Overview
Chalkline Sample 示例课程 · 2026–2027
Coming up: Greece museum walk (Nov 20, 36 days), Rome project fair (Jan 22, 99 days)
Warning
Teacher build. Worksheets here include answer keys and teacher notes. Don’t share this version with students.
Every slide deck, printable and poster for the course, by unit below. The Everything tab has a search box and filters (type, unit, source) on the right; By type groups them by kind. The sidebar search looks inside every page. Inside any page, use the previous/next buttons at the bottom to flip through.
Start Here: What Chalkline Does
A short slide deck about Chalkline: what it makes for you, and how this sample course is put together.
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slides | Chalkline | What Chalkline makes for you from one file, the classroom tools in every deck, and how to start your own unit. | School |
Unit 1: Ancient Greece
How geography shaped the Greek city-states, how democracy worked in Athens, and the Greek ideas we still use today.
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet | 🔑 Unit 1 · Ancient Greece · Teacher edition | Every printable for Unit 1: Ancient Greece, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Unit 1 · Ancient Greece · Student copy | Every printable for Unit 1: Ancient Greece, without answer keys. Print this for class. | School | |
| Slides | City-States and Democracy | Greek geography, city-states, Athens and Sparta, and how democracy worked in Athens. | School | |
| Slides | Greek Ideas That Last | The Olympic Games, gods and myths, philosophers, temples and columns, and theater. | School | |
| Worksheet | Athens vs Sparta 雅典与斯巴达 | Compare government, school, the army and daily life in two city-states, then decide where you’d rather live. Teacher copy has an answer key. | School | |
| Handout | The Assembly Votes 公民大会投票 | A classroom Athenian Assembly: speeches for and against, a show-of-hands vote, a tally, and a reflection on who got to vote. | School | |
| Reference | Greek Gods Fact Cards 希腊诸神 | Six of the Olympian gods: what each was in charge of and a symbol, with 中文 names, plus a blank card to design your own. | School | |
| Reference | Ancient Greece (Simple English Wikipedia) | An easy-English overview of ancient Greece, for reading at home. | Wikipedia |
Unit 2: Ancient Rome
How Rome went from a republic to an empire, and the roads, aqueducts, buildings and words it left behind.
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet | 🔑 Unit 2 · Ancient Rome · Teacher edition | Every printable for Unit 2: Ancient Rome, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Unit 2 · Ancient Rome · Student copy | Every printable for Unit 2: Ancient Rome, without answer keys. Print this for class. | School | |
| Slides | From Republic to Empire | The founding legend, the Roman Republic (senate and consuls), Julius Caesar, Augustus and the empire, and the legions. | School | |
| Slides | Roman Engineering and Legacy | Roads, aqueducts, concrete and the Colosseum, the forum, Latin and Roman numerals, and the fall of the western empire. | School | |
| Worksheet | Republic or Empire? 共和国还是帝国？ | Sort ten facts into the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire, put five events in order, and explain the change. Teacher copy has an answer key. | School | |
| Worksheet | Design Challenge: Build an Aqueduct 设计引水渠 | Design an aqueduct that carries water from a hilltop spring to a city using only gravity: sketch, label and explain. | School | |
| Reference | Roman Numerals 罗马数字 | The seven Roman numeral letters, the add and subtract rules, examples, and eight to try. Teacher copy has answers. | School | |
| Reference | Ancient Rome (Simple English Wikipedia) | An easy-English overview of ancient Rome, for reading at home. | Wikipedia |
Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe
The oldest known monument in the world: giant carved stones raised by hunter-gatherers 11,500 years ago, and how archaeologists use evidence to work out what it was.
