This packet covers the Middle Ages in Europe and includes my Geoffrey Chaucer worksheet and A Knight’s Tale viewing graphic organizer! Utilizing various kinds of questions including: fill-in, geography, documents, vocabulary, reading comprehension, graphic organizers, and writing assignments. These packets do not completely directly contain the answers and would be used in conjunction with notes or with student research (or as a review) The questions are cohesive, clear, concise, and examine student knowledge of the time period while emphasizing vital Social Studies skills

This packet covers the ages of Absolutism, Enlightenment, and the beginning of the Age of Revolution (introducing American Revolution and covering French Revolution through Napoleon) Utilizing various kinds of questions including: fill-in, geography, documents, vocabulary, reading comprehension, graphic organizers, and writing assignments. These packets do not completely directly contain the answers and would be used in conjunction with notes or with student research (or as a review) The questions are cohesive, clear, concise, and examine student knowledge of the time period while emphasizing vital Social Studies skills

Review questions created to follow a unit on Ancient Greece in a World History classroom Emphasis on Global perspectives and impact on World History Organizes into sections for “Place” and “People”

This is an article from Psychology Today with a brief overview of the synopsis of “Inside Out” and comprehension questions to go along with it, followed by a final question meant to be answered as students view the film. This is perfect for Psychology classes but can be used as an SEL lesson as well! Developed for high school but can be applied to middle grades as well!

Film Questions used/created for high school students This was used in a History of Film course focusing on Coming of Age films as the main point of study so the emphasis is on growing up Not a busy work question sheet but instead a guide to getting more out of the film and looking deeper at its characters and themes

This worksheet dissects the lyrics to the Billy Joel song “Goodnight Saigon” for students studying World and/or US History. Created to be handed out before song is played for class

This short article from Newsweek has been adapted as a piece of an introduction lesson for a World Religions and Belief Systems unit Worksheet includes guiding questions that open a perfect avenue for an introduction to unit discussion

This project involves creating stations where students move from space to space and study different images to figure out the answers to questions regarding the Middle Ages The stations are: Magna Carta, Tower of London, Printing Press, Stained Glass, and Trebuchet & Siege Warfare. Each station is meant to be accompanied by a picture or two (not included) You can easily access the images or have students work using computers to pull up the information to answer reflection questions When I do this project students have 5-6 minutes at each station and it fits nicely into a 40 minute class period.

This packet uses maps and guiding questions to help students through self-guided research on regional legends, myths, or folktales from Asia It is broken down into two parts: researching and summarizing tales from different regions and then creating an original project based on a tales of their choosing The regions identified are: Russia, China, Japan, India, Middle East, and Southeast Asia

Reading comprehension worksheet to introduce students to Geoffrey Chaucer and the film “A Knight’s Tale” Provides deeper understanding of who Geoffrey Chaucer was and his historical fiction character in the film Can be used as a film companion or assignment to complete as watching

This chart outlines the Cultural and Community Capital/Wealth for a Participation in Government class in high school It was used to begin a community service project in class Shows students that money is not the only kind of wealth and that they can find different sources for their own personal wealth throughout their lives. Also covers the terms “asset” and “liability” and how to utilize your own asset and liabilities

This project directs students to create a children’s book about the events of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. It features instructions/historical outline then asks students to create a short picture book with novelization following these major events. Includes both the project outline and rubric for grading.

This packet covers the Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, and Scientific Revolution Utilizing various kinds of questions including: fill-in, geography, documents, vocabulary, reading comprehension, graphic organizers, and writing assignments. These packets do not completely directly contain the answers and would be used in conjunction with notes or with student research (or as a review) The questions are cohesive, clear, concise, and examine student knowledge of the time period while emphasizing vital Social Studies skills

This packet covers the Fall of Rome, Rise of Byzantine, Mongols, Mings, Impacts of Christianity and Islam Utilizing various kinds of questions including: fill-in, geography, documents, vocabulary, reading comprehension, graphic organizers, and writing assignments. These packets do not completely directly contain the answers and would be used in conjunction with notes or with student research (or as a review) The questions are cohesive, clear, concise, and examine student knowledge of the time period while emphasizing vital Social Studies skiIls

This worksheet features diagrams of Ancient China’s Dynastic Cycle and the major important points regarding the Mandate of Heaven On the margin is a short writing assignment to check for understanding Graphic organizer format visually represents both concepts in an easy to understand way for students

This worksheet was created to be used while watching History Channel’s Engineering and Empire episode called “The Byzantines” which covered the Byzantine Empire with an emphasis on the Hagia Sophia It has questions (which go in order with the video) to go along with student viewing and reinforce important facts in a fun and interesting way

This worksheet outlines the major achievements from the Golden Age of the Islam Empire with follow-up questions included It was created for a World History course but can be used in a variety of cultural and geographical based courses Variety of question type and images to give a broad range of information!

This packet covers the Age of Exploration aka the European Colonization of North America Utilizing various kinds of questions including: fill-in, geography, documents, vocabulary, reading comprehension, graphic organizers, and writing assignments. These packets do not completely directly contain the answers and would be used in conjunction with notes or with student research (or as a review) The questions are cohesive, clear, concise, and examine student knowledge of the time period while emphasizing vital Social Studies skills

This file contains the information for getting students started on a project on other genocides when studying the Holocaust Project Outline is included as well as background information on all historical genocides Detailed information for project and on each historical genocide

This packet covers the Classical Mediterranean Civilizations (Greece, Rome, Byzantine Utilizing various kinds of questions including: fill-in, geography, documents, vocabulary, reading comprehension, graphic organizers, and writing assignments. These packets do not completely directly contain the answers and would be used in conjunction with notes or with student research (or as a review) The questions are cohesive, clear, concise, and examine student knowledge of the time period while emphasizing vital Social Studies skills

Brief introduction followed by questions to help accompany a US History class as they view the 2005 film, Cinderella Man This was a collaboration of guiding questions to help students pull important information, facts, and reality from the film Uses information from the plot and characters to build a better picture of the world in the 1920s in America during the Great Depression