Links

Prehistoric Humans Project

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntearlyhuna.html

This site is a scavenger hunt about early humans. It contains links to other sites for students to use in order to answer research questions.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.1, 7.3

Still Evolving After All These Years

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2107_origins2.html

This is a lesson that demonstrates continuing evolution by looking at data on the heights of humans over the past 100 years.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.1

Evolution Videos for Students: Evolving Ideas

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html

Teachers can show these videos in class and discuss them with students or have students who express an interest watch them independently. “Did Humans Evolve?” is particularly helpful for a unit on early humans.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.1

Becoming Human

http://www.becominghuman.org/

This interactive documentary can be downloaded for classroom use. It is narrated by Don Johanson and discusses the reasons for evolution as well as various fossil finds.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.1, 7.2

America’s Stone Age Explorers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/toolkit.html

This web site gives background information on the Stone Age tool kit. It also provides an interactive activity that requires students to determine the use of various artifacts.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.3

Mysteries of Catalhoyuk

http://www.smm.org/catal/

This website teaches students about one of the earliest Neolithic farming communities. It describes the work of archaeologists and their theories surrounding various artifacts.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.4, 7.5

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Human Origins

http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/asbook02.html

This website provides a list of web resources that give background information on all of the Early Humans learning standards.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.1-7.6

Mesopotamia: Site of Several Ancient River Civilizations

Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History

http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/about.php?a=sitemap

This website provides detailed background information on ancient Mesopotamia and links to lesson plans, primary sources and interactive galleries.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.7- 7.11

You be the Judge on Hammurabi’s Code

http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm

This website contains an important primary source, Hammurabi’s Code, as well as links to other Mesopotamia information and a picture of the stela on which the code is inscribed. It also has a student activity that asks them to think about how they would have written laws for this society.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.11

Bowling for Barley

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=521&title=Bowling%20for%20Barley

This site contains two “treasure hunts” that require students to use selected web sites to learn about the evolution of Mesopotamian writing.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.10

Mesopotamia: The British Museum

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html

This excellent website describes Mesopotamian geography, writing, and religion. It includes interactive activities for students and is written for students in language that they can understand.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.7-7.11

Exploring Mesopotamia

http://www.oocities.org/kimweiss2003/Exploring.htm

This webquest requires students to become an expert on one aspect of Mesopotamian history and create a handout to present at a symposium on Mesopotamia.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.8, 7.10

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia

http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/asbook03.html

This resource provides a list of web resources that give background information on all of the Mesopotamia learning standards.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.7-7.11

Egypt: An Ancient River Civilization

Ancient Egypt: The British Museum

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

This excellent website has information, pictures and interactive games on the topics of Egyptian life, geography, pharaohs, mummification, religion, pyramids, temples, trades and writing.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.12, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16

Papyrus

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/04.html

This site contains a video clip from an episode of NOVA that explains how archaeologists are able to read old papyri. It also describes how the ancients made papyrus. It contains examples of papyri and a teacher’s guide to using the video.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.16

The Mummy Who Would Be King

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mummy/

This site contains information about Ramses I and mummification; including an audio slide show that describes the process of mummification. It is the companion to the NOVA program “The Mummy who would be King” and contains a link to a teacher’s guide.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.14, 7.15

MFA Educators Resource: Exploring Ancient Egypt

http://educators.mfa.org/galleries/detail/7

This online gallery from the MFA includes images of Egyptian artwork and text that explains the pieces.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.16

Was It Murder? The Death of King Tutankhamun: The Boy King

http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/

This webquest asks students to investigate the death of King Tut.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.14

Ancient History: Egyptians

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

This website provides information on the pyramids, mummification, gods and beliefs, pharaohs and dynasties, daily life and hieroglyphics and includes an interactive game for students.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.12-7.16

Egyptology Online

http://www.egyptologyonline.com/introduction.htm

This site contains a wealth of information on ancient Egypt.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.12-7.16

Ancient History Video Clip Screening Room

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ontv/videoclips/ancienthistory1.html

This site contains short video clips on Akhenaton, Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, Sneferu, Cleopatra, King Tut, and mummies.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.14, 7.15

Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World

http://www.artic.edu/cleo/index.html

The Art Institute of Chicago presents this look at Cleopatra’s world through the art of Egypt, Greece and Rome. Lesson plans are included.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.14

Tombs of Ancient Egypt

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/egypt/tombs-of-ancient-egypt.html

This video clip provides an overview of Egyptian death rituals.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.15

Egypt’s Golden Empire

http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/index.html

This companion website to the PBS documentary provides lesson plans, background information and video clips on Egypt’s New Kingdom.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.12-7.16

Voices from Ancient Egypt Gallery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/human_gallery.shtml

