6th Grade European History Activities

The Reformation--but at school:

Students will bring the Reformation to their classroom with this activity. They will reflect on what they feel needs to be changed in their school community and what steps need to be taken to accomplish these changes.

This partner activity requires students to work cooperatively in order to be successful. They will also need to be creative and think outside the box.

Students will create their own list to place on the classroom door like Martin Luther placed on the church door during the Reformation.

This activity aligns with Indiana Social Studies Standard 6.H.9.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Student instructions with example. (3 versions for 3 different amounts of issues to reform)
• Three rubrics.
• Follow up questions.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Engaging for students.
• Good cooperative practice.
• Students use creativity.
• Follow up questions allow for deeper level thinking.

This product is a crossword puzzle over facts about Europe. Questions include the geography, history, people, economy, and culture of Europe. Answer key is included.

Did you know that the Parthenon in Greece was originally painted in bright colors? Learn more about Ancient Greece and the Parthenon in this comprehensive reading comprehension Google lesson and book report template.

This product is so easy to use and has practically no prep:

1. Read the book
2. Print the 9-page template
3. Review the no-prep reading comprehension Google lesson with a built-in reward system (students LOVE this feature!)
4. Fill out the book report template based on the reading comprehension review as a group or independent work/homework

The template pages include (and are reviewed in the digital Google lesson):

• book title info
• rating & review
• vocabulary
• facts
• the land (animals & landmarks)
• key information (capital, population, languages, climate, agriculture, natural resources, politicians)
• what I learned
• questions I have
• historic events
• draw a map

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Teacher Bethanie

A study of women's labor during the early Industrial Revolution. using the song "The Jute Mill" song. Students will enjoy learning about how women played a role in the Industrial Revolution.

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Celebrate the Global Influence of Francophones with this Dynamic French Video Project!

From artists to activists, this engaging project invites your students to explore the remarkable contributions of Francophones from around the world. With a choice of 200 influential historical figures, students will create captivating video presentations, showcase their work in class, and participate in a voting process to select the top 3 most influential individuals.

This comprehensive project blends research, creativity, presentation skills, and cultural understanding all while providing an interactive and enjoyable learning experience. Your students will be fully engaged, working on individualized projects throughout the week.

Project can be completed in French or English depending on your students' language level. Spark a passion for discovering French language and Francophone culture, one influential figure at a time!

Francophone Categories Include :

• Writers & Philosophers (25)
• Artists (25)
• Musicians (25)
• Politicians & Explorers (25)
• Scientists & Inventors (25)
• Fashion Designers (25)
• Athletes (25)
• Actors & Cinema Icons (25)

File Includes:

• Detailed teacher notes with an implementation schedule
• List of 200 Francophones to assign (plus additional blank template)
• Project instruction sheet for students
• Visual Storyboard templates
• Guided presentation notes with voting sheets to keep students engaged
• Grading rubric
• Certificate template for the "Most Influential Francophone" to be awarded at conclusion of project!

This project is ideal for any level of upper school French, including Foundations of French, French Exploratory, Middle School French, French 1, 2, 3, 4, and can even be adapted for AP French.

Embark on this enriching journey through Francophone culture today!

This Journal Entry Assignment Packet for the novel *Night *by Elie Wiesel is the perfect way to help your students deeply engage with the text. This resource encourages students to reflect on themes, characters, and personal connections as they progress through the novel.

What’s Included:

• 6 Journal Prompts tailored to 6 sections of reading
• Creative Writing Assignment: A heartfelt letter to one character from the novel
• Final Reflection: A thoughtful response to the novel
• Rubric: Clear and concise grading criteria for easy assessment

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Promotes critical thinking and personal connection
• Encourages empathy and deep understanding of the novel’s themes
• Provides structured yet creative writing opportunities

This resource is for personal use in one classroom only. Please do not distribute to others or post publically online (within your Google Classroom, etc. is permitted). If a friend or colleague would enjoy this resource, you may purchase additional licenses at a discounted price. The information, activities and images included are copyrighted. You may not reuse or sell any part of this resource as your own. 

