Mauryan Empire: Chat Stations

This product is over the Mauryan Empire and done in the form of chat stations. Simply put the students will work through four stations learning about the Mauryan Empire; major political, religious/philosophical, and cultural influences of their Empire. Three stations include primary source documents as well short description and one station is a video with primary sources. Students have a sheet to record their chats with their group mates about each station. Then the teacher will lead a whole class discussion about what the class just learned and their is an Exit Ticket or Ticket out the Door question for the students to complete as well. This interactive lesson is a great way for students to remember this often times quickly and poorly taught influential aspect of European History.

This product was designed for the Texas World History Standards:

WH.3A Readiness Standard

Describe the major political, religious/philosophical, and cultural influences of India and China

WH.1B Supporting Standard

Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following events from 500 BC to AD 600: the development of the classical civilizations of India (Maurya and Gupta), China (Zhou, Qin, and Han), and the development of major world religions.

The product is a zip file that includes a Word Document and PPT. The Word Document has the teacher instructions, tips and tricks, stations, student document and answer key. The PPT is for the warm-up.