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STATIONS ACTIVITY! Get your students up and moving, all while learning about the many achievements of the Gupta Empire! This activity includes six information sheets that can be placed in different areas of the room and a two-page worksheet that students fill out along the way. Topics include: literature, universities, painting & sculpture, metalwork, mathematics, and roads. Laminate these sheets and keep them for years to come!! Feel free to modify and pass information sheets around to students

Do you want to have fun while you teach about the Age of Exploration? Use this map activity worksheet! Students can work individually, in small groups, or you can all do it together on the overhead! First students will label a world map with five colors representing the five key countries who participated in the Age of Exploration. Then students will read about the most important routes taken by explorers from those countries, and will map them out themselves! Next students will use their maps t

⭐ Confucian Civil Service Exam Simulation — Engaging Lesson for 7th Grade Social Studies!Bring Imperial China to life with this hands-on, interactive classroom simulation! In this lesson, students experience what it was like to take a Confucian-style civil service exam, complete with memorization, moral reasoning, poetry, calligraphy, and logic challenges. To highlight the real historical complexity of the exam system, a few students secretly receive “advantage slips” that give them extra poi

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Make Ancient History Come Alive!This engaging LOW PREP resource introduces students to the Four Empires of Mesopotamia through a ready-to-use PowerPoint, informative reading sheets, and a hands-on group project. Students will explore each empire, collaborate to create a poster, and present their findings to the class. Allow students to build understanding, teamwork, and presentation skills while learning! Perfect for middle school social studies or ancient civilizations units! Don't hesitate! A

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Make sure to check out my Early Humans Unit BUNDLE to see more exciting lessons for this unit! Great first lesson in Unit 1 of Ancient History: Early Humans! After teaching students the fundamentals on HOW to study history (see my FREE download titled "History Detectives" for more on this), dive right into reading about the amazing Lascaux cave art found in France in 1940. Students will learn a little bit about these very early humans and then have a chance to create some cave art of their own!

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Use this product to introduce students to the Three Philosophies that arose in ancient China during the Zhou Dynasty. First students will read about the Three Philosophies (Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism) and then they will complete a cut and paste activity where they put key facts into the correct column for each philosophy. Answer key included. Enjoy! After finishing this activity, test student knowledge on the three philosophies using my Three Chinese Philosophies Quiz!

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Bring Ancient Athens to life with this engaging citizenship simulation!In this NO PREP hands-on activity, students experience the limitations of Athenian democracy by taking a mock citizenship test based on expectations for citizens in Ancient Greece. Students first learn about Athenian government through a short introductory PowerPoint, then complete challenges related to civic knowledge, reasoning, and participation. However, some students secretly receive Status Cards identifying them as wome

This is an easy review assignment to solidify the idea of citizenship. Students will organize statements into either a "right" or a "responsibility" of a citizen of the United States and then complete a poster highlighting what they think is the most important right and responsibility. Additional extension activity ideas included. Answer key for worksheet included. Enjoy!

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What really caused the American colonists to rebel against the British? Use this product to get your students out of their seats while learning about the causes for the American Revolution. 7 station cards are included to be placed around the room. Students will complete a timeline worksheet that they can bring with them from one station to the next. Each station describes one cause of the American Revolution that students must place in the correct spot on their worksheet and explain why that wa

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Need a meaningful and easy-to-use lesson for an unexpected absence? My Emergency Sub Plan Series is the perfect solution for middle school U.S. History classrooms! This Causes of the American Revolution Emergency Sub Plan is a completely no-prep, print-and-go lesson designed specifically for 8th grade U.S. History students. Students will learn about the growing tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies through an engaging informational reading passage, comprehension activities, v

Bring feudalism to life with this engaging, ready-to-teach activity comparing feudal Europe and feudal Japan! Perfect for middle school social studies, this resource helps students clearly understand the similarities and differences between the two systems through guided instruction, structured notes, and meaningful independent practice. This product includes a PowerPoint presentation and a complete student learning packet that work together seamlessly for a full lesson or 1–2 day activity.