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Ancient
History
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Ancient
Mesopotamia Unit
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Early
& Classical Greece UNITS
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Ancient
Greek Olympics Mini-Unit: A Simulation for the Classroom
(4-5 days) with city-state backgrounds, events & tongue twisters
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Can
you save the Roman Republic? Lesson Plan,
with handout
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Buddhist,
Taoist, Confucianist, Legalist - How would each behave
when faced with the same problems that face students today?
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The
Three Teachings - Confucianism, Taoism/Daoism, and Buddhism
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Debates
on Censorship: (2-3 days) Debate set in modern times.
Lesson Plan, Ancient China
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Deep
in the Tombs of Egypt - Message to the Planet! Two
of our people have disappeared - Deep in the Tombs of Egypt!
Designed for use in the computer lab.
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Ancient
History Lesson Ideas (some ours, some e-mailed to us!)
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How
Money Started
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Archaeology
for Kids
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Daily
Life in Ancient Civilizations: Index -
Learning Modules for Kids
The
Life & Times of Early Man -
Why did Cro-Magnon man crawl on his belly through dangerous
mazes in deep dark caves? How did the "Upright Man" travel
from Africa to America without a boat? Who were the Neanderthals? Did
man live at the same time as dinosaurs? Find out here!
Ancient
Mesopotamia/Sumer/Babylon/Assyria - The ancient Sumerians were
great inventors. They invented the wheel, the sailboat, and
the first written language. Find out what happened
to kids in school who disobeyed their teacher! Read The
Legend of Gilgamesh - the first superhero! Learn How
Marduk Became the King of ALL the Gods. Enter Hammurabi's
Court. Discover how people lived 5000 years ago in the
land between two rivers.
Ancient
Egypt Daily Life - Do
you know what the ancient Egyptians believed would cure a toothache?
Find out here! Read some Egyptian Tall Tales (shared with us by
Egyptologist Jacques Kinnaer.) Find out why Rameses
II was such a famous pharaoh!
Enjoy an original story about Ancient Egyptian Daily Life.
Explore Deep
in the Tombs of Egypt.
Ancient
Greece Daily Life -
How would you have behaved if you had
lived in ancient Sparta? (Lie, cheat, steal, because that is the Sparta
way!) Or in ancient Athens? Or in Corinth, Argos or Megara? Meet
the Greeks! They were a riot! They created some of the
best myths in the world like Theseus
and the Minotaur, the
story of Little
Io and the tale of Hermes
& Apollo.
Ancient
Rome Daily Life - If
you had lived in ancient times, would you have chosen to become a Roman
citizen? You might have! The ancient Romans invented more games
than any other culture. Find out what the ancient Romans did all day!
Learn how Rome started with The
Legend of Romulus and Remus.
Find out how one young Roman saved the city of Rome in the legend of Horatius
at the Bridge. Was
Rome's legendary enemy, Hannibal
of Carthage, as clever as the history books say? Meet
a famous Roman Emperor with Nero
at the Circus Maximus.
Don't miss the zany, original story, Thomas,
Greatest Lawyer in all...Rome!
Ancient
China Daily Life - Learn
about Taoism with Winnie-the-Pooh! Explore daily life in 4 different
Chinese dynasties. Meet weird emperors like Hu the Tiger! Read things
written in BCE times! Read a very old story from Xia times, Loawnu
the Wise Woman, and another from Han times, Wang
the Peddler. Learn about Ancient
Chinese Dragons and
discover
The
Story of Mulan. For
those in a hurry, just click on the
Cheat Sheet, for a very quick look at 11,000 years of ancient
Chinese history!
Ancient
Celts Daily Life - The Iron Age Celts were very clean. They are
credited with the invention of soap! They loved music, feasting,
and fighting. They lived in clans, respected their druids, and created
stories about fairies, elves, and leprechauns. Come meet the
Ancient Celts who once lived all over Europe, and
who settled down in ancient Ireland, Scotland, and
Wales.
Ancient Mongols
Daily Life - The ancient Mongols
invented the ger - but what is a ger? Learn
about whistle arrows, fabulous hats, horse head fiddles, well-wishing,
salty tea, and the magical Shamas. Read the story of The
Warrior Well. Meet "The Felt Tent People".
Welcome to ancient Mongolia!
