Social Studies Links

GENERAL

National Geographic –History: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/

National Geographic – Kids: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids

GEOGRAPHY

GeoBee Challenge: Test your geographic knowledge http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee

History Channel Maps: http://www.history.com/maps.do

National Geographic Maps Collection: Zoom in for a close look to study for our map tests and to learn moreabout our world! http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/print-collection-index.html

EARLY HUMANS

• Stonehenge
• 360 degree panorama: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.18774
• Construction phases: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.8507/imageIndex/1
• Animated tour: http://www.3dancientwonders.com/3d_stonehenge_virtualreality.htm
• Cave of Lascaux: Virtual tour of France’s famous cave paintings http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/00.xml
• Nova Anthropology: Nova/PBS site http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archive/int_anth.html
• Becoming Human: An Institute of Human Origins site documenting human evolution (Thanks Mr. Roesner) http://www.becominghuman.org
• http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Ancient_Civilizations/Early_Humans/index.htm
• http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/
• Origins  http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/
• KidsKonnect  http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/277/27/

CIVILIZATIONS

• Kidipede: Link to info on the ancient cultures we’ll study this year. http://www.historyforkids.org
• Nova History: Links to PBS’s site on various topics http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archive/int_hist.html
• Cyber Sleuth Kids: http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Ancient_Civilizations/index.htm
• National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html
• Greece/Rome/Egypt:http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/
• Minnesota State Uni: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/emuseum1.html
• Exploring World Cultures: http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
• Kings Park Elementary http://www.fcps.edu/KingsParkES/technology/ancient/index.htm

MESOPOTAMIA

• Kidipede: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/history.htm
• Akkadian Language: http://looklex.com/e.o/akkadian_l.htmand http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bxpoma/akkadeng/akkadengindex.htm
• Recreation in Mesopotamia

http://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/myths/texts/life/recreation.htm

• History of Medicine in Mesopotamia (Iran Chamber)

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/ancient_medicine_mesopotamia_iran.php

• Ancient Mesopotamia (Oriental Institute of University of Chicago)

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/MESO/archaeology.html

• Women in Mesopotamia: (womeninworldhistory.com)

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html

• Ancient Civilizations (Odyssey Online)

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/homepg.html

• Babylon: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/babylon.html
• Babylonian Math: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Babylonians.html
• Chaldeans: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/nebuchadnezzar.html
• Hammurabi's Code of Laws (Phillip Martin)

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

• Code of Hammurabi: http://leb.net/~farras/history/hammurabi.htm
• Indus: http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html
• Mesopotamia (British Museum):  http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
• Mesopotamia: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pgc.asp?page=ancient/asbook03.html#sumeria
• Mesopotamia Map: http://www.angelfire.com/nt/Gilgamesh/images/mismap.gif
• Sumer & Akkadia: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/stone/319/
• Standard of Ur: http://www.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images1/UrStand2700.jpg
• LA County’s Ancient Near East Collection: http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browpage;dept=ancnear

EGYPT

• Kidipede http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/index.htm
• Canadian Museum of Civilization’s link to Egypt http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/egypt_e.shtml
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History  http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/index.htm
• NGEO’s Pyramids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids
• Making Mummies:  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/makingmummies/index.html
• Egyptian Math: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Egyptians.html
• British Museum: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
• Carnegie Museum: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/guide.htm
• KidsKonnect: http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/310/27/
• http://www.eyelid.co.uk/index.htm
• http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
• iwebquest: http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
• Guardian’s Ancient Egypt: http://www.guardians.net/egypt/
• LA County’s Egyptian Art Collection: http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browpage;dept=Chinese;method=subjecthttp://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browpage;dept=Chinese;method=subject

ANCIENTINDIA

• http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/menu.html  (British Museum)

• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/india/index.shtml  (MN St. University)

• Slideshow : http://www.harappa.com/indus/indus0.html (Harappa.com)

• http://www.harappa.com/har/indus-saraswati.html  (Harappa.com)

• http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html  (Harappa.com)

• http://www.heritage.gov.pk/html_Pages/indus.html  (Nat’l Fund for Cultural Heritage)

