Middle School Premium Resources
This page lists the Premium resources specially aimed at middle schools. To access these resources you need to be a Premium Teacher member.
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More Middle School resources are being added on a regular basis.
Contents:
Premium Resources:
Teachers Notes
Early Civilizations
Teachers Notes
Early Civilizations Activities (PowerPoint activities)
Teachers Notes
World Trade Routes at the time of the Early Civilizations, 3500 BCE to 500 BCE
Teachers Notes coming soon
The Ancient Middle East
Teachers Notes
World Trade Routes at the time of the Classical Civilizations, 500 BCE to 500 CE
Teachers Notes coming soon
Clash of Civilizations: Greece and Persia
Teachers Notes
The Persian Wars, 500 BCE to 478 BCE
Teachers Notes
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Teachers Notes
Roman Government (PowerPoint Presentation)
Teachers Notes
World Trade Routes in the Medieval Era, 500 CE to 1453 CE
The Islamic Caliphate 622 CE to 1253 CE
Europe in the Middle Ages
Teachers Notes
Teacher Guidance:
There can be few better world history teaching resources than the TimeMap of World History. A major benefit for Premium teachers is that they get access to guidance on how use the TimeMap with students.
As you can see, teachers notes accompany most of the Premium resources listed above. The teaching ideas listed below offer more generalised guidance, for use with both the free and premium TimeMap resources.
Teaching Ancient World History
Students use the Timemap of World History to locate civilizations and empires in ancient world history. This activity is designed to give students a broad historical overview of the Ancient World.
This engaging activity casts students as tour guides in a time travel agency – but be aware, it’s rather more challenging than it looks at first sight.
This exercise challenges students to design a theme park based on ancient China – but it can be adapted to other civilizations as well.
This lists some questions to put to the First Emperor of China. This exercise is quite high level, and may need a bit of adapting for Middle School students.
Teaching Medieval World History
Students use the Timemap of World History to locate civilizations and empires in medieval world history. This activity is designed to give students a broad historical overview of the Medieval World.
Teaching Early Modern World History
Students examine what is happening in different regions of the world in early modern times – some being impacted by European expansion, others achieving peaks in their own cultural traditions.
Students examine what is happening in different regions of the world in modern times. They view the rise to global preeminence of the West, and what this entailed for the peoples of other parts of the world.
Acknowledgement
In undertaking this project we have had invaluable feedback from Mr. Jeremiah Hoskins M.Ed, and Mrs. Elizabeth Windmann M.Ed., of Fulton Middle School, part of Fulton Public Schools, Fulton, Missouri.
Between them, they have more than twenty years experience of teaching middle school world history, and we greatly appreciate their advice and support.