Social Studies
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Ancient Mesopotamia: Escape the Ziggurat!
$4.00In this ready-to-use Escape Room, students will close read a three-page article and analyze nine images to solve riddles, answer questions, and ultimately crack the code to escape the ziggurat!This lesson includes:1. An article to close read, charting...$4.00 -
The Inca - An Overview + Assessment
$1.85Resource Type: Lesson Plan, Article, Activities, AssessmentThe article examines the cultural aspects of the medieval American civilization, the Inca .... Politics, Society, Religion, Achievements, Architecture, and Engineering. Activities and Assessment...$1.85 -
The Aztec - An Overview + Assessment
$1.85Resource Type: Lesson Plan, Article, Activities, Assessment, Classroom Forms.The article examines the cultural elements of the medieval empire of the Aztec - Historical, Political, Social, Religious, Architectural, and Engineering. Activities and...$1.85 -
The Maya - An Overview + Assessment
$1.75Resource Type: Lesson Plan, Article, Activities, Assessment, "The Maya" gives an overview of its geography, its political and social systems, its notable achievements, and its art and architecture. Activities and Assessment included.Lesson includes: -...$1.75 -
Technology, Science, and the Arts: 1800s- Early1900s
$4.99This product includes a Power Point and Printable Student Notes. Also, if you don’t want to teach this material through a presentation, there is a reading guide worksheet to do instead. Likewise, there is an extra vocabulary worksheet included. The...$4.99 -
Nationalism in the Late 1800s: Italy and Germany
$4.99This product includes a Power Point and Printable Student Notes. Also, if you don’t want to teach this material through a presentation, there is a reading guide worksheet to do instead. The items come in Microsoft and PDF formats. Also, there is an...$4.99 -
Choice Board: Hammurabi's Code Tic Tac Toe Menu
$2.00This product is a Tic Tac Toe board with 9 Hammurabi's Code related activities meeting a variety of learning styles. Students start by completing the middle activity, which is a Mind Map of information related to Hammurabi's Code. Then, they choose 2...$2.00 -
Choice Board: Mesopotamia Tic Tac Toe Menu
$2.00This product is a Tic Tac Toe board with 9 activities about Ancient Mesopotamia that incorporate a variety of learning styles. Students start by completing the middle activity, which is a mind map of information related to Mesopotamia. Then, they choose...$2.00 -
Mongols, Muslim Empires, China, and Japan
$4.99When you teach World History, often times, after covering the Renaissance, the Reformation, and other issues, it is hard to find a good lesson to cover the Muslim powers of the Middle East and the Asian empires of China and Japan. This lesson is here to...$4.99 -
Thomas Jefferson GooseChase: Engaging Scavenger Hunt Challenges
$3.50In a classroom with many different learning styles and needs, GooseChase is one of the most exciting, engaging ways to differentiate for all students. They are able to choose from 30 missions with different difficulty levels and point values to compete...$3.50 -
The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Impact of Islam
$4.99This product includes a Power Point and Printable Student Notes. Also, if you don’t want to teach this material through a presentation, there is a reading guide worksheet to do instead. The items come in Microsoft and PDF formats. Also, there is an...$4.99 -
Sweet Betsy from Pike - Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
$1.25As Americans started exploring the new land in the West during the early 1800's, they faced many hardships. In this activity, students follow along with the lyrics to American folktale, "Sweet Betsy from Pike." They analyze the song to identify some of...$1.25