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Ancient Rome Map Activity - Sharp School
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): italy (30), map skills (64), maps (224), romans (52), rome (37)
In the Classroom
Have students use the map to trace the paths of Roman military expansion and trade routes. They can label key cities and locations where Roman influence spread and then research how these areas contributed to the growth of the empire in terms of resources, culture, and power. Students can choose a specific region within the Roman Empire (Egypt, Gaul, or Hispania) and research how its geography affected Roman life. Students can present their findings in a multimedia format such as Padlet, reviewed here or Visme, reviewed here. After completing the map, organize a debate on the impact of geography on the rise and fall of civilizations. Students can use the map to argue how geographical features like rivers, mountains, and proximity to other cultures either helped or hindered the Romans in their empire-building.Ancient Rome 101 - National Geographic
Grades
6 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): italy (30), julius caesar (11), romans (52), rome (37)
In the Classroom
After watching the video, have students create a visual timeline of Rome's three major periods (Regal, Republican, Imperial). Include key events, rulers, and innovations discussed in the video. Students can use Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here or Turbo Timeline Maker, reviewed here to make digital timelines. Assign small groups to research one Roman innovation mentioned in the video (such as aqueducts, roads, or gladiator combat). Have them create a model of their innovation. Have students explore how the Romans were influenced by other civilizations, such as the Etruscans and Greeks, as mentioned in the video. They can create a Venn diagram using Canva, reviewed here to compare Roman art, architecture, or religion with that of the Greeks or Etruscans.Ancient Egypt - Crash Course
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Create a giant "knowledge pyramid" in the classroom. Divide students into groups and assign each group a topic related to Ancient Egypt (ex., pyramids, mummies, pharaohs, hieroglyphs, gods and goddesses). Have them research their topic, summarize key points, and add them to a section of the pyramid (using poster paper or a whiteboard). Teach students the basics of Egyptian hieroglyphs using a simple alphabet chart. Then, have them create short secret messages for classmates to decode, or write their names using hieroglyphs. Provide art supplies or digital design tools, such as Genially, reviewed here and have students design their own Egyptian-style tomb for a fictional pharaoh.Ancient Egypt and the Nile - Smithsonian
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): asia (125), egypt (59), rivers (16), virtual field trips (132)
In the Classroom
Before starting the tour, provide students with a list of specific landmarks or details to look for during the virtual journey (ex., "Find a statue of a pharaoh" or "Locate the Sphinx"). This will keep them actively engaged while exploring. After the tour, have students design and write a postcard as if they were visiting one of the featured sites. Encourage them to describe what they saw, how they felt, and what they learned about the location. They can design a postcard digitally with Canva, reviewed here or a similar drawing tool. Challenge students to create an original model of an Egyptian-inspired monument using recycled materials or digital tools like CoSpaces, reviewed here. Have them explain the purpose of their structure and how it reflects ancient Egyptian culture.Ancient Egypt Facts and History - National Geographic
Grades
3 to 7In the Classroom
Provide students with a chart of hieroglyphics and have them create "artifacts" such as scrolls, cartouches, or drawings that include simple messages. Discuss how hieroglyphs were used to record history and tell stories. Create a large class map of Egypt on butcher paper or online using Google Earth, reviewed here highlighting the Nile River. Have students label key locations like the pyramids, major cities, and farming regions and discuss how the Nile shaped Egyptian life. Introduce students to a few Egyptian gods and their stories. Have students pick a god or goddess to research further and create a short story or drawing about their chosen deity's role and significance. Create and share the stories using Sway, reviewed here.Ancient Egypt 101 - National Geographic
Grades
5 to 8tag(s): asia (125), egypt (59), pyramids (24), STEM (306), writing (325)
In the Classroom
Before watching the video, create a "pyramid" diagram on the board with three levels. Have students write what they know about ancient Egypt at the top, what they think they know in the middle, and what they want to know at the base. Use this as a starting point to spark curiosity and frame their learning goals. Provide students with a hieroglyphic alphabet chart and ask them to write their names or simple messages. Discuss how writing innovations impacted Egyptian society and compare them to modern writing systems. Compare using a tool such as ClassTools Interactive Venn Diagrams reviewed here. You can click on the right side to choose between a two or three-circle Venn diagram. Challenge students to investigate one of Egypt's STEM innovations (the shaduf, architecture of pyramids, or calendar systems) and create a model to explain its significance and application in daily life.Flags Challenge - Genially
