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European history Common Core CCRA.W.5 resources
ANNE FRANK ACTIVITIES: 3 Hands-On Biography Projects / Bulletin Board
The Diary of Anne Frank is both in intimate journal of a young girl facing troubling times and a classic work of literature. Students will love researching and and reporting on the fascinating life of this remarkable young girl as they construct one of three different hands-on projects—an agamograph, a circle book, or a big galoot. Students can create all three projects, or you can add variety to the class’s reports by assigning different projects to different students. These projects make it ea
Holocaust Close Reading & Informational Writing Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
An informational writing unit and close reading activities about World War 2 that looks into the Holocaust, where six million Jewish people were murdered. The bundle focuses on key facts about the Holocaust, from the rise of Nazi Germany to the eventual liberation of the camps in 1945. The bundle has four separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade and sixth grade.Included in the Informational Writing Unit:Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphsWr
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5th - 7th
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Holocaust Informational Writing Unit | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
An informational writing unit about World War 2 that looks into the Holocaust, where six million Jewish people were murdered. The unit focuses on key facts about the Holocaust, the rise of Nazi Germany, the murders within the camps, and the eventual liberation of the camps in 1945. The unit has been split into three separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade and sixth grade.Included in this PDF printable resource:Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into para
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5th - 7th
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Hernan Cortes Close Reading & Biography Bundle | 3rd Grade & 4th Grade
Two great activities that would span five lessons about the famous Spanish conquistador and explorer responsible for the downfall of the Aztec Empire, Hernán Cortés. Perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade. NO PREP is needed!Firstly, there is a close reading activity where children need to read through an informational text, and then answer comprehension and grammar questions, before completing an extension activity. Secondly, there is a biography writing unit which has been split in
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3rd - 4th
Animal Farm Novel Analysis ELA Unit | GOOGLE CLASSROOM | Distance Learning
A comprehensive NON-EDITABLE Google Classroom unit based on George Orwell's modern classic Animal Farm, this unit contains 75 slides which include contextual information, historical connections, assessment activities (written and oral) with embedded clips and links. Text boxes/pages for student responses have been inserted.- How Language Controls - The Power of Words (embedded clip)- Background Information on Context- What is a Fable? (embedded clip)- What is an Allegory? (embedded clip)- What
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8th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in:Â English Literature ELA Growing Bundle | PowerPoints, PDF & Google Units
Reformation Biography
Students choose one person from the Reformation to do a biography about.People to choose from:Martin Luther William Tyndale Jan Hus Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici (Also known as Pope Leo X)Henry VIIITomas de Torquemada There is a graphic organizer to fill out, then the students need to use that information to make a poster or PowerPoint. A grading rubric is included.
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8th - 12th
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Hernan Cortes Biography Writing Unit | 3rd Grade & 4th Grade
A biography writing unit about the life of the famous Spanish conquistador and explorer, Hernán Cortés. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade.Included in this PDF printable resource:Three fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphsWriting templates for four draft paragraphsTwo prompt sheets for students to write their introduction and conclusionA template for students to write up their neat bi
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Hernan Cortes Close Reading & Biography Bundle | 3rd Grade & 4th Grade
It's the Vikings | Step by Step Paragraph Packet | Informational Writing
Our It's the Vikings Paragraph Packet leads young writers through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about what they learned in class about the Vikings. When student writing is complete, use the included rubric to assess and bulletin board letters and graphics to display student work! Our Paragraph Packets are designed to guide primary students through each step of the writing process while implementing a step-by-step method to help them create
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1st - 4th
All the Light We Cannot See Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.ABOUT THE NOVEL: *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant N
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7th - 9th
Appeasement of Germany Activity