Ancient
India Daily Life - What
did the ancient Indians wear? What did they eat? Did kids play with
toys? Did they go to school? This site shares daily life in three
major time periods of ancient India history; the mysterious
and so cool Indus Valley Civilization, the Vedic &
Epics Periods, and the Age of Empires.
The Incredible Incas
- The Incas never invented the wheel. Yet, high in the rugged Andes
Mountains of South America, the Incas built thousands of miles of
well-paved roads. Everyone in the empire was well fed and no one was
homeless. Meet "The Children of the Sun".
The Mysterious
Mayas - One day, the Mayas appeared. 1500 years later, they
disappeared. No one knows where they came from and no one knows where
they went! During their stay, they build fabulous pyramids,
temples, and ball courts. Learn About Daily Life in the Maya
Empire. Read the exciting adventure of The
Hero Twins. Meet "The Children of the Corn".
The Awesome Aztecs
- Why did the Aztecs search for 200 years
to find the Place of
the Prickly Pear Cactus? What did conquered people have to pay
in tribute? Discover how the Aztecs treated some very honored
guests in the story Journey
of a Princess. Welcome to ancient Mexico.
Ancient Africa Daily Life
- Explore daily life in four gold coast kingdoms - Ghana,
Mali, Songhay, and Benin. Meet famous people like Mansa Musa, Sonni Ali
The Great, and the most famous of all - Anansi
the Spider! Read a story from ancient Nubia, The
Lion's Whisker.
Middle Ages for Kids -
From the dark ages to the Renaissance - explore the middle ages in
Europe. Feudalism, the Catholic Church, castles and commoners, rise of towns, crusades,
the plague, the triumphs, the defeats, the Magna Carta and more.
Native
Americans in Olden Times - US & Canada
- Eastern Woodland Indians, Southeast
Region, Plains Indians, Southwest Region, California, Northwest
Pacific Coastal Indians, Far North. Why do the elders still speak of Clever
Coyote with gratitude. Who
was Child
of Water and Little Blue Rock? Read the
stories of Wise
Owl and solve the mystery of How
Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch. Who or what are the 3 sisters?
Learn how to play the ancient Indian game of Butterfly Hide and Seek. And
more!
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Ancient
Myths, Folktales, Stories retold
by us for use in the classroom as handouts (word format)
The
Legend of Gilgamesh (Sumerian)
How Marduk Became the King of ALL the Gods (Babylonian)
Theseus and the Minotaur (Minoan/Greek)
Legend
of the Trojan Horse (Greek)
The
Cyclops Cave & The Sirens (Greek, from "The
Odyssey" by Homer)
The
Oracle at Delphi (Greek Myth)
Apollo
and Cassandra (Greek Myth)
Pandora's
Box (Greek Myth)
Demeter and
Persephone (Greek Myth)
Little Io
(Greek Version)
Little Io (Roman Version)
Zeus,
Hades, and the King of Corinth (Greek
Myth)
The
Legend of Romulus and Remus (Ancient
Rome)
Horatius
at the Bridge (Ancient
Rome)
The Punic Wars &
Hannibal of Carthage (Ancient Rome)
Anansi the
Spider (Africa, Ghana)
The Lion's Whisker
(Africa, Kush/Nubia)
Loawnu the Wise Woman
(Xia Times, Ancient China)
Wang the Peddler (Han Times,
Ancient China)
The Warrior
Well (Ancient Mongolia)
The Hero
Twins (Maya)
Place of
the Prickly Pear Cactus (Aztec)
Journey of a Princess (Aztec,
grades 6-12)
Clever
Coyote (Comanche Buffalo Myth)
Child
of Water and Little Blue Rock (Apache Myth)
Wise
Owl (Iroquois Myth)
How
Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (Northwest Coastal
Pacific Myth)
Happy
Together (Russian Folktale)
Free
Presentations in PowerPoint format retold
by us; illustrated by Phillip Martin
Native Americans
The
Hero Twins (Mayas)
The
Invisible Warrior (Woodland Indians, A Cinderella Story)
Wise
Owl (Northeast Woodland Indians, an Iroquois Myth)
Clever
Coyote (Plains Indians, a Buffalo Story)
Child of Water
& Little Blue Rock (Southwest Indians, An Apache Myth)
How Raven Stole
Crow's Potlatch (NW Pacific Indians)
Holidays
Kwanzaa
(African American)
Groundhog Day
(Ancient Superstitions)
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
and His Fables
The
Fox and the Crow
The Fox and Sick Lion
Ancient History
Archaeology
for Kids
Early
Humans
Rameses
II (Egypt)
Hermes
& Apollo (Greece)
Nero
at the Circus Maximus (Rome)
Nero
Goes Insane (Rome)
Ancient
Chinese Dragons (China)
Warrior
Well (China/Mongolia)
The
Story of Mulan (China)
7 Wonders of the Ancient
World
The
Seven Wonders (Index)
Great
Pyramid at Giza
Hanging
Gardens of Babylon
Statue of
Zeus at Olympia
Temple of
Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum
at Halicarnassus
Colossus
of Rhodes
Lighthouse
at Alexandria
Tests for Ancient
History (no
answers)
Ancient
Mesopotamia Unit Test
Ancient
Egypt Bingo (Test Review Game)
Ancient
Egypt Unit Test
Persian War
Quiz (Early Greece)
Ancient
Greece First Section Test (Early Greece)
Ancient Rome
First Section Test (Early Rome)
World
History/World Studies
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The
Middle Ages for Kids - European
Medieval Times - from the dark ages to the Renaissance -
feudalism, the church, castles and commoners, rise of towns, crusades,
the plague, the triumphs, the defeats, the Magna Carta and more.