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet | 🔑 Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe · Teacher edition | Every printable for Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe · Student copy | Every printable for Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe, without answer keys. Print this for class. | School | |
| Slides | Discovering Göbekli Tepe | Where and when it was built, how it was found, the stone enclosures, T-pillars shaped like people, and the animals carved on them. | School | |
| Slides | Who Built It, and Why? | Hunter-gatherer builders, cutting and moving the pillars, evidence versus guesses, why archaeologists stopped calling it a temple, and the link to farming. | School | |
| Worksheet | Evidence or Guess? 证据还是猜测？ | Sort ten statements about Göbekli Tepe into evidence or guesses, put five monuments from three units in time order, and explain why archaeologists changed their minds. Teacher copy has an answer key. | School | |
| Worksheet | Design Challenge: Carve a T-Pillar 设计T形石柱 | Design a T-pillar for our class, with arms, a belt and animal reliefs that tell something about us, then plan how to cut and move it without metal or machines. | School | |
| Reference | Animals in Stone Fact Cards 石头上的动物 | Six wild animals carved on the pillars of Göbekli Tepe, with 中文 names, where to find them, and a question to think about. | School | |
| Reference | Göbekli Tepe (UNESCO World Heritage) | The official World Heritage listing, a short and clear description of the site and why it matters. | UNESCO | |
| Reference | Göbekli Tepe (Wikipedia) | The long version, with the newest research (houses, water cisterns, how many builders). Harder English; for teachers. | Wikipedia | |
| Reference | Tepe Telegrams (the excavation team’s blog) | News and interviews from the archaeologists who dig at Göbekli Tepe, including why they stopped calling it a “temple”. | German Archaeological Institute |
Whole year
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet | 🔑 Year packet · Teacher edition | Every unit packet in one PDF, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Year packet · Student copy | Every unit packet in one PDF, without answer keys. | School | |
| Vocab | History vocab (English / 中文) | All 37 words from the three units, with pictures and Chinese. | School |
| Title | Type | Unit | Source | Formats | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalkline | Slides | Start here | School | Slides · PDF | What Chalkline makes for you from one file, the classroom tools in every deck, and how to start your own unit. |
| 🔑 Unit 1 · Ancient Greece · Teacher edition | Packet | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Every printable for Unit 1: Ancient Greece, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | |
| 🎒 Unit 1 · Ancient Greece · Student copy | Packet | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Every printable for Unit 1: Ancient Greece, without answer keys. Print this for class. | |
| City-States and Democracy | Slides | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Slides · PDF | Greek geography, city-states, Athens and Sparta, and how democracy worked in Athens. |
| Greek Ideas That Last | Slides | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Slides · PDF | The Olympic Games, gods and myths, philosophers, temples and columns, and theater. |
| Athens vs Sparta 雅典与斯巴达 | Worksheet | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Web · PDF | Compare government, school, the army and daily life in two city-states, then decide where you’d rather live. Teacher copy has an answer key. |
| The Assembly Votes 公民大会投票 | Handout | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Web · PDF | A classroom Athenian Assembly: speeches for and against, a show-of-hands vote, a tally, and a reflection on who got to vote. |
| Greek Gods Fact Cards 希腊诸神 | Reference | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | School | Web · PDF | Six of the Olympian gods: what each was in charge of and a symbol, with 中文 names, plus a blank card to design your own. |
| Ancient Greece (Simple English Wikipedia) | Reference | Unit 1 · Ancient Greece | Wikipedia | Link | An easy-English overview of ancient Greece, for reading at home. |
| 🔑 Unit 2 · Ancient Rome · Teacher edition | Packet | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Every printable for Unit 2: Ancient Rome, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | |
| 🎒 Unit 2 · Ancient Rome · Student copy | Packet | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Every printable for Unit 2: Ancient Rome, without answer keys. Print this for class. | |
| From Republic to Empire | Slides | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Slides · PDF | The founding legend, the Roman Republic (senate and consuls), Julius Caesar, Augustus and the empire, and the legions. |
