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 explainer video, students learn about Confucianism. They explore the philosophy behind Confucianism and how it impacted Chinese politics and society.

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

In this lesson on Indian culture, students will learn about Buddhism and Hinduism and their spread to other countries though trade.

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.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Biography in Context, Gale Discovering Collection, and Gale Student Resources in context help students to learn about the Renaissance Art and Music era. 

World History Encyclopedia is a non-profit educational website with a global vision: to provide the best ancient history information on the internet for free.

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.