Mr. Donn's Site
for Kids & Teachers

ANCIENT HISTORY: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids: Ancient Civilizations and Archaeology for Kids - Early Humans, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India, Iron Age Celts, Mongols, 7 Ancient Wonders, Ancient Stories and Myths, Archaeology for Kids, and more

• For Kids:  Original Stories about the Ancient Greeks:  The Hercules Detective Agency - The Terrible Tutor, The Amazing Matchmaker, The Bad Barber, The Stone Zoo, and many more. Join Herc and his buddies as they solve mysteries in ancient Greece, original short stories by Lin and Don Donn

• For Kids: Native American History - Stories, Myths, Legends, Festivals, Customs, Primary Tribes, more

• For Teachers: Free Use K-12 Lesson Plans. Simulations, Classroom Activities for Ancient Civilizations, Early Humans, Archaeology, Native Americans
  Ancient Civilizations include Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India, Iron Age Celts, Mongols, 7 Ancient Wonders, American Indians in the Americans, and More

AMERICAN HISTORY: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids: American History for Kids
  New World Explorers, Native Americans, 13 Colonies, American Revolution, Freedom Documents, A New Nation, Western Expansion, Slavery, American Civil War, Industrial Revolution, The Nation Grows, Progressive Era, Gilded Age, Immigration, Factories, Roaring 20s, Great Depression, US Civil Rights Movement, Patriotic Symbols, Wars, Economics, Interactive Games, and more

• For Teachers: Free Use K-12 Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities for American History

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids: American Government for Kids
  Declaration, Constitution, Amendments, 3 Branches, Interactive Games, and more

• For Teachers: Free Use K-12 Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities for American Government

NEW SECTION - ECONOMICS FOR KIDS: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids: Economics for Kids
  Economics can be simply defined as the social science of making, distributing, selling, and purchasing goods. In the kids sections, find interactive free online games, activities, and cartoons about economics!

• For Teachers: Free Use K-12 Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities for Economics

WORLD HISTORY: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids and Teachers: World History Index
  Dark Ages, Medieval Europe/Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Industrial Revolution, World Wars, Incas, Mayas, Aztecs, Vikings, Celts, and more. Original free use lesson plans and units, learning sections for kids, interactive games.
  

GEOGRAPHY: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids: US and World Geography for Kids
  5 themes, landforms, maps, map skills, latitude and longitude, continents, oceans, regions, human geography, interactive games,  and more

• For Teachers: Free Use K-12 Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities for Geography

ANCIENT ROOTS, MODERN HOLIDAYS: Free Use Lesson Plans, Kids Sections, Interactive Games

• For Kids and Teachers: Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays for Kids and Teachers - games, activities, lessons, and more

FREE ONLINE INTERACTIVE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

• Free Interactive Games and Activities for Kids for Ancient History, World History, Geography, Holidays, Economics, Geography, and more

ASK MR. DONN: INTERACTIVE Q&A: Free Use Test Prep, Unit Reviews for kids and teachers

• Free Interactive Q&A - Unit Reviews, Test Prep - designed for grades 6-9, middle school

AND MORE

• Free Use Social Studies Classroom Activities: Some Ours, Some Sent to Us: Classroom Activities & Final Projects for Teachers for the Classroom

• Myths for Kids: Myths, Legends, Stories for Kids retold by Lin Donn

• Free use Presentations: in PowerPoint format for Classroom Use

Other Topics & Sections:

Language Arts Sociology Propaganda Techniques

Frequently Asked Questions Copyrights and Fair Use Awards

Is your material copyrighted or may I use it?

Answer: Yes, our material is copyrighted. Nearly all the original material on the web is copyrighted thanks to laws that immediately copyright original work loaded to the web. That's why loading a webpage is called "published". If you copy other people's work and post it on your own or another site, that work is still copyrighted. You could be in a lot of trouble copying other peoples work in the wrong way even if you're a kid. For more information on copyrights, see this site for what you can and cannot do: Copyright & Fair Use Laws. Our stories and myths are additionally copyrighted with the U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

But, of course you may use our lesson plans, units, and learning modules in your classrooms with some restrictions. RESTRICTIONS: Direct links to our site are always appreciated. However, you may not make a copy of our material, put your name on it, and turn it in as your work. You may not copy our material and post it on your web page or anyone else's web page. You may not mirror our site. You may not frame our site. You may not pass our site through your proxy server in order to block ads. You may not distribute and/or sell our work without our written permission. To do any of these things is copyright infringement, which is a crime.

Besides all the educational materials we have posted freely online for teachers and kids to use, we also have books and educational materials available for purchase. Our publisher adds new material all the time to their catalogue and things do get rearranged. We try to keep an eye on it, but if the links below need updating, just search their site for Lin and Don Donn. Thank you.

Mr. Donn and Maxie's Always Something You Can Use Series
Complete Units for Teachers with Meaningful Classroom Activities
for the study of Ancient Civilizations, designed for 5th/6th grades
but can be adjusted for any grade
Written by Lin & Don Donn, Published by Good Year Books

Mr. Donn and Maxie's Ancient History PowerPoints Series
Each notebook includes printouts, plus a computer disc with all the
PowerPoints and original clipart for use in the classroom
Written by Lin & Don Donn,
illustrated by Phillip Martin, Published by Good Year Books