not.

Students will:

• recognize the lens through which we study history
• recognize the difference between primary and secondary sources
• recognize what is fact and what is opinion
• learn how to properly research and evaluate information
• research and present information about kids who have made a difference

Aligns with 5th grade Studies Weekly week 1-4.

What's included:

• Teacher directions.
• Student instructions.
• Worksheets.
• Templates.
• Research topics.
• Follow up questions.
• Links to digital activities.
• Links to reliable research sites.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Easy follow directions.
• Follow up questions add rigor.
• Engaging activities for students.

This Texas History Bundle includes notes over The Republic of Texas and the Early Statehood of Texas, and a Republic of Texas and Early Statehood Crossword Puzzle.

Elevate classroom discussions with this comprehensive Habits of Discourse Lesson Plan and Graphic Organizer! Designed for middle school humanities teachers, this resource provides everything you need to foster meaningful, respectful, and structured conversations in your classroom. Whether you're working on developing your students' verbal communication skills or introducing them to nonverbal signals, this resource is your go-to tool for teaching effective discourse habits.

Why This Resource is Essential:

• Promotes Structured Communication: Teach students how to engage in Turn and Talk, Table Talk, and Whole Class Talk with clear expectations for what each form of discourse "Looks like," "Sounds like," and "Feels like."
• Develops Critical Thinking: Encourages students to express their ideas, listen actively, and respond thoughtfully, building a strong foundation for analytical thinking and collaborative learning.
• Incorporates Nonverbal Communication: Introduce your students to nonverbal signals like "agree," "disagree," and "connect" to enhance their ability to communicate without interrupting others.
• Fosters a Positive Classroom Culture: By establishing norms for respectful and inclusive discussions, you help create a classroom environment where every student feels valued and heard.

What’s Included:

• Detailed 60-Minute Lesson Plan: Step-by-step instructions for guiding students through the habits of discourse, including Do Now prompts, discussion activities, and reflection exercises.
• Engaging Discussion Topics: Ten thought-provoking prompts tailored for middle school students, ensuring relevance and engagement in each discourse format.
• Graphic Organizer: A user-friendly tool for students to visualize and document their understanding of effective communication during Turn and Talk, Table Talk, and Whole Class Talk activities.

Perfect For:

• Middle School Humanities Teachers: Ideal for those teaching language arts, social studies, or any subject where discussion is key.
• Back to School: Establish classroom norms early in the school year with this essential resource.
• Ongoing Use: Revisit throughout the year to reinforce and expand your students' discourse skills.

Benefits:

• Improves Student Engagement: Students actively participate in discussions, leading to deeper understanding and retention of material.
• Builds Confidence: Helps shy or hesitant students find their voice in a safe and structured environment.
• Supports SEL Goals: Aligns with social-emotional learning objectives by teaching students how to communicate respectfully and empathically.

How to Use:

• Start the School Year Strong: Implement this lesson during the first weeks of school to set a positive tone for the year.
• Enhance Group Projects: Use the discourse habits as guidelines during collaborative work to ensure productive and respectful teamwork.
• Reflect and Revise: Encourage students to reflect on their communication skills regularly, using the graphic organizer as a tool for self-assessment and growth.

Geography warm-up activity bell ringers for the beginning of class are a great transition to start class and get students mentally ready.

Engage your students with this colorful, fun, ready-to-use geography trivia bell ringer PowerPoint. Get your students' geography juices flowing as they try to determine the correct answer to each geography trivia question. This set has 31 days to cover the first 6 weeks with answers slides to present to your students.

How it works: As your students enter the class, have the slide with the question on for them to guess/research the answer. After the bell rings, reveal the answer on the following slide and see who answered it correctly. Slide 2 will have the question, slide 3 will have the answer, slide 4 will have a question, slide 5 will have the answer, and so on. (A total of 62 slides with questions & answers)

No effort on your part — no researching trivia questions, no time spent looking up the answers. Everything you need is here!

☑ For secondary — middle school and high school students

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The best way to teach vocabulary to kids is by playing educational games.

In this bundle you will get:

• Moon Phases Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet Fun Back To School Ressource
• Moon Landing Day Word Search Puzzle Worksheet - Activity Games For Kids
• Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• Months of The Year Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• BIG Summer Vacation Fun Word Search Worksheet - End of School Year Activity
• Classroom Objects Word Search - Back To School Students Activities Worksheets
• 118 Beach Related Words Word Search Puzzles - End of School Activity Worksheets
• 10 Summer Vocabulary Word Search Puzzles Worksheets Activity - 100 Word to Find
• Halloween October Word Search Vocabulary Activity Worksheets
• Fourth (4th) of July Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet | 63 Word to Find
• Spanish Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• Italian Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• French Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other word searches to add to this set.

Note: This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.

