$5 - $10 High School Ancient History Games (by date, oldest first)

This engaging and **enjoyable **activity is designed to motivate students to **review the content **before an assessment on Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Through this Ancient Studies game, students will be prepared for the end of the unit. Or, choose to use this as an end-of-unit alternative assessment. Allow students to use their notes, andtextbooks or simply have them answer game questions to see what knowledge they have retained.

Students will be able to identify:

• Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt on a world map.
• Students will be able to identify the geographic locations of the Middle East and North Africa.
• Students will identify the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates Rivers on a world map and explain why early civilizations developed in those areas.
• Students will compare and contrast human migration influenced by ancient river valleys.
• Students will examine Hammurabi’s code and its significance in the development of an organized government system.
• Students will put in correct sequential order the mummification process used in Ancient Egypt.
• Students will explore the details surrounding the murder of King Tut.

This resource includes both a PDF and a Word document (docx format) that can easily be modified for use in social studies, science, math, language arts, and various other subjects. You can save the game sheet in Word and reuse it throughout the year simply by changing the questions to match the specific content you are studying. Students will have fun while reviewing, keeping them engaged in the process.

While modifying this activity requires creating your own study questions, it can serve as a valuable resource for many years to come.

INCLUDES EDITABLE WORD VERSION

Not to be duplicated, shared, reproduced,** or sold in any form. This is a teacher-created produced under the copyright of Geography & Math Made Easy**

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Permissions are given to the purchaser to make modifications to the game board using the Word document provided in the zip file. No other modifications may be made to this document.

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Total Pages

6 pages

Answer Key

Included

Teaching Duration

1 hour

Are you ready to review world history vocabulary and send your students on a top secret mission with an engaging, exciting, and strategic game that is sure to become a class favorite? Then, CODEWORD is right for you!

In this classroom take on the fast-paced, spy-themed party game game "Codenames," students compete on teams as spymasters and secret agents to uncover the correct vocabulary terms using only codewords!

This game covers topics in Prehistory, River Valley Civilizations, Classical Civilizations, World Religions, The Middle Ages, Chinese History, The Gunpowder Empires, The Renaissance and Reformation, The Age of Exploration, World Revolutions, Industrialization and Imperialism, World Wars, Cold War and Post-War Independence, and more!

All materials you need are included, ready to be printed and cut out for hours of fun gameplay!

Included in this product:

• Game Instructions

• 340+ Vocabulary Cards

• 8 Blue Agent Cards • 10 3x3 Key Cards (5 labeled "Blue," 5 labeled "Red")

• 8 Red Agent Cards • 10 5x5 Key Cards (for more challenging gameplay)

• 1 Double Agent Card

• 7 Bystander Cards

• 1 Assassin Card

*All materials are labeled to allow for black & white printing of materials.