Ancient Inventions Activity

Research prompt on ancient inventions: students choose paper, the compass, the calendar or concrete and find out how and when it was invented and how it changed into its modern form.
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Grades 3–10
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Updated Sep 26, 2024

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History: Europe, History: World, History, Social Studies
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Ancient Inventions Activity, Ancient Inventions
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Activity Introduction

An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about history.

Ancient Inventions

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The activity is perfect for encouraging the researching skills for the students, while learning more about history.

Ancient Inventions

This friendly designed worksheet is suitable for students at school, homeschooling, and as a group activity.

Instructions

Choose one of the following items. Then do some research to figure out how and when they were invented. How did they evolve to the way we use them today?

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Available in a PDF format.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain how and when a chosen invention began

  • Describe how that invention changed over time

Teaching tips

  • Line up books or websites on paper, compasses, calendars and concrete ahead of time, since the page gives no background information.

Skills covered

  • Research — investigating the origin and development of one ancient invention

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