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It's 1901, and Anthony Lucas needs investors for finding oil at the Spindletop Oilfield--will your students invest after they learn about the first gusher in Texas? In comic book format for fun learning and comes with comic templates for students to fill in their own dialogues and facts. Includes: Joseph Sayers, 1901 Governor of Texas Comparison before and after the oil boom Blank Check Format Stock Certificate to Fill In Newspaper Template Drilling Bit Striking Oil Gusher Wildcat Boll Weevil Roughneck Population Explosion Chart Drilling Rig and Labeled Parts US and World Map with Oil Contributions Advertisement Boomtown Changes to Beaumont Infrastructure Timeline of the Spindletop Gusher Great way to combine history/social studies and science with writing skills and concepts! Fun historical comic book to make and fill in after reviewing basic facts and timelines. Can be used for introductions to 1901, drilling, geology, time period, basic Texas history facts, assessment, and more...

Are you looking for a way to bring history to life for your students? Our assignments focus on what was happening on each continent at specific moments in history. You can choose individual assignments or complete sets that cover each continent—perfect for a well-rounded approach to learning!

Each assignment includes four informative paragraphs that highlight significant events on a continent, along with four questions designed to encourage discussion and critical thinking. Whether you select a single continent or explore them all with our bundle options, these resources are designed to enhance your curriculum and make history more accessible for your students.

Also includes a 50 event timeline with 10 questions for students to respond too.

Each assignment is written at a 7th-grade level, with a special focus on ESOL students, but they are suitable for a wide variety of learners.

Visit my store to check out the available bundles and see how these assignments can fit into your lessons. They are a great way to engage your students and help them connect with the past in a meaningful way!

Need to show differentiation? You can easily do it with a Movie Guide. Differentiation can take time but that work has been done for you with this Movie Guide!

The Long Game is based on the true story of the San Felipe High School golf team, the Mustangs, a Mexican American golf team that overcame segregation and discrimination to win the Texas state high school golf championship in 1957.

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This product was made for students to learn the following: Vocabulary words - settlers, rural, colonists, frontier, plantations, treaty, Boston, Philadelphia, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, beavers, Charleston, the Southern Colonies, and the colonies that are in each of those colonies.

In this product, students will learn about England's first colonies. They will expand upon the first settlements in Jamestown and Plymouth, and will dive into learning about the 13 colonies, students will learn how the 13 colonies are alike, how William Penn helped the colonists and how he formed a relationship with the Indigenous Peoples, the New England Colonies, where they were located, the biggest city in the New England Colonies, how farming was difficult in this area and why, the short growing season of crops, and how they found food, how people earned a living in this colony, the Middle Colonies and how they had rich farmlands available to them, what kinds of crops were grown in this area, the kinds of jobs that people had, why beavers were so important in this colony and what they did with their fur, Philadelphia and how it was developing so much quicker than New York and why, William Penn and what he did when he started the colony of Pennsylvania, what made New York's population increase and how it became the biggest city in the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, the biggest city being Charleston, the kinds of goods that came into the Charleston harbor, what plantations were, the kinds of jobs that were on plantations, the crops that were grown, how plantations needed many slavery, brief introduction to slavery and how they were forced to work on plantations in the south, the frontier, the western edge of the 13 colonies, how entire families needed to work to survive and why, and the kinds of work that frontier settlers needed to do.

The notes are adapted to meet your student's individual learning needs. After reviewing and discussing the notes, there are fill in the blank questions with the missing vocabulary words and a key to help locate answers. Students will also answer comprehension questions to review what was discussed on previous pages, and a chart about the 13 colonies and why they were settled and when. There are several questions that relate with this chart.

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Unravel the Mysteries of the Incas: A Comprehensive Reading Comprehension Bundle!

Transport your students to the breathtaking heights of the Andes Mountains and into the heart of the fascinating Inca Empire! This captivating bundle of reading comprehension worksheets delves into the unique culture, achievements, and enduring legacy of the Inca people.

Explore a Range of Engaging Topics:

• Conquering Challenges: Discover how the Incas mastered a harsh environment, showcasing their ingenuity in architecture, agriculture, and engineering.
• Marvels of Machu Picchu: Unravel the secrets of this "Lost City of the Incas," from its construction techniques to its possible purpose and symbolic significance.
• Daily Life and Religion: Immerse yourself in the daily routines and spiritual beliefs of the Inca people who inhabited Machu Picchu.
• Communication and Record-Keeping: Uncover the intricate communication systems, including the Qhapaq Ñan road network, and the enigmatic Quipu knot-recording system.
• Divine Power and Kingship: Understand the central role of the sun god Inti in Inca religion and its connection to the Inca emperor's power.
• Military Might and Conflicts: Explore the organization and strategies of the Inca army, and delve into their encounters with other civilizations.
• Spanish Arrival and Lasting Impact: Analyze the arrival of the Spanish and its dramatic consequences, while examining the enduring legacy of the Inca culture.

Engage Students with:

• Multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions.
• Primary source analysis with thought-provoking discussion prompts.
• Comparisons and contrasts with other ancient civilizations.
• Comprehensive answer key for easy assessment.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain in-depth knowledge about various aspects of the Inca Empire, including its history, culture, achievements, and challenges.
• Analyze primary sources and develop critical thinking and research skills.
• Compare and contrast the Inca civilization with other societies, fostering historical understanding.
• Appreciate the ingenuity and resilience of the Inca people in the face of adversity.
• Understand the impact of cultural encounters and the lasting legacy of the Inca Empire.

