World History Bell Ringers Unit 2 - 45 Daily Warm-Ups (Grades 6-8)

Start every class with a focused five-minute warm-up. This is Unit 2 of the World History Bell-Ringers full-year set: 45 daily prompts covering The Postclassical World, 400-1500.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 45 daily bell-ringers (Weeks 10-18), organized as nine ready-to-print weekly pages
• One page per week: five prompts, Monday through Friday, with answer space
• A complete answer key for every prompt
• A standards page listing the CCSS literacy codes and content covered

TOPICS

• The end of Roman rule and the rise of Byzantium, the origins and spread of Islam, the Islamic Golden Age, feudalism and manor life, the Crusades and the plague, the West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai, Tang and Song China, the Mongol Empire, and the Maya, Aztec and Inca.

WEEKLY ROUTINE

• Monday vocabulary, Tuesday a short reading, Wednesday a source or data analysis, Thursday a quick check, Friday a higher-order question
• About five minutes a day; hand out Monday, collect Friday

FORMAT

• Print-first PDF, US Letter, low-ink, two-sided friendly - no logins or apps required
• Grades 6-8; works as a daily opener, spiral review, or emergency sub work

PAIRS WITH VIDEO

• Cross-references the Mankind: The Story of All of Us video worksheets for a ready-made bell-ringer + video pairing.

SAVE WITH THE FULL YEAR

• This unit is one of four. Buy the World History Bell-Ringers Full-Year set (180 prompts) to get all four units together and save.

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TERMS OF USE

• For single-classroom / single-teacher use. Do not redistribute or post publicly.
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