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8th grade ancient history lessons
Ancient Mesopotamia Learning Stations, 3D Ziggurat, Mesopotamia Activities
This resource contains six Mesopotamia learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each ancient Mesopotamia learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete tasks and activities all about ancient Mesopotamia. Check this out! Students will create a 3-D ziggurat to showcase their learning. They’ll “bui
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Rome Unit Plan Bundle: Activities, Map, Lessons, Projects
This fantastic Ancient Rome Unit Bundle includes activities and engaging lesson plans on the founding of Rome through the Republic, Roman Empire, and the eventual decline & fall of Rome!All of the following TpT resources are included in this bundle:Roman Republic Google Drive Interactive NotebookRoman Empire Google Drive Interactive NotebookAncient Rome Interactive Notebook SetAncient Rome Study Guide and Unit PacketDecline & Fall of Rome 3D PowerPointAncient Rome Timeline ActivitiesAnci
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Civilizations Bundle Part 1: Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Egypt, + India
This epic collection of Ancient Civilizations resources will provide you with a whole semester’s worth of lesson plans and engaging activities at our biggest discount of 40% off! Packed with word walls, vocabulary practice, slideshows, bell ringers, printable timelines, unit tests, printable activities, digital activities, and so much more, you have EVERYTHING you need to successfully teach the first half of an Ancient Civilizations class!With 90 resources, this bundle covers Early Humans and Pr
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ready to plan out your entire Ancient Egypt unit with one click? This Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach about Ancient Egypt, whether you are a new teacher starting from scratch, a teaching veteran looking to mix things up, or someone who wants to both engage their students while taking back their time!Your time is incredibly valuable, so we believe that you shouldn’t have to spend hours and hours creating lesson plans and activities. We also believe that most
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Greece Unit Bundle | Activities, Projects, Map, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ready to plan out your entire Ancient Greece unit with one click? This Ancient Greece Unit Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach about Ancient Greece, whether you are a new teacher starting from scratch, a teaching veteran looking to mix things up, or someone who wants to both engage their students while taking back their time!Your time is incredibly valuable, so we believe that you shouldn’t have to spend hours and hours creating lesson plans and activities. We also believe that mo
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Greece Unit Plan Bundle: Activities, Projects, Map, & Lessons
This amazing Ancient Greece Unit Bundle includes over 40 teaching resources about Ancient Greece with lesson plans for every day of the unit! Included are engaging projects, hands-on interactive notebook pages, digital learning activities with Google Drive, readings, worksheets, review games, assessments, and more! All of the following TpT resources are included in this bundle:Ancient Greece Google Drive Interactive NotebookAncient Greece Interactive NotebookAncient Greece Study Guide and Unit P
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Civilizations Bundle Part 2: Ancient China, Greece, Rome, + Middle Ages
This epic collection of Ancient Civilizations resources will provide you with a whole semester’s worth of lesson plans and engaging activities at our biggest discount of 40% off! Packed with word walls, vocabulary practice, slideshows, bell ringers, printable timelines, unit tests, printable activities, digital activities, and so much more, you have EVERYTHING you need to successfully teach the second half of an Ancient Civilizations class!With 90 resources and counting, this bundle covers Ancie
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6th - 9th
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GRAPES Ancient Civilizations Mini Unit Bundle | Posters, Activities, Project
Are you hoping to teach your students about the GRAPES of Civilization? If so, this is the resource for you! This GRAPES Ancient Civilizations Mini Unit Bundle includes everything you need to teach G.R.A.P.E.S. successfully...printable classroom posters, editable Google Slideshow, note sheets, and three different assessments and activities!Save 30% when you purchase this bundle!This bundle includes the following 6 resources:GRAPES Google Slideshow, Note Sheets, and Activity (Digital and Printabl
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6th - 9th
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River Valley Ancient Civilizations Unit Plan Bundle: Activities & Projects
