Secondary indigenous peoples resources

This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Preliminary course Part I - Investigating the Past: History, Archaeology & Science It can also be used as a part of the Case Study: Bodies of Evidence The focus of this presentation is on Lindow Man - discovery, excavation, reconstruction, preservation, and using his remains to inform us about life in Celtic/Roman Britain. The presentation assists students to make decisions about the appropriateness of displaying human remains and whether archaeological remains should be displayed where they are found (to benefit local tourism) or sent to major centres where there are currently more tourists.

Great resource when learning about the Mayans. After a look at how Mayans communicated and how their number and writing system works, your class could try out this interesting activity, creating their own codices. They could write their name and a few sentences for a friend to decode.

Printables to use alongside my Celtic series or within your own Celt lessons Worksheets include: dress a Celtic Warrior, Make a Brooch Word puzzle and more Comes in pdf format so you can keep them all in one place to use time and time again

Early River Civilizations PowerPoint w/Video+Presenter Notes This 38 slide PowerPoint includes engaging video clips and presenter notes that aid your understanding of each slide and can act as a cheat sheet for details you may forget. Some slides have discussion questions to help engage your students. Save some money by getting this product along with the entire unit. Go to Ancient River Valley Civilizations Entire Unit Bundled. PowerPoint Includes these ancient civilizations Mesopotamia Sumer, Tigris, Euphrates Rivers Social Classes Religion Ziggurats Cuneiform Inventions Akkad, Sargon I Babylon Hammurabi’s Code Egypt Nile Valley King Narmer/Menes Dynasties - Old, Middle, & New Kingdoms Government, Vizier, bureaucracy Pyramids Hyksos Queen Hatshepsut Ramses II Nubians Egyptian Culture Religion Mummification King Tut, Howard Carter Social Classes Rosetta Stone Science, Mathematics and Engineering Indus River Valley Civilization Geography Farm and trade Urban Planning Religion End Theories China and the Shang Dynasty Huang He(Yellow) and Yangzi Rivers Dynasties - Xia, Shang, Zhou Social Classes Religion -Shang Di - Oracle Bones - Yin and Yang Writing Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cylce Silk, Silk Road More awesome stuff on the way, “follow me” to be the first to know about new products! Also, follow me on Pinterest at World History Ideas!

Prehistoric Humans to Civilizations Unit includes Prehistoric Humans Powerpoint, and the Rise of Civilizations Powerpoint with short video links. Unit also includes, warm up powerpoint, informational text documents with questions, maps, exit tickets, crossword review, and assessment. Everything is put together with detailed daily lesson plans. Just copy and paste to your lesson plans. Powerpoints include video clip links, and presenter notes. Presenter notes aid your understanding of each slide and can act as a cheat sheet for details you may forget. Some slides have discussion questions into help engage your students. Topics Include • Cave Paintings at Lascaux • BCE(B.C.) vrs CE(A.D.) • Prehistory • Archaeology - Artifacts • Radiocarbon dating and DNA Analysis • Paleolithic Age - Hunters & Gatherer Bands - Nomads - Animism • Hominids - Australopithecus and Lucy - Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon • Neolithic Revolution and its effects • New Technologies - Calendar, Plow, Irrigation • Civilization - Eight Features of a Civilization - Advanced Cities, Organized Government, Complex Religions, Job Specialization, - Social Classes, Arts & Architecture, Public Works, Writing • Pastoralists • Bronze Age • Cultural Diffusion

Students answer literal, inferential and analytical questions on a given text. Students could also define highlighted words.

Students read a passage on Mungo man and Mungo lady. Students then create their own meaning for given words and complete a cloze exercise using the words. Students then answer questions that are either literal, inferential or analytical.

This bundle gives a lot of material to enrich and reinforce your unit on Ancient American Civilizations. Included are: Power Point -Early Ancient American Civilization A 20 slide Power Point describing the arrival of the first Americans from other continents and the changes as their cultures evolved. The Olmec, Chavin, and Moche cultures are described and the reason they are called “Mother Cultures” is explained. An excellent resource to introduce or review the very early Americans. Power Point -Teotihuacán, and the Aztec, Maya, and Inca A beautiful 35 slide Power Point describing the life and times of the Ancient American Civilizations including the city of Teotihuacán, and the Aztec, Maya, and Inca people. A good introduction with many details including customs and foods. The presentation can provide a good review using colorful slides with a light touch that students will find fun. Ancient American Civilization Power Point A 22 slide Power Point about Ancient American Civilizations. It includes the Anasasi people and the Mound people and a description of their cities and culture. WebQuest: Ancient Mesopotamia-The Ziggurat This is a web search designed to give students historical background knowledge about the Ziggurats and their role in the history of Ancient Mesopotamia. WebQuest Collection: The Aztec Empire https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WebQuest-Collection-The-Aztec-Empire-830705 For a total of 3 Power Point presentations and 2 WebQuests

A teaching strategy to enhance writing skills along with collecting information on famous personalities. This source can be used for discussion on various historical figures, mathematicians, scientists, geologists etc.

Touches on the following topics: atlatl, Dominguez & Escalante, Wicki-ups, Hogans, Anasazi, Fremont, Utes, Navajo, Shoshone, Goshute, Paiute, Utah Native American culture, Jim Bridger, and Jedediah Smith Defines the following terms: Adapt, Primary sources, Migration, Petroglyphs, Cache, and Rendezvous Easy to edit to fit your needs!

Get all my Native American resources, highly recommended by TES and others for one great price! Includes notes, presentations, projects, activities, assignments, and an Aztec primary source analysis. Many of these are things I used when teaching U.S History, but I have taken the time to perfect them in a way that excites me as a teacher and I feel will do the same for you and your students. It is not designed to be a comprehensive information unit about Native groups as that would be impossible since there were hundreds just in the U.S. It is designed as an introduction to five very different groups and as a way to help students appreciate the past and those cultures, understand how knowledge about them can help us today, and develop the critical thinking skills that come from primary source analysis.