| Roman Engineering and Legacy | Slides | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Slides · PDF | Roads, aqueducts, concrete and the Colosseum, the forum, Latin and Roman numerals, and the fall of the western empire. |
| Republic or Empire? 共和国还是帝国？ | Worksheet | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Web · PDF | Sort ten facts into the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire, put five events in order, and explain the change. Teacher copy has an answer key. |
| Design Challenge: Build an Aqueduct 设计引水渠 | Worksheet | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Web · PDF | Design an aqueduct that carries water from a hilltop spring to a city using only gravity: sketch, label and explain. |
| Roman Numerals 罗马数字 | Reference | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | School | Web · PDF | The seven Roman numeral letters, the add and subtract rules, examples, and eight to try. Teacher copy has answers. |
| Ancient Rome (Simple English Wikipedia) | Reference | Unit 2 · Ancient Rome | Wikipedia | Link | An easy-English overview of ancient Rome, for reading at home. |
| 🔑 Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe · Teacher edition | Packet | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Every printable for Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | |
| 🎒 Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe · Student copy | Packet | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Every printable for Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe, without answer keys. Print this for class. | |
| Discovering Göbekli Tepe | Slides | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Slides · PDF | Where and when it was built, how it was found, the stone enclosures, T-pillars shaped like people, and the animals carved on them. |
| Who Built It, and Why? | Slides | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Slides · PDF | Hunter-gatherer builders, cutting and moving the pillars, evidence versus guesses, why archaeologists stopped calling it a temple, and the link to farming. |
| Evidence or Guess? 证据还是猜测？ | Worksheet | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Web · PDF | Sort ten statements about Göbekli Tepe into evidence or guesses, put five monuments from three units in time order, and explain why archaeologists changed their minds. Teacher copy has an answer key. |
| Design Challenge: Carve a T-Pillar 设计T形石柱 | Worksheet | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Web · PDF | Design a T-pillar for our class, with arms, a belt and animal reliefs that tell something about us, then plan how to cut and move it without metal or machines. |
| Animals in Stone Fact Cards 石头上的动物 | Reference | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | School | Web · PDF | Six wild animals carved on the pillars of Göbekli Tepe, with 中文 names, where to find them, and a question to think about. |
| Göbekli Tepe (UNESCO World Heritage) | Reference | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | UNESCO | Link | The official World Heritage listing, a short and clear description of the site and why it matters. |
| Göbekli Tepe (Wikipedia) | Reference | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | Wikipedia | Link | The long version, with the newest research (houses, water cisterns, how many builders). Harder English; for teachers. |
| Tepe Telegrams (the excavation team’s blog) | Reference | Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe | German Archaeological Institute | Link | News and interviews from the archaeologists who dig at Göbekli Tepe, including why they stopped calling it a “temple”. |
| 🔑 Year packet · Teacher edition | Packet | Whole year | School | Every unit packet in one PDF, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. | |
| 🎒 Year packet · Student copy | Packet | Whole year | School | Every unit packet in one PDF, without answer keys. | |
| History vocab (English / 中文) | Vocab | Whole year | School | Link | All 37 words from the three units, with pictures and Chinese. |
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Packet
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet | 🔑 Unit 1 · Ancient Greece · Teacher edition | Every printable for Unit 1: Ancient Greece, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Unit 1 · Ancient Greece · Student copy | Every printable for Unit 1: Ancient Greece, without answer keys. Print this for class. | School | |
| Packet | 🔑 Unit 2 · Ancient Rome · Teacher edition | Every printable for Unit 2: Ancient Rome, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Unit 2 · Ancient Rome · Student copy | Every printable for Unit 2: Ancient Rome, without answer keys. Print this for class. | School | |