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): continents (33), countries (73), digital escapes (17), flags (20), mysteries (24)
In the Classroom
Share this escape room activity with students as they practice learning flags worldwide. As students participate in the activity, they travel between continents; include this information in your lessons about geography and continents. Extend learning and ask students to research one of the countries in the escape room and share their knowledge using Sway, reviewed here or Canva Docs, reviewed here.The Roman World - Penn Museum
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Using the website's information on Roman engineering, ask students to research aqueducts or roads. Challenge them to build a small model using household materials and explain how the engineering principles work. Assign students an artifact from the website to study. Have them describe the artifact's features, guess its use, and discuss what it reveals about Roman daily life or culture in a video using Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here or moovly, reviewed here. Have students create a travel itinerary for a Roman citizen, detailing what they would see, do, and experience while traveling through the Roman World.Reading Treks: So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix - TeachersFirst
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9 to 12tag(s): civil war (140), diversity (43), emancipation proclamation (14), identity (34), maps (224), novels (34), social and emotional learning (109), virginia (15)
In the Classroom
Use this Reading Trek as a guide to integrating a book study into your lessons on the Civil War. Create a template for your book study in Book Creator, reviewed here for students to complete during their activities while reading the book and conducting the virtual tour. Enhance understanding by including timelines created with MyLens, reviewed here, videos made with Motioon, reviewed here, and annotated images created with ClassTools Image Annotator, reviewed here. If this is your first book study, consider completing the Book Creator activities as a class or assigning a book to small groups. This Reading Trek is also perfect for gifted middle school students as an integrated learning activity that explores the book's different themes.Explorers for Kids - Ducksters
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): explorers (64)
In the Classroom
Create cards with explorers' names and separate cards with their achievements or discoveries. After students research the explorers using the Ducksters site, have them work in pairs or groups to match the explorers to their accomplishments. Ask students to research an explorer and identify items they might have traded or discovered on their journeys. Set up a "trading post" in the classroom where students can present their findings and explain the significance of their items to others. Have students act as news reporters covering a major expedition. Using information from the Ducksters site, students can write and present a news report about the explorer's journey, challenges, and discoveries. Students can use a video creation tool like Animoto, reviewed here or Powtoon, reviewed here to record and share their news report.African, Jewish, and Middle Eastern Studies - Library of Congress
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6 to 12tag(s): africa (170), jews (50), middle east (50), religions (112)
In the Classroom
Assign students to read articles or watch videos from the site and facilitate an online discussion board using a tool like Padlet, reviewed here. Use digital mapping tools like Google My Maps, reviewed here or a paper map to create maps showing migration patterns, key cities, and historical events. Provide students with printed art samples or lyrics from traditional songs. Students can analyze them in groups and present their interpretations through live discussions, essays, or visual recreations.Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard - Global Alliance for Food Security
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6 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (176), inequalities (25), maps (224), nutrition (139), STEM (306), sustainability (51)
In the Classroom
Integrate the maps in this site into any lesson about countries and continents, global insecurities, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Incorporate Thinking Routines at Project Zero's Thinking Toolbox, reviewed here to extend learning and encourage the development of student's critical thinking skills. For example, use the Think, Puzzle, Explore routine to set the stage for students to consider what they know about global food needs and how they might further explore the information on the map. After researching this site and others, ask students to share their learning as part of a multimedia presentation created with Sway, reviewed here or Book Creator, reviewed here.Talking Tours - Google Arts and Culture
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4 to 12tag(s): archeology (30), artificial intelligence (186), deserts (17), forests (30), landmarks (22), maps (224), museums (53), virtual field trips (132)
In the Classroom
