Less than $5 7th Grade World History Research (by date, latest first)

There are so many amazing people we can learn from during Black History Month (and the rest of the year). This board includes several influential Black Americans and phrases that are simple and short enough for younger grade levels!

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Students will use their research and context clues skills as they explore in depth 16 key figures of World War I through this online (or print) activity, as they work to find the missing pieces of information in the chart!

Key Figures include:

Arthur Zimmerman
Douglas Haig
Edith Cavell
Ferdinand Foch

John Pershing
Manfred von Richthofen
Mehmed V
Nicolas II

...and more!

Google Compatible - just copy and assign to students. Print version also available! Answer keys included!

In the independent research activity, students will study key aspects of the major world religions: Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism.

The handouts include sections relating to: Founder, Followers, Main Beliefs, Important Events and People, and more!

Great for World Geography, World History, or World Cultures classrooms!

ANSWER KEY INCLUDED WITH THE HANDOUTS!

A great tool that can be used for independent research of Renaissance era artists!

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Students will use their research and context clues skills as they explore in depth 20 key figures of World War II through this online (or print) activity, as they work to find the missing pieces of information in the chart!

Key Figures include:

Adolf Hitler
Anne Frank
Benito Mussolini
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr
Bernard Montgomery
Charles de Gaulle
Chiang Kai-shek
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George S. Patton

...and more!

Google Compatible - just copy and assign to students. Print version also available! Answer keys included!

Great resource for independent research of the Maya, Aztecs, and Inca! Students research the environment, cities, language, religion, and achievements of each civilization!

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Bring history, art, and imagination together in a spine-tingling exploration of historical figures with "Frighteningly Famous," the perfect activity for Halloween or anytime of year! This engaging and multidisciplinary classroom project invites students to embark on a journey that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. In this captivating activity, students select classic monsters such as Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman, and others and transform them into famous historical figures from the halls of history.

Key Features:

1. Inspire Creativity: Encourage students to unleash their artistic talents by creating detailed drawings that depict classic monsters dressed as renowned historical figures. Foster their creativity as they imagine how these monstrous personas would blend with the characters of history.
2. Promote Research Skills: Cultivate strong research skills as students delve into the lives and achievements of the historical figures they choose. Through research, they gain a deeper understanding of the chosen figures and their historical context.
3. Develop Critical Thinking: Challenge students to think critically about the connections between classic monsters and historical figures. How do these characters' traits and stories intersect, and what ideas might they share with each other?
4. Enhance Writing Abilities: Encourage students to express their imagination and knowledge through a creative essay about their selected historical figure. This exercise hones their writing skills while deepening their appreciation for history.
5. No-Prep-Needed Resources: Our comprehensive package includes materials, including a teacher instructions sheet, grading rubric, and worksheets for students

Educational Value: The "Frighteningly Famous" Activity offers a unique blend of art, history, and critical thinking, making it an invaluable addition to your classroom resources. It promotes creativity, research skills, and interdisciplinary learning, fostering a deeper appreciation for history and art.

Perfect for Middle and High School: This activity is specifically designed for middle and high school students, providing age-appropriate content and challenges that align with educational standards.

Perfect for Halloween or to use anytime of the school year when you need a fun activity!

Great resource for teaching the major civilizations of the Americas: Maya, Aztecs, and Inca! Use the notes and graphic organizer to discuss the environment, cities, language, religion, and achievements of each civilization! Finish with the included quiz to assess students' understanding!

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Having students research historical figures or famous people from pop culture? Use this blank organizer to help students as they complete their research! Perfect for any history or language classroom!

Great for extension activities, extra credit, or homework!

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Great for independent research in any geography or social studies class! Students choose a country of the world and find information using Internet, resources, etc.

Looking for more fun and engaging activities for your classroom? Check out these resources:

• History Makers Trading Cards - Research Activity and Classroom Game! - Students research historic figures and create trading cards, fostering creativity and critical thinking in history classrooms!

• The Fly Swatter Game! - An interactive vocabulary review game for any subject that is sure to be a class favorite!

• Exploring Empires! World History Research Project - students explore every aspect of a historic empire by conducting research, creating a visual representation, and presenting their findings to the class!

• U.S. & World History - Crossword and Word Search Bundle - Reinforce and review key terms in your classroom with 110 crossword and word search puzzles for both U.S. History and World History Classrooms!

