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5th grade middle ages games
Middle Ages Escape Room Activity | Crack the Polyibus Cipher at Windsor Castle
In this Middle Ages Escape Room activity, students are introduced to the Polyibus square cipher invented by the ancient Greeks but popularized by Medieval monarchs to avoid messages falling into enemy hands! Can you crack the code before time expires?Students are placed in investigative teams as they analyze fictional ancient texts from Windsor Castle as they help unlock a box left behind by William the Conqueror. Students work together to translate four hidden clues using the ancient Greek Poly
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5th - 9th
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Crusades Fun Class Game Power Point Driven
This game is creative and easy to run. My students gave it a thumbs up!!! The winners of the game get to choose a number and his/her destiny as a crusader is displayed for the class. Each click made on the PowerPoint game board shows another question until students make it to Jerusalem.This fits perfectly with the Crusades curriculum outline also posted and the crusades graphic organizer also posted. _____________________________________________________________________________________***SAVE BIG
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5th - 10th
Renaissance Super Heroes Close Reading,Trading Card & Class Competition
This is fun and easy to run! Students select four Renaissance Super Heroes to read about from the sixteen close reading cards included:
✎ Michelangelo
✎ Leonardo Da Vinci
✎ Petrarch
✎ Queen Isabella I
✎ Queen Elizabeth I
✎ Andreas Vesalius
✎ Durer
✎ Titian
✎ Copernicus
✎ Cosimo De Medici
✎ Cervantes
✎ Gutenberg
✎ Shakespeare
✎ Marco Polo
After reading, the students create four trading cards using a fun trading card template provided. Students share their cards with a group and play an interact
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5th - 9th
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Tang & Song Dynasty What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to learn about the leadership, economy, and social classes in Medieval China during the Tang and Song Dynasties. My students love this activity. First, students read a two-page close reading about life and changes in government during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The reading includes a primary source excerpt and visual for students to analyze. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancin
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5th - 9th
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War of the Roses - English History Simulation
An exciting simulation which allows students to immerse themselves in the role of a noble family during the time of the Lancaster and York wars. Students will work together in teams to make decisions, change sides, and support or overthrow the ruling family of England. The simulation takes the class through many of the major battles while teaching them about the history of England.
I designed this simulation for our fifth grade teachers' Tudor unit as a Motivational Introduction. It can also
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5th - 8th
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Medieval Knights Interactive Dice Game
Knight-themed dice game - Get your students up and moving with this interactive medieval dice game! Create stations for the stages of knight training, jousts, and battles. Your students will roll the dice at each station to go on an adventure and become a valiant knight…or a lowly peasant.
Unit includes:
★ Activity directions
★ Labels for stations
★ Dice templates for each station
★ Student recording sheet
★ Optional narrative writing sheet
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3rd - 6th
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Daily Warmups & Bell Ringers for World History! On This Day History: SEPTEMBER!
Daily Warmups & Bell Ringers for World History! On This Day History: SEPTEMBER!In this daily warmup, daily trivia, and bell ringer product for World History, you receive 30 daily warmups for the month of SEPTEMBER! Each short activity is designed to start class each day, and each warmup is focused on a historical event that happened on each day during the month of September! Questions are focused mainly on topics studied during early and modern World History courses. While all questions a
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5th - 10th
Middle Ages Review Game | Students Review Themes from Middle Ages, Crusades
This Middle Ages review game is very easy to use and is a great way to review the major themes and concepts from the Middle Ages. Sounds are included, categories seamlessly flash onto the screen, and simple "clicks" engage your class on the material that has been learned! Just follow the included instructions!In this Middle Ages review game, students play Trivia Challenge, a game that plays like Jeopardy, to review content on the Middle Ages, Charlemagne, the Catholic Church hierarchy, the Crus
Grades:
5th - 8th
World History Escape Room with American Sign Language | 100% Engagement
In this World History Escape Room with American Sign Language, students are introduced to American Sign Language developed at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut as they uncover details regarding World History. This activity is great for team-building, collaboration, and review!Students are placed in cooperative teams as they seek to translate four hidden sign language clues regarding important moments in World History, conduct basic research, then crack the Final Code bef
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5th - 9th
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West Africa Empires What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to learn about the leadership, economy, and social classes in the West African Empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai! My students love this activity. First, students read a two-page West African Kingdoms close reading that includes primary source excerpts from Mansa Musa. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancing slide has one of ten comprehension questions about the social class infor
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5th - 9th
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Feudal Europe What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to learn about the feudal social classes during the Middle Ages in Europe! My students love this feudalism activity. First, students read a two-page Medieval European social classes close reading that includes primary source excerpts about feudal life and the importance of the church. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancing slide has one of ten comprehension questions about the soc
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5th - 9th
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Black Death Simulation Game (step by step booklets)
The black death of 1347 was one of the worst pandemics in human history. This activity is a two day lesson that allows students to act out a 13 step interaction as if they were living during the time of the Bubonic Plague. Set up for roughly 26 students, each student has a step booklet they must follow to interact with other classmates as if they were a member of the Italian community in the 1300's. Each student portrays a different type of profession that fits with the time period. Their profes
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4th - 12th
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Islam or Arabia What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to learn about the leadership, economy, and social classes in the Arabian Peninsula before and after Muhammad. My students love this activity. First, students read a two-page close reading about life in the Medieval Arabian Peninsula and the beginning of Islam. The reading includes a primary source excerpt from the Koran and oasis visuals. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancing sl
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5th - 9th
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Middle Ages Escape Room Activity Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Four individual Escape Room activities about the following famous figures or key periods from the Middle Ages: CharlemagneWilliam the ConquerorJoan of ArcThe RenaissanceIdeal for fifth grade or sixth grade, the activities are perfect for group work, starting a Middle Ages topic, team-building activities or for fun, engaging and interactive lessons. The activities can be used in English also as they incorporate some ELA skills, or in Social Studies.Each activity has been split into four different
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5th - 6th
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Minecraft - Medieval Manor: Design to Survive Project
Overview
Minecraft has the potential to be one of the most effective tools for instruction and engaged, creative, higher-level learning in the 21st century classroom. This project is designed to fit into a History course for students from 6th – 10th grades. The core content necessary to complete this project would be students’ understanding of how European’s were able to adapt and modify their specific geographic locations to survive after the fall of Rome during the Middle Ages.
