Mr. Donn's Ancient History Lesson Plans & Units

1. Ancient Mesopotamia Unit

2. Early & Classical Greece Units

3. Ancient Greek Olympics Mini-Unit: A Simulation for the Classroom (3-5 days) with city-state backgrounds, and events   

4. Egypt Bingo  Test review game

5. Can you save the Roman Republic? Lesson Plan, Ancient Rome.

6. First Unit Test: Ancient Rome

7. Buddhist, Taoist, Confucianist, Legalist; how would each behave when faced with the same problems? Lesson Plan, Ancient China

8. Debates on Censorship: (2-3 days)  Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty, debate set in modern times. Lesson Plan, Ancient China

9. Lesson Ideas (some ours, some emailed to us) Easy to implement and very creative.
   
   
   

Mrs. Donn's Ancient Civilizations for Kids

1. The Life & Times of Early Man  

2. Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations (Index)  

3. Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia/Sumer/Babylon/Assyria 

4. Daily Life in Ancient Egypt  

5. Daily Life in Ancient Ireland, Scotland, Wales (Iron Age Celts) 

6. Daily Life in Ancient Greece

7. Daily Life in Ancient Rome

8. Daily Life in Ancient China

9. Daily Life in Ancient India  

10. Daily Life in Ancient Mongolia

11. Daily Life in the Middle Ages

12. Daily Life in Medieval Africa - Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Benin 

13. The Inca Empire (the Incas)

14. The Maya Empire (The Mayas) 

15. Native Americans in Olden Times 

16. Deep in the Tombs of Egypt  Two of our people have disappeared - Deep in the Tombs of Egypt!

17. The Chinese Calendar (zodiac)

18. The Three Teachings (Confucianism, Taoism/Daoism, Buddhism)

19. Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays  Mini-histories, lesson ideas, activities for the classroom for holidays

20. Ancient Money - How Money Started 

21. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Word and in PowerPoint format

22. Free Presentations in PowerPoint format 
    retold by Lin Donn; illustrated by Phillip Martin 
    Free Powerpoints for Ancient History & Ancient Civilizations for Kids 
    Archaeology for Kids
    Early Humans
    Rameses II (Egypt) 
    Hermes & Apollo (Greece) 
    Nero at the Circus Maximus (Rome) 
    Nero Goes Insane (Rome) 
    Mercury & Apollo (Rome)
    Ancient Chinese Dragons (China) 
    The Story of Mulan (China) 
    Warrior Well (China/Mongolia) 
    The Most Ancient Race, the San People 
    Free Powerpoints for Native Americans in Olden Times for Kids
    The Hero Twins (Mayas) 
    The Invisible Warrior (Woodland Indians, A Cinderella Story)  
    Wise Owl (Northeast Woodland Indians, an Iroquois Myth)
    Clever Coyote (Plains Indians, a Buffalo Story)
    Child of Water & Little Blue Rock (Southwest Indians, An Apache Myth) 
    How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (NW Pacific Coastal Indians)
    Free Powerpoints for Holiday Culture & History for Kids
    Kwanzaa (African American) 
    Groundhog Day (American) 
    April Fool's (Many countries) 
    Halloween Bats
    The Ghost with the Most!
    Free PPTs: Aesop's Fables
    Aesop and His Fables 
    The Fox and the Crow 
    The Fox and Sick Lion 
    Free PPT's: 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
    The Seven Wonders
    Great Pyramid at Giza  
    Hanging Gardens of Babylon 
    Statue of Zeus at Olympia 
    Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 
    Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 
    Colossus of Rhodes 
    Lighthouse at Alexandria 
    Free PPT's: And more
    More - Current List 
     

23. Ancient Myths & Folktales for Kids (Word format)
    Retold by Lin Donn for use in the classroom as handouts
    
    Anansi the Spider  (Africa, Ghana)
    The Lion's Whisker (Africa, Kush/Nubia)
    Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus (Aztec)
    Journey of a Princess (Aztec, grades 6-12)
    Wise Owl (Iroquois Myth)
    How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch  (Northwest Coastal Pacific Myth)
    Clever Coyote (Comanche Buffalo Myth)
    Child of Water and Little Blue Rock (Apache Myth)
    Theseus and the Minotaur (Minoan/Greek)
    Zeus, Hera, and Little Io (Greek Version) & Jupiter, Juno, & Little Io (Roman Version)
    The Oracle at Delphi (Greek Myth) 
    Hades and the King of Corinth (Greek Myth) & Pluto & the King (Roman version)
    Apollo and Cassandra (Greek Myth) 
    Pandora's Box (Greek Myth) 
    Demeter and Persephone (Greek Myth) & Ceres & Proserpina (Roman version)
    Hercules (Greek Myth) 
    How Aphrodite Caused the Trojan War (Greek Myth) & Venus & the Queen (Roman version)
    Legend of the Trojan Horse (Greek)
    The Cyclops Cave & The Sirens (Greek, from "The Odyssey" by Homer) 
    Loawnu the Wise Woman  (Xia Times, Ancient China)
    Wang the Peddler (Han Times, Ancient China)
    The Legend of the Shadow Puppet (Han Times, Ancient China)
    The Legend of Gilgamesh (Sumerian)
    How Marduk Became the King of ALL the Gods (Babylonian)
    The Legend of Romulus and Remus (Ancient Rome)
    Horatius at the Bridge (Ancient Rome) 
    The Punic Wars & Hannibal of Carthage (Ancient Rome)
    The Warrior Well (Ancient Mongolia)
    The Hero Twins (Maya)
    Happy Together (Russian Folktale) 
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