I use this resources as a basic introduction to the concepts of trade a bartering. It does a fantastic job of giving a basic history from trading individual items to shells and coins and paper money until today when kids still might trade or barter.

This course from the OER Project provides complete lessons, videos, and other resources on the rise of agriculture and early societies, expansion and interconnection among civilizations, economic changes, and so much more!

In this BYU arts integraion lesson plan, students will identify several Egyptian pyramid structures and explain how they evolved over time.
They will represent various shapes and facts about the pyramids through dance.

For over a thousand years, three successive civilizations ruled West Africa. In this lesson, students will learn about the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires. They will also discover how these empires contributed to the spread of Islam.

For thousands of years, India has been a hub of cultural, religious, and scientific development. In this lesson, students will learn about the Maurya and Gupta empires. They will also discover how the caste system shaped ancient Indian society.

This is a lesson plan on how to introduce a Genius Hour project on Ancient Civilization architecture. Students will study what made these famous structures last.Preview image by PIXNIO

This is an extensive lesson plan that allows students to compare Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia in terms of geography, religion, and government. Inquiry based.

Who were the Phoenicians? In this lesson, students will learn about the social, economic, and religious structures of this ancient seafaring civilization. They will also discover how the Phoenicians influenced modern-day writing systems.

Students complete stations to describe (in a graphic organizer) what characterizes a civilization.

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This course from the OER Project provides complete lessons, videos, and other resources on much of world history, including the rise of cities, societies, and empires, regional webs, the first global age, industrialization and imperialism in the nineteenth century, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and globalization.