Early Humans Ancient History Fun, Kinesthetic Clap and Chant activity

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Use “Clap and Chant” to introduce key vocabulary terms for Early Humans such as Paleolithic Age, Neolithic Age, specialization, hunter-gatherers, and domestication, and engage all students in your world history or ancient history elementary or middle school social studies class. 

Put away books, chrome books, paper and pencils and have fun with a unique and creative kinesthetic activity that appeals to all learners, and keeps you focused on your learning goals at the same time. 

Teach the clap first (view video 2 to see a live demonstration) and then teach the words. You may download and print the chant lyrics and provide copies to students, or just teach the chant yourself without handouts. Students catch on quickly! 

View the videos to watch a live demonstration of the Early Humans chant; one demonstration shows the words on the screen and the other shows just the chant. 

This is one of thirteen listings, each containing unique chant lyrics and live demonstration videos that are available in the store.  Chants contain  key terms from world history and geography that can be found in most social studies state standards for middle school.

In addition to Early Humans, students will learn content from six ancient civilizations including  Egypt, Israel, India, China, Greece and Rome. Chants for Alexander the Great and the Birth of Christianity are also available.

Jumpstart your class period with clap and chant, use it as a break from books and chrome books in the middle of the period, or finish off the hour with some fun, whatever works best  for you and  matches your classroom routines and procedures. 

• Videos included in this bundle show live demonstrations of how to teach the clap, the Early Humans chant with words showing on the screen, and one without the words showing. Also included is  an “Introduction to Clap and Chant” video. 

• Fun, kinesthetic activity appeals to all learners, and never fails.

• Product listings include pdfs of teacher and student copies of chants

• Each of the thirteen products includes a unique, creative chant for topics such as Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and more.

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