5th - 8th Grade World History/Studies
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WW1 Battles Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will analyze and compare and contrast 3 battle accounts from World War 1 (WWI, WW1): the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Gallipoli, and the Battle of Jutland. There are 20 questions between the 3 accounts and this can be completed as an...$3.50 -
Bataan Death March Primary Source Analysis
$3.00Students will read about the Bataan Death March from a selection of memoirs of fighting and being POWs in the Pacific Front of World War 2 (WW2, WWII). They will then answer 2 questions about a propaganda poster and 10 based on the text. The last...$3.00 -
The Fall of Constantinople Primary Source Analysis and Map Activity
$4.00Students will read about the sack of Constantinople and its effects on the Byzantine Empire at the hands of the Ottoman Empire and analyze it by answering 9 questions to get a first hand look at what happened in the city when it was razed and pillaged...$4.00 -
Pompeii Primary Source Analysis and Creative Tasks
$3.50Students will read and analyze an account from Pliny the Younger of the destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius by answering 12 questions and completing 4 creative tasks. The tasks are about 6 types of people from Pompeii, "what if your town was frozen in...$3.50 -
The Black Death Primary Source Analysis and Creative Activities
$3.75Students read a primary source on the Middle Ages Plague (Black Death), answer 9 questions, and complete 5 creative tasks which partly include creating a museum exhibit, making "Warning: Plague Here" signs, discussing how people would rebuild their town...$3.75 -
Armenian Genocide Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze an account of the forced evacuations and massacre of the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire by answering 15 questions based on the text, images, and a telegram from Ambassador Morgenthau. Two questions are...$4.00 -
The Crusades Primary Source Analysis and Creative Activities
$4.00Students will read an account of the Crusades, answer 16 questions, and complete 5 creative tasks. The tasks include creating an emblem for their banner, discussing how a town crier could motivate them to join up, designing a museum exhibit, and more! An...$4.00 -
D-Day Text Analysis and Map Activity
$3.75Students will read and analyze Eisenhower's "Order of the Day" for D-Day by answering 10 questions. They will then read his "In Case of Failure" note and answer 2 more questions. They will then compare and contrast the original draft of the Order of the...$3.75 -
The Partition of India Map Activity
$3.50Students will complete 3 maps to review the political and physical geography related to the Partition of India (physical geography, before 1947, and after the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh). There are 58 labels across the first three maps and 3...$3.50 -
Minoans and Mycenaeans Map Activity
$3.50Students will complete 2 maps to review the political and physical geography related to the Mycenaeans and Minoans of Ancient Greece. There are 38 labels and tasks on the maps and 5 review questions to answer. The answers are included where appropriate...$3.50 -
The Peloponnesian War Map Activity
$3.50Students will complete 3 maps to review the political and physical geography related to the Peloponnesian War of Ancient Greece. There are 54 labels and tasks on the maps and 5 questions to answer. The answers are included where appropriate and this...$3.50 -
The Persian Wars Learning Packet
$4.00Students will learn about the Greco-Persian Wars with 3 pages of an overview of the First and Second Persian invasions of Greece (people, events, causes, effects) followed by 17 comprehension questions (one is chronological order). They will also read 5...$4.00