ENGAGING HISTORY POWER POINTS Mr. Harms has designed a number of Power Point and Keynote Presentations with key Social Studies Concepts and Critical Thinking Questions to help students understand history. Designed by a teacher for teachers, this History Presentation focuses on North and West African Civilizations 700 AD To 1500 AD. Overview This presentation is designed to give students an overview of the different types of societies, geography and Government systems of Early Africa. Students will be shown maps, animations and descriptions of some of the major events. Customizable This History Presentation is totally customizable, allowing you to add your own pictures, graphics and animations to take what we’ve done even farther. Benefit What is your time worth? Our basic pricing system for History Presentations is 10 cents per slide. Some title slides may only take 30 seconds to create, but complex slides with animations and coordinated builds for complicated topics may take 30 minutes or more. It’s not unusual for a presentation to take between 3 and 7 hours of work. What could you do with 6 or 7 free hours? Topics Included The topics include: Muslim States, Maghrib, Berbers, Almoravids, Almohads, Ibn Yasin, Ibn Tumart, Sahara, Ghana, Iron, Gold-Salt, Slave Trade, Mali, Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Timbuktu, Ibn Battuta, Songhai, Sunni Ali, Askia Muhammad, Hausa, Yoruba, Benin, Portuguese. Included In The Presentation Package: Keynote Presentation Power Point Presentation Text Edit file of the outline of the presentation and presenter’s notes. The package is a digital download (Zip File) of these three items. Modern World History Presentations We have a number of PowerPoints related to Ancient World History. These units are proven to engage students in a way that text books and documentaries can’t. Hundreds of teachers are using these lesson plans to bring history to life for students. It’s a unit you’ll use year after year. **Source: ** McDougal Littel’s World History: Patterns of Interaction Unit 3 An Age of Exchange and Encounter Chapter 15 North and Central African Societies Section 2 “West African Civilizations” Module 12 Societies and Empires of Africa Lesson 4 North and West African Civilizations ​​These materials were prepared by Harms LLC and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, publisher of the original WORLD HISTORY: Patterns of Interaction and World History work on which this material is based.

CREATE AN ENGAGING CLASS ROOM WITH THE TRENCH WARFARE GAME Objective: This interactive trench warfare game engages students in a hands on way, to understand the phrases: “Trench Warfare” and “No Man’s Land”. These may seem like boring vocabulary words to most students, but they'll mean something more to your students, as they face the daunting task of trying to brake the stalemate on the Western Front. This simulation takes place in 1916 on the Western Front when British and French Forces faced the German army in France and Belgium. Students will Problem Solve and Develop Strategy as how to break through each others lines. In the end, they'll realize that the Western Front punished the side on the offensive. Sending waves of men into blistering machine gun fire was pure insanity. Sequence Example: Artillery Attack: The Allies target a German zone, Sedan French Forces from the Marne Enter No Man’s Land #7 and are hit with heavy machine gun fire. The remaining French forces move into Sedan for the battle- casualties are taken off the map. Movement: The Allies move forces not used in battle. Objectives Allow students to feel the frustration and futility of offensives on the Western Front. Show students why the Western Front became a “stalemate”. List of Materials Included: Teacher Instructions Student Instructions Western Front Map Battle Calculator

Micro Lessons: I organized these lessons to increase engagement in my classroom by having smaller assignments in different formats. I thought this would help keep students engaged longer. What I didn’t expect was for it to make teaching more enjoyable for me. By breaking a lesson into 3-5 parts with different activities, teaching is more enjoyable. Students say the class period seems to go by fast! Micro Lessons are 15-20 Minute partial lessons over smaller sections of a lesson. File Types: (Power Point, Keynote)-Zip drive, Google Sheets, Google Docs Module 8 The Muslim World 8.1 The Rise off Islam 8.1a PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation: Deserts, Towns & Trade Routes 8.1b Individual Organizer: Muhammad, Prophet of Islam 8.1c PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation: Beliefs and Practices of Islam 8.2 Islam Expands 8.2a Collective Organizer: Muhammad’s Successors Spread Islam 8.2b PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation: Internal Conflict Creates a Crisis 8.2c Individual Organizer: Control Extends Over Three Continents 8.3 Muslim Culture 8.3a PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation: Muslim Society 8.3b Collective Organizer: Muslim Scholarship Extends Knowledge 8.3c PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation: Art and Sciences Flourish 8.3d Individual Organizer: Philosophy & Religion Bend Views PowerPoint/Keynote Presentation includes both Keynote and PowerPoints for that lesson and a Google Doc of the Presenter’s Notes, Higher Order Questions, Social Studies Concepts. Graphics and Animations that help students learn. Google Docs and Google Sheets have links for you to create a copy of the document. Please respect the work and do not share those with others. Individual Organizer (Google Sheets) Individual Graphic Organizer, Higher Order Questions, Social Studies Concepts Collective Organizer (Google Sheets) Group Graphic Organizer, Higher Order Questions, Social Studies Concepts Coggle: Free Mind Mapping program that allows students to organize their notes, concepts and links to more information. Unit Guide: Micro Lesson Plan for the Unit; including Answer Tab, Main Idea for the lesson, Success Criteria, Social Studies Concepts & Explanations. These materials were prepared by Harms LLC and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, publisher of the original World History Patterns of Interaction work, on which this material is based.

Online Learning Ready! Featuring a new online platform! One year subscription included with this lesson plan. European Imperialism In Asia & Africa Simulation Activity Key Objectives of the Activity: A. Understand the inter-relationship between: industrial production, natural resources and markets. (Why Imperialism happened) B. Understand the general geography of Africa. C. Understand how the advancement of technology impacted colonies and parent countries. This Imperialism Map Activity begins with 8 groups representing European Countries. At the start, each country has natural resources and industrial production that are equal in size. Groups have the option of spending their national income on research and development to increase their industrial production, their military for military conquest in Africa or they may save some income for a later turn. As each country makes their moves, students are watching and learning from each other. As Industrial production grows, income will only grow if markets and natural resources grow at the same rate.

This simulation is now Online Ready! World War 2 Simulation Activity for middle and high school students. This interactive World War 2 Lesson Plan is easy to set up and customize based on your class’s size. Students are assigned roles as leaders or foreign ministers of 18 countries involved in World War II (which can be combined for smaller class sizes). Students then begin by learning about the causes and background of The Second World War in the World Situation Summary. Leaders and foreign ministers begin meeting with other countries: forming alliances, negotiating deals and plotting strategy for war. The first day, 1939, the aggressor nations move quickly to capture the vital natural resources their countries lack: Iron Ore, Coal, Oil, Rubber. Guided by their objectives, students engage in diplomacy, negotiation and problem solving. The “magic” behind this World War 2 Lesson Plan is that students become emotionally involved with their countries and competitive about achieving their countries’ objectives. This World War 2 Simulation is a collection of Microsoft Word and Excel documents. The documents are organized in binders, for students and used in combination with the Asian and European War Maps on your projector to bring World War Two to life in your classroom! Now with Common Core Reports! This unit can be repeated each year and will be among your most popular lessons plans of the school year. World War II Online Simulation (1 Year) Included In order to gain access to the Online Platform you will need to email the seller and provide your email address to set up registration and gain access. All procedures are outlined in the instructions which are included.