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Team Names for History Class

Five history team names a press: ancient world, explorers and inventors, US history class, quiz and history fair teams.

Team Names for History Class

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  1. Stadion SprintersThe stadion was a footrace of the ancient Olympic Games.
  2. Colonial Candle Dippers
  3. Marathon MessengersThe marathon takes its name from the legend of a Greek messenger.
  4. Oracle Bone ReadersOracle bones were used for divination in China under the late Shang.
  5. Terracotta LineupThe Terracotta Army is thousands of clay figures buried with China's first emperor.

All 113 names

Ancient world 28

  • Amphora Stackers An amphora is a storage and transport jar with a pointed bottom.
  • Ancient Wonders Club
  • Antikythera Gear Heads The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek device that could predict positions in the sky.
  • Ask the Oracle
  • Colossus Stride
  • Copper Plus Tin Bronze is an alloy made mostly of copper, usually with tin.
  • Cradle of Civilization A cradle of civilization is a place where an early civilization arose on its own.
  • Great Bath Swimmers The Great Bath stands among the ruins of Mohenjo-daro.
  • Han Dynasty Papermakers The first true papermaking process was recorded in China under the Eastern Han.
  • Indus Valley Planners Most cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation were built on a planned grid.
  • Labyrinth Mappers
  • Lighthouse Keepers of Alexandria The lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  • Linear B Decoders Linear B is the script of Mycenaean Greek, the earliest written form of Greek.
  • Marathon Messengers The marathon takes its name from the legend of a Greek messenger.
  • Minoan Fresco Fans
  • Monsoon Traders
  • Nazca Line Drawers The Nazca lines are designs cut into the floor of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru.
  • Olmec Head Carvers The Olmec of ancient Mesoamerica carved colossal heads from basalt boulders.
  • Oracle Bone Readers Oracle bones were used for divination in China under the late Shang.
  • Petra Rock Carvers Petra, in southern Jordan, is known for buildings cut into the rock.
  • Phoenician Purple Dyers Tyrian purple, a costly dye from sea snails, is named for Tyre in ancient Phoenicia.
  • Pottery Shard Voters In an ostracism, Athenians voted with names scratched on shards of pottery.
  • Stadion Sprinters The stadion was a footrace of the ancient Olympic Games.
  • Stonehenge Movers
  • Terracotta Lineup The Terracotta Army is thousands of clay figures buried with China's first emperor.
  • Wedge Writers Cuneiform is named for the wedge-shaped marks that form its signs.
  • Written in Cuneiform
  • Ziggurat Stair Steppers A ziggurat is a massive terraced structure of ancient Mesopotamia.

Explorers and inventors 27

  • Age of Discovery Crew
  • Age of Sail Deckhands
  • Astrolabe Readers An astrolabe is an old astronomical instrument; its Greek name means star-taker.
  • Canal Lock Keepers A lock raises and lowers boats between stretches of water at different levels.
  • Cape Rounders
  • Caravel Crew The caravel was a small, fast sailing ship used on voyages of exploration.
  • Chronometer Keepers A marine chronometer is a precise clock used to find a ship's longitude.
  • Compass Needle Followers
  • Flying Shuttle Weavers The flying shuttle, patented in 1733, sped up weaving and allowed wider cloth.
  • Hold Still for the Camera
  • Incandescent Ideas
  • Iron Horse Engineers Iron horse is an old name for a steam locomotive.
  • Lodestone Finders A lodestone is a naturally magnetic stone; hung so it could turn, it was the first compass.
  • Mapping the Unknown
  • Mechanical Loom Menders
  • Necessity Made Us
  • Northwest Passage Seekers The Northwest Passage is the sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific through the Arctic.
  • Outrigger Voyagers An outrigger is a float fixed beside a boat's hull.
  • Sextant Sighters A sextant measures the angle between a star or the Sun and the horizon.
  • Ship's Log Keepers
  • Spice Route Sailors
  • Spyglass Spotters
  • Star Path Wayfinders Polynesian navigators crossed the open Pacific by the stars, birds, swells and winds.
  • Steamboat Stokers
  • Sundial to Stopwatch
  • Telegraph Tappers
  • Telescope Tinkerers

