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6-12 Lesson Plans
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Levant 6-12 Lesson Plans:
- Zenobia and Heroines
- PowerPoint on the ancient Israelite Civilization; created by the ICS (Institute for Curriculum Services)
- Three religions that consider Jerusalem a holy city
- Dead Sea Scrolls
Mesopotamia 6-12 Lesson Plans:
- Power in ancient Mesopotamia; original functions and context of stone carvings
- Ancient Mesopotamia and Today through artifacts, culture and history
- Hammurabi’s Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia?
- Ancient Mesopotamia – literacy now and then
- Life in Old Babylonia: The Importance of Trade
- The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution
- Life in ancient Mesopotamia – reconstructing a personal “tell”
- Ancient tablets, ancient graves: accessing women’s lives in Mesopotamia
- Teaching violence, destruction and propaganda at Nimrud in antiquity and today
- Ancient Persian art and culture; Achaemenid jar with Lion-Griffin Handles
- Cyrus Cylinder – Persian culture and Persian interactions with the Greeks
- Sumerian City of Ur – teaching with primary sources
Egypt 6-12 Lesson Plans:
- Egyptian Book of the Dead
- Science and technology of anicent Egypt
- Touring ancient Egypt
- A day in the life of an Egyptian
- Egypt’s architectural marvels
- Egypt’s Greatest Leaders
- Queens of ancient Egypt
- Tombs and the afterlife
- Hieroglyphs and communication
- Egypt’s pyramids: monuments with a message
- Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Hieroglyphs
- Daily life of Egyptians
- Plans and ideas for student engagement
Nubia 6-12 Lesson Plans:
Ancient Nubia Video Part 1: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush
Ancient Nubia Video Part 2: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush
Roman 6-12 Lesson Plans:
- Can you save the Roman Republic? Students act as elected consuls and leaders of government
- “Gossip at the Forum” – Julius Caesar; a play for students to act out
- Which emperor would you choose to be your leader?
- Daily life in ancient Rome
- Bathing complexes (specifically the Baths of Caracalla)
- In Old Pompeii – the eruption and excavations
- What happened at Pompeii?
- Roman gravestone inspiration – students make their own
- Gods and goddesses transported to the modern world
- Aeneas, art and storytelling – connections between primary and secondary sources
- Muses vs sirens – analysis of ancient artifacts
- The Metamorphoses and Genesis: A comparison of creation-flood stories
- Variety of lesson plans related to ancient Rome
- The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
- Pompeii today – what does the present reveal about the past?
- Discussion of Roman house – House of the Vine
- Roman public bathing
Greek 6-12 Lesson Plans:
- Using the Uluburun shipwreck to explore late Bronze Age trade in the Mediterranean
- Ancient Olympia and the Olympics
- It came from Greek mythology – discussion of Greek stories and their meanings
- Frescos and the process of making frescos
- Greek monsters – ancient storytellers inspired by the world around them
- Athletes in artwork and ancient poetry
- Gods and goddesses transported to the modern world
- Sophocles’ Antigone – ancient Greek theater, live from antiquity
- 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
- The victor’s virtue – a cultural history of sport
- A tableau vivant (living picture) from The Odyssey