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Review historical vocabulary and ideas with history crosswords. Find standalone puzzles and larger units containing crossword practice for civilizations, events, people and government.
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Crossword puzzle covering English history from 1642-1688, including the English Civil War, Cromwell's Commonwealth, the Restoration, and the Glorious Revolution.
A vocabulary-reinforcement puzzle set on the American Civil War, covering terms like Union, Confederacy, slavery, abolition, Lincoln, Davis, Gettysburg, emancipation, and reconstruction.
A three-puzzle vocabulary set (crossword, word scramble, word search) built around World War I terminology, intended to introduce students to key WWI vocabulary during a social studies unit.
A set of three vocabulary puzzles (word search, word scramble, crossword) covering Maya civilization terms for a world history unit.
A Civil War-themed activity book of crossword puzzles, word searches, coloring pages, and a battle-study organizer for supplementary practice or homework.
A single-topic reading-comprehension chapter slice on 'Key Events of the Civil War' from a Classroom Complete Press American Civil War unit, for grades 5-8.
A multi-lesson unit teaching the history of piracy from the ancient Mediterranean through the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy to modern piracy, using a slide presentation, worksheets, and a crossword puzzle.
A comprehensive reading-comprehension unit on the American Civil War (causes, major figures, key events, major battles, human impact, and outcomes) for grades 5-8, part of Classroom Complete Press's 'World Conflict Series'.
A single-topic reading-comprehension chapter slice on 'Background and Causes' from a Classroom Complete Press American Civil War unit, for grades 5-8.
A no-prep task packet teaching ancient Egyptian religion: polytheism, the concept of ma'at, major gods and goddesses, the Heliopolitan creation myth, and the pharaoh's religious role, with a separate answer key, a vocabulary crossword, and a class pantheon project.
An audio read-aloud (with accompanying transcript) teaching the lasting legacy of Ancient Rome - law and government, engineering, literature, language, art, and religion - paired with listening comprehension questions.
Use this ten-clue crossword after a Cold War lesson to revisit key names, events and concepts. Students connect clues to terms in the supplied word bank, giving you a short check on vocabulary recognition before discussing any uncertain answers. Word and PDF versions and a completed key are included.
Students listen to an audiobook episode about Ancient Greek literature and theatre, read along with an eBook, and answer comprehension questions to check understanding.
A Remembrance Day informational reading passage paired with pre/post discussion questions, comprehension questions, vocabulary matching, a crossword, and a word search.
A no-prep research project introducing the Book of the Dead and Ancient Egyptian religious/afterlife beliefs.
A 61-page read-aloud book companion of 44 activities for the novel 'Benno and the Night of Broken Glass' by Meg Wiviott (a Kristallnacht-era historical fiction picture book), covering comprehension, character analysis, and response-to-literature skills.
Teach students about Orange Shirt Day and the history of Canadian Indigenous residential schools through a narrative passage and comprehension activities.
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A multi-file US history unit teaching the history and significance of the Navajo Code Talkers in World War II (with background on Choctaw code talkers in World War I), including code-translation practice
Multi-part world history unit on the Scientific Revolution covering the roots (Aristotle, Ptolemy, alchemy), astronomy (Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton), and new inventions, with lesson plans, information sheets, worksheets, and assessments.
A multi-activity packet teaching students the meaning, authorship, and historical context of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
Vocabulary/knowledge-building puzzle set introducing famous women in history and their achievements.
Build elementary students' familiarity with basic U.S. history vocabulary (e.g., colony, revolution, constitution, president) through three puzzle formats.
Revisit ancient Mesopotamia through three vocabulary-puzzle formats. Students encounter terms associated with its rivers, cities, civilizations, writing, law and innovations in a crossword, scramble and word search. Clue-based tasks connect the vocabulary with meanings, while the word search adds recognition practice. Supplied solutions allow the puzzles to be checked after students attempt them.