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A Charlemagne Escape Room activity. Ideal for fifth grade or sixth grade, the activity is perfect for group work, starting a new topic about the Middle Ages, team-building activities or for a fun, engaging and interactive lesson. The activity can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills or in Social Studies.

The activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room.

Included in this resource:

• Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep
• A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks
• An informational text or reading comprehension passage
• A true or false fact sheet & maze
• A crossword puzzle
• A timeline activity & answer key
• A wordsearch puzzle
• Teacher answer sheets for each task

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In Task 1 students will read an informational text about Charlemagne and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word.

In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word.

In Task 3 students will have to cut out 27 timeline task cards about important historical events from the Middle Ages before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word.

In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word.

Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully.

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This resource is great for:

• Team-building activities
• Group work
• Research projects
• Reading comprehension
• Emergency sub plans
• Independent work
• Introducing a new topic

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Use this free handout to share information on the Vikings. Included are several extension activities to use with students to learn about the Vikings.

Leif Eriksson Day is October 9th.

* There are different spellings for his name.

Possible Resource of Interest:

Studying the Vikings? Looking for a Reader's Theater Script in Social Studies? Check out this script on the Vikings and Leif Ericsson and his father, Erik the Red. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series of plays, Leif Ericsson and his father, Eric the Red are guests on Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show. They share information about their lives and the Vikings. There is a Did You Know? section of fun facts, reading comprehension questions and a teacher section with lots of extension activities, links and the key.https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Vikings-Leif-Erikkson-and-Eric-the-RedReaders-Theater-Script-3382114 My play on Leif Eriksson and his dad, Erik the Red.

Introducing the Viking-Themed Craft Activity Pack | Crown & Headband Templates – perfect for bringing Viking history & imaginative role play into your classroom. This engaging resource features 20 templates in total, including 17 black and white color in templates and 3 writing prompt templates, designed to inspire creativity and learning. Your students will love designing their own Viking crowns and headbands, combining crafting with writing to develop key skills. Use this pack to complement your history lessons, or as a fun standalone activity for hands-on learning. The templates are easy to use, no-prep and ideal for elementary and early years.

Here are some fun ways to use the Viking-Themed Craft Activity Pack | Crown and Headband Templates in your classroom:

1. Viking Role-Play: After your students create their crowns and headbands, let them participate in a Viking-themed role-playing activity to bring history to life.
2. History Lesson Enhancement: Use the crowns as a creative way to complement your Viking history lessons. Your students can wear their creations while learning about Viking culture.
3. Writing Extension: Incorporate the included writing prompts to encourage your students to write their own Viking adventures, pairing their creative writing with their crown or headband.
4. Group Projects: Assign your students to Viking clans or groups and have them work together on Viking-themed group projects while wearing their crowns, fostering teamwork and collaboration.
5. Celebration Days: Use the templates for a Viking-themed day or history celebration, where your students can showcase their crowns and headbands along with their knowledge of Viking history.
6. History and Social Studies: Incorporate the Viking-themed crafts during lessons about early European history, exploration and culture. Your students can create crowns and headbands as part of a hands-on activity to learn about the Viking Age, their way of life and their influence on European history.
7. Creative Writing and Literacy: Use the included writing prompts to support narrative writing assignments. After crafting their Viking crowns, your students can write imaginative stories about Viking voyages, daily life, or legendary Viking heroes. This can help your students practice essential writing skills like sequencing, character development, and storytelling.
8. Cultural Studies and Multicultural Awareness: Use this product during lessons that focus on understanding different cultures and historical societies. By crafting Viking crowns and learning about Viking culture, your students will develop an appreciation for the diversity of historical societies, helping meet social studies standards related to cultural awareness.

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Looking for a no prep set of history questions to challenge and test your students knowledge and skills on the Nazi /NSDAP Party period of Germany? Use the material in these no preparation challenges for first time task or retrieval activity.

Who is this suitable for?

