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What's the best way to learn about Ancient Egyptian civilizations and mummification? The best way to learn is by doing!! ***CCS are included. ~Mummify a Chicken Leg ~Decorate the Mummy ~Create a Sarcophagus ~Write about the significance of mummification This project includes a materials list, instructions for completion, student pages and instructions, a writing piece, and a rubric. *****photos included

Poem frame for any upper grade or middle school classroom. Correlates with any them of change. Springboard, Level 1, Lesson 1.12.

As students are studying ancient Greece, have them do some research on a particular god or goddess. Then, use this PROJECT CHOICE MENU and RUBRIC to tie up the unit.

Two question quiz that integrates CCS RL 6.4 and RL 6.5. Used with the textbook SpringBoard, Pre-AP, Level 1, which has an excerpt from Thank You M'am. Can also be used with a literature study of the book.

Us this rubric as a guide for your students as they create a book report using Powerpoint. The requirements for six slides and a presentation are clearly specified and points are assigned for each section. CCSS are included for EACH slide and the presentation!!!!!

In the studies of ancient civilizations, Greek gods and goddesses are incorporated into the curriculum. Students are very interesting in these gods and goddesses. This 1 1/2 page graphic organizer template incorporates GATE/Depth and Complexity icons that students can utilize as they are researching an assigned Greek god or goddess.

This group project is designed to wrap up a unit on Ancient Greece. Students will design a Greek polis that incorporates all of the facets that a city state would have had in Ancient Greece. polis myth ship coint trade Olympics government

This performance task, based on Ancient China, included three types of writing. Students will draw upon information in four documents to complete informational, narrative, and argument writing.

This bookmark quickly lists four different strategies for elaboration in student writing, which is essential for students at all levels.

This performance task will be appropriate as an end-of-the-year project for any grade level that has studied ancient civilizations. ~project ~collaborative learning ~social studies ~speaking and listening

Common Core Book Report Focus: DOK3 Focus: How does the SETTING affect the MAIN CHARACTER? How does the SETTING affect the PLOT? Includes student guidelines AND a rubric!!!

This activity incorporates the Kagan strategy of sage and scribe, along with one each of DOK1, DOK2, and DOK3. (Depth of Knowledge) Students work as partners to answer three questions about the origins of Hinduism in Ancient India.

Use this as a before reading and after reading tool. Key terms: Gandhi, ahimsa, nirvana, India, zero, Hindu-Aryan numerals Answer key included. Students must prove or disprove two of their choices with text based evidence.

This packet of seven vocabulary quizzes includes cloze, sentence creation, analogies, and recognizing sentence mistakes. Sixth grade Common Core ELA standards are included on the cover page and can easily be added to each quiz. Perfect for a GATE or Pre-Ap sixth grade classroom!!! ***Can be used with Vocabu-Lit, Level F.

Great tool for a partner review activity! Perfect for Sage and Scribe,a Kagan strategy. Ten pages of open ended slides for key concepts about Egypt and India. Key concepts include: early humans, agriculture, Nile, irrigation, Mesopotamia, polytheism, hieroglyphics, Sumerians, Nubians, trading, Hammurabi, tomb art, Ramses II, karma, four noble truths, Hinduism, Buddhism, Pillar of Delhi This is a pdf of the actual powerpoint that you can print out for your students and easily use as a homework

Students must show an understanding of the following: there their they’re lay lie except accept affect effect good bad well badly Concepts of Ancient Hebrew Kingsdoms are embedded in this activity. Multiple Choice AND Sentence Creation

Ancient Greece Sparta vs. Athens Students can take their own notes on this document to compare and contrast the two Ancient Greek civilizations. I had half of my students research Sparta and half Athens, and then each group shared out.

This quiz uses the short story excerpt, "Walk a Mile in Someone Else's Shoes", by Richard Cohen, that is in the Holt interactive reader. Adapted for middle school students and their language of choice..........tweeting! Assessment of student comprehension of the story and the theme through student created tweets.

Dynastic cycle diagram flow chart, from steps 1-6, as illustrated by the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Two DOK (Depth of Knowledge) level 3 questions, as well, that could be used as a short assessment or quiz. One blank diagram and one complete diagram so you can choose how to utilize in your classroom. Great for an interactive social studies notebook!

Essential Question/Depth of Knowledge, Level 2 Q: What effect did the geographical features of China have on its early development? Yangtze River Huange He River Himalaya Mountains Ancient China