Ancient Civilizations
Archaeology
Mr. Dig - Archaeologist
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
using Winnie-the-Pooh, learning about daily life in 4 different Chinese dynasties and reading things written in BCE times!
The British Museum site offers excellent information, activities and stories. It takes a bit of navigation to find all the information available.
For each of the following themes, Geography, Time, Artisans, Tombs and Ancestors, and Writing, there is information, a story, an exploration/activity,
and a challenge.
Easy to read information about Chinese Culture, Daily Life, Geography, Government, Industry and More.
Information on a variety of topics including government, religion and daily life.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/CHINA-PAGE.html
Learn about the Chinese inventions of paper making, printing, gunpowder, the compass, and the Great Wall.
Easy to read and navigate, provides great information on Dynasties, The Great Wall and the Silk Road.
Jump around to see videos of the Terracotta Warriors and Great Chinese Inventions
Translated passages from Confucious and The Art of War
Easy to Read information, unfortunately there are a lot of ads. Have to overlook these to find the good stuff!
Can you piece China back together?
Mr. Dig - Archaeologist
Ancient Mesopotamia
- Mr. Donn - Ancient Mesopotamia
Kid Friendly information on Ancient Mesopotamia - Kidskonnect - Mesopotamia
Great links to kid friendly sites provided - British Museum -Useful Information, well organized
- Mr. Dowling Mesopotamia
Easy to read, simple information - History for Kids
You will need to jump around to find good information! - Life in Mesopotamia
Good basic information on a variety of topics
Ancient Egypt
- Mr. Donn - Ancient Egypt/
Excellent information to help you with your research! - BBC History - Ancient Egypt
Great information! Interactive Activities - Mummy Maker and Pyramid Challenge
- Eternal Egypt - Very cool site, a lot of great images and things to explore. The site says about it self: "The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more." I love the links to virtual museums with Egyptian Artifacts on display.
- Egyptian Pyramids - "Follow a team as they reconstruct how the pyramids of Egypt were built on NOVA's "This Old Pyramid.""
Ancient China
- Daily Life in Ancient China - Mr. Donn
using Winnie-the-Pooh, learning about daily life in 4 different Chinese dynasties and reading things written in BCE times!
The British Museum site offers excellent information, activities and stories. It takes a bit of navigation to find all the information available.
For each of the following themes, Geography, Time, Artisans, Tombs and Ancestors, and Writing, there is information, a story, an exploration/activity,
and a challenge.
Easy to read information about Chinese Culture, Daily Life, Geography, Government, Industry and More.
Information on a variety of topics including government, religion and daily life.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/CHINA-PAGE.html
Learn about the Chinese inventions of paper making, printing, gunpowder, the compass, and the Great Wall.
Easy to read and navigate, provides great information on Dynasties, The Great Wall and the Silk Road.
Jump around to see videos of the Terracotta Warriors and Great Chinese Inventions
Translated passages from Confucious and The Art of War
Easy to Read information, unfortunately there are a lot of ads. Have to overlook these to find the good stuff!
Can you piece China back together?
Educational Games
Grammar Gorilla below is just one of the incredible games available from Fun Brain. Games range in difficulty from K to 8.
- Grammar Gorilla
Interactive Grammar Game for practicing parts of speech - IXL Math Games
- Online Typing Practice - 5 sites to choose from! Dance Mat is my favourite :)
Dance Mat Typing, http://keybr.com/, Letter Bubbles, Power Typing Games, Word Games - Typing