This massive River Valley Civilizations unit bundle features absolutely EVERYTHING you will need for engaging units on Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, China, and the Indus River Valley! The download includes full lesson plans for every day of 2 complete units (Eastern & Western River Valley Civilizations), plus engaging activities to use for each day so you no need to prep or plan anything out. You'll have a full month planned out for you! All of the following resources are included in this bund
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7th - 10th
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Ancient Greece Writing Student Names with the Ancient Greek Alphabet Activity
I have used this activity many times as a starting point for studying the Ancient Greeks. The lesson plan/activity includes an introduction to the Greek alphabet, hints for writing your name using the ancient Greek alphabet, and some text examples of modern names written with the Greek alphabet. There is also a chart showing the Greek alphabet and the English sound each letter makes. I have also included images of nine different nametags completed by my students in the past years when they worke
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4th - 8th
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Ancient China Interactive Notebook Ancient China Activities Dynasties Geography
{Paper & Digital Versions Included!} This product contains interactive cut and paste learning material for students to create an organized social studies interactive notebook***Important Update - Now includes additional, colorful Digital Google Slides Version for Google Classroom! Designed for Distance Learning6th Grade Ancient Civilizations SeriesThis resource is part of the Ancient Civilizations (Entire) CurriculumAnswer Key Included Topics covered in this unit include: dynasties, aristocr
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5th - 8th
Prehistory Unit Plan Bundle: Projects & Activities on Ancient Civilizations
This fantastic Prehistory Unit includes everything you need for an engaging unit on Early Man in Ancient World History! The Bundle includes daily lesson plans plus amazing resources for teaching about early humans, artifacts and archaeology, the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras, the first human settlements, cave art, and more. Plus there are lesson plans detailing how to use each activity! All of the following TpT resources are included in your download:Prehistory and Early Humans Google Drive No
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7th - 10th
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The Stone Age Activities Resource Bundle | Early Humans | Archaeology Lesson
Early Human Activities | The Stone Age Resource Bundle | ArchaeologyThis bundled product contains the following 9 StudentSavvy resources!Curriculum Map & Lesson Planning Templates (Digital & Print Google Docs Microsoft Word) Morning Work | Bell Ringers (Digital Google Slides & Print) Reading Passages (TpT Digital Activity & Print)Interactive Notebook (Google Slides & Print) Interactive PowerPoint (Google Slides & PPT)STEM Challenges (TpT Digital Activity & Print)Googl
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3rd - 8th
Ancient Rome Unit Bundle | Activities, Simulation, Notes, Timeline, Test
Ready to plan out your entire Ancient Rome unit with one click? This Ancient Rome Unit Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach about Ancient Rome, whether you are a new teacher starting from scratch, a teaching veteran looking to mix things up, or someone who wants to both engage their students while taking back their time!Your time is incredibly valuable, so we believe that you shouldn’t have to spend hours and hours creating lesson plans and activities. We also believe that most tex
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5th - 8th
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Ancient World Unit Bundle #1 with Lessons, Activities, Doodle Notes, Maps
This bundle includes lots of great interactive activities that your students will love! For descriptions of each included item click the links below:Archaeological Dig: Using Modern Objects to Learn About ArchaeologyTelling Time in History Doodle Notes and Digital Guided Notes Early Humans and the Stone Age Doodle Notes and Digital Guided Notes Features of a Civilization Doodle Notes Early River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamia Doodle Notes Set 1 for Fertile Crescent and Sumer Mesopotamia Doodle
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6th - 9th
Stone Age and Early Humans Unit Bundle | Activities, Simulation, Notes, Test
Ready to plan out your entire Early Humans and Stone Age unit with one click? This Early Humans Unit Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach about Prehistory and Early Humans, whether you are a new teacher starting from scratch, a teaching veteran looking to mix things up, or someone who wants to both engage their students while taking back their time!Your time is incredibly valuable, so we believe that you shouldn’t have to spend hours and hours creating lesson plans and activities.