This activity helps students understand how Italy, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union (students are assigned one of these 4 countries) viewed Germany during the events of the 1930s (rearmament, the Rhineland, Anschluss, the Sudentenland, annexing Czechoslovakia, and Poland) and how their own domestic issues impacted foreign relations at the time. Students gain a lot of understanding with this activity! It is formatted for google classroom, but also is a Microsoft Word document, so the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
European Exploration Explorer Trading Card and Jigsaw
Unit on European Exploration to the Western Hemisphere. Upper Grades. Included is a template for a European Explorer Trading Card- I used this as the cover to and informational writing piece. Additionally, there are images of some European Explorers along with guided questions that I used for a Jigsaw activity: put each image on a chart along with guided questions, students were grouped and became "experts" on researching that Explorer, they took notes on the chart, and then shared with class. U
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4th - 6th
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Ancient Greece Olympics - Reading Comprehension & Writing - 2nd/3rd Grade
This set includes 1 passage to read with 1 reading comprehension sheet and 1 opinion writing prompt to go with it. The writing prompt also has a draft sheet to help your student plan their writing. The packet is designed for 2nd and 3rd graders. This could be done in the classroom, as homework, or as an independent work packet. The set is about The ancient Greek Olympics.If you would like to view another of my 2nd grade worksheet packets, you can find one on bugs here and ocean theme here! If yo
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2nd - 3rd
Explorer's Differentiated Research Project
Have your students of multiple readiness levels research New World Explorers with this differentiated project!Explorers included in this lesson: 1. Christopher Columbus2. William Clark3. Francisco Coronado4. Francisco Pizarro5. Henry Hudson6. Hernan Cortez7. Jacques Cartier8. John Cabot9. Juan Ponce De Leon10. Meriwether Lewis11. Ferdinand Magellan12. Vasco Nunez De Balboa What do you get with this purchase?· Cover pages · Research outline · Graphic Organizer/Fact Sheets· Map/Route p
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2nd - 8th
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It's Jackie Robinson | Biography Paragraph Packet | Informational Writing
Jackie Robinson became a civil rights leader when he became the first Black man to play for a major league baseball team! Our It's Jackie Robinson Biography Paragraph Packet will lead young writers through guided research of Jackie Robinson on safe kid-friendly websites. When finished researching, students will be guided through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about what they learned about Jackie Robinson. When student writing is complete,
Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in:Â Jackie Robinson Biography BUNDLE
Gorbachev's Problems and Detente, Glasnost, Perestroika
This is a handout that asks students to read charts, graphs, and short descriptions about these problems in the Soviet Union in the 1980s: per capita gross domestic product, surpluses and deficits of production of food, proxy wars, and protest movements. They analyze how these events caused problems in the Soviet Union and compare them to problems in China under Mao and Deng Xiaoping. There are QR codes for them to scan and watch youtube videos. Then, students read about the detente, glasnost, a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece - Three Projects
This resource provides your students with three project options in order for them to showcase what they learned about the Peloponnesian War. The projects include a writing assignment (RAFT), an email/inbox project and a biography poem from the about Pericles (Athenian general) or Lysander (Spartan general). Included in the Product✓ RAFT Writing Assignment - Students will assume the role of a historical figure in order to showcase the knowledge that they gained about the Peloponnesian War. RAF
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Greece Unit Bundle: Activities & Projects
It's Leif Eriksson | Biography Paragraph Packet | Informational Writing
Leif Eriksson is one of the most famous Vikings. Our It's Leif Eriksson Paragraph Packet will lead young writers through guided research of Leif Eriksson on safe kid-friendly websites. When finished researching, students will be guided through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about Leif Eriksson. When student writing is complete, use the included rubric to assess and bulletin board letters and graphics to display student work!You can easil
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in:Â Leif Eriksson Biography BUNDLE
It's Benjamin Franklin | Biography Paragraph Packet | Informational Writing
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Our It's Benjamin Franklin Biography Paragraph Packet will lead young writers through guided research of Benjamin Franklin on safe kid-friendly websites. When finished researching, students will be guided through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about what they learned about Benjamin Franklin. When student writing is complete, use the included rubric to assess
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1st - 5th
Also included in:Â Benjamin Franklin Biography BUNDLE
Animal Farm | ELA | Literature Analysis Unit | POWERPOINT and Printable PDFs
A comprehensive and complete unit for George Orwell's modern classic Animal Farm, this NON-EDITABLE 66-page slideshow includes contextual information, historical connections, assessment activities (written and oral) with embedded clips and links. - How Language Controls - The Power of Words (embedded clip)- Background Information on Context- What is a Fable? (embedded clip)- What is an Allegory? (embedded clip)- What is Satire? (embedded clips)- Who is George Orwell?- Significance Today- Childr
