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World Geography – Icebreaker Worksheet This is a quick activity that is great for the beginning of a geography unit and for assessing student’s prior knowledge of the world Students are given various tasks, such as identifying the...

U.S. History/Geography - Icebreaker Worksheet This is a great beginning of the year activity for a U.S. history class. It is also great for assessing students’ prior knowledge of the U.S. Students are given various tasks, such as...

Ancient Civilizations - Icebreaker Worksheet This is a great beginning of the year activity for an Ancient or World History class. It is also great for assessing students’ prior knowledge of these subjects Students are given various tasks,...

Ancient History – Bingo – Instructions Materials: 2 bingo cards are provided, each with various terms from ancient history Bingo Card #1 has slightly easier, more well-known terms, while Bingo Card #2 has some that might be more...

Introduction to Ancient History The main goal of this lesson is to introduce ancient history and assess student’s prior knowledge of this subject Start with the warm-up task, which asks students to think about where, when, and who ancient history...

Analyzing Artifacts: The main goal of this lesson is for students to analyze various artifacts and make inferences about what different ancient civilizations were like   *Please note to get the best out of images for the activity,...

Primary & Secondary Sources – Instructions:   The main goal of this lesson is for students to learn the difference between primary and secondary sources, along with their uses in studying history   This lesson...