Western Europe

The Silk Road Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This Escape Room has students decode interesting facts about goods exchanged, Chinese dynasties, routes used and Marco Polo. This Escape Room has students walking...

Looking for a digital breakout covering Ancient Greece? If so, then this is the document for you! All you need is connection to the internet! This breakout is on a Google site. A digital breakout has students find a series of online clues to unlock...

Looking for a digital breakout covering Ancient Rome? If so, then this is the document for you! All you need is connection to the internet! This breakout is on a Google site. A digital breakout has students find a series of online clues to unlock "locks...

This map of ancient Rome obliges students to label regions, cities, and bodies of water and to color accordingly. The directions for the map are very detailed and are intended to encourage students to produce quality work. Although the file has been...

Maps are an excellent means of encouraging students to consider how geography has influenced the development of various societies. This resource contains a series of seven maps related to different civilizations in World History from Ancient Rome to...

It began like the common cold. Within a day, however, the body was wracked with fever. Black swellings the size of baseballs appeared on the neck and, finally, a highly contagious bloody cough quickly sealed the victim's fate. When it was finally over,...

This biography of Napoleon Bonaparte focuses on his rise to power in France as First Consul of the Republic and his series of wars against the other powers of Europe during the early 19th century. The biography also addresses the Napoleonic Code, a...

This biography of the 17th century English monarch William III focuses on his participation in a series of wars against King Louis XIV of France and his ascension to the throne of England during the Glorious Revolution. William III, however, is most...

This biography of the 17th century philosopher and mathematician René Descartes focuses on his contributions to the natural sciences. As described in his book Discourse on the Method, Descartes insisted that the act of thinking proved one's own...

This biography of the 17th century scientist Isaac Newton focuses on his contributions to the fields of both physics and astronomy. Newton's Principia describes his law of universal gravitation and his three laws of motion. Ultimately, the observations...

This biography of the 17th century scientist Gaileo Galilei focuses on his contributions to the field of astronomy. Based on his observations of the phases of Venus and the moons of Jupiter, Galileo insisted that the centuries-old geocentric model of...

This biography of the 16th century French explorer Jacques Cartier focuses on his early experience as a sailor in the waters off Newfoundland, his explorations of St. Lawrence Bay, and his voyages up the Saint Lawrence River. Ultimately, Cartier's...