Common Core Standards:

• Reading: RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, RI.5.4, RI.5.5, RI.5.6, RI.5.7, RI.5.8, RI.5.9, RI.5.10
• Writing: W.5.2, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.5.6, W.5.8
• Social Studies: SS.5.G.2.1, SS.5.G.3.1, SS.5.H.2.1, SS.5.H.4.1

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Here is a series of activities that can be used as introduction or reinforcement to your Latin America Unit. Stations include:

Map Skills: locating countries, land forms and bodies of water

Writing Skills:

(1) Writing about pollution issues in Mexico City (Graphic Organizer included)

(2) Writing about the regions of Latin America (Graphic Organizer Included).

Poster Project - students create an environmental awareness poster for the Rain Forest

Manufacturing - activities related to trade and resources in Brazil

Vocabulary Activities

Latin America Vocabulary List

Cuban Revolution Vocabulary List

Socioeconimic Issues Vocabulary

Timeline Activity

Aztec Clothing Activity

Art Activities

updated 2/14/2022

An engaging way to begin a unit on economics! This fun and hands-on activity will have students explore the important concepts of human needs versus wants through an engaging rocket ship simulation. Students will be vicariously drawn into an emergency situation in which they must collaborate, and agree as to what items they consider as ‘essential’ for their survival on their rocket ship mission to live on a far away planet. An interactive Slide Presentation will help guide the groups on their journey… along with prompting students to delve deeper by examining the broader issues of sustainability, waste, and identifying the main differences between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries.

Materials:

• Teacher Reference Guide
• Slide Presentation
• Handouts:

#1. Student Guided Notes & Student Reflection

#2. Rocket Ship Activity

If you liked this lesson see other related lessons here:

• Child Labor: Comparing Industrial Era to Today
• Analyzing Environmental Disasters Caused by Human Activity
• FDR & The New Deal Matching Game
• Mystery: What Caused the Great Depression?
• Post Zombie Apocalypse: What Form of Government Would YOU Create?

Add fun to your Ancient Egyptian Vocabulary lessons with this Vocabulary Game Bundle! This ready to print, cut, and teach bundle has students practicing their vocabulary skills while playing matching vocabulary games and BINGO!

This bundle includes:

Matching Game

• 28 premade sets of cards (vocabulary term and a matching definition)
• Premade backs of cards for duplex printing
• 12 editable pairs for you to personalize the game for your classroom
• A teacher guide of terms and definitions
• A lesson plan
• 3 Scaffolded Student Vocabulary Sheets (definition only, vocabulary term only, blank)
• A list of enrichment and extension activities to use with the cards

BINGO Game

• 50 unique BINGO boards (2 per page)
• Three sets of scaffolded vocabulary guides (definition provided, vocab provided, blank guide)
• Teacher Vocabulary Answer Key
• Lesson Plan with directions
• A BINGO call list that randomizes the list for a game every time!

BONUS - Mummifying Teddy Bears Class Activity

• Material List
• Instructions for Mummification
• Details with notes and resources
• Eulogy Template

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**Vocabulary included**

amulet, ankh, book, of the dead, bureaucrat, Canopic jars, caravans, cartouche, cataract, delta, demotic, dynasty, embalming, hieroglyphics, ideogram, monotheistic, mummification, obelisk, papyrus, pharaoh, phonogram, pictograms, polytheistic, pyramid, sarcophagus, scarab, shadoof, theocracy, vizier

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Easy to use, this activity is not only great for gamifying your lessons, but is also a multimodal approach, utilizing auditory, visual, and kinesthetic skills!

Use this resource for:

• test review
• whole group instruction
• vocabulary practice
• substitute work
• centers activities
• small groups
• review activities
• preloading vocabulary
• reinforcing terms
• and more!

This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of the physical geography of Southeast Asia, including countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Passage (4 pages)
• 15 Multiple Choice Questions
• 10 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

I do my best to make sure every product is free of typos or mistakes, but please feel free to message me with any corrections or concerns.

In this multiplayer geography-themed board game, players roll dice to move around the game board, answering questions and collecting points and monuments.

Included in the product:

• 2 different board games (dimensions set at 17x11)
• Monument Cards and other game cards
• Question Cards about the Geographical Regions of the World.
• Game Instructions

Not Included:

• Dice and Player Pieces

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Students will find this Africa Scavenger Hunt activity fun and motivating, and it will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Africa. This is the perfect introductory activity to begin your Africa unit.

For this activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will work in collaborative groups of two to four, depending on your class and ability and experience working in cooperative groups.

INCLUDES:

• Student Scavenger Packet with map and graphic organizer
• Teacher Guide and Answer Sheet

Requires use of computers, stations, textbooks, library books, atlases, etc.

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This bundle features six engaging assignments, each exploring key themes from this important era in U.S. history.

Designed for 7th-grade students, these activities are thoughtfully crafted to enhance learning and comprehension.

Be sure to visit my store for more resources covering other eras of U.S. history!

Includes more than 14 activities for students to fill-in

Amazing and one of a kind clipart that accurately represents each countries staples.

I promise your students will be super engaged!