UNIT 2 CHOICE BOARD
Select 3 activities on the choice board to research and complete. You may use
your textbook, notes and Chromebook to research.
All finished products are due Thursday in the middle of class. Use your class
time WISELY!!
Draw a comic strip
showing what happened
when Neanderthals
migrated. (must have 8
frames)
Design a study guide that
reviews what students
need to know in
preparation for next weeks
test. You must have at
least 15 questions and
answers.
Create a set of 12
vocabulary flashcards from
this unit. (provide a visual
representation, term, a
definition in your own
words and a complete
sentence using the word)
Write a song, rap or poem
about the hominids,
Paleolithic Era or Neolithic
Era. (must include chorus
and 3 verses)
Imagine you are a hominid. Write
two diary entries about your
experiences (1) hunting &
gathering and (2) farming. (each
entry must be a minimum of 12
complete sentences)
Create a post card to send home
during your time travel to the
Stone Age. Be sure to describe the
things that you have experienced.
(your post card must include a
picture on the front and the
information on the back)
Select a hominid we have learned
about and write 5 interview
questions you would ask that
person. Write a response how you
think that person would have
answered each question and
explain why.
Draw a childrens picture book
about the Paleolithic or Neolithic
Era. (book must have at least 10
pages)
Create a timeline with 10
important events from our
unit. (Each event must
include 2 sentences and an
image.
Write an advertisement for a
Neanderthals use of fire.
(Include why fire is important,
an image, and why all
Neanderthals should use it.)
Create a world map that
shows how/where the
hominids migrated. Be sure to
label the continents and
clearly mark the path of the
hominids.
Create a Venn Diagram
comparing and contrasting the
Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras.
Each portion of the Venn
Diagram must have at least 6
bullet points.
 Unit 3 Choice Board
Select 3 activities on the choice board to research and complete. You may use your textbook,
notes and Chromebook to research.
All finished products are due by Friday. Use your class time WISELY!!
Design a travel brochure for
your favorite ancient
civilization to persuade tourists
to visit. Include details about its
physical and cultural
characteristics, as well as
images.
Design a study guide that
reviews what future 6th grade
students need to know to
prepare for the CFA 2. You
must have at least 15 questions
and answers.
Create a set of 12 vocabulary
flashcards from this unit.
(provide a visual
representation, term, a
definition in your own words
and a complete sentence using
the word)
Write a song, rap or poem
about the characteristics
(cultural and physical) of an
ancient civilization (must
include chorus and 3 verses).
Imagine you are Emperor Qin.
Write two diary entries about your
experiences (1)uniting China (2)
preparing for the afterlife (each
entry must be a minimum of 8
complete sentences)
Create a postcard to send home
during your travel to Ancient India.
Describe each level of the caste
system and explain what life is like
in the caste you are a member of.
Must have 12 complete sentences
and an image.
Select a civilization leader we have
learned about and write 5 interview
questions you would ask that
person. Write a response how you
think that person would have
answered each question and explain
why.
Write a myth about how an
Egyptian God/Goddess was
created. (myth must have at least 6
pages and images)
Create an 8 slide Google presentation
about the importance of the Silk Road
(each slide must include at least 3
sentences and an image.)
Write an advertisement for an
invention from Mesopotamia, Ancient
Egypt or Ancient China. (Include why
the invention is important, an image,
and why all humans should use it.)
Create a world map that shows where
the 5 civilizations (Mesopotamia,
Egypt, India, China, Africa) weve
studied are located. Be sure to label
the continents, the civilization and its
geographical features (rivers,
mountains, desert, etc.)
Create a triple Venn Diagram
comparing and contrasting the three
Chinese philosophies: Legalism,
Confucianism and Daoism. Must have
5 bullet points per section.
 Unit 5 Choice Board
Select 3 activities on the choice board to research and complete. You may use your textbook, folder,
notes and Chromebook to research.
All finished products are due by Thursday (3/17/16). Use your class time WISELY!!
Research and create Google Slides about the Describe what life was like for a young
Feudal System. Include all levels, what their boy to become a knight. Write two
life was like and describe the relationship they diary entries about your experiences (1)
have with each other. (Must have 5 to 10 being a page (2) become a squire (3)
slides) following chivalry (4) becoming a
knight. (Each entry must be a minimum
of 12 complete sentences)
Research the history of Leonardo Da Vinci. Create a postcard to send home during
Create a newspaper, brochure or Google Slides your time travel to the Silk Road while
that describes his 4 of his famous works and the Bubonic Plague hit. Be sure to
style/impact on Renaissance art. describe the things that you have
(Must have 5 to 10 Google Slides) experienced.
(your postcard must include a picture
on the front and the information on
the back)
Create a set of 12 vocabulary flashcards from Draft a 10 sentence letter asking your
Middle Ages/Renaissance/Scientific fellow Nobles to support you in taking
Revolution. (provide an image, term, a the Magna Carta to King John.
definition in your own words and a complete
sentence using the word) Explain what it is, why it is needed
and how it will change their lives if
they help.
Write a song, rap or poem about the Scientific Create a map outlining where the
Revolution. (ex. Galileo, Kepler, Scientific Bubonic Plague (Black Death) spread
Method, inventions) during the Middle Ages.
(must include 3 line chorus and 2 verses with
at least 6 lines) (Include countries it spread to, the
number of deaths and 4 sentences on
its cause and impact on life.)
Create a timeline with 6
important inventions from
the Middle Ages,
Renaissance or Scientific
Revolution.
(Include an image of the
invention and 2 sentences
describing what it was
used for.)
Create an advertisement for
the use of the Gutenberg
Printing Press.
(Include 4 sentences on
why the printing press is
important, an image, and
4 sentences on the impact
its creation had on
society.)
Create 2 original pieces of
art, one inspired by
Humanism and another by
the Middle Ages.
Write a paragraph, of at
least 7 sentences
describing the differences
between the two styles of
art.
Create a Venn Diagram
comparing and contrasting
the ideas of John Locke and
Thomas Hobbes. Each
portion of the Venn
Diagram must have at
least 6 bullet points.