By using a simple mnemonic device, this skinny poster illustrates the factors that characterize any civilization: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structures. Use this poster when introducing any ancient civilization to your students. It works with classifying present-day civilizations, too!

Excellent for independent learning, the 22-page activity packet download provides over 20 activities and research topics. Students practice applying GRAPES to different historical facts, create a GRAPES foldable, and follow a writing process to create a formal paper connecting any region to the GRAPES factors.

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This versatile digital resource is an entire thematic unit in one place! PDFs include complete teacher edition and editable student pages. Students simply type their answers in, save, and upload! Printable and projectable, this unit is perfect for seamless teaching in class, at home, or any combination!

• Flexible design works in any learning environment, ready to upload to Google Classroom or any other learning platform!
• Differentiated and supportive, with a solid mix of warmups, out-of-the-box activities, content and skills practice, graphic organizers, primary source analysis, and resources.
• Activities include: Lascaux Caves Mural Project and Document-Based Questions: Transitioning from Hunter-Gatherer Societies to Classic Civilization.
• Ready to implement! No textbook, no problem. A historical context reading with bolded key vocab terms starts the unit.
• Aligned to C3 and Common Core national standards.

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World Religions Map and Mini-Poster Set with Activity Pack Download

Across the globe, people of faith practice their beliefs every day. But what are those beliefs? And where do they live and worship? Discussions about a sometimes-sensitive topic become easier with the tools provided in a map, poster set, and activity packet—ready for multiple uses in your classroom.

The most-practiced religions—including unaffiliated individuals and indigenous religions—are described in accessible language in the World Religions Set: the Religions Around the World Map, the World Religions Mini-Poster Set, and the World Religions Activity Packet Download.

• The Religions Around the World Map features comprehensive charts showing the distribution of the 10 most-practiced beliefs by region, which allows students to easily and graphically see where religions are practiced. Useful facts about each religion, color coding, and different ways to access data make this a powerful resource for discussions of religion, geography, history, and the current geopolitical climate.
• The World Religions Mini-Poster Set includes the religion’s origin, founder, percentage of the world population that follows the religion, number of followers, religious symbol, an image of an important location, and a brief description.
• The World Religions Activity Packet Download provides additional information, individual and group activities, research and writing activities, and reproducible worksheets to use right away in your class. 

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Inspire Fair and Open Religious Classroom Discussions—DIGITAL RESOURCE DOWNLOAD

Introduce your students to new perspectives on the world around them as interpreted through the beliefs and traditions of 14 world religions.

• How do a religion’s followers define themselves?
• What makes their belief system different from—or similar to—other religious faiths?
• What are the duties and responsibilities of its followers?

Your students will discover the traditions, rituals, and basic concepts of African Diaspora religions, African Traditional religions, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous beliefs, Irreligion, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism, and Taoism. Bring your students to a higher understanding of world religions, and bring your classroom together with collaborative discussions. Includes reproducible activity worksheets.  

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