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â English Literature ELA Growing Bundle | PowerPoints, PDF & Google Units
Imperialism Scavenger Hunt Activity (Distance Learning)
This is a basic internet scavenger hunt where students are assigned (or choose) one imperialist power and research the answers to 10 questions about them. I used this in the classroom where they proceeded to do a gallery walk of everyone's research and then have a class discussion about which imperialist power was the most powerful. So this gave me fodder for two days of lessons. It can also easily be done remotely, if all your students have access to the internet. The final two pages is a print
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â World History Activities
Effects of World War I (Distance Learning)
This handout presents students with 6 effects of WWI, including the death in Europe, increased power of America and its banks, break-up of large empires (Austria-Hungary and Ottoman), Economic Instability in Germany, the Armenian Genocide, and Russian expansion. After each impact, students are asked an analysis question. This handout has been the basis of lots of rich discussion in my classes, and it is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â European History (Ancient Greece to the Fall of the USSR)
Bartolome de las Casas handout and Excerpts
This handout includes some excerpts from de las Casas' book A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and tasks students with summarizing each paragraph as a check for understanding. Then students must answer 5 analysis questions about the context of the book and it's impact in New Spain in the 1540s. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â World History: Paleolithic/Prehistoric to the end of the Middle Ages
Bubonic Plague/Black Death Reading (COVID-19)
This is a short reading I created about the bubonic plague in Europe. It asks students about similarities and differences to the current COVID-19 pandemic with 4 analysis questions at the end.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â World History: Paleolithic/Prehistoric to the end of the Middle Ages
The Social Contract, Locke and Hobbes (Distance Learning)
This handout takes students through the ideas of the social contract, and how Thomas Hobbes and John Locke viewed human behavior in the state of nature, and thus how they viewed government. Students are frequently asked to apply these lenses to our current society, gradually understanding the rationale for why we have laws. Students really love to debate and discuss these ideas, so this is a great basis for lots of rich discussions in class. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Colonial America
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Find European History resources | TPT
Take your students on a journey through European history with TPT! If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about European history, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re teaching about the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration, or the World Wars, there are plenty of high-quality TPT resources at your fingertips to teach European history to your students.
European history activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about European history:
Centers & Stations
Through the use of centers, students can collaborate and discuss topics and content they examine for various eras in European history. For example, you could have students navigate through a handful of centers or stations to help them learn about different elements of the Renaissance period, including influential cities, leaders, and artists. Or, to help them learn about the key figures and milestones of the French Revolution.
Map Making
With map-making activities you can not only teach students about European history, but also incorporate geography into your lessons. As they label and color maps, students can learn about important places in Europe and how European countries have expanded (and fallen) over time. For example, you could have students make maps of Europe before and after World War I to identify how the conflict impacted Europe.
Primary Source Analysis
One of the best ways to learn about European history is through historical documents, letters, diaries, art, and literature. Encourage students to use these firsthand accounts to gain a deeper understanding about European people and events. For instance, you can have students read excerpts from the works of Enlightenment philosophers — like Mary Wollstonecraft — and how they contributed to the political thinking of the time.
Research Projects
Have students research and present on a specific topic of European history, like the Age of Exploration. For example, ask students to choose a famous European Explorer to research, and have them write a short biography of that person or create a short video or presentation about their achievements and legacy.
Frequently asked questions for teaching European history
What is taught in European history?
In European history courses, students are taught about the cultural, economic, political, and social milestones that shaped Europe from the Middle Ages until the present.
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There are many different types of European history resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from interactive notebooks to gallery walks.
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