Social Studies Ancient History Bell Ringers Bundle (Google Slides Compatible)

Engage your students right when they walk in the door with bell ringers that will support your middle school ancient history or world history curriculum! This low-prep resource only requires you to choose which bell ringer works best with your curriculum for the day. That's it!

Inside this resource, you'll find 200 bell ringers to use throughout the year while you teach about ancient civilizations around the world.

Along with a PowerPoint version of the slides, the bell ringers are also compatible with Google Slides! There are links to digital versions of the bell ringers included for easy use in your classroom. Each bell ringer set also has a full page response sheet in Google Slides for students.

What's Included:

⭐200 Bell Ringers for the Whole Year - These PowerPoint bell ringers will cover you every day of the school year. Pick and choose which one matches with your curriculum for the day. The bell ringers promote critical and creative thinking skills, map skills, historical thinking skills and positive growth mindset skills. Each of the five bell ringer sets includes 40 slides for a total of 200 options!

⭐Student Response Sheets - Printable student response sheets are included in two versions - as a whole page and in half-page formats - for each of the five bell ringer sets. A digital response sheet on Google Slides is also included so you can choose what is best for your classroom needs!

⭐A Variety of Ancient History Topics - The bell ringers cover the following content areas in your Ancient History or World History curriculum:

1. Early Humans

2. Mesopotamia

3. Ancient Egypt

4. Ancient Israel

5. Ancient Greece

6. Ancient Rome

7. Ancient China

8. Ancient India

9. The Americas

Looking for more details about each set? Keep reading!

1. Ancient History Map Skills Bell Ringers

This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing 40 maps from regions typically studied in middle school Ancient Civilizations classes, writing prompts on each page, two versions of a response sheet that students can use when answering the prompts and an answer key for teacher use. A version for Google Slides is included as well.

Map Regions Included:

1. General Geography

2. Early Human Migration

3. Mesopotamia

4. Ancient Egypt

5. Ancient Israel

6. Ancient Greece

7. Ancient Rome

8. Ancient China

9. Ancient India

10. Ancient Mesoamerica and South America

2. Ancient History Vocabulary Bell Ringers

This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing one vocabulary term and definition pertaining to ancient history on each slide. There are also two versions of a response sheet that students can use during their vocabulary practice. A version for Google Slides is included as well.

Please Note: If you would like to see a list of all vocabulary words included, please review the PREVIEW.

Vocabulary terms relate to the following regions in ancient history:

1. Early Humans

2. Mesopotamia

3. Ancient Egypt

4. Ancient Israel

5. Ancient Greece

6. Ancient Rome

7. Ancient China

8. Ancient India

9. The Americas

3. Ancient History Quote of the Day Bell Ringers

This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing 40 quotes from notable people in ancient history, a writing prompt on each page and two versions of a response sheet that students can use when answering the prompts. A version for Google Slides is included as well.

Weekly Writing Prompt: What does this quote mean? Do you agree or disagree? How does this quote relate to an event in history or in your own life?

Quotes from Notable People from the Following Regions Included:

1. Mesopotamia

2. Ancient Egypt

3. Ancient Israel

4. Ancient Greece

5. Ancient Rome

6. Ancient China

7. Ancient India

8. Eastern Europe

4. Ancient History Critical Thinking Bell Ringers

Engage your students right when they walk in the door with thought-provoking questions that prompt them to think critically about the ancient history content you're teaching in class.

This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing one unique writing prompt on each page that encourages students to use critical thinking skills and previously learned knowledge about ancient history to craft a response. There are also two versions of a response sheet that students can use when answering the prompts. A version for Google Slides is included as well.

Please Note: Each unique critical thinking prompt requires students to have knowledge of civilizations in ancient history. These questions are designed to support your curriculum content.

This resource is designed to be used once a week in your classroom. There are 40 slides – enough for each week of the school year!

Questions relate to the following regions in ancient history:

1. Early Humans

2. Mesopotamia

3. Ancient Egypt

4. Ancient Israel

5. Ancient Greece

6. Ancient Rome

7. Ancient China

8. Ancient India

9. The Americas

5. Growth Mindset Bell Ringers

This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing one writing prompt pertaining to growth mindset, goal-setting and/or positive thinking per slide. There are also two versions of a response sheet that students can use when writing their thoughts to the prompt from the bell ringer. A version for Google Slides is included as well.

What other people are saying about this resource:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This resource made my life so much easier!! These were aligned with al of the countries I teach in World History and they were perfect to use as Bell Ringers. All I had to do was make a copy of the slide and drop it in Google Classroom. I will use this for years to come!! Thank you!!"

- Kerri L.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I love this! This is perfect for my 6th grade World History Class. I use these as DO NOW's and they align perfectly with my curriculum. Thank you!"

- Brianna R.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This is by far my favorite purchase on TPT! I am teaching 6th grade social studies for the first time this year, and these entry tasks are PERFECTLY aligned topically with what we are studying. They are a great way to start out my lessons, and I'm so grateful for the effort the author put into creating these!"

- Stephanie C.

Are you still not sure if these bell ringers are a right fit for your classroom? Check out the FREE Introduction to Social Studies Bell Ringers resource! They are perfect for the first unit of the school year.

Please click on the preview to see examples of the five bell ringer sets and student response sheets. If you have any questions, please leave a question in the Q & A section of my store or send me an email at theteachersprep@gmail.com. :)

Happy Teaching! :)

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