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5th - 8th
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Mongols or Yuan What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to learn about the leadership, economy, and social classes in the Yuan or Mongol Dynasty. My students love this activity. First, students read a two-page close reading about life in Mongol China. The reading includes a primary source excerpt and visual for students to analyze. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancing slide has one of ten comprehension questions about the social clas
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5th - 9th
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Medieval Japan What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to learn about the leadership, economy, and social classes in Medieval Feudal Japan. My students love this activity. First, students read a two-page close reading about life in feudal Japan. The reading includes a primary source excerpt and visual for students to analyze. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancing slide has one of ten comprehension questions about the social class inf
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5th - 9th
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The Americas What's Your Destiny Close Reading & Fun Comprehension Game
What a fun way to compare and contrast the social classes of the Aztec, Maya and Inca Empires! My students love this fun civilizations of the Americas activity. First, students read a two-page Aztec, Maya and Inca social classes close reading that includes primary source excerpts. Then, students get into groups and compete against each other in a displayed class game board in Google Slides or PowerPoint. Each advancing slide has one of twelve comprehension questions about the social class inform
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5th - 9th
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Magna Carta Escape Room Stations - Reading Comprehension Activity
This Print and Go Magna Carta Escape Room is a winning combination of stations, close reading and comprehension skills, secret codes, movement, citing evidence with text marking and critical thinking! Everything a teacher dreams of wrapped up into one FUN and engaging stations activity. Topics include: Magna Carta, King John, King Henry III, barons, Great Charter, Rule of Law, Limited GovernmentStudents will revisit their non-fiction reading passage several times (at each station) to seek answer
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4th - 8th
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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE AND SIEGE ENGINES - Reading Passages and Bingo
8 reading passages cover Medieval Architects and Engineers, Castles, Cathedrals, Siege Engines, Romanesque and Gothic Styles, Gargoyles and Grotesques, Peasant Huts, and more. A review game of BINGO rounds out this lesson by reviewing new concepts and vocabulary words in a fun and engaging way. Great for Substitute Teachers!INCLUDES: 8 Reading Passages 36 Unique Bingo Cards (18 pages with two cards per sheet)Bingo Caller’s Tracking Sheet 24 Bingo Word and Clue Cards2 Graphic OrganizersREADING
Grades:
4th - 7th
Middle Ages DIGITAL Escape Room | Polyibus Cipher | Distance Learning
This is the digital, distance learning version of my popular Middle Ages Polybius Cipher Escape Room. You can find the version that is optimized for the traditional classroom here.In this 100% fun and engaging escape room breakout activity, students are introduced to the Polyibus square cipher invented by the ancient Greeks but popularized by Medieval monarchs to avoid messages falling into enemy hands!Students investigate fictional ancient texts from Windsor Castle as they help crack a code lef
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5th - 8th
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World History DIGITAL Escape Room Bundle | 6 Distance Learning Escape Rooms
World History DIGITAL Escape Room Bundle | 6 Distance Learning Escape Rooms for World HistoryIn this bundle, you receive 6 fully DIGITAL Escape Rooms for World History designed for distance learning. Included in this bundle are:⭐1.) Ancient Rome DIGITAL Escape Room | Etruscan Cipher Distance Learning Escape Room⭐ 2.) Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics Escape Room | Distance Learning Breakout Activity⭐ 3.) Middle Ages DIGITAL Escape Room | Polyibus Cipher | Distance Learning⭐ 4.) World History Sign Lang
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5th - 8th
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MEDIEVAL KINGS, QUEENS, THE FEUDAL SYSTEM - Reading Passages and Bingo
8 reading passages cover Kings, Queens, the Feudal System; the Coronation; Well-Known Medieval Kings and Queens (William the Conqueror, King John, Matilda of Flanders); Nobles, Clergy, Peasants and Serfs; and more. A review game of BINGO rounds out this lesson by reviewing new concepts and vocabulary words in a fun and engaging way. Great for Substitute Teachers! INCLUDES:8 One-Page Passages of Informational Text 36 Unique Bingo Cards (18 Pages With Two Cards Per Sheet)The Caller’s Tracking Sh
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4th - 6th
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JUEGO DE HISTORIA MEDIEVAL: "FEUDALISMO: FORJA TU REINO" (SPANISH)
En los siglos IX Y X, los reyes eran muy débiles y no tenían ejércitos ni medios para proteger sus reinos de vikingos, sarracenos y magiares. Como no contaban con la protección del rey los campesinos buscaron la protección de los nobles y sus castillos. De esta forma, nace el feudalismo, en el que los nobles aceptaron el poder del rey mediante un pacto de vasallaje pero ellos mismos actuaban como “reyes” en sus feudos (territorios). La sociedad quedó dividida en tres grupos llamados estamentos:
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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