Top Ten Inventions from Ancient History: Engaging PPT with handouts & more

Top Ten Inventions from Ancient History: Engaging PPT with handouts & more

This download includes both the interactive 35-slide PowerPoint and the follow-along graphic organizer (in PDF and MS WORD format).

This resource guides students in analyzing 10 world-changing inventions from ancient history. Each invention is introduced with images, key questions, and connections are also made to later innovations that stemmed from each invention. There is also a list of "honorable mentions" for students to further research on the back of their handout. This lesson was designed for use in a middle school classroom. Enjoy!

***For other modern inventions such as the computer, penicillin, the light bulb, telephone, or the cotton gin, search for "Top Ten Inventions from Modern History: Engaging PPT with links, handouts & more"

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Making Metaphors for World History 10-UNIT BUNDLE (PPTs & Handouts included)

This download includes both the 15-slide guiding PowerPoint AND the graphic organizer in PDF and MS WORD format for ALL 10 UNITS OF HIGH SCHOOL WORLD HISTORY. The bundle of 10 assignments provides 10 days of high-engagement, high-level-thinking, creative student activities (one per unit throughout the school year).

These activities have been designed to have students think outside the box and create their own analogies of historical topics. Each unique PowerPoint provides metaphors for three historical events for that unit, both verbally and visually, before asking students to create their own by replacing the underlined portion of the historical comparison. Check out the preview file to get an idea. 

Benefits of this resource:

Handouts & PowerPoint included
Ideal for a single-period lesson
Higher-Order-Thinking-skills
A scaffolded, guided lesson
Fresh way to review a unit
Fun, Engaging, interactive
Perfect for Common Core
Lots of Student Choice and differentiated student products in the end

The units covered in this download for a World History course include:

1 Influences on the Western World
2 Enlightenment Revolutions
3 Industrial Revolution
4 Imperialism, Colonialism
5 World War One
6 Interwar Years
7 World War Two
8 Cold War (1945-1950s)
9 Cold War (1960s-1970s)
10 Modern World (80s, 90s, & beyond)

Enjoy!

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