Ancient Inventions Activity

- Year groups
- Years 4–11 (Key Stages 2–4)
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- 1
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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?
Format
Available in a PDF format.
In the classroom
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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Inventions
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