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| | Sixth Grade Site for Ancient India
http://eawc.evansville.edu/www/inpage.htm
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| | Webquest for Ancient Greece
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Subway/6560/
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| | Ancient Greece Activities
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/default_lowband.htm
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| | Ancient Cultures
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm
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| | Bar Graph
There are all kinds of charts and graphs, some are easy to understand while
others can be pretty tricky. There are many different types because each one
has a fairly specific use. Bar graphs can be used to show how something
changes over time or to compare items. They have an x-axis (horizontal) and
a
y-axis (vertical). Typically, the x-axis has numbers for the time period or
what is being measured, and the y-axis has numbers for the amount of stuff
being measured. Bar graphs are good when you're plotting data that spans
many
years (or days, weeks...), has really big changes from year to year (or day
to day...), or when you are comparing things.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/bar.asp
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| | The Majestic Taj Mahal
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/tajmahal/home.html
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| | Explore the Taj Mahal
http://www.taj-mahal.net/index_home.htm
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| | The Democracy Project
http://pbskids.org/democracy/
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| | Ben's Guide to U. S. Goverment for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
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Kansas State Assessment Tutorial
http://kca.cete.us/kca.html
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| | The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Oregontrail.html
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| | Santa Fe Trail
http://www.ku.edu/heritage/trails/sfthist.html
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| | This is an excellent resource for historical information as well as breaking
news about African countries. It monitors conflicts with up-to-date news.
The
site also offers an "Exploring Africa" section that includes information on
taking a wildlife eco-safari, tours, and more.
http://www.africasunnews.com/index.html
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| | Calendars through the Ages-
This site invites us to explore the history of man's "endeavor to organize
our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Here is the fascinating
account of time itself. Students can discover the concept of the year, the
month and week. It explores various calendars like the Chinese, Islamic,
Jewish and Christian. The site also provides a timeline and interesting
calendar facts.
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html
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| | India: Past and Present is also student-created, part of the ThinkQuest
Internet Challenge of 1997. It introduces elementary school age children to
India's 5000-year old culture with information related to language,
religion,
politics, history, and music and phrases in Hindi and Tamil (two of India's
15 national languages).
http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/
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| | HyperHistory is an ongoing project presenting 3,000 years of history through
lifelines, timelines, and maps. In addition to information about political
and military history, the site also provides scientific, cultural, and
religious facts and events to enable students to construct a more complete
understanding of society. Navigation is easy: a permanent Menu bar allows
you
to quickly switch categories, and a text area to the right displays short
articles, permitting you to view both print and graphics simultaneously.
Students in grades 6 and up will find this site indispensable in their
research.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
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| | The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern - Sixth
Edition
Bartleby.com offers this collection of more than 20,000 entries ranging from
prehistoric times to the year 2000. A table of contents and subject index
are
available, but the search engine is easy to use and generally faster.
Students in middle school may have some difficulty with the text; however,
most articles are brief and won't overwhelm average readers. This is a good
general research tool for students in grade 6 and higher.
http://www.bartleby.com/67/
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| | World History Chronology Project
North Park University in Chicago, Illinois hosts the World History
Chronology. The project consists of timelines developed by university
instructors and hyperlinked articles written by students. All are intended
for classroom use. Timelines are categorized regionally and cross-
culturally,
making it very easy for both teachers and students to identify and access
the
timeline and articles best aligned with a particular course of study. This
site is appropriate for upper elementary through high school students.
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/
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| | World History
This link takes you to the history section of Infoplease, a reference site
that includes an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and almanacs as well as a
homework center for students. There is also a link to TeacherVision,
offering
a lesson planning center, teaching materials categorized by grade and
subject
area, and other tools. Students may access timelines by clicking on World
History. An interesting feature is the Millennium Milestones timeline
listing
100 significant events of the last 1000 years with hyperlinks to
encyclopedia
articles about each event. A good resource for lesson plans and for students
to begin research, the site is appropriate for upper elementary through high
school.
http://www.infoplease.com/history.html
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| | History Link 101
This resource site for World History classes is also maintained by a
classroom teacher. It is intended to save time for other history teachers
who
would like to use the Internet as an instructional tool, but just don't have
the time to sift through the thousands of potentially usable sites currently
available. Sites are organized by culture (i.e., Ancient Mayan, Middle Ages)
with six categories (art, biographies, daily life, maps, pictures, and
research) within each culture. Sites may also be viewed by topic; i.e. art
or
biographies. Every site is rated on both visual and content elements.
Current
topics are most appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students.
http://www.historylink101.com/
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| | Meanings of names
http://www.baby-names-meanings.net/
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| | Ice man
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/
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| | This museum-mounted exhibition both examines the culture and cultural
artifacts of pre-Columbian America and opens viewers' eyes to the role
archaeology plays in constructing pictures of the past. This exhibit covers
a
range of ancient civilizations--principally the Incan and earlier cultures
of
Peru and the Mayan. It includes an in-depth look at ancient versus modern-
day
techniques of making ceramics and textiles as well as an especially rich
discussion of Mayan hieroglyphs.
http://www.textilemuseum.ca/cloth_clay/home.html
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