Heritage and Citizenship: Early Civilizations

• The Ontario Curriculum & Exemplars
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sstudies.html

• Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World
  http://www.artic.edu/cleo/index.html
  Quicktime movies and graphics of artifacts of Egypt, Greece, and Rome linked. Click on the country links to view excellent overviews of the topics in quicktime movies. - A must see!
  • Timeline
  • Maps
  • Lesson Plans
  • Printable Lesson Plan Document-102 pg. PDF
    
    
• Empires Thinkquest
  http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/
  A thinkquest of the Egypt, Greece, Rome.
  
  
• Classroom Clipart
  http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/Ancient_Civilizations
  Early civilization clipart.
  
  
• The History of Invention
  http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
  Inventions through the ages that have changed the way we live.
  
  
• Walk Through Time
  http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
  Clocks and calendars through the ages are described.
  
  
• Odyssey On-Line
  http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html
  Students can research ancient cultures of the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Africa. Topics include: people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing, and archaeology. 
  • Teacher Resource Site
    
    
• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  http://lsuhardi.tripod.com/home.html
  Forgotten wonders, modern wonders, natural wonders are also listed
  View a clickable map of the Ancient World.
  
  
• Wonder Club
  http://www.wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html
  Wonders of the world listed.
  
  
• World History: Maps
  http://www.fsmitha.com/maps.html#h1
  Maps for Antiquity, Sixth to Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century.
  
  
• Ancient Wonders: A Webquest into Antiquity
  http://oswego.org/staff/jdeloren/civquest/civquest.htm
  Students are on a team of archeologists that will research an ancient civilization then give a PowerPoint presentation to 'The International Consortium of Archeology Discovery'.
  
  
• Odyssey On-line
  http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/Teachers/ll/lessons.htm
  Links to lesson plans, webquests, and activity ideas for the study of ancient civilizations.
  
  
• Ancient Art
  http://www.dia.org/collections/eastern/default.asp
  Ancient art from Mesopotamia, Iran, Egypt, Greece and Rome, Arabia.
  
  
• Medicine Through Time
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/medicine/index.shtml
  Medicine, anatomy and surgery in prehistory and ancient times.
  
  
• Ancient Civilizations
  http://www.hbschool.com/menu/main_page.html?toc_id=26&viewer=0&sort=0
  Harcourt School Publishing provides samples of lesson and on-line activities.
  • Make Your Own Cartouche
    
    
• Ancient Scripts
  http://www.ancientscripts.com/
  • Types of Writing Systems
    
     
• Virtual Museum - Cloth and Clay
  http://www.textilemuseum.ca/cloth_clay/research_teachers.html
  Teacher resource that introduces archaeology with hand-on activities. The focus is on the ancient Americas. Curser down to the bottom of the page for the menu.
  
  
• Ancient Civilizations- Virtual Museum
  http://www.penncharter.com/Content/academics/ms/studentgallery/AncientCiv/index.html
  An excellent example of on-line student research.
  
  
• History Ideas
  http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/history/contents.htm
  Lesson plans and worksheet.

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Saturday January 3, 2009 4:05 PM