US history class 28

  • Alphabet Agency Acronyms The New Deal's federal agencies are known as the alphabet agencies.
  • Articles of Confederation Revisers The Articles of Confederation served as the first constitution of the United States.
  • Buckled Shoe Brigade
  • Capitol Dome Tour Group
  • Chapter on the Colonies
  • Colonial Candle Dippers
  • Colonial Print Shop Apprentices
  • Continental Congress Clerks The Continental Congress governed the thirteen colonies and then the new United States.
  • Covered Wagon Carpool
  • Electoral College Freshmen
  • Erie Canal Barge Crew The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, runs between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
  • Fireside Chat Listeners The fireside chats were a president's evening radio addresses between 1933 and 1944.
  • Gilded Age Polishers The Gilded Age ran from about the late 1870s to the late 1890s.
  • Great Seal Engravers The Great Seal of the United States carries the motto E Pluribus Unum: out of many, one.
  • Hear Ye Hear Ye Homeroom
  • Louisiana Purchase Receipts In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 the United States paid France 15 million dollars.
  • Mayflower Compact Class The Mayflower Compact of 1620 was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
  • No Homework Without Representation No taxation without representation was a slogan of the American Revolution.
  • Prairie Schooner Sailors Prairie schooner is another name for a covered wagon.
  • Preamble Memorizers
  • Progressive Era Muckrakers Muckrakers were reform-minded journalists of the Progressive Era.
  • Seneca Falls Convention Goers The Seneca Falls Convention of July 1848 was the first women's rights convention.
  • Signed in Big Letters
  • Summer of 1787 The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
  • Tea in the Harbor At the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, chests of tea were thrown into Boston Harbor.
  • Transcontinental Railroaders The first transcontinental railroad was built between 1863 and 1869.
  • Two Lanterns in the Steeple Two lanterns were lit in the steeple of Boston's Old North Church on April 18, 1775.
  • We the Pupils The Preamble to the Constitution begins with the words We the People.

Quiz and history fair teams 30

  • The Anachronisms An anachronism is something placed in a time where it does not belong.
  • Annotated Bibliographers
  • The Antiquarians An antiquarian is a student of antiquities and things of the past.
  • The Archivists
  • Artifact Label Writers
  • Buzz In With the Year
  • The Chroniclers
  • Circa Something Circa means about, and is used with dates.
  • The Classicists
  • Dates Memorized, Mostly
  • Eras and Epochs
  • Exhibit A Students
  • Footnotes and Endnotes
  • Give or Take a Decade
  • Hindsight Specialists
  • Historically Speaking
  • Historically Underrated
  • The Historiographers Historiography is the study of the methods historians use.
  • History Fair Finalists
  • History in the Making
  • Junior Docents In the United States a docent is a guide and educator at a museum, usually a volunteer.
  • Living History Players Living history uses the tools, dress and activities of a period to bring it to life.
  • Local History Sleuths
  • The Medievalists
  • Microfilm Scrollers Microfilm keeps small photographs of documents on reels.
  • Not Doomed to Repeat It
  • Off by a Century
  • Oral History Interviewers Oral history gathers the past from planned interviews with people who lived it.
  • Potsherd Puzzlers A potsherd is a piece of pottery, often found at an archaeological site.
  • Town Museum Regulars

How it works

These team names for history class run from Wedge Writers to Tea in the Harbor. 58 of the 113 print a line of history under the name: what cuneiform is, when the Erie Canal was finished, what an anachronism means.

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Group names for US history class

The US history class set has 28 names, from the colonies to the New Deal: Colonial Candle Dippers, Signed in Big Letters, Covered Wagon Carpool. Summer of 1787 prints its dates: the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. Titles for the class chat are on history group chat names.

Smart history group names

The Anachronisms, The Historiographers, The Antiquarians and The Classicists use a historian's own words. An anachronism is something placed in a time where it does not belong; historiography is the study of the methods historians use.

Questions and answers

What are good history team names?

Wedge Writers, Copper Plus Tin and Pottery Shard Voters come from the ancient world; Astrolabe Readers, Caravel Crew and Iron Horse Engineers from the explorers and inventors. Each prints the fact it stands on.

What are creative group names for history class?

Tea in the Harbor, No Homework Without Representation, We the Pupils, Louisiana Purchase Receipts and Two Lanterns in the Steeple each turn a page of the textbook into a name.

What are history class group names for a project or a history fair?

History Fair Finalists, Exhibit A Students, Annotated Bibliographers, Oral History Interviewers and Junior Docents are among the 30 in Quiz and history fair teams. School names across more subjects are on academic team names.

What are history team names for a quiz bowl?

Buzz In With the Year, Give or Take a Decade, Off by a Century and Circa Something. Circa means about, and is used with dates.

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