• Students and teachers who are studying Nazi Germany.
• You can hand all out at once with students working different challenges.
• Or distribute them 1 challenge at a time to the whole class over the term
• Can be used for a relief/substitute lesson,

Resources this bundle includes:

1. 12 Fully contained Historical question challenge cards

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This package is set up and ready for you to use with your students use in creating their own medieval shields. Included: - significance of background designs (with images) - significance of colours - significance of line decorations (with image) - significance of symbols and animals There is also a student sheet for your students to be able to apply the knowledge in the package to tell you what they now know about a particular shield. Three blank templates for students to begin their design. Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store!

Coloring bookmarks with queens and princesses in history, printable coloring bookmarks/cards for kids and adults DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, these could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft.

For best results print them on thick cardstock paper.

1 Pdf with 8 different bookmarks in two sizes.

Large bookmark measures about 8.25" by 2.5",

and smaller sets are 7" by 2".

US letter-size pages 8.5” by 11”.

SIMILAR COLORING ITEMS YOU MIGHT LIKE

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Holocaust & WWII DBQ Freebie!

This DBQ will engage your students to examine the propaganda of WWII, the Holocaust, and Hitler’s reign.

SS.7.C.2.11

Analyze media and political communications (bias, symbolism, propaganda).

Document Based Questioning

What will the students learn?

The students will be learning about how the propaganda of the time influenced the people throughout Germany as Hitler came of power. They will understand that at this time Germany was facing a hardship and Hitler gave the people of Germany a group of people of where to place the blame.

How will they learn it?

The students will answer the following DBQs while the teacher displays and discusses the document on the SMART Board.

How will you know that they have learned it?

Students will apply their knowledge in their Final activity by making connections through DBQs and the Holocaust testimonies under "stories."

SS.7.C.2.11

Analyze media and political communications (bias, symbolism, propaganda).

Subject Area: Social Studies Grade: 7

Strand: Civics and Government

Standard: Evaluate the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens, and determine methods of active participation in society, government, and the political system. Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14

Status: State Board Approved

Link to digital pictures: http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/gallery/

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Learn about the Germanic Tribes:

Students will research the cultures of Germanic Tribe. This quick research project has students locating the tribes on a modern map and researching important information concerning the culture of their chosen Germanic Tribe.

Students will research geographic location, government, religion, economy, language, and an interesting fact.

Germanic Tribes presented:

• Angles
• Saxons
• Franks
• Vandals
• Danes
• Swedes
• Goths
• Huns
• Lombards

What's included:

• Infographic Poster Templates for each tribe.
• Answer Keys for each poster.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Good research practice for students.
• Good to use for displays.

This lesson is over the European Landmarks of the Parthenon in Greece, the Eiffel Tower in France, the Colosseum in Italy, Big Ben in England, Sagrada Familia in Spain, and Brandenburg Gate in Germany. Student will read facts about each landmark and then answer questions about each one. Students will also identify each landmark on a map of Europe.

This no-prep activity focuses a diverse array of French scientists, philosophers, artists, politicians, royalty, writers and more! This print-and-go activity has something for everyone!

Resource includes:

• Wordsearch with 15 Famous French historical figures
• Optional Fun Fact Research Sheet (Great for independent internet research!)
• Corresponding Answer Key.

Wordsearches are excellent to use as bell ringers, for early finishers, homework assignments, or for when you just need a minute to catch up!

Love wordsearches? Check out more French Wordsearches for dozens of other wordsearch options.

Check out my French Vocabulary Emergency Sub Plans for lots of other themed vocabulary sets that can be used for a sub or when you just need an in-person mental health day! :)

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This is a creative and engaging mini-project that is designed to go along with Chapters 5-7 in Night, but could also be adapted to any part of the novel.

Students will create a brochure/trifold about these three chapters by choosing three significant scenes/events (one from each of these chapters). They will explain why each scene/event is significant to the novel and illustrate their scene/event. This project is designed to promote critical thinking, while also allowing students to be creative. Rubric is included for easy assessment.

