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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Monday, January 5, 2009

Ancient History, Grade 6, Mrs. DelMoro

Ancient History: Greece and Rome Student Resource List
Mrs. DelMoro

Online Subscription Databases:
World Book Online http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home
WebFeet http://www.webfeetguides.com/wfonline/rhf.html
EBSCO go to KidsSearch http://search.ebscohost.com/

General Ancient History Resources

General information on Greed and Rome
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/index.html

Odyssey Online explores Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African cultures through museum artifacts, puzzles, games, and artifacts.
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html

NOVA Online/Secrets of Lost Empires
How did ancient architects and engineers design and construct Egyptian obelisks and Roman Baths?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/

Museum of Unnatural Mystery
Time Traveler Tours, in association with the Museum of Unnatural Mystery, invites you to embark on the ultimate luxury vacation through space and time, and take a virtual tour of the Seven Wonders of the World.
http://www.unmuseum.org/wonders.htm

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Take a virtual tour with CNN Destinations.
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.wonders/
Ancient Greece
Topics, such as Art and Architecture, Mythology, Wars, Culture and Society, Poetry, Olympics, History Periods, Philosophy, Playwrights, Kings and Rulers of Ancient Greece. http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
The Ancient Greek World Muesum from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Land and time, Daily life, Religion and death, Economy and money http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
A special exhibit of the Persus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
PBS site The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/


Mythography
Explore mythology and art with information about the classic stories of heroes and gods...from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, to the legends of the Celts
http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html

Odyssey Online from Emory University
Ancient Greek daily life, people, mythology, death and burial, and more.
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/welcome.html

Portland University site: Everything you wanted to know about Greece for middle school students
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm

Rome
Roman Gods
The Roman gods and goddesses, their attributes, symbols, and more.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/

Ancient Rome
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htm

Ancient Rome its army, rites of passage, religion, geography, social structure and daily life.
http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/rome/eg_rome_menu1.html

Ancient Roman Food
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html

Daily Roman Life
http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/webresources/life/

Roma: History, civilization, monuments and legends
http://www.citrag.it/roma/eng_home.htm

Ancient Roman Topics from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

Christian Catacombs of Rome
http://www.catacombe.roma.it/index.html

VRoma features a glimpse into daily life
Clothing: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html
Government: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romangvt.html

Roman Gladiators
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/gladiatr/index.htm

Social Pecking Order of the Roman World from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/social_structure_01.shtml


Mrs. Baratta, Library Media Specialist, MESMS, 2009