Resources

General

• EMuseum - On the first floor of the museum there are sections for Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Mid-East (Mesopotamia), and Ancient China. The second floor houses a section for Medieval Europe. Each section has general information on different aspects of their culture. The Ancient Egypt section is very comprehensive. The Ancient China section has information on the different dynasties.

• Great Buildings - This is a great site to use when you are doing your model building project later in the year. There are three different ways to search: by building name, architect, or place. Each listing will link to further information about that building. The information will contain photographs of exterior and interior views, resource links and in some cases 3D views.

• Mrs. Donn's Daily Life Site Index - This site includes information about Early Man, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome.

Stone Age

• The Cave of Lascaux - This is the cave that is mentioned in the Social Studies text. In the virtual visit section there is a map of the cave, descriptions of the different galleries in the cave, and pictures from each gallery. It also explains why the cave is now closed and how a replica was built that people can visit.

• The Iceman - This site has updated information on Otzi the Iceman, especially the latest theory on how he died. There are numerous photographs accompanied by easy to understand explanations. Also included are sections on how scientists have used the latest technology to learn more about this amazing mummy.

Ancient Egypt

• Guardian's Egypt - This site has information and many links to fun sites you will like. You can build a scale model of the Great Pyramid, make mummy masks, play interactive games, take quizzes, write a name in hieroglyphics, send an Egyptian cyber-postcard. You can even ‘tour’ some pyramids by looking at pictures. A CyberJourney section is coming soon.

• Ancient Egypt - A History of Art and Culture - This has good information on religion, social and cultural life, hieroglyphics, and frontalism in Egyptian art. The religion section has information on various gods and goddesses. The social and cultural life section has an aerial diagram of two cities.

• Egyptian Galleries at UPM - This will take you to information about the origin of the civilization, its writing system, role of the pharaoh, religion, and what daily life was like.

Ancient Mesopotamia

• Write Like a Babylonian - Click on the Fun and Games link and then on the words, "Babylonian Cuneiform." Have fun seeing what your name looks like in cuneiform.

Ancient China

•  Warrior Tours - This is actually a tour agency’s site but it has information on Ancient China. Go to the Site Map, then About China, then History to get the needed section. Once there, information regarding dates of rule, commerce, government, etc can be found on all dynasties.

Ancient Greece

• The Ancient City of Athens: Sites and Monuments - This site has photographs of monuments found in Athens. It shows interior and exterior views from all angles. This is great to use when you’re doing your model building project.

• Winged Sandals – This fun, yet informative site has Greek themed games to play; directions to make a Medusa mask and Grecian vase; a section for fortune telling from the Oracle; information about some of the Greek gods and goddesses; four animated myths; information about Ancient Greece; and blueprint-like drawings of some famous buildings.

Ancient Rome

•  Seven Hills of Rome Gallery - This site has information on the culture, people, places, military, mythology, government, and architecture of Ancient Rome. Short paragraphs accompanied by graphics or photographs will help you understand life in Ancient Rome.

Middle Ages

• Kid's Castle - This is an awesome site. It is based on the real Nottingham Castle and some of the characters in this site were actually inhabitants of the castle long ago. It is highly interactive with short bits of information about each part of a castle. After reading some information you can submit a new story ending, poster, poem, diary entry, or Coat of Arms. You can problem solve a way out of a dungeon. If you’re sharp you can even find the real secret passage of Nottingham Castle. There are just too many activities to list here that you can do so explore this on your own. This site is one of my favorites.

• Medieval Life - There is information on feudal life, history, famines, food, health, literature, chivalry, and romance. Each section is broken up into smaller subsections with more categorical information. This is good for you to look through when doing research or to fill in your matrix.

• The Middle Ages - Information on feudal life, religion, homes, clothing, health, arts and entertainment, town life and links to other resources can be found at this site. There is a question in just about every section that you can receive immediate feedback on with an appropriate explanation as to why a particular answer is correct or wrong.

Renaissance

• Renaissance - This site has more information on how the Renaissance followed the Middle Ages, exploration and trade, how the invention of the printing press helped change what people thought, how they applied Greek and Roman ideas of math, and why Florence was a center of the Renaissance. There is a problem solving activity in which you are the captain of a spice ship and have to make decisions in order to come back with a profit. There is another hands-on activity in which you explore how Fibonacci’s sequence of numbers applies to the spirals of a seashell.