Ancient Civilizations Choice Board Bundle

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This bundle includes choice boards for Ancient China, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Mesopotamia.

Each choice board includes 9 activity squares that address different multiple intelligences based on the study of each culture. This menu of activities can be used as a formative or summative assessment of each culture. It includes ranked activities by points and a variety of activities that assess different aspects of each culture. Activities can be modified for your group and/or unit of study. Includes grading rubric.

Ancient India Topics:

Geography

Agriculture

Caste System

Mandala

Vocabulary

Four Noble Truths

Eightfold Path

Hinduism

Buddhism

Taj Mahal

Lotus Flower

Siddhartha Gautama

Asoka

Mohandas Gandhi

Legacies of India

Sample Activities:

Explain and create a mandala

Evaluate the caste system

Compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism

Create a map of landforms and bodies of water

Explain the significance of leadership styles, religion, and symbols

Ancient Egypt Topics:

The Nile River

Mummies

Hieroglyphics

Social Pyramid

Gods/Religion

Pyramids

King Tut

Cartouche

Key Vocabulary

Daily Life

Pharaoh

Sample Activities:

Create a god profile

Make a cartouche

Sequence the steps to making a mummy

Write a song or poem about the pyramids

Ancient China Topics:

Geography

Dynasties (Zhou, Shang, Qin, Han)

Chinese Writing

The Silk Road

Philosophies: Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism

The Great Wall

Terracotta Army

Leaders

Inventions

Sample Activities:

Rank the three major philosophies and explain using evidence

Write a diary entry from the point of view of a traveler on the Silk Road

Write a poem or a song about The Great Wall

Record a newscast about the Terracotta Army

Mesopotamia Topics:

Tigris and Euphrates

Ziggurat

The Wheel

Inventions

Hammurabi's Code

Cuneiform

City States

Surplus

Polytheism

Sample Activities:

Create and label a ziggurat

Write a news release about the wheel

Describe the impact of the Tigris and Euphrates on agriculture

Analyze Hammurabi's Code

Greece:

Topics Covered:

Geography

Athens

Sparta

Philosophers

Olympics

Architecture

Daily Life

Alphabet

Democracy

Gods/Goddesses

Sample Activities:

Compare and contrast Athens and Sparta. Which would you prefer?

Write an editorial about Ancient Greece’s government.

Create a video lesson on the different types of columns in Greece.

Rank the philosophers of Ancient Greece.

Write a diary entry from the viewpoint of an Ancient Greek citizen.

Rome:

Topics Covered:

Leaders

Daily Life

Colosseum

Mythology

Art

Literature

Republic

Engineering

Social Classes

Wars and Battles

Philosophers

Sample Activities:

Write a diary entry from the viewpoint of an Ancient Rome citizen.

Create a video lesson on the different types of art and literature in Rome.

Create an interactive timeline of the major wars and battles in Rome.

Summarize the most significant creations in Roman engineering and rank them!

Skills Covered:

Summarizing

Compare and Contrast

Analyzing

Evaluating

Research

Writing

Map Skills

Diagraming

Charting

Defining

Creativity

Point of View

Video Production

Download includes a link to each choice board and rubric in TWO FORMATS: Google Doc and Google Site. Documents can be easily shared through Google Drive or Google Classroom. 

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