• http://pubweb.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp/indus/english/index.html  (Tokai University)

ANCIENTCHINA

• The Great Wall: A Virtual Tour  Pictures, map & overviews of different sections of the GW
• Chinese Cultural Studies  Extensive collection of Chinese pictures and illustrations
• China the Beautiful  An extensive site of Chinese Art, Culture, and History. For ease of use choose the "Table of Contents in English.”
• The WebChronology Project  Brief chronology of what was happening in China.
• Kidipede: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/
• British Museum: http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
• http://china.mrdonn.org/
• http://www.historylink101.com/china_history.htm
• http://wsu.edu/~dee/ANCCHINA/ANCCHINA.HTM
• LA County’s Chinese Art Collections: http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browpage;dept=Chinese;method=subject
• Philosophies
• http://theology304.tripod.com/index.html
• http://www.chinafacttours.com/facts/culture/chinese-philosophy.html
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/582972/Daoism
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334895/Legalism
• http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/02cul/c04s06.html#Chinese%20Legalism
• http://history.cultural-china.com/en/167History8721.html

ANCIENTHEBREWS (ISRAEL)

·      http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/jews/judah.htm

·      Canadian Museum of Civilization’s link to Israel &dead Sea Scrolls http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/israel/isrele.shtml

·      http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/daily_life_in_israel_at_the_time_of_christ.htm

·      http://www.bible-history.com   (Click on “Ancient Israel on the left side of screen)

·      http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=1356&CFID=7581351&CFTOKEN=65296479

·      http://www.bible.gen.nz/amos/culture/agriculture.htm

·      http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/HOAI/adultmain.cgi?article=farming.htm

·      http://www.penn.museum/sites/Canaan/index.html

·      http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Temple.html

·      http://www.sacredsites.com/middle_east/israel/jerusalem.html

·      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christian-van-adrichom_JERVSALEM-et-suburbia-eius_detail-solomon-temple_1-1497x1000.jpg

ANCIENTGREECE

• Aesop’s Fables Online: http://aesopfables.com/
• Kidipede http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm
• Canadian Museum of Civilization’s link to Greece http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/greece/gr0000e.shtml
• http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=234
• KidsKonnect: http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/254/27/
• Coins:http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6193/index.html

Mythology

• Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html
• MythWeb: http://www.mythweb.com/index.html
• Greek Mythology: http://www.greekmythology.com/
• Bulfinch’s Mythology: http://www.greekmythology.com/Books/Bulfinch/bulfinch.html
• The Odyssey (Ulysses): http://www.greekmythology.com/Books/Odyssey/odyssey.html
• Greek Gods Family Tree (Scroll down page): http://www.greekmythology.com/

ANCIENT ROME

• Famous Romans:
• http://www.roman-empire.net/children/famous.html
• http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/warfareconflictarmor/u/Heroes.htm#s6
• http://www.roman-empire.net/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/a.shtml (search for your figure)
• Famous Dramatists & Poets: http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-rome/ancient-roman-dramatists-poets.htm
• Famous Emperors:
• http://www.roman-emperors.org/impindex.htm http://www.thepaolas.com/Emperors/emperors.html
• http://www.romanemperors.com/
• Emperors’ Portrait Gallery: http://www.livius.org/ei-er/emperors/emperors01.html
• Famous Gladiators: http://www.roman-colosseum.info/gladiators/famous-gladiators.htm
• Famous Women: http://www.crystalinks.com/romewomen.html
• Famous Writers: http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-writers.php
• Google Earth Ancient Rome: http://earth.google.com/rome/
• History & Overviews:
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/
• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a_history_of_ancient_rome.htm
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/
• http://www.rome.mrdonn.org/
• Republic to Empire (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/republic.html
• Roman Empire (PBS):
• http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/index.html
• Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/special/timeline_01.html
• Life in Roman Times (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/life.html
• LA County Museum of Art’s Pompeii & the Roman Villa exhibit: http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibPompeii.aspx
• Kidipede: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htm
• KidsKonnect: http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/262/27/