Hands-on activities add a ton of interest to the ancient history classroom. One of my favorites is creating an Egyptian mummy from a carrot! It’s low prep, low maintenance, and…
Middle School Social Studies
Primary Source DBQs in the Ancient History Classroom
Read, Take Notes, Study, Assess, Repeat. If you’re bored with your Social Studies lessons, why not spice it up with Primary Source Document Based Queries (DBQs). What is a Primary…
GRAPES – R is for Religion
What’s your most embarrassing classroom moment as a teacher? Take a second to get a good visual. Let’s compare! When my son was in 5th grade, he had to record…
GRAPES – G is for Geography
Let’s talk GRAPES. G is for Geography. Or maybe let’s not. When I started teaching ancient history I had no idea what to teach my middle schoolers about geography. My…
Teach Characteristics of Ancient Civilizations with GRAPES
So you’re teaching ancient civilizations this year. And maybe, like me 15 years ago, you have little to no ancient civilization content knowledge. I’d heard of Egypt and the pyramids….