Social Studies Lesson Plans
Middle School Social Studies - Free Lesson Plans, Free Projects
Africa
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Africa for Kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Ancient Israel
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Judaism for Kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Ancient Greece
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Ancient Greece for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Middle Ages
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Medieval links for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Native Americans
Mesopotamia
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Mesopotamia for Kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Ancient India
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- India links for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Ancient Rome
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Rome links for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Central Asia
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Central Asia for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
South America
Ancient Egypt
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Egypt links for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Ancient China
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- China links for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Fall of Rome
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Fall of Rome for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
Islamic Empire
- California Standards
- Lesson Plans
- Islam links for kids
- Source code for links
- Maps
- Crafts and Projects
- Scavenger Hunt
United States
Why did people want to punch Socrates?
Where did Egyptians bury your liver?
How old are the Rocky Mountains?
What does a half-timbered house look like?
How do you spin wool?
(a project)
Kidipede - History for Kids home page
NEW! Kidipede's pages organized according to California state standards
Teachers' guides for what to do in class
(religion, philosophy,
environment...)
Scavenger hunt through the site for certain information (lists of things to search for here)
Have the students put together questions for their peers to answer.
Create a History Museum with each kid making an artifact; invite their parents for museum night.
Put together a class newspaper about China (for instance), with creative sports pages, food pages, political news and religious news.
Put together what was happening all over Europe, Asia and Africa in a particular time period (use the maps section).
Have students take different sides of a war (the Crusades, the Punic Wars, the American Revolutionary War, the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, the Hundred Years' War) and hold peace talks to try to settle their differences.
Use the information to create (for instance) a Stone Age village, either on paper or in a corner of the classroom.
Do hands-on craft projects like spinning or and weaving a piece of cloth.
Show a video of the Pyramids, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Colosseum or the Parthenon.
Why did people want to punch Socrates?
Where did Egyptians bury your liver?
How old are the Rocky Mountains?
What does a half-timbered house look like?
How do you spin wool?
(a project)
Historical reproductions to use in class
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