World Cultures 6th Grade

 

China:

 

World History - China
http://web.archive.org/web/20040814144858/http://www.lksd.org/kongiganak/kongiganak/ContinuousEdCarnagie/Carnagie/WorldHistory/WldHistoryCh2/WldHistoryCh2China.htm

Exploring Ancient World Cultures from Evansville, Indiana
http://eawc.evansville.edu/chpage.htm

Daily Life in Ancient China from Mr. Donn
http://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com/China/ancient.html

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport
http://www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html

Neolithic China
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/neolithic.html

Web Links on China and the Great Wall
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/Walllinks.html

The World History of China
http://history.evansville.net/china.html

Ancient China
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/china/timeline.html#ancient

China from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China

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Mesopotamia:

Hammurabi's Code
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm

Odyssey Online - graphics, info, games from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/homepg.html

Mesopotamia from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia

Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Near East from Indiana
http://eawc.evansville.edu/nepage.htm

Mesopotamia 
http://web.archive.org/web/20041105085726/http://www.lksd.org/kongiganak/kongiganak/ContinuousEdCarnagie/Carnagie/WorldHistory/WldHistoryCh2/WldHistoryCh2EarlyCivilizations.htm

Ancient Sumer from Vilanova College in Brisbane, AU
http://www.vnc.qld.edu.au/enviro/sumer/2001.htm

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Mesopotamia
http://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html

The Fertile Crescent
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/

History for Kids - The Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/history.htm

The World History of Mesopotamia
http://web.archive.org/web/20041129085333/http://history.evansville.net/meso.html

Mesopotamia (Assyria, Babylonia, Sumer) from the British Museum
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html

Mesopotamia from Fordham
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html

The Sumerians
http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch01.htm

Ancient Mesopotamia
http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm

Mesopotamia from the University of Washington
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/MESO.HTM

Sumerians
http://www.crystalinks.com/sumer.html

Nancy Mautz's Mesopotamia page
http://web.archive.org/web/20041129085333/history.evansville.net/meso.html

Mesopotamian Art
http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/mesopotamia/mesopotamia.html

Babylonian Math
http://www.angelfire.com/il2/babylonianmath/

Hanging Gardens of Babylon
http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/gardensofbabylon.htm

World History - Sumer - Akkadia - Assyria - Chaldea - Amorites

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Egypt:    
 

Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt - excellent graphics and text
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/

Ancient Egypt from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt

Ancient Egypt ThinkQuest - Facts, activities, resources, crafts, and recipes
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/egypt.htm

Odyssey Online from Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University - graphics and info
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html

Ancient Egypt from the British Museum in the UK
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Color Tour of Egypt from University of Memphis
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/egypt.html

Exploring Ancient Cultures- Egypt from Indiana site
http://eawc.evansville.edu/egpage.htm

 Daily Life in Ancient Egypt from Mr. Donn's site
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Egyptlife.html

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Ancient Egypt
http://www.mrdowling.com/604egypt.html

Ancient Egypt
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/index.shtml

Ancient Egypt
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/egypt/egypt.html

Gander Academy's Ancient Egypt Theme Page includes links,
    student worksheets, teacher resources, history, daily life, clothing, pharaohs,
    pyramids, gods, and more
    http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/egypt.htm

History for Kids - ancient Egypt
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/

Early Civilizations textbook
http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/livinginourworld/PDF/7th%20grade%20lessons/Chapter%203%20Lesson%201%20Early%20Civilizations.pdf

Egyptian Mythology and Mummification
http://members.aol.com/egyptart/mytho.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/#mummification

      More Mummies Information from Neferchichi.com
          http://www.neferchichi.com/mummies.html
     New York Times Daily Lesson Plan 'Mummy Dearest'
            http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990824tuesday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons
     ONLY FOR THE BRAVE - Make a chicken (or Cornish game hen) mummy
         http://www.mummytombs.com/main.mummymaking.htm
     Egyptian Mummies from the Smithsonian
            http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mummies.htm
     Mummification Simulation - mummification with fruit
            http://www.neferchichi.com/fruity.htmlMummy-Maker Game (thanks to Nancy Keane)
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

Photographs of Egyptian Art
        http://members.aol.com/egyptold/old.html

Egypt: A Learning Module
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/EGYPT/EGYPT.HTM

Egypt: Daily Life
http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html

Ancient Egypt
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/egypt/

Life in Ancient Egypt from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/

NOVA Online : The Pyramids
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Ancient Egypt Webquest
http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/webweavers/kathyp/egypt.htm

The World History of Egypt - links
http://history.evansville.net/egypt.html

Egypt from the University of Pennsylvania
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/egyptintro.shtml

Egyptian Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=10

Egyptian Art from the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/egyptHome.htm