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Bring History to Life with This Interactive Trading Card Research Activity and Classroom Game!

Engage your students in a dynamic exploration of historical figures with the History Makers Trading Cards activity. This interactive resource combines historical research with creative design and classroom gameplay, making it perfect for a variety of social studies or history lessons.

Students will research significant figures from history, gather key facts, and design their own trading cards featuring each historical person’s image, accomplishments, and contributions to the world. Once the cards are created, students can use them in a classroom game that encourages discussion, debate, and friendly competition.

What's Included:

• Customizable Trading Card Templates: Templates for students to design unique cards for each historical figure.
• Research Guide: A structured guide to help students organize important information on each individual, such as key dates, achievements, and historical significance.
• Classroom Game Instructions: Fun and competitive game ideas for using the cards in classroom activities to reinforce learning.
• Versatile Usage: Perfect for individual assignments, group projects, or as a creative assessment tool.

Key Benefits:

• Research Skills Development: Students enhance their research abilities by diving deep into the lives of notable figures across history.
• Creativity and Critical Thinking: The hands-on creation of trading cards allows students to engage creatively while critically analyzing each figure’s impact on history.
• Interactive Learning: The trading card game offers an engaging way to review and reinforce historical knowledge in a fun, competitive environment.

This resource is ideal for middle and high school social studies, world history, and US history classrooms. It can be used for individual research projects, group activities, or as a classroom competition. Turn your students into historical researchers and trading card designers while making history lessons interactive and exciting!

Transform your social studies classroom into an engaging hub of historical exploration with the "Historical Headstones!" Stations Activity, great for Halloween or anytime of year! This versatile and comprehensive resource is perfect for teaching students about prominent historical figures while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and research skills.

What's Included:

1. Stations Activity

• • Engage students with intriguing epitaphs (headstones) that conceal the identities of famous historical figures.
  • Encourage deductive reasoning and historical context analysis as students decipher who each epitaph represents.
  • Explore a diverse range of figures from various eras and regions, making history come alive in an exciting way.
  • Promote interactive learning through a rotating station format, keeping students actively involved and eager to uncover historical truths.
  • A worksheet with clear instructions for students to record their guesses and reflect on their discoveries.

2. Create Your Own Historical Headstone Extension Activity:

• • Encourage students to take their learning to the next level by selecting a historical figure of their choice.
  • Provide opportunities for research and critical thinking as students gather information about their chosen figure's life and achievements.
  • Foster creativity and artistic expression through the design of custom headstones and epitaphs that capture the essence of the historical figure.
  • Promote public speaking skills as students present their creations to the class, providing insights into their chosen figures.
  • A worksheet with detailed instructions to guide students through the research, design, and presentation process.

Unlock the wonders of history while fostering creativity and critical thinking in your classroom. Explore "Historical Headstones!" and watch your students uncover the secrets of the past while crafting meaningful tributes to historical greatness.

Bring History to Life with this European Explorers Biography & Tombstone Research Project!

Engage your students in a hands-on, creative way to explore the lives and legacies of key European explorers with this World History Research Project. Perfect for middle and high school students, this unique project encourages research, critical thinking, and creativity as students dive into the Age of Exploration.

What’s Included:

• Explorer Biography Research Guide: Students will research the life, achievements, and journeys of famous European explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and more.
• Explorer Map Activity: Students visualize the expeditions of their chosen explorer on a world map.
• Research Prompt & Questions: Step-by-step guidance to help students gather information on the explorer’s early life, voyages, discoveries, and historical significance.
• Project Rubric: A clear, easy-to-follow rubric for grading and evaluation, ensuring both creativity and research are rewarded.

Key Features:

• Interactive & Creative: This project allows students to get creative while reinforcing their research and writing skills, making history engaging and memorable.
• No Prep, Ready to Use: Perfect for teachers looking for a no-prep, student-driven activity that can be completed individually or in small groups.
• Cross-Curricular Connections: Students develop skills in research, writing, creativity, and critical thinking while learning about the exploration that shaped the modern world.
• Flexible for In-Class or Homework: Suitable for a variety of learning environments, whether it’s a classroom project, homework assignment, or independent study.

