British East India Company: Interactive Lesson for High School

Alessandra Timmins

by Alessandra Timmins
published on 22 November 2025

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This interactive world history lesson takes a deep dive into the British East India Company and its expansion across the Indian subcontinent. Using interactive slides, students work through an interactive timeline, interpret maps, and complete a primary source analysis.

Included you will find:

16 interactive slides in PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ formats
4-page PDF guided student recording sheets
Full answer key

Topics and tasks:

Royal charter of the East India Company
First British factory in India
The Battle of Plassey
The 1773 Regulating Act
The Sepoy Mutiny
Dissolution of the East India Company
True or False Challenge
East India Trade Map Questions
British Conquest in India Map Questions
Primary source analysis of “Justice” by John Tennial

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Alessandra Timmins

Alessandra Timmins is a high school educator and curriculum developer. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of North Florida.

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