| Packet | 🔑 Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe · Teacher edition | Every printable for Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. For you. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Unit 3 · Göbekli Tepe · Student copy | Every printable for Unit 3: Göbekli Tepe, without answer keys. Print this for class. | School | |
| Packet | 🔑 Year packet · Teacher edition | Every unit packet in one PDF, WITH answer keys and teacher notes. | School | |
| Packet | 🎒 Year packet · Student copy | Every unit packet in one PDF, without answer keys. | School |
Slides
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slides | Chalkline | What Chalkline makes for you from one file, the classroom tools in every deck, and how to start your own unit. | School | |
| Slides | City-States and Democracy | Greek geography, city-states, Athens and Sparta, and how democracy worked in Athens. | School | |
| Slides | Greek Ideas That Last | The Olympic Games, gods and myths, philosophers, temples and columns, and theater. | School | |
| Slides | From Republic to Empire | The founding legend, the Roman Republic (senate and consuls), Julius Caesar, Augustus and the empire, and the legions. | School | |
| Slides | Roman Engineering and Legacy | Roads, aqueducts, concrete and the Colosseum, the forum, Latin and Roman numerals, and the fall of the western empire. | School | |
| Slides | Discovering Göbekli Tepe | Where and when it was built, how it was found, the stone enclosures, T-pillars shaped like people, and the animals carved on them. | School | |
| Slides | Who Built It, and Why? | Hunter-gatherer builders, cutting and moving the pillars, evidence versus guesses, why archaeologists stopped calling it a temple, and the link to farming. | School |
Worksheet
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worksheet | Athens vs Sparta 雅典与斯巴达 | Compare government, school, the army and daily life in two city-states, then decide where you’d rather live. Teacher copy has an answer key. | School | |
| Worksheet | Republic or Empire? 共和国还是帝国？ | Sort ten facts into the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire, put five events in order, and explain the change. Teacher copy has an answer key. | School | |
| Worksheet | Design Challenge: Build an Aqueduct 设计引水渠 | Design an aqueduct that carries water from a hilltop spring to a city using only gravity: sketch, label and explain. | School | |
| Worksheet | Evidence or Guess? 证据还是猜测？ | Sort ten statements about Göbekli Tepe into evidence or guesses, put five monuments from three units in time order, and explain why archaeologists changed their minds. Teacher copy has an answer key. | School | |
| Worksheet | Design Challenge: Carve a T-Pillar 设计T形石柱 | Design a T-pillar for our class, with arms, a belt and animal reliefs that tell something about us, then plan how to cut and move it without metal or machines. | School |
Handout
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handout | The Assembly Votes 公民大会投票 | A classroom Athenian Assembly: speeches for and against, a show-of-hands vote, a tally, and a reflection on who got to vote. | School |
Reference
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Greek Gods Fact Cards 希腊诸神 | Six of the Olympian gods: what each was in charge of and a symbol, with 中文 names, plus a blank card to design your own. | School | |
| Reference | Ancient Greece (Simple English Wikipedia) | An easy-English overview of ancient Greece, for reading at home. | Wikipedia | |
| Reference | Roman Numerals 罗马数字 | The seven Roman numeral letters, the add and subtract rules, examples, and eight to try. Teacher copy has answers. | School | |
| Reference | Ancient Rome (Simple English Wikipedia) | An easy-English overview of ancient Rome, for reading at home. | Wikipedia | |
| Reference | Animals in Stone Fact Cards 石头上的动物 | Six wild animals carved on the pillars of Göbekli Tepe, with 中文 names, where to find them, and a question to think about. | School | |
| Reference | Göbekli Tepe (UNESCO World Heritage) | The official World Heritage listing, a short and clear description of the site and why it matters. | UNESCO | |
| Reference | Göbekli Tepe (Wikipedia) | The long version, with the newest research (houses, water cisterns, how many builders). Harder English; for teachers. | Wikipedia | |
| Reference | Tepe Telegrams (the excavation team’s blog) | News and interviews from the archaeologists who dig at Göbekli Tepe, including why they stopped calling it a “temple”. | German Archaeological Institute |
Vocab
| Type | Title | What it is | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vocab | History vocab (English / 中文) | All 37 words from the three units, with pictures and Chinese. | School |