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Ancient India
Lesson Plans for Teachers
Games for Kids

For Ancient India: These are original Free Use lesson plans, classroom activities, interactive activities, review activities, and concluding activities and projects written by us and by other teachers for ancient India including the Indus Valley Civilization, The Aryan Empire, and the Gupta Empire, Hinduism, Buddhism, and more.

Free Resource: Ancient India Unit, designed for grade 2 but great ideas for grades 2-6, free download, Core Knowledge

Ancient India for Kids and Teachers (Mrs. Masters) – Review, Activity and Game

Ancient India for 6th grade social studies, lessons, activities, vocabulary (Mrs. Gilbert)

Ancient India - downloads, worksheets, info sheets, vocabulary, much more (Mr.Proehl's class)

Ancient India - Essential Questions, Presentations, Quiz Review

Ancient India Interactive Notebook - for teachers, free from teachers pay teachers)

Ancient India Activities (free from teachers pay teachers)

Ancient India Project Ideas

Indus Valley Cities (Hamilton Trust)

Ancient India Activities (Ranch Middle School)

Ancient India documents - free downloads - worksheets, vocabulary, Gandhi, more (Mr. Sauer)

Readers Theater India - #3: The Princess and the God

The Vedas, the foundation of Hinduism, lesson plans

Hinduism lesson plans, middle school

Buddhist Studies (with teachers guide, one for primary, one for secondary)

#15: The Millionaire Miser (Buddhist Fable) and #16: How Violence is Ended (Buddhist Legend), Readers Theatre

Buddhism lesson plans

Interactive Quiz about the Five Themes of India's Geography (with answers)

Modern India:

India/Pakistan Dispute over Kashmir (4 day mini-unit debate, Donn)

Mahatma Gandhi Lesson Plans, Free Documentary, Photo Essay, Resources

Scroll Down: The Culture of India and Gandhi lesson plans

The Story of India (PBS for teachers, lesson plans)

India Culture UNIT 

For Kids

The Indus Valley Civilization, for kids

The Aryans for kids

The Gupta Empire for kids

Ancient India Interactive Games

Early Hinduism - story, explore

Buddha, the Awakened One, for kids

Geography of India - story, explore, challenge game