Take your students to the world's most famous cultural landmarks without leaving your classroom using Talking Tours. Use this Google Experiment to enhance learning by exploring specific locations in books or mentioned in history lessons. If you have five minutes to fill at the end of a class period, ask students to select a location to explore and ask questions. Extend learning using a timeline generation tool like MyLens, reviewed here to create a timeline that shares the story of critical events in the location you are exploring. Further, extend learning by finding or creating an interactive chatbot such as those available on SchoolAI, reviewed here. For example, when visiting Nelson's Column, found at Trafalgar Square in London, search for a "Space" featuring Lord Nelson and invite your students to interact and ask questions to learn more about his epic sea battles.Daily Life in the Indus Valley - BBC
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
Use the built-in quizzes as a classroom game, dividing students into teams to answer questions based on the content. After exploring the website's content on city planning, have students design an Indus Valley-inspired home using grid layouts or 3D models. Have students compare the Indus Valley Civilization with another ancient civilization, such as Mesopotamia or Egypt, focusing on city planning, trade, and cultural practices. Encourage students to research one aspect of the civilization, such as trade, artifacts, or religion, and use the website to create a multimedia presentation to share with the class. Use an online tool such as Powtoon, reviewed here or moovly, reviewed here.Ancient Indus Civilization Videos - Harappa.com
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Due to the length of some of the videos, teachers may be interested in editing the videos using tools like Clipchamp, reviewed here18306, Clipgrab, reviewed here, and ReClipped, reviewed here helpful for customization, annotation, or sharing key moments. Assign students to watch specific videos and create presentations or reports on topics like urban planning in Harappa or the significance of trade and seals in the civilization. Incorporate the videos into lessons that blend history with geography, science, or art, such as analyzing the engineering behind the drainage systems or recreating Harappan artifacts. Encourage students to use tools like Edpuzzle, reviewed here or PlayPosit, reviewed here to edit or annotate key parts of the videos, creating their own narrated summaries or visual analyses.6 Early Human Civilizations - History.com
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4 to 12tag(s): china (81), egypt (59), india (32), mesopotamia (32)
In the Classroom
Students can create a chart comparing the key characteristics (including government, agriculture, writing, and religion) of the civilizations in the article. The chart can also be made digitally using a tool such as Infogram, reviewed here. Using an online mapping tool like Google Earth, reviewed here, have students locate the geographic regions of the earliest civilizations and analyze how natural features (rivers, mountains) influenced their development. Students can design a mini-museum exhibit on a chosen civilization using posters, models, or dioramas showcasing key features like artifacts, buildings, and cultural practices. Students can also write a creative story imagining a day in the life of someone living in one of the early civilizations, incorporating details from the article.HungerMap Live - World Food Programme
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6 to 12tag(s): climate (85), climate change (100), cross cultural understanding (176), environment (252), maps (224), nutrition (139), STEM (306), sustainability (51)
In the Classroom
This interactive map is helpful for many purposes, including engaging students in exploring food security globally and serving as a research tool for in-depth studies of hunger and poverty worldwide. Access this map when studying specific nations or continents to highlight areas of conflict, climate issues, and poverty. Incorporate this map into your lessons that relate to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), find additional resources at TeachersFirst Resources Related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reviewed here. After allowing students time to explore the map on their own, use the link to the map to create a quiz in Quizizz, reviewed here or share the quiz with students to use as a guide for exploring the available information.Here's Why These Six Ancient Civilizations Mysteriously Collapsed - History.com
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6 to 12tag(s): india (32), mayans (32), mexico (46), native americans (117), vikings (10)
In the Classroom
Students can work in teams to design a hypothetical civilization that could thrive while addressing challenges faced by the ancient ones. Teams present their civilization plans as a poster, model, or digital presentation such as Visme, reviewed here or Google Slides, reviewed here. Using an online tool such as Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here, students could create a collaborative timeline showing when and how each civilization flourished and eventually declined. Students research a modern society facing similar challenges, including climate change and resource depletion, and compare it to one of the ancient civilizations discussed.PBS's East Meets West: The Impact of Trade on Europe and China - PBS's East Meets West: The Impact of Trade on Europe and China
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6 to 12tag(s): china (81)