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Feudal Japan:
S.P.A.M. (Samurai, Peasant, Artisan, Merchant) - (1 day)
Lesson Plan, Game. See also: Feudal Japan
& Haiku Verse
& Daruma Dolls
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Russia: Start
of the Russian Revolution - (3-4 days) Lesson
Plan.
See also: Russian Revolution
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World
Cultures: What is Culture? (90 minutes) Lesson Plan with List of Various
Groups handout
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Australia's
Great Barrier Reef (2-3 days) Lesson Plan and Personalities
Handout.
See also: Australia
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India/Pakistan
Dispute over Kashmir (4
days) Mini-Unit with Background and Handouts
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Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict (2
days) Simulation for the Classroom with background, role descriptions
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As some of you know, before he became a
teacher, Mr. Donn spent a career in Military Intelligence as a member of
the SSA at NSA (the National Security Agency, or the No-Name Agency, as
they like to say in the movies.) This lesson includes propaganda
materials we do not often see as they are typically dropped in
massive quantities over enemy territory. Very neat stuff! Feel free to
use these materials in your classrooms.
Propaganda
Techniques Can
YOU find the secret messages hidden in propaganda?
It's not as easy as you might think. What is propaganda anyway?
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Geography
in the News (8
weeks, a few minutes a day)
Ongoing daily activity, 5 Themes of
Geography
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More
Geography Lesson Ideas The Geography
Game (Educated Guess) works well anytime but is especially useful
to open a new unit. Plus other lesson ideas.
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Colonial
Mexico Learning module. The Pre-Independence
Mexican Indian Uprisings; Did they help or hinder Mexico's drive to
independence from Spain? (Rise of Democratic Ideas; 19th Century,
9th-grade World History) This is a module Don created in college, but it
had a lot of useful information, so I threw it online. Hope it helps!
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Holidays
Around the World - Mrs. Donn's Special Section.
Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays; mini-learning modules for over 30
different holidays, with holiday games, lesson plans, activities, for
the classroom.
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WW2
- The US Home Front (unit index)
Conducting
Oral Histories
Where were you on
December 7, 1941
Symbols of the
Home Front
Ration Books,
Victory Gardens, Junk Rallies
The
Ration Stamp Game
Walking Home
(original short story, written by us)
WW2 - Leaders in
the News
WW2 - Headlines
in the News
WW2 - More Lesson
Ideas - Neutrality, National Interest, Hiroshima
US & American
History
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Native
Americans for Kids - See details on this huge section below, or
click here to
reach the section index. These are free learning modules for kids with
readings, games, activities, and clipart. It includes Native Americans
in South & Central American and North American.
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Supreme
Court Landmark Cases - Plessy v. Ferguson - Lesson plan
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Civil War:
Letters from the Civil War - Lesson plan with 3 primary document
handouts of letters written during the Civil War. (We
have the originals.)
