Lesson
Plans, Classroom Activities, Simulations, and Learning Modules
Authored by UsMr. Donn's Ancient History Lessons
and Activities for 6th grade - can be adjusted for any grade
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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
Lesson Ideas (some ours, some emailed to us) Easy to implement and very creative.
Mrs. Donn's Ancient Civilizations for Kids
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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
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Ancient Myths and
Legends, retold by
Lin Donn
Ancient Mesopotamia: Ancient Mesopotamia Unit
Ancient Mesopotamia: Translators Needed: Apply Within (Cuneiform Lesson Plan)
Ancient Egypt: Stump the Audience, 1-2 class periods, group activity, Daily Life
Ancient Egypt: Pharaoh's Fun House Concluding Activity
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
Ancient Greece: Socrates, Classroom Activity (2-3 class periods, 55 minutes each) Mock Trial
Ancient Greece: Early & Classical Greece Units
Ancient Rome: Can you save the Roman Republic? Lesson Plan, Ancient Rome.
Ancient Rome: Gossip at the Forum, A Play for the Classroom (every student has a part)
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
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)
Feudal Japan: Samurai, Peasant, Artisan, Merchant, Simulation, Game
Lesson Ideas (some ours, some emailed to us) Easy to implement and very creative.
Daily Life in Ancient Ireland, Scotland, Wales (Iron Age Celts)
Deep in the Tombs of Egypt Two of our people have disappeared - Deep in the Tombs of Egypt!
Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays Mini-histories, lesson ideas, activities for the classroom for holidays
Anansi the Spider (Africa, Ghana)
Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus (Aztec)
Journey of a Princess (Aztec, grades 6-12)
Wise Owl (Native American, Iroquois Myth)
How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (Native American, Northwest Coastal Pacific Myth)
Clever Coyote (Native American, Comanche Buffalo Myth)
Child of Water and Little Blue Rock (Native American, Apache Myth)
Theseus and the Minotaur (Minoan/Greek)
Zeus, Hera, and Little Io (Greek Version)
The Oracle at Delphi (Greek Myth)
Hades and the King of Corinth (Greek Myth)
Apollo and Cassandra (Greek Myth)
Pandora's Box (Greek Myth)
Demeter and Persephone (Greek Myth)
Hercules (Greek Myth)
How Aphrodite Caused the Trojan War (Greek Myth)
Legend of the Trojan Horse (Greek Myth)
The Sun Chariot (Greek Myth)
Perseus, Andromeda, and the sea god, Poseidon (Greek myth)
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 (Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerian)
How Marduk Became the King of ALL the Gods (Ancient Mesopotamia, Babylonian)
Purim, The Story of Esther and an ancient Babylonian (Persian) King
The Legend of Romulus and Remus (Ancient Rome)
Horatius at the Bridge (Ancient Rome)
The Punic Wars & Hannibal of Carthage (Ancient Rome)
Jupiter, Juno, & Little Io (Roman Version)
Pluto & the King (Roman version)
Ceres & Proserpina (Roman version)
Venus & the Queen (Roman version)
The Warrior Well (Ancient Myth, Mongolia & China)
The Hero Twins (Maya)
Happy Together (Russian Folktale)
NEW SECTION: Case
Files from The Hercules Detective Agency
(Original stories about Ancient
Greece written by Lin and
Donn Donn)
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: How It All Started
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Misunderstood Minotaur
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Enchanted Well
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Missing Olive Trees
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: Kerberos on Strike
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Very Inventive Rescue
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Scaredly Fish
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Tricked Bully
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Stone Zoo
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Reluctant Oracle
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: Olympic Team Herc
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Bad Barber
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Talking Tools
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Mad Machine
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Constant Chatterbox
The Hercules Detective Agency Case File: The Voiceless Storyteller
More Case Files from the Hercules Detective Agency
Presentations in PowerPoint format
retold by Lin Donn,
illustrated by Phillip Martin
Ancient Civilizations
Nero at the Circus Maximus (Rome)
Ancient Chinese Dragons (China)
The Most Ancient Race, the San People
The Americas (North, South, and Central America)
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)
Holidays - Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays
These are activity and project ideas for
kids and teachers to use in unit studies of ancient
civilizations. These
activities can be adjusted for any grade. We hope you'll find some
ideas you can use.
Archaeology Classroom Activities & Projects
Early Humans Classroom Activities & Projects
Ancient Mesopotamia - Sumer, Babylon, Assyria - Classroom Activities
Ancient Egypt Classroom Activities & Projects
Ancient Greece Classroom Activities & Projects
Ancient Rome Classroom Activities & Projects