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Invention Debate for PDF and Google Drive | Achievements
This Mesopotamia Madness Invention Debate Activity is the most engaging way to teach about Ancient Mesopotamia inventions! This resource will not only highlight many of the great accomplishments and legacy of the inventions of Mesopotamia, but it will also excite your students, due to the use of March Madness-style brackets. Furthermore, this interactive activity gives your students the chance to debate the importance of each invention and evaluate the ways that these early inventions have shape
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6th - 9th
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Introducing Historical Themes & Artifacts Through Moana
My favorite scene in Moana is when she discovers who her people really are--and who she is!--by studying the historical artifacts in the cave her grandmother shows to her. Use this scene as a guide to introduce historical concepts and historical artifacts to your students. This activity can serve as a framework for the historical artifacts and concepts you will study all year! Includes:Detailed Teacher InstructionsLesson PlanGraphic OrganizerOptional Extension Activities
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5th - 8th
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World History MEGA Bundle #1 Ancient Civilizations: Prehistory to Ancient Greece
This amazing MEGA-bundle includes 4 complete units for Ancient History together for an incredible money and time saving deal! The 4 units in this bundle are PrehistoryWestern River Valley CivilizationsEastern River Valley CivilizationsAncient Greece. There's over 120 total resources in this one download with complete lesson plans for every day! If you would like to see previews of the units and reviews from teachers you can click on each included unit individually: ⭐ Prehistory Unit Bundle⭐ Rive
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6th - 10th
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World History Mega Bundle of Unit Lessons, Activities, Maps, Doodle Notes & More
The World History Massive Bundle is a growing bundle of all of my World History products. It currently contains all of my engaging World History activities and products. This is not a complete bundle, but I am continually adding to it. As I add to this bundle, the price will increase. When you buy it, you will get all of the future additions to the pack for free. The price reflects that this is an INCOMPLETE BUNDLE with unit gaps.Click on the preview to see all of the products included in this m
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6th - 10th
World Religions Research Project
This World Religions resource contains everything you need for your students to complete amazing research project presentations!The directions are worded so that the final presentations can be completed as PowerPoints or posters depending on student preference or your computer access. The download also includes all of the following:A 4 page directions sheet with simple instructions on the requirements, steps to complete the project, suggested internet sources, a rubric, checklist, and example. A
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5th - 11th
West African Empires Ghana, Mali, Songhai Close Reading & Activity Set Worksheet
This student-centered activity includes three one and two-page close readings and four activity options covering the West African Trading Empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. As in all of our reading products, the close readings are key concepts for social science focused (GRAPES), analyzing the geography, economy, leadership, achievements, religion, and social classes of each empire.Here's what comes with this activity set:1. Close Readings for Ghana, Mali, and Songhai2. Ghana, Mali, and Songha
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5th - 9th
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Ancient Egypt Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Geography - Nile River
These Ancient Egypt worksheets introduce students to the geography of this ancient civilization, specifically the Nile River. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual student annotations. ....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it even better! Updated December 2023 to include a PDF version!Completely updated in November 2022 to include more content!!STUDENTS WILL...Read the informational text about the Nile River and answer reading comprehensi
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6th - 10th
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Early Man Stations and Project – Paleolithic, Neolithic, Civilization Features
This resource includes five engaging Early Man learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete tasks and assignments Check this out! Students will complete their work on flame shapes that they will transform into a 3-D fire. They’ll “build” elements of
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5th - 8th
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Find Ancient History resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about ancient history, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of ancient history resources available, including activities and lessons on ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient China, and ancient Mesopotamia, to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach ancient history to your students with ease.
Ancient history activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about ancient history:
Map Making
With map-making activities you can not only teach students about ancient civilizations, but also incorporate geography into your lessons. As they label and color maps, students can learn about important places in ancient civilizations, chart trade routes, and learn how empires expanded (and fell) over time.
Primary Source Analysis
One of the best ways to learn about ancient civilizations is through the artifacts and writings of people from that particular period of time. Encourage students to analyze primary sources to gain a deeper understanding about bygone eras of history. For instance, you can have students read accounts of the destruction of Pompeii and discuss it as a class.
Centers & Stations
Through the use of centers, students can collaborate and discuss topics and content they examine for each era in history. For example, you can have students navigate through four or five different centers or stations to help them learn about different aspects of Ancient Chinese culture, like literature, geography, government, and major historical events or achievements.
By making ancient history come to life through a variety of interactive and immersive activities, teachers can help students develop a deeper appreciation for the subject.
Frequently asked questions for teaching about ancient history
What is ancient history?
Ancient history refers to the period of human history that takes place from the invention of writing to late antiquity (spanning from about 3000 BC to AD 650). This era includes the study of various ancient civilizations, such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, and others. Ancient history plays a critical role in helping us understand the origins and development of human civilizations and the influence it had on contemporary cultures and societies.
What are examples of ancient history?
The Persian Wars, the rise of the Tang Dynasty, the campaigns of Alexander the Great, and the decline and fall of the Roman empire are all examples of important milestones and events that you can teach about in ancient history.
What types of ancient history resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of ancient history resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units.
How do I find ancient history resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing ancient history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ancient history resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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