We provide quality resources for teachers and homeschoolers on Ancient and Medieval History, our domain of expertise.
Here you will always find lesson plans for your students, together with plenty of engaging activities and supporting material.
Make sure to check out our collections where we gather, on a specific theme, articles (over 50 are audio), definitions, images (sometimes 3D), videos, maps from our website to help with class preparation and to make connections.
Make history relevant!
We provide quality resources for teachers and homeschoolers on Ancient and Medieval History, our domain of expertise.
Here you will always find lesson plans for your students, together with plenty of engaging activities and supporting material.
Make sure to check out our collections where we gather, on a specific theme, articles (over 50 are audio), definitions, images (sometimes 3D), videos, maps from our website to help with class preparation and to make connections.
Make history relevant!
A lesson plan to present your students with everything they need to know about the Viking Age in general (includes STEM activities!):
important characters
warfare
ships
women
food
runes
It includes many links towards reliables resources for :
articles,
audio articles
several great videos
3D objects
fantastic very detailed STEM activities from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Enjoy your teaching!
**Discover Shinto through its beliefs, values and rituals ** - 25 pages of lesson plan, activities, homework and assignments, keys and marking grids. All you need to teach on that subject: included and ready to print in this resource!
Objectives
● Discover a new religion and its gods: Shinto.
● Engage pupils to reflect on their community and own values. Why do we do what we do in our everyday lives?
● Raise awareness in the classroom about values and accountability.
● Engage pupils into talking about their feelings and how to handle them.
● Practice pupils’ analytical and oral presentation skills.
Content - 25 pages
● Detailed course plan divided into two units of about 60 to 90 minutes each. Each unit has sub-units which you can teach separately as well, to fit your schedule better.
● Varied resources, and ready-to-print activities.
● The Microsoft Word format allows you to adapt the course content and worksheet to the specific needs of your pupil.
● Homework in lieu of assessments; however, you’re free to use them or any other worksheets as and when you see fit.
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Shinto, a religion with a twist
Introduction
Video and Questions
Mime game
Homework/Assignment
Unit 2: Amaterasu and Susanoo
Homework Review
Collecting & Summarising data
Homework/Assignment
Supporting material
Worksheet 1 Discovering Shinto
Worksheet 1 - KEYS Discovering Shinto
Worksheet 2 Charade game
Worksheet 3 Shinto shrine complex
Worksheet 4 A special person…
Worksheet 5 Relationships: collecting data
Worksheet 6 Amaterasu and Susanoo
Worksheet 7 Presentation
Marking grid - Oral presentation
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Teaching ideas for your classroom: Start your class with a sound extract of Beowulf performed in old English or a Led Zeppelin song including Tho! To go with it, plenty of wonderful articles (many of them audio articles), videos, and pictures on:
Odin
Freyja
Thor
Loki
Freyr
Edda
Beowulf
Don’t forget to check out the videos and web links on this collection, they are great addition to engage your students!
**Ancient Japan - Discovering Shinto: The power of rituals and beliefs. ** - 27 pages of lesson plan and engaging activities. All you need to teach on that subject included in this resource and ready to print!
Objectives
● Discover a new religion: Shinto.
● Raise awareness in the classroom about personal values.
● Engage pupils to reflect on their community and their own beliefs and rituals: Where do they come from? Are they important? Do they evolve with time?
● Engage pupils into talking about religions.
● Practice pupils’ analytical and oral presentation skills.
Content - 27 pages
● Detailed course plan divided into two units, each of which has sub-units teachable separately to fit your schedule.
● Varied resources, and ready-to-print activities.
● The Microsoft Word format allows you to adapt the course content and worksheet to the specific needs of your pupils.
● Homework in lieu of assessments; however, you’re free to use them or any other worksheets as and when you see fit.
● Marking grids for teachers, skill sheets for the pupils.
Table of Content
Unit 1: Are some beliefs universal?
Background
Collecting data
Discovering Shinto
Critical brainstorming
Homework/Assignment
Unit 2: A religion based on rituals
Background
Homework Review
Understanding key notions
Analysing a text
Homework/Assignment
Supporting material
Worksheet 1 Your values
Worksheet 2 Key Concepts in Shinto
Key Concepts in Shinto
Worksheet 3 Values versus beliefs - Essay
Tips to write a good essay
Marking grid - Essay
Worksheet 4 Rituals versus beliefs
Worksheet 5 No prophet, no holy texts?
Worksheet 6 Presentation: Your own values, beliefs and rituals… over time.
Marking grid- Oral presentation
Note: Cover image by James Blake Wiener. Uploaded by James Blake Wiener, published onwww.ancient.eu on 20 April 2017 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Lesson plan, worksheets and keys, discussion leads and (optional) project: this activity has been designed to fit a 30-45-minute slot for your class.