Progressive
Party - La Follette Platform - Lesson
plan
The
Great Depression - FDR's Fireside Chats - Lesson Plan
Great
Depression - Music of the Great Depression - Lesson Plan
1930's
Life on the Farm during the Great Depression - Learning Modules. Not
everyone felt the effects of the depression in the same manner. People
who had little to begin with had always coped. These short stories share
the daily life and adventures of one such family, and the success they
achieved with a mere seven acres of land in the 1930's. These are
stories of the American way - where attitude is everything! Short
stories written by Lin's author/artist Mom, Dorothy Jones Scalzo.
World
War II: The Home Front (5-7
days) World War II Mini-Unit with 7 handouts
Civil
Rights, Segregation, 1935 1945, 1955 (2-3 days)
Lesson Plan with 3 handouts. This was truly a family effort. The lesson
plan is Don's, supported by 2 original short stories - Back of the
Bus and Welcome Home - written by Lin's
author/artist mother, Dorothy Jones Scalzo, plus Lin's write-up on Rosa Parks
& the Montgomery Bus Boycott. We hope it works as well in your classrooms as it did in ours.
Symbols
- Smokey
the Bear & the Forestry Special Free Classroom Play,
Free Smokey Bookmarks to make, Smokey Bear Radio Copy from the 1954
Campaign
Visit
the 1962 Seattle World's Fair - Lesson Plan,
Learning Module.
Early People in
the US & Canada
Daily
Life in Olden Times (Native Americans)
Iroquois
Nation
What was the job of the False Face Society? Who were the Three
Sisters?
What were the Snow Snake Games? Who was Hiawatha?
What was the League of Nations? What was wampum? Read the story of Wise
Owl
Ojibwa/Chippewa
Why did the Ojibwa hide pebbles in moccasins? What is a Charcoal Sad
Face?
How do you play Butterfly Hide and Seek? What is a Dream Catcher?
See if you recognize this famous fairytale: The
Invisible Warrior
Cherokee Nation
Why did the Cherokee Indians have a red chief and a white chief?
What is a Booger Ceremony? Where is the Darkening Land? What is the Trail of
Tears?
Seminole
What is the job of an animal spirit helper?
Why did the Seminole people hang baby cradles from the rafters of their
homes?
What are comfortables? Why were beads so important?
Welcome to the Florida Everglade Seminole Indians in Olden Times.
Plains People
Why did the Plains people prefer tipis to houses?
Name 72 things the Plains people made from buffalo.
Why do the elders still speak of Clever
Coyote with gratitude?
Why were horses called dogs? What were pictographs?
Sioux Nation
What could boys do when they reached their 10th birthday?
What engagement present did the family of the bride receive?
Why weren't kids given names when they were born?
What did star quilts represent? What was the Seven Council Fires?
Anasazi/Pueblo/Hopi
Why did the Pueblo dig a hole in the middle of a secret underground
room?
Who are the giant Natackas? What are kachinas?
How did the Pueblo get their name? Who are the Old Ones?
What happened at a naming ceremony?
Apache
Why do Apache kids hunt for blue stones? Who are the Devil
Dancers?
Read an Apache myth about Child
of Water and Little Blue Rock.
Learn how to play Apache toe and toss games.
Navajo
When a young couple ate from the same basket, why did all their
relatives lecture them?
What is a Ketoh? Why did the Navajo make Sand Paintings and then
destroy them before dark?
What is a Blessingways? Welcome to the Southwest Navajo Indians in Olden
Times.
Northwest
Pacific Coastal
What made the Puget Sound Indian tribes
"rich" in ancient times?
Why were woven mats so important? How did totem poles get started?
What could you buy with 5,000 blankets? What's a potlatch all about?
Discover How
Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch
California Indians
Why was the bear doctor feared?
What was the purpose of the Big Head Dance?
Why did certain medicine men hunt rattlesnakes?
Why did the Chumash need a ladder to get into bed?
Far North
What trick did the Kutchin people use on their enemies?
How did these early people stop ghosts from entering their homes?
Welcome to Alaska Natives, the Arctic and the Far North in olden
times.
Language Arts
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Freshman
English Poetry Slam (2-3 days) Lesson
Plan
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Harlem
Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes (3-4
days) Lesson plan
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Haiku
(1-2 days) Learning Module, Lesson
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Stories written by us
for use in the classroom and the computer lab
You Be the Detective
Myths & Legends
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to write a couple of short stories on specific subjects
for their website. The result:
You Be the
Detective
The Flyer
The Babysitter
The Coldest Day
Joey's Turn
The List
Columbus
Day
Was
Columbus Smart about Safety?
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