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Maya / Inca / Aztecs /

Islam / Africa / China / Japan

Europe


Rome

1. Tour ancient Rome

2. Daily Roman Life

 

Beginning your Search for 7th grade topics

Collecting images of the past (art, photos)
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange: collection of lessons plans
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/inter.html

Searchopolis: http://www.searchopolis.com/

Education web search: http://www.tkm.mb.ca/education/

Librarian index to the internet: http://www.lii.org/


Chico Library Bookmarks http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us

Awesome Library: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Libraryspot: www.libraryspot.com

The Internet Public Library: www.ipl.org

 

World History Sites

Social Studies Service: Ancient Civilizations

Search for Ancient and Medieval sites on the internet
Argos: http://argos.evansville.edu/

Around the World: http://www.ccph.com

Multicultural Home Page:
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/index

Architecture around the world: http://www.greatbuildings.com/

United Nations CyberSchoolbus:
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

Why civilizations collapse: CPB exhibits

University of Kansas collections (need ucdavis password)

 

SCORE for 7th grade

Collection of lessons for each unit
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/grade7/index.html

 

Dennis Boals Site

European History: http://www.geocities.com/dboals.geo/europe.html

Non-European History:
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/hist.html

Travel the World

The Africa Guide: www.africaguide.com
Virtual Antarctica: www.terraquest.com/antarctica
Accomodating Asia: www.accomasia.com
Australian Toursim Net: www.australia-travel-net.com
The European Tourist Information center: www.iol.ie/~discover/europe.htm
LatinWorld: www.latinworld.com
Travel North America: www.travel.org/na.html


Maya

Museum of Mayan Artifacts: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~ctennant/EthnoWeb/museum.htm

Mr. Donn: http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/K12west.html#MAYANS

Name in Maya: http://www.halfmoon.org/names.html

Maya Math

Collapse of Maya

Play Bul (Game)

Shaping the Head

Maya Ruins: http://www.mayaruins.com/

Tour Palenque: Excellent 360 degree tour

http://www.virtualpalenque.com/tourhome.htm


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Aztecs

Aztecs: http://northcoast.com/~spdtom/aztec.html

Mr. Donn: http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/K12west.html#AZTECS

Aztec Architecture: http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/aztec.htm#The

Aztec calendar: http://www.azteccalendar.com/

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Inca

http://www.questconnect.org/peruvianresources.htm

Inca sacrifice / archaeological dig:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/andes/andes.html

Mr. Donn: http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/K12west.html#INCAS

*Machu Picchu trail: virtual hike

Machu Picchu slide show

*Nova: Ice Mummies

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Islam

University of North Florida http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html

SCORE web sites: lessons

SCORE resources

Islamic Art

Islamic Studies (University of Georgia)

Islamicity Site: Hajj

Recitation of the Qu'ran: http://islamicity.com/multimedia/radio/ch100/

Qu'ran and Women: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt/resources/Quran/004.Women

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Africa

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Animals in Africa Endangered

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China

Get a Chinese Name

Chinese Zodiac

Writing Chinese numbers

Chinese Inventions

Chinese Proverbs

Dragon links

Chinese Festivals

Art of Chinese

Splendors of Imperial China

Lessons for China

More lessons for China

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Japan

Who were the Samurai

Brief History of the Samurai

Samurai figures

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Middle Ages In Europe

Castles on the Web

Castles in the World

Creating a Castle

Sworn to Serve Webquest

Ye Olde English Sayings

The Medieval Technology Timeline

Ballads

Internet Renaissance Band's Medieval Music

Education World Resources

Hotlist of Medieval Times

Coat of arms

Meaning behind symbols of coat of arms

Sample Coat of Arms

 

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