This resource is for personal use in one classroom only. Please do not distribute to others or post publically online (within your Google Classroom, etc. is permitted). If a friend or colleague would enjoy this resource, you may purchase additional licenses at a discounted price. The information, activities and images included are copyrighted. You may not reuse or sell any part of this resource as your own. 

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Studying the Age of Exploration? This fun and informative webquest will be a great resource to use with your students(grades 4-8)

There are 14 questions and lots of extension activities and links. There are also comprehension questions to use after the completion of the web quest.

NOTE: If you'd like a student version so you can use it with Google Classrooms and not have the teacher section with the key, just email me via Q/A and I will be happy to send you a copy.

NOTE: Columbus,Magellan, Prince Henry, Henry Hudson, Vasco Da Gama, Marco Polo, Juan Ponce de Leon, Sir Francis Drake, Amerigo Vespucci are covered. Also

Latitude/longitude, sea monsters,navigational tools, timelines,St. Brendan, Zheng He, Vikings are mentioned in extension activities.

Perhaps, these additional resources may be of interest:

1. Why not also try my Secret Message activity on the Age of Exploration? The activity involves students working individually or in groups to review the Age of Exploration. Then,a following direction activity is next where students place letters from the different answers into boxes found at the end of the activity page. Once all the boxes are filled, a "secret message" about the Age of Exploration is revealed! The teacher page includes additional information to share about the "secret message". It's a fun way to reinforce important terms/people of the Age of Exploration!

Age of Exploration Secret Message Review Activity

2. Learn about Christopher Columbus with this informative play. There are 10 questioners asking questions of Columbus. Additionally, comprehension questions and discussion questions are included. Use with a unit on the Age of Discovery or during October for Columbus Day. https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Christopher-Columbus-A-Readers-Theater-Script-6442153?st=e6509cb307590b568f10de129b39b885

3. Use this informative Reader's Theater Script to learn about Marco Polo. Marco Polo helped to start the Age of Discovery with his book on his adventures to China. The fun/informative play uses the format of Marco Polo being a guest on a talk show and the studio audience asks questions about his life. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show Series. Marco Polo, A Reader's Theater Script

4. Studying the Vikings? Looking for a Reader's Theater Script in Social Studies? Check out this script on the Vikings and Leif Ericsson and his father, Erik the Red.

Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series of plays, Leif Ericsson and his father, Eric the Red are guests on Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show. They share information about their lives and the Vikings. There is a Did You Know? section of fun facts, reading comprehension questions and a teacher section with lots of extension activities, links and the key.The Vikings(Interview with Leif Erikkson and Erik the Red): A Reader's Theater Script

5. Hanno, Phoenician Sea Explorer: Hanno, Phoenician Sea Explorer

6. Ferdinand Magallan: In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set out on an amazing adventure, in an attempt to voyage around the world. Although he did not complete the journey, several of his crew did complete the trip. This Reader's Theater Script provides lots of information about the Age of Exploration and Magellan's voyage in a fun/informative method. There are 13 audience questions, Did you Know? fun facts, comprehension questions and a teacher page with extension activities, key and additional links for teachers.https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Ferdinand-Magellan-Explorer-During-the-Age-of-DiscoveryReaders-Theater-Script-7138136

Looking for a no prep activity set of middle/high school history questions to challenge and test your students knowledge and skills on the Russian Revolution? Use the material in these no preparation challenges for first time task or retrieval activity.

Who is this suitable for?

• Students and teachers who are studying Russian Revolution.
• You can hand all out at once with students working different challenges.
• Or distribute them 1 challenge at a time to the whole class over the term
• Can be used for a relief/substitute lesson,

Resources this bundle includes:

1. 12 Fully contained Historical question challenge cards

People that have purchased this resource have also purchased -

Weimar Republic - Quick history challenge questions

Nazi Germany - Quick history challenge questions

World War 2 - Quick history challenge questions

USA Civil Rights - Quick history challenge questions

Enjoy and please leave a review.

This product is to be used with a unit on the Age of Exploration. Students will use a list of European Explorers and create a biographical poem from an Explorers Biopoem template.