These audio files present actors reading translations of letters, temple carvings and other ancient Egyptian primary sources.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.12-7.16

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt

http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/asbook04.html

This resource provides a list of web resources that give background information on all of the Egypt learning standards.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.12-7.16

The Roots of Western Civilization: Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece: The British Museum

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/menu.html

This excellent website has information, pictures and interactive games on the topics of the Acropolis, Athens, daily life, festivals, games, geography, religion, education, Sparta and war.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

Ancient Greece

http://www.ancient-greece.org/index.html

This web site contains information on ancient Greek archaeology, architecture, history, art, culture, maps and artifacts.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

The Real World: Ancient Greece

http://www.oocities.org/kimweiss2003/realworldgreece1

This webquest requires students to take on the role of an ancient Greek and create a skit demonstrating a typical day in the life of a citizen from Athens or Sparta.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.27, 7.28

Ancient Greece

http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientGreece.html

This site contains lesson plans and ideas for teachers.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/htmlver/

This companion to the PBS program provides resources, lesson plans and interactive links for students.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

Ancient History Video Clip Screening Room

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ontv/videoclips/ancienthistory1.html

This site contains a short video clips on ancient Greece and Alexander the Great.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

The Internet Classics Archive

http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html

This site provides links to the works of famous Greek philosophers, historians and thinkers.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

Primary Sources

http://history.boisestate.edu/WESTCIV/ancient/primary.shtml

This site contains links to many primary sources from ancient Greece.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

Ancient Greek History Titles

http://celebrategreece.com/ancient_history.aspx

This site provides free videos on Hippocrates, the philosophers and mythology.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.32, 7.34

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/480824/7_wonders_of_ancient_greece/

This video discusses Greek innovations in architecture.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.34

Ancient Greece in Colour

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=6508

This video demonstrates painted replicas of Greek sculpture, providing a glimpse of what these works of art looked like in antiquity.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.34

Living in Ancient Greece

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/galleryfiles/11675/Living_History__Living_in_Ancient_Greece.mov

This video provides an overview of life in ancient Greece.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece

http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/asbook07.html

This resource provides a list of web resources that give background information on all of the Greece learning standards.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.24-7.34

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World

http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/asbook08.html

This resource provides a list of web resources that give background information on the Hellenistic learning standards.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.31

The Roots of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome

The Roman Empire in the First Century

http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/index.html

This website is a companion to the PBS documentary The Roman Empire in the First Century. It contains video clips and information on the emperors, religion, and daily life during this time period.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.35-7.44

Roman Trade Routes

http://www2.rgzm.de/Navis2/Harbours/Guernsey/Function%201.htm

This map shows the borders of Rome and its trade routes during the late 2^nd century AD.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.36, 7.39

Maps of the Roman Empire

http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/Rome/RMaps.html

This site provides a list of links to maps of the Roman Empire.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.36

Secrets of the Dead: Fire

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/lessons/lp_rome.html

This lesson plan connects the Great Fire of Rome to scientific principles.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.41

The Romans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

This site was designed for British students. It contains information about life in ancient Rome as well as links to printable activities and teacher resources.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.35-7.44

The Internet Classics Archive

http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html

This site provides links to the works of famous Greek philosophers, historians and thinkers.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.35-7.44

Ancient History: Romans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/#life_in_ancient_rome

This site contains information on the Roman Empire, religion, daily life, gladiators and Pompeii.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 7.35-7.44

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/scrolls/

This website provides the complete video of a NOVA program on the Bar Kokhba rebellion in Judea as well as a description of an important archaeological find. There are links to teacher resources.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.23

When in Rome…How would you live like the Romans?

http://www.oocities.org/kimweiss2003/scavengerhunt

This scavenger hunt introduces students to daily life in ancient Rome.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.43

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/

This companion to the Nova program provides links to diagrams of the bath and a list of teacher resources.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.43

The Gladiator

http://abacus.bates.edu/~mimber/Rciv/gladiator.htm

This site contains detailed information on the gladiatorial games.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.40

Ancient Rome – What is a gladiator?

http://www.exn.ca/rome/gladiator.htm

This website provides information on gladiators, including a video clip. There is also an interactive quiz.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.40

Rome Reborn 1.0

http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/

This site provides a digital recreation of ancient Rome. Click “Still Images” and “Video Clips” under the Gallery heading to see replicas of the ancient city.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.43

Pompeii: The Last Day

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/pliny/video.html

This video provides the retelling of an eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.43

View the Mosaics

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/mosaic.html

This site shows the ancient Roman mosaics found at the ancient city of Zeugma.

Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework Learning Standard 7.43

Primary Sources

http://history.boisestate.edu/WESTCIV/ancient/primary.shtml

This site contains links to many primary sources from ancient Rome.