For Teachers: Our Free Lesson Plans and Activities
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Ancient Mesopotamia: Ancient Mesopotamia Unit
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Ancient Mesopotamia: Translators Needed: Apply Within (Cuneiform Lesson Plan)
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Ancient Egypt: Stump the Audience, 1-2 class periods, group activity, Daily Life
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Ancient Egypt: Pharaoh's Fun House Concluding Activity
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Ancient Egypt: Egypt Bingo Review game
Ancient Greece: Ancient Greek Olympics Mini-Unit: A Simulation for the Classroom (3-5 days) with city-state backgrounds, and events
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Ancient Greece: Socrates, Classroom Activity (2-3 class periods, 55 minutes each) Mock Trial
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Ancient Greece: Early & Classical Greece Units
Ancient Rome: Can you save the Roman Republic? Lesson Plan, Ancient Rome.
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Ancient Rome: Gossip at the Forum, A Play for the Classroom (every student has a part)
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Ancient Rome: Emperors - What Makes a Good Leader? Classroom Activity
Ancient Rome: First Unit Test: Ancient Rome
Ancient China: Buddhist, Taoist, Confucianist, Legalist; How would each behave when faced with the same problems? Lesson Plan
Ancient China: Debates on Censorship: (2-3 days) Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty, debate set in modern times, Classroom Activity
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Ancient China: What is the difference between a proverb and a fable? (1-2 class periods)
Ancient China: The Silk Road Game (1-2 class periods)
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Feudal Japan: Samurai, Peasant, Artisan, Merchant, Simulation, Game
Archaeology, Early Humans, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India: Many Lesson Ideas (some ours, some emailed to us)
For Kids: Our Free Learning Sections
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Daily Life in Ancient Ireland, Scotland, Wales (Iron Age Celts)
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Deep in the Tombs of Egypt Two of our people have disappeared - Deep in the Tombs of Egypt!
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Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays Mini-histories, lesson ideas, activities for the classroom for holidays
Mrs. Donn's Special Section:
The Middle Ages for Kids

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