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Ancient Civilizations

Cinderella stories around the world in different cultures

March 28, 2023 · In: Ancient History

Embracing Cultural Diversity: 13 Cinderella Tales from Around the World

Did you know there are more than 900 written Cinderella stories around the world? That’s a lot of shoes!! One of the earliest Cinderella story versions dates to 1st Century…

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Making an Egyptian Mummy from a carrot

January 24, 2023 · In: Ancient History

From Veggie to Pharaoh: Transform a Simple Carrot into an Egyptian Mummy

Hands-on activities add a ton of interest to the ancient history classroom. One of my favorites is having students make an Egyptian mummy from a carrot!   This fun Ancient Egypt…

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Hand holding cuneiform tablet with Egyptian Book of the Dead in the background

December 2, 2022 · In: Ancient History

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…

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Teaching religions of Ancient Cultures including Egypt

October 28, 2022 · In: Ancient History

From Gods to Rituals: Teaching the Religions of Ancient Civilizations

 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…

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Elevation map of Iraw

October 13, 2022 · In: Ancient History

Mapping the Way: Teaching Geography to Middle School Students

When I started teaching ancient history I had no idea what to teach my middle schoolers about geography.  My one college geography course was just page after page of country…

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GRAPES for teaching ancient history and ancient civilizations

August 24, 2022 · In: Ancient History

Connecting the Dots: Using GRAPES to Teach Ancient Cultures

So you’re teaching ancient civilizations this year. And maybe, like me 15 years ago, you have little ancient civilization content knowledge. So where do you learn the what and how…

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