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Welcome! I have tried to assemble both curriculum materials for our textbook and other  materials for studying ancient civilizations.  For on-line tests, quizzes, or worksheets: WebCT.
Textbook:  A Message of Ancient Days, Houghton Mifflin

Unit 1:  Chapters 1-3
The World Past
 and Present

1 People of our World
2 People and Places
3 Learning About Our Past

Unit 2:  Chapters 4-5
The Earliest People

4 The Depths of Time
5 The Development of Societies

Unit 3: Chapters 6-7
Early Middle Eastern and North African Civilizations

6 Mesopotamia
7 Ancient Egypt
 

Unit 4:  Chapters 8-9
Early Asian Civilizations

Unit 5:  Chapters 10-12
The Foundation of Western Ideas

10 The Ancient Israelites
11 Ancient Greece
12 Classical Greece

Unit 6:  Chapters 13-15
Rome:  A World Power
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13 The Rise of Rome
14 The Roman Empire
15 Christianity and the Fall of Rome

The Biographical Dictionary
  This dictionary covers more than  28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.

Ancient World Web
A site with  a large collection of sites dealing with the ancient world.  Includes
Ask Dr. Dig, a site from Archaeology magazine where students can ask questions of a professional.

Bible Mysteries
A site that examines the Bible from a scholarly, not religious, point of view.

Great Buildings Online
 Details great buildings of the world.  Searchable by name of building, place, and
Internet architect.   Includes     photos, plans, and background information.

Women in World History
 Multiple links dealing with famous women in history and women's historical issues.

Ask Eric:  Social Studies

Holidays

History Personified
Designed to allow each student to look at events from a different perspective.

Famous Person -- Who am I?
Review activity

 History Bingo
Good review activity

Surname Origin List
Find the origin of your family name

50+ Great Web Sites
 This resource list was compiled in  June 1999 by members of the Association for Library Service to Children, the American Association of School Librarians, the Public Library Association, the Young Adult Library  Services Association, and  other divisions of the American Library Association. 

History Sourcebooks Project
The Internet History Sourcebooks are a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.      
Bulfinch's Mythology

The WWWorld of Archaeology
Links to a variety of sites on the web

Field Museum of Natural History

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Origins of Writing

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