Lesson Plans and Worksheets
- Home /
- Teacher Resources /
- Social Studies /
- World History /
- World History by Continent /
- European History
Browse by Subject
- European History
Related Topics
Featured Testimonial
I am able to quickly find a resource or get ideas that I otherwise would be left just spinning my wheels. I love Lesson Planet!
- Mark H., Teacher
- Adams, TN
- 04-05-11
European History Teacher Resources
Find teacher approved European History educational resource ideas and activities
Title
Resource Type
Views
Grade
Rating
Although the article that launches this lesson is about the history of the Periodic Table, the objective is reading comprehension. Using the eight-page informational text, learners answer five comprehension questions and craft one essay. They utilize text features such as headings and graphics to more efficiently move through the questions, and mark the text as they read to note important facts. This is also a great way to teach vocabulary in context and text features. The reading is not difficult or long.
Explore world geography by viewing different media sources. Learners will view PowerPoint and Internet presentations about the lifestyles, politics, geography and economy of different European countries and then complete a Europe worksheet which consists of creating a narrative story about Europe.
In this European history worksheet, students respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding the Bubonic Plague and the Reformation.
Travel through Europe with ten-year-old Teddy Roosevelt in this writing activity, which uses the picture book My Tour of Europe: by Teddy Roosevelt, by Ellen Jackson. After reading the book, readers compare it to passages from The Boyhood Diary of Theodore Roosevelt, both of which are primary sources of the same account. Next, they will use the themes and "big ideas" to make their own picture books. Writing instructions can be found on the lesson plan link.
Only 18 slides, but they sure do cover a large time period! From Indian geography and the Aryan Invasion, to the Marya Empire and Buddhism, this overview touches on basic information regarding Indian history. Perfect as an introduction or overview, and review questions are included.
Students consider the insight to the past that oral histories can provide. They, in groups, analyze oral histories, prepare to interview a family member on their recollections of a historical event and then write a historical narrative.
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of Europe and its important characteristics. They participate in a review of major facts in preparation for taking a formal assessment. The lesson includes a sample of questions that could be used.
In this historical perspectives activity, learners read a 2-page selection about Northern Europe of the past and today and then respond to 5 short answer questions and compete a graphic organizer based on the information.
Even a cumulative review can include main ideas, key events, supporting details, and critical thinking. An excellent 8th grade history review is yours for the taking. It includes topics that range from the thirteen colonies to post Civil War reformation. There are 10 full assignments compiled in a fourteen-page packet.
Students take part in a lesson plan that is about the history of Europe from the year 1500 AD to modern times. They conduct research using a variety of resources and use the information to create a class presentation or have classroom discussion.