Mysteries of Egypt
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypt_e.html

King Tutankhamun - Was It Murder? Webquest
http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/#Introduction

Egyptian Math pages - lots of activities and history, too
http://www.flushing.k12.mi.us/fjh/brust/egyptmath.html

Guardian's Ancient Egypt Kid Connection - activities, masks, games
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/kids/index.htm

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Kush Civilization:

Civilizations in Africa: Kush
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/KUSH.HTM

Nubia - Its Glory and Its People - mostly text
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/NUBX/NUBX_brochure.html

Ancient Sudan: Nubia by Ibrahim Ober
http://www.ancientsudan.org/

Nubia from Tour Egypt.net
http://touregypt.net/historicalessays/nubia.htm

Nubia from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia

Nubia from University of California
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/research/nubia_history.html

Nubia from Crytalinks
http://www.crystalinks.com/nubia.html

Kush, Meroe, and Nubia
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Sudan.html

The Nubiandotnet
http://www.thenubian.net/

Ancient Nubia - http://www.freemaninstitute.com/Gallery/nubia.htm

Nubia from Encyclopedia of the Orient
http://i-cias.com/e.o/nubia.htm

The Meroitic Mystery from Saudi Aramco World
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198304/the.meroitic.mystery-from.nubia.the.land.of.kush.a.language.lost.in.history.htm

Black Kingdoms of the Nile
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Episodes/Epi1/1_wondr2.htm

Nubia  -  http://www.angelfire.com/oh/AncientKnowledge/NUBIA.html

Nubia - http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/nubia.html

The Story of Africa - Nubia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/3chapter4.shtml

Nubia Webquest
http://imet.csus.edu/imet1/desler/nubia/intro2.htm

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Phoenicia:

Phoenician Studies
http://phoenicia.org/

Phoenicia - http://i-cias.com/e.o/phoenicia.htm

Phoenicia from Cedarland
http://www.cedarland.org/phoenicia.html

Phoenicia from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia

History for Kids - Phoenicians
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/phoenicians.htm

Phoenicia
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/P/Phoenici.asp

Ancient Worlds.net - http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Places/Place/324896

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Pompeii:

Pompeii: Unraveling Ancient Mysteries
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html

Pompeii from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

Pompeii Forum Project
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/pompeii/

Pompeii - The City That Time Has Not Forgotten
http://web.archive.org/web/20041012060955/http://www.umkc.edu/imc/pompeii.htm

Pompeii: Death of A City
http://www.click2disasters.com/pompeii/pompeii_ch1.htm

Pictures of Pompeii
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/italy_except_rome_and_sicily/pompeii/thumbnails_contents.html

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Hebrews:

Ancient Hebrews
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/ancient_hebrews/

Canaan and Ancient Israel from University of Pennsylvania
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Canaan/index.html

The Hebrews from the University of Washington
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/HEBREWS/HEBREWS.HTM

PBS Heritage Civilization and the Jews
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/index.html

The Maccabees
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/maccabees/

The Ancient Hebrews (scroll to middle of page)
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture4b.html

The Hebrews from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrews

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Greece:  

World History - Ancient Greece
http://web.archive.org/web/20040618050453/www.lksd.org/kongiganak/kongiganak/ContinuousEdCarnagie/Carnagie/WorldHistory/WldHistoryCh3/WldHistoryCh3AncientGreeceMain.htm

Exploring Ancient World Cultures from Evansville
http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm

Daily Life in Ancient Greece from Mr. Donn
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html

Ancient Greece ThinkQuest - facts, activities, projects to make, recipes, and resources
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/greece.htm

Odyssey Online - graphics, info, games from Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/homepg.html

 History for Kids - Ancient Greece
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm

The Greeks : Crucible of Civilization from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Ancient Greece
http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html

Ancient Greece
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/index.shtml

World History Ancient Greece - links to numerous sites and topics
http://history.evansville.net/greece.html

Ancient Greece from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

The Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

Ancient Greece - Mythology, Activities,  and Lesson Plans from Susan Seagraves
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/greekunit.htm

Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

Greek Architecture
http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/grkarch.html
      Greek Reliefs
      http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/relief-slides.html

Greek Art
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/greekart.htm

Alexander the Great - maps, text, links
http://1stmuse.com/alex3/alex-synopsys.html

The Ancient Greeks
http://www.arwhead.com/Greeks/

Sparta
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/SPARTA.HTM

Athens
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/ATHENS.HTM

Greek Mythology Quiz from S. Seagraves
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/greekmythologyquiz1.htm
Gods and Goddesses Quiz from S. Seagraves
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/godsandgoddessesquiz.html

Math Olympics - from Springfield, IL - a way to make a connection to the ancient Olympics
http://web1.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/iles/olympics/index.html