Ancient history projects

Using a timeline is a skill that every new 6th grader needs help tackling. Here are 3 savvy activities for teaching ancient Egypt with timelines that will benefit...

Learning about history shouldn't just be fun, but meaningful. And meaningful shouldn't mean stressed out for you as you plan Ancient Civilization hands-on projects. My standard for hands-on is always the same - EASY. Grab this AWESOME round up of over 100 Hands-on Activities for learning about Ancient Civilizations. Click here! via @tinashomeschool

If you're studying Ancient history this year, it's crucial to add some hands-on activities into your lesson plans, like these that your teen will want to do.

There is no greater feeling, for teachers or students, than to experience the culmination of weeks of hard work. Especially when that hard work was interrupted, and interrupted again, with school closures and COVID scares. This is the story of my fourth grade class's ancient civilization museum and how we triumphed over the 2020/2021 school year. Backing up a little, last year I taught fourth grade in a small IB school in Germany. We were in school up until around January when the cases in…

This ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform activity is a fun, hands-on history experience. Become ancient scribes writing on clay tablets with reeds.

With this project, kids learn how this ancient civilization invented a system to grow crops. The most extraordinary thing about this is that we still use this system today! CLICK HERE to do this Ancient Mesopotamia Kids Hands-on History and STEM Irrigation Activity!

There are lots of cool projects for learning about ancient civilizations in 6th grade. But the ultimate project includes...

If you're on the hunt for hands-on and engaging ways to teach ancient history, then this post is filled with ideas for making social studies more interactive. For example, with this hands-on project, students learn all about ancient Egypt before turning their learning into an interactive sphinx. Students build flip-able parts of the sphinx poster while their progress through 6 different learning stations. The end result is a celebration of Egypt and their learning!

Explore Ancient Egypt for kids with LOTS of FUN, hands-on projects, crafts, and clever activities to make history come alive.