It can be used by any teacher and educator and is suitable for on-line teaching.
We hope it will help your students grasp the seriousness of the current Covid-19/Coronavirus situation and better understand their civic responsibilities in response to it.
For more literature on plagues in history, check our collection on the subject: https://www.ancient.eu/collection/68/plagues-in-history/
We wish you all the best in these challenging times.
Take care and be safe!
We have prepared three lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format.
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format.
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays.
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive. list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.).
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay.
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids.
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Gift of the Nile
Barter, Beer, and Bread
Nile, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Trade
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
We have prepared five lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format.
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format.
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays.
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive. list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.).
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay.
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids.
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Old Kingdom - Kings & Pyramids
Middle Kingdom - The Classical Age
New Kingdom - Pharaohs & Empire
The Hyksos, & the Amarna Period
Famous Female Pharaohs
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
We have prepared three lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format.
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format.
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays.
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.).
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay.
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids.
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Balance & Harmony
Egyptian Gods & Mythology
Egyptian Religion & Worship
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
We have prepared three lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format.
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format.
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays.
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.).
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay.
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids.
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Egyptian Pyramids & the Sphinx
Egyptian Art & Symbols
Egyptian Hieroglyphs & the Rosetta Stone
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
3 complete lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies.
You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome on our shop and let us know what you think! You will find plenty of material on the following topics:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Government and society in Ancient Rome
Warfare and battles
Innovations and architecture
Religion
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching material, please contact us.
Cover image from Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers, used with permission.
3 lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Government and Society
Warfare and Battles
Innovations and Architecture
Economy and Trade
Daily life
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers, please contact us.
Cover illustration copyright by Mohawk Games, used with permission.
Four lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Greek Forces
The Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian Wars
Alexander’s Macedonian Empire
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
Four lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic, too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Greek Drama
Greek Architecture
Greek Philosophy
Greek Art
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
Five lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Greeks and the Sea
Development of Greek Coinage
Greek Pottery and the Amphora
Olive Oil and Wine
Colonization and Colonies
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
Cover illustration copyright by Karwansaray Publishers, used with permission.
Five lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Daily Life
Greek Religion
Greek Mythology and the Twelve Olympian Gods
Five Defining Athenians
Myth and Legend Trivia
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
Five lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic, too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
The Minoans
The Mycenaeans
The Spartans
Athenian Democracy
The Polis, Tyranny, and Ostracism
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.
Cover image illustration copyright by Mohawk Games, used with permission.
One lesson plan including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys.
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes the following topic:
The Hellenistic Period
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Here is a little game to introduce Halloween into your social studies class without going off-topic! Instructions and lesson plan included.
Instructions
• Print the PDF
• Cut out each of the 8 cards
• Cut out the parts of the cards that you want to be matched. For example, you could cut out the description and leave the title and picture together
• Mix the cards and have the students match the illustration and its definition for each card in small groups
This game will allow your students to discover some of the most fearsome creatures, gods and goddesses from ancient times!
Do check out our two other collections about ancient ghosts and unsolved ancient mysteries… you’ll find plenty of articles, images, videos and suggested lesson plans and tips!
Happy Halloween!
Two lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework and keys as well as:
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations and essays
Recommended resources to provide you and your students a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.)
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
Check out our other resources on Ancient Rome on our shop and let us know what you think! you will find plenty of material on the following topics:
Fall of Rome
Rome’s Legacy
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Government and society in Ancient Rome
Warfare and battles
Economy and trade
Religion
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching material, please contact us.
We have prepared three lesson plans including classroom activities, assignments, homework, and keys as well as:
Multiple choice quiz questions in an excel format.
Glossary of keywords and concepts in an excel format.
Open questions adaptable for debates, presentations, and essays.
Recommended resources to provide you and your students with a comprehensive list of trustworthy references on the topic (includes all media types: videos, texts, primary resources, maps, podcasts, 3D models, etc.).
Tools to give your students such as tips to write a great essay.
Tools to make your life easier, such as marking grids.
Make sure to check out our games and quizzes on this topic too!
All our education material is varied and built to develop middle and high-school students’ skills to succeed in social studies. You will also find several alternatives in the lesson plans to allow for differentiation and adaptation to your students’ level of ability.
This pack includes all of the following topics:
Home & Leisure
Social Classes & Women
Burial & the Egyptian Afterlife
We are a non-profit organization and it is one of our goals to provide quality material to teachers by building engaging courses and finding reliable sources. If you want to join our team of volunteers and help us create great teaching resources, please contact us.