Ancient/ Modern Grapes

​Welcome to Social Studies!

I have been teaching at Oak Hill for 16 years. When I am not in school, I like to spend time with my family and take my dogs for long walks.

My name is Ms. Bennes

Open Ended

What is one thing you like doing in your free time?

This year we will learn about:

• Ancient China

• Ancient India

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Rome

• First people of Australia

Open Ended

What do you think the word Ancient means?

Ancient: 

• A person, place, or thing from VERY LONG AGO

Modern: 

• A person, place, or thing from the present time

• We live in modern times.  We are modern people.  

Multiple Select

Is this person digging for something ancient or modern?

• Ancient

• Modern

Ancient!  

You can tell she is digging something ancient because we don't bury people right in the ground like that anymore.  That must have been buried VERY long ago.  

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Is this ancient or modern?

• Ancient

• Modern

Modern! 

You can tell because these are the kinds of tools we use today. 

Multiple Select

Is this ancient or modern?

• Ancient

• Modern

Ancient! 

You can tell because we don't dress like that anymore, and we don't use those kinds of weapons.  

Multiple Select

Is this ancient or modern?

• Ancient

• Modern

Modern! 

You can tell because this is our CURRENT calendar that we still use. Even though it is 5 years old, it is still modern. 

Multiple Select

Is this ancient or modern?

• Ancient

• Modern

Multiple Select

Is this ancient or modern?

• Ancient

• Modern

Ancient! 

You can tell because it is VERY OLD.  

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means very old

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

modern

ancient

recent

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means happening in our time today

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

modern

ancient

old

Open Ended

How did people get food in ancient times? How do get food in modern times?

In ancient times, people -------- but, in modern times people -------------

Open Ended

How did people move around in ancient times? How do we move around in modern times?

In ancient times, people -------- but, in modern times people -------------

When we study Ancient Civilizations, we will use GRAPES.

Multiple Choice

The G in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Government

• Geography

• Global

Multiple Choice

Which would be a topic of Geography?

• Rivers

• Hunters

• Kings

Multiple Choice

The R in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Region

• Retail Industry

• Rulers

• Religion

Multiple Choice

Which topic would be about religion?

• mountains

• belief in many gods

• inventions

Multiple Choice

The A in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Achievements

• Architecture

• Asia

Multiple Choice

What would be an achievement?

• invention of the wheel

• Desert

• Horses

Multiple Choice

The P in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Place

• People

• Politics

• Population

Multiple Choice

What topic would be in politics?

• Mountains

• farming

• Kings and Rulers

Multiple Choice

The E in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Environment

• Earth

• Economics

Multiple Choice

Which would be a topic in Economics?

• Invention of fire

• Taxes and money

• lakes

Multiple Choice

The S in GRAPES stands for:

• Society

• Success

• Supercalafragalisticexpealadosious

• Safety

Multiple Choice

Location, landforms, climate and natural resources are all:

• Geography

• Politics

Multiple Choice

Leaders, Rules/Laws, Rights and freedoms fall in which category...

• Geography

• Politics

Multiple Choice

Which GRAPES category best fits this picture?

• Geography

• Religion

• Politics

Multiple Choice

Donald Trump is elected president in 2024.

• Geography

• Politics

Multiple Choice

Muslims take time to perform one of their 5 daily prayers.

• Religion

• Economy

Multiple Choice

The USA lands the first man on the moon in 1969.

• Achievements

• Geography

Multiple Choice

This is about buying, selling, and trading to get the things that we need and want.

• Geography

• Economics