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Screen-Free World History Activities That Are Actually Ready to Use

A growing library of high school printable readings, primary source activities, escape rooms, scavenger hunts, sub plans, DBQ-style practice, and more! 

What You’ll Find Inside the Library

Printable high-engagement escape rooms, readings with guided questions, primary source analysis and DBQs, low-prep scavenger hunts, ready-to-go sub plans, skill-building activities, review activities, and more.

Use It When You Need…

A scree-free lesson option, a low-prep activity for those weird schedule days, a way to introduce a new topic, review activities before a test, something more engaging than a lecture or textbook questions, primary source practice without building a DBQ from scratch, a backup plan that still feels purposeful, or when you just need something done for you.

From “What Am I Doing Tomorrow?” to “I Already Have Something Ready.”

Instead of digging through old files, trying to adapt digital lessons, or building activities from scratch, you'll have a growing library of printable world history activities you can pull from whenever you need a thoughtful, flexible, screen-free lesson.

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Not Just Worksheets. Not Another Digital Platform.

This library is designed around the real needs of high school world history teachers: limited prep time, mixed student motivation, unpredictable schedules, and the growing need for meaningful activities that do not depend on student devices. Each activity is built to support content knowledge, historical thinking, and classroom engagement while still being realistic to print, assign, and manage.

How the Membership Works

Join the library to get access to the current collection of printable world history activities. Find readings, primary source activities, escape rooms, scavenger hunts, review lessons, and sub plans. Use the activities as full lessons, stations, independent work, emergency plans, or review days. New activities are added over time so your library keeps growing!

Peek Inside the Membership Library

  1. Welcome!

    3 lessons
    1. How to Contact Me
    2. Requesting Resources
    3. Terms of Use and Credits

  2. What's New, What's Coming Soon, and Bonuses!

    3 lessons
    1. Newest Additions
    2. Coming Soon!
    3. Back-to-School Amazon Wishlist Giveaway

  3. First Week of School and Intro Activities

    5 lessons
    1. 5 Seconds to Name...
    2. World History Event Sort Group Activity
    3. Geologic Timeline
    4. SPICE-T Posters
    5. Religions Project and Gallery Walk

  4. Sub Plans

    1 lesson
    1. Historical Figures Snapshots

  5. Geography Activities

    9 lessons
    1. Continents and Countries Dominoes
    2. North American Geography Scavenger Hunt
    3. Cultural Geography of Mexico Reading
    4. South American Geography Crossword Puzzles
    5. South American Geography Scavenger Hunt

    1. Map Quizzes

      1. Asian Regions Map
      2. Map Quiz: The World, Africa, and the Middle East
      3. Map Quiz: Afro-Eurasia
      4. South America Map Quizzes

  6. Prehistory and Early Humans

    4 lessons
    1. Animism and Shamanism Reading
    2. Neolithic Escape Room
    3. Early Religions Scavenger Hunt
    4. Prehistory, the Americas, and Early Religions Crossword Puzzle

  7. Early River Valley Civilizations

    2 lessons

    1. Ancient Egypt

      1. Egyptian Gods Scavenger Hunt
      2. Amarna Letters Primary Source Analysis (Fact or Opinion + DBQs)

  8. Classical Civilizations

    1 lesson

    1. Ancient Greece

      1. Greek Gods and Goddesses Project

  9. Post-Classical / Medieval World, c. 500–1450

    10 lessons

    1. Medieval Islamic World

      1. Scaffolded Thesis Statement Practice

    2. Medieval Europe

      1. Medieval Europe Scavenger Hunt
      2. Book of Hours Primary Source Analysis

    3. Medieval Africa

      1. West African States Scaffolded Thesis Writing Practice

    4. Mongol Empire

      1. Mongols and the Environment Jigsaw
      2. The Mongol Mission Primary Source Analysis + DBQs

    5. Pre-Columbian Americas

      1. Pre-Columbian Americas Scavenger Hunt
      2. Aztec, Inca, and Maya Innovations Comparison Organizer

    6. Medieval Trade Networks

      1. Marco Polo Research Task
      2. Silk Roads Map

  10. Gunpowder Empires and Early Modern States

    1 lesson
    1. Land-Based Empires Comparison Stations

  11. Renaissance, Reformation, and Early Modern Europe

    1 lesson
    1. Bohemian Reformation Reading and Questions

  12. Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange

    9 lessons
    1. Portuguese Empire Reading and Primary Source Analysis
    2. Bartolomé de las Casas Primary Source Analysis (Fact or Opinion + DBQs)
    3. Age of Exploration Printable Escape Room
    4. Ferdinand Magellan Performance Evaluation
    5. Technological Innovations in the Age of Exploration
    6. Age of Exploration Gingerbread Men Holiday Activity
    7. Age of Exploration Crossword Puzzles
    8. Timeline Challenge Empires in the Age of Exploration
    9. Columbian Exchange Scaffolded Thesis Writing Practice

  13. Political Revolutions and Industrial Revolution c. 1750-1900

    8 lessons

    1. Absolutism and Enlightenment

      1. What Led to the Enlightenment? Graphic Organizer
      2. Enlightenment Thinker Dominoes

    2. Political Revolutions

      1. Haitian Revolution Gallery Walk

    3. Industrial Revolution

      1. The Wealth of Nations Primary Source Analysis
      2. Women and Industrialization Reading and Questions
      3. Japanese Industrialization Reading and Questions
      4. Comparing Advertisements from the Industrial Revolution
      5. British Industrialization Scaffolded Thesis Writing Practice

  14. Nationalism, Imperialism and Global Resistance c. 1750-1914

    1 lesson
    1. Imperialism Primary Source Analysis

  15. World War I and the Interwar Period

    1 lesson

    1. Interwar Period

      1. Unresolved Tensions after WWI Mystery Word Activity

  16. World War II and Mass Atrocities After 1900

    2 lessons
    1. Causes of WWII Crossword Puzzle
    2. Mass Atrocities Cause and Effect

  17. Cold War c. 1945-1991

    1 lesson
    1. Cold War and Decolonization Timeline Challenge

  18. Decolonization and Nation-Building c. 1945-Present

    0 lessons

  19. Globalization and the Contemporary World

    0 lessons

  20. Holiday-Specific Activities

    1 lesson
    1. Age of Exploration Gingerbread Men Holiday Activity

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With this subscription, you'll have on-demand access to all of my printable world history activities, projects, and assignments. As I create new activities, they'll show up in the member library ready for you! Just log in, search for any topic in world history, and grab what you need! Your membership renews monthly, and you maintain access to all resources as long as your subscription is active. You can cancel anytime. Can't find something you need? Leave a comment in the membership and I'll add it to my to-do list!

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