Topics Covered:

• Age of Exploration: Investigate the motivations behind European exploration, from economic factors to technological advancements that enabled global voyages.
• Famous Explorers: Research major explorers like Columbus, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Cortez, understanding the routes they took, their discoveries, and their impact on indigenous peoples and global trade.
• Exploration’s Impact on World History: Examine how European exploration led to the spread of European empires, the exchange of goods and ideas, and the start of the modern global economy.

Looking for a creative history project that will excite and engage your students? The Historical Biography Project: Funko Pop Edition is a unique, hands-on activity where students research and design their own Funko Pop-style historical figure. This project encourages students to develop their biography writing, research skills, and presentation abilities, all while making history fun and interactive!

What's Included:

• Funko Pop Template: A printable Funko Pop figure template for students to create a visual representation of their chosen historical figure.
• Biography Research and Report Template: A step-by-step guide to help students conduct thorough research and write a well-structured biography of a famous historical figure.
• Presentation Guidelines: Instructions for students to present their historical figure, sharing the person’s significance, achievements, and impact on history.
• Assessment Rubric: A comprehensive grading rubric to assess the quality of research, creativity in design, and presentation skills.

How It Works:

1. Choose a Historical Figure: Students select a famous person from history—such as a leader, scientist, activist, artist, or someone who made an important contribution to society.
2. Conduct Research: Using the research template, students explore the historical figure’s background, accomplishments, and role in shaping history.
3. Design a Funko Pop Figure: Students get creative, designing a Funko Pop-style figure that captures the essence and uniqueness of their historical figure.
4. Present to the Class: Students present their Funko Pop figure, explaining the design and sharing key facts from their research in an engaging way.

Key Features:

• Creative History Project: Combines research, creativity, and hands-on activities to help students engage deeply with historical figures.
• Fun and Relevant for Students: By incorporating the popular Funko Pop design, this project taps into students’ interest in pop culture, making history lessons fun and meaningful.
• Adaptable for Different Grades: Ideal for middle school and high school students, with the flexibility to adapt to different levels.
• Cross-Curricular Skills: This project promotes research writing, critical thinking, creative design, and presentation skills—perfect for world history, social studies, and ELA classrooms.

Why Teachers Love This Project:

• Engages All Learners: Whether your students are visual, artistic, or analytical, this project allows everyone to shine.
• Easy to Implement: With clear instructions and included resources like the Funko Pop template, rubric, and research guide, it’s easy to bring this project into your classroom.
• Perfect for History and Social Studies: Works seamlessly in units on historical figures, world leaders, inventors, scientists, and mo

Engage Your Students in the Key World War II Battles with This Research Assignment!

Dive deep into the critical battles of World War II with this comprehensive U.S. and World History research assignment. Perfect for middle and high school students, this resource guides learners through the most significant military conflicts that shaped the course of WWII. Through independent research, students will investigate the causes, outcomes, and strategic significance of these key battles.

What’s Included:

• Research Guidelines: Clear instructions for students to conduct their own research on pivotal battles such as the Battle of Stalingrad, D-Day, the Battle of Midway, and more.
• Critical Thinking Questions: Encourage students to analyze the military strategies, geopolitical impacts, and the role of each battle in the larger context of WWII.
• Battle Overview Template: A structured template for students to organize their findings, including sections for key figures, dates, military forces involved, and battle outcomes.
• Engaging Historical Analysis: Questions designed to prompt deeper understanding of how these battles influenced the outcome of World War II and changed global history.

Key Features:

• No Prep, Ready to Use: This resource is designed for immediate classroom use, requiring no preparation—ideal for history teachers looking for a ready-to-go research project.
• Student-Centered Learning: Allows students to take ownership of their learning by diving into independent research on historical battles.
• Flexible Use: Perfect for individual or group work, class projects, or homework assignments.

Research and Debate Egyptian Mummies:

As students learn about ancient civilizations it is a good time to tie in a debate activity. A big topic of debate in museums is the displaying of human remains. Students will take a side in this debate and research their side. They will then participate in a debate with the information they have learned.

This is an engaging activity and easy way to practice debate skills with a topic which doesn't generally cause high emotions in early teens. Students can learn to debate without emotions.

Easy prep for teachers as research sites are linked. The product also includes rubrics and follow up questions. Follow up questions increases rigor and helps students make connections.

Aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standard: 6.H.1.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Student instructions.
• Research links.
• Research guide.
• Rubric.
• Follow up questions.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Engaging for students.
• "Low stakes" topic, students will generally not get emotionally charged.
• Build research skills.
• Build debate skills.

This bundle has two online activities that would span four lessons about the genocide of Jewish people called The Holocaust which happened during World War II. The resources are perfect for Distance Learning or in-class learning in 5th grade or 6th grade.

Included in this resource:

• A Google Slides informational writing unit for work on computers or tablets
• A PDF printable informational writing unit for written work
• A Google Forms close reading activity for work on computers or tablets
• A PDF printable close reading activity

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Firstly, there is a Holocaust Close Reading Activity | Print & Digital, or informational text, with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task that focusses on the main facts about from the Holocaust. The Google Forms activity is ideal for distance learning.

Secondly, there is a Holocaust Informational Text Writing Unit | Print & Digital. The activity focuses on key facts about the Holocaust, and has been split into three separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. This activity is a Google Slides resource which is again ideal for distance learning.

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These activities are both online resources that use Google Forms and Google Slides, they are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers. The resources also come in a PDF format, which can be printed.

If you are unsure how to allow the students to have their own individual copy take a look at the instructional video below:

Google Classroom - How to make a copy for each student - Assignment

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

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• Distance Learning Resources
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This resource is a 5th grade or 6th grade discussion based writing unit discussing who was the greatest leader of Ancient Rome: Julius Caesar, Augustus or Constantine. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. The Google Slides activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students learning about World History or Ancient Civilisations.

The first lesson involves students retrieving facts from informational texts about Julius Caesar, Augustus and Constantine, and typing these on to an included fact sheet. In the second lesson students need to use these facts to write three to four paragraphs about the individual Roman leaders. In the third lesson students need to use prompt sheets to write up an introduction and a conclusion. In the final lesson students need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before typing up their work using the template provided.

NO PREP is needed!

This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Slides, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets or computers. If you are unsure how to allow the students to have their own individual copy take a look at the instructional video below:

Google Classroom - How to make a copy for each student - Assignment

The resource also comes in a PDF format, which can be printed.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

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This resource is a 5th grade or 6th grade discussion based writing unit discussing who was the most influential figure from Ancient Greece: Aristotle, Socrates or Alexander the Great. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. The Google Slides activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students learning about World History or Ancient Civilisations.

The first lesson involves students retrieving facts from informational texts about Socrates, Aristotle and Alexander the Great, and typing these on to an included fact sheet. In the second lesson students need to use these facts to write three to four paragraphs about the individual people. In the third lesson students need to use prompt sheets to write up an introduction and a conclusion. In the final lesson students need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before typing up their work using the template provided.

NO PREP is needed!

This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Slides, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets or computers. If you are unsure how to allow the students to have their own individual copy take a look at the instructional video below:

Google Classroom - How to make a copy for each student - Assignment

The resource also comes in a PDF format, which can be printed.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

We also specialise in play scripts, we have a William Shakespeare collection with Richard III, Macbeth and Hamlet. We also have a good selection of Christmas play scripts including Elf, The Santa Clause and A Christmas Carol.

Please check out my store, Creative Primary Literacy, for more resources.

This resource is a 5th grade or 6th grade discussion based writing unit discussing who was the greatest leader of Ancient Egypt: Ramesses II, Cleopatra or Tutankhamun. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. The Google Slides activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students learning about World History or Ancient Civilisations.

The first lesson involves students retrieving facts from informational texts about Ramesses II, Cleopatra and Tutankhamun, and typing these on to an included fact sheet. In the second lesson students need to use these facts to write three to four paragraphs about the individual Egyptian leaders. In the third lesson students need to use prompt sheets to write up an introduction and a conclusion. In the final lesson students need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before typing up their work using the template provided.

NO PREP is needed!

This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Slides, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets or computers. If you are unsure how to allow the students to have their own individual copy take a look at the instructional video below:

Google Classroom - How to make a copy for each student - Assignment

The resource also comes in a PDF format, which can be printed.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

We also specialise in play scripts, we have a William Shakespeare collection with Richard III, Macbeth and Hamlet. We also have a good selection of Christmas play scripts including Elf, The Santa Clause and A Christmas Carol.

Please check out my store, Creative Primary Literacy, for more resources.