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7 Wonders, Archaeology, Early Humans, Mesopotamia/Sumer/Babylon,
 
Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India
Ancient African Kingdoms, The Mysterious Mayas
The Incredible Incas,
The Awesome Aztecs,
The Middle Ages & Native Americans in Olden Times 



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Mr. Donn's Ancient History Lesson Plans & Units

  1. Ancient Mesopotamia Unit

  2. Early & Classical Greece Units

  3. Ancient Greek Olympics Mini-Unit: A Simulation for the Classroom (3-5 days) with city-state backgrounds, and events   

  4. Egypt Bingo  Test review game

  5. Can you save the Roman Republic? Lesson Plan, Ancient Rome.

  6. First Unit Test: Ancient Rome

  7. Buddhist, Taoist, Confucianist, Legalist; how would each behave when faced with the same problems? Lesson Plan, Ancient China

  8. Debates on Censorship: (2-3 days)  Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty, debate set in modern times. Lesson Plan, Ancient China

  9. Lesson Ideas (some ours, some emailed to us) Easy to implement and very creative.

Mrs. Donn's Special Sections

  1. The Life & Times of Early Man  

  2. Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations (Index)  

  3. Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia/Sumer/Babylon/Assyria 

  4. Daily Life in Ancient Egypt  

  5. Daily Life in Ancient Ireland, Scotland, Wales (Iron Age Celts) 

  6. Daily Life in Ancient Greece

  7. Daily Life in Ancient Rome

  8. Daily Life in Ancient China

  9. Daily Life in Ancient India  

  10. Daily Life in Ancient Mongolia

  11. Daily Life in the Middle Ages

  12. Daily Life in Medieval Africa - Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Benin 

  13. The Inca Empire (the Incas)

  14. The Maya Empire (The Mayas) 

  15. Native Americans in Olden Times 

  16. Deep in the Tombs of Egypt  Two of our people have disappeared - Deep in the Tombs of Egypt!

  17. The Chinese Calendar (zodiac)

  18. The Three Teachings (Confucianism, Taoism/Daoism, Buddhism)

  19. Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays  Mini-histories, lesson ideas, activities for the classroom for holidays

  20. Ancient Money - How Money Started 

  21. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Word and in PowerPoint format

  22. Free Presentations in PowerPoint format retold by us; illustrated by Phillip Martin 
    Early Humans (Lucy, Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon and more!)
     
    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)
     

    The Hero Twins (Mayas)
     
    The Invisible Warrior (Woodland Indians Cinderella)  
    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 

     

  23. Ancient Myths & Folktales retold by us (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) 
    Zeus, Hades, and the King of Corinth (Greek Myth)
    Apollo and Cassandra (Greek Myth) 
    Pandora's Box (Greek Myth) 
    Demeter and Persephone
    (Greek Myth) 
    Hercules
    (Greek Myth) 
    Little Io (Greek Version) 
    Little Io
    (Roman Version) 

    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 Legend of the Shadow Puppet (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) 
    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)



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