Ancient India Lesson Plans

  Young scholars view a PowerPoint presentation with pictures about ancient India to discuss the impact India had on the world’s architecture.  In this history lesson, students use discussion questions to guide their lesson.   

Sixth graders compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism. In this ancient India lesson, 6th graders use Inspiration software to create graphic organizers that show the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism.

Seventh graders study the history and civilization of the Indus Valley. In this Ancient India instructional activity, 7th graders research the political and social characteristics of the Indus Valley civilization. Students create a travel brochure based on the political, social, geographical, economic, and cultural research they found. Students then use the brochures to help them complete graphic organizers comparing the Indus Valley to other river civilizations.

Sixth graders engage in a variety of activities in order to study the culture of Ancient India. They read text in order to answer specific questions. Students make a crossword puzzle to review vocabulary among many other exercises in the unit.

Students investigate the ancient structures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. In small groups, they conduct research, evaluate their findings within the group, create visual aides, and complete an Internet treasure hunt.

Sixth graders create a travel brochure highlighting the accomplishments of the Indus Valley civilization. Group work allows students to create brochures illustrating the location, government, religion, agriculture, cultural and scientific contributions of this ancient civilization.

Fourth graders explore information about the geography of Ancient India. Students examine slides depicting civilization along the Indus River. Students read and interpret essays describing the civilization. Students create and play a board game.

Students use the Internet to investigate an event from the ancient world. They gather information as reporters and write newspaper articles. They compile news stories into a front page edition of the Ancient Times to share with classmates.

Students explore world geography by completing worksheets in class. In this India history lesson, students identify the location of India and examine a timeline of the country from over 6000 years ago. Students research the Internet to discover the different people who lived there before completing a worksheet.

Students explore the ancient past. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students research ancient events and write newspaper articles about the events. Students work in teams of 4 to produce group newspapers that feature their findings. Lesson extension activities are included as well.