World History

Students will read a brief background on the Pan African Congress organized by W.E.B. Du Bois to fight for nationalism, African independence, racial equality, and ending imperialism and colonialism, and an excerpt of the Manifesto from the Second...

Students will read excerpts from Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (The Sinews of Peace) and answer 16 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. They will then complete two extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this...

Students read a brief background on Kublai Khan of the Mongolian Empire, a short account of him in battle, and answer 10 questions of varying levels of difficulty. They then complete 2 creative tasks (one has students look at Kublai Khan as both a...

Students will read about the liberation of the concentration camp Majdanek during World War 2 from the perspective of a journalist and answer 10 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. Four websites have been included after the reading for students...

Students will review key locations from Ancient Rome with a poster board project where they create a tour and lead tourists around the city and surrounding area. There are written and visual components to this project, and if time allows, group...

Students will review landmarks and key locations from Ancient Rome by creating a "mini-Ancient Rome" with 20 locations/items for tourists to experience as much of Rome as possible without actually traveling around geographically and through time. There...

Students will review landmarks and key locations from Ancient Greece by creating a "mini-Ancient Greece" with 20 locations/items for tourists to experience as much of Greece as possible without actually traveling around geographically and through time...

Students will review Ancient Greece by becoming a tour guide and presenting their itinerary to tourists on poster board. There are written and visual components to this project, and if time allows, group presentations. The handout outlines the...

Students will review Ancient Egypt with a poster board project where they become a tour guide in Ancient Egypt. There are written and visual components to this project, and if time allows, group presentations. The handout outlines the expectations and...

Students will get a brief overview of Ancient Egypt with this reference sheet, 14 review questions, and 2 point of view creative tasks. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the importance of the Nile, differences between the Old, Middle, and...

Students will play true, false, fix to review different aspects of Ancient Egyptian society and politics by reading 30 statements and determining which are true and which are false. They then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best done...

This mini lesson on Genghis Khan is a 19 slide PowerPoint (also included as a PDF) with built in discussion questions and a timeline activity. Students will get an overview of how Genghis came to power, what he accomplished while in power, and his legacy...