Social Studies  

Ancient History: Greece and Rome

Mrs. DelMoro

Check OPAC for books related to your topic.

Before using the Internet, search these online subscription databases:

Online Subscription Databases:

World Book Online                                                           

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home

WebFeet                                                                     

http://www.webfeetguides.com/wfonline/rhf.html

EBSCO  go to KidsSearch                                                              

http://search.ebscohost.com/

General Ancient History Resources

Odyssey Online explores Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African cultures through museum artifacts, puzzles, games, and artifacts.

http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html

NOVA Online/Secrets of Lost Empires

How did ancient architects and engineers design and construct Egyptian obelisks and Roman Baths?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/

Museum of Unnatural Mystery

Time Traveler Tours, in association with the Museum of Unnatural Mystery, invites you to embark on the ultimate luxury vacation through space and time, and take a virtual tour of the Seven Wonders of the World.

http://www.unmuseum.org/wonders.htm

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Take a virtual tour with CNN Destinations.

http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.wonders/

Ancient Greece

Topics, such as Art and Architecture, Mythology, Wars, Culture and Society, Poetry, Olympics, History Periods, Philosophy, Playwrights, Kings and Rulers of Ancient Greece.                              

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/  

The Ancient Greek World Museum from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Land and time, Daily life, Religion and death, Economy and money

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

A special exhibit of the Persus Digital Library                      

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/     

PBS site  The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization                                                http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/                                         

Mythography

Explore mythology and art with information about the classic stories of heroes and gods...from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, to the legends of the Celts

http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html

Odyssey Online from Emory University

Ancient Greek daily life, people, mythology, death and burial, and more.

http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/welcome.html

Portland University site: Everything you wanted to know about Greece for middle school students

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm

Ancient Rome

Roman Gods

The Roman gods and goddesses, their attributes, symbols, and more.

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/

Ancient Rome

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htm

Ancient Rome its army, rites of passage, religion, geography, social structure and daily life.

http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/rome/eg_rome_menu1.html

Ancient Roman Food

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html

Daily Roman Life

http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/webresources/life/

Roma: History, civilization, monuments and legends

http://www.citrag.it/roma/eng_home.htm

Ancient Roman Topics from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

Christian Catacombs of Rome

http://www.catacombe.roma.it/index.html

VRoma features a glimpse into daily life

Clothing: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html

Government: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romangvt.html

Roman Gladiators

http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/gladiatr/index.htm

Social Order of the Roman World from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/social_structure_01.shtml

Additional Resources:

Markets

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/cityofrome/p/ForumRomanum.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/trajansmarket.htm

Places of worship (temples/altars)

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/cityofrome/p/ForumRomanum.htm

Ancient Greek alphabet

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekalphabet/a/GkAlphabet.htm

Ancient Greek numbers

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/numbers.htm

Ancient Roman numbers

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/science/mathematics/numbers.htm

Ancient Roman alphabet

http://edsitement.neh.gov/Phoen_Greek_Anim.asp#Roman

Science, Math and Medicine

Follow links for individual topics:

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/sciencemedicine/Science_Math_Medicine_Technology_Engineering.htm

Student Resource List

Mrs. Potter’s Class:

Ancient Egypt

Check OPAC for books related to your topic.

Before using the Internet, search these online subscription databases:

ABC CLIO World History

http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com

Remote access: Username and password required

Covers people, places, events, trends, statistics, news, attractions, politics, culture, environment, government, and history around the world.

SIRS

http://www.proquestk12.com

Remote access: Username and password required

SIRS Researcher This general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political and global issues.

SIRS Renaissance This reference database provides information on Architecture & Design, Culture, Literature, Multimedia, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy & Religion and Visual Arts.  Full-text articles are selected from more than 1,000 domestic and international publications.  Includes full-color images, art reproductions, photographs and illustrations.

WebFeet

http://www.webfeetguides.com/wfonline/rhf.html

Remote access: Username and password required

A service that carefully selects web sites in all subject areas.  It is fully searchable with hundreds of new records added each month.

World Book Encyclopedia Online

Remote access: Username and password required

http://www.worldbookonline.com

Internet Resources

General Resources

Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation features geography, architecture, government, writing, religion, daily life, sciences, timeline and glossary

http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcivile.html

St. Petersburg Times site features information form the Splendors of Ancient Egypt Educational Guide including: Geography, Daily Life, Religion, Art and Architecture

http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.html

The British Museum site features information on the following topics:

Egyptian life, geography, Gods & Goddesses, mummification, Pharaohs, Pyramids, Temples, Time, Trades, and Writing

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

The emuseum at Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Ancient Egyptian Culture Exhibit features daily life, art, military, architecture, hieroglyphs, religion, government, maps, history, and archaeology

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/

The Cleveland Museum of Art contains information on pyramids, mummies, book of the dead, animals and more!

http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/index.html

University of Pennsylvania Museum for information on hieroglyphs, pharaohs, gods and goddesses, and citizens

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/egyptintro.shtml

Museum of Fine Arts Boston provides information on archeology, daily life, hieroglyphs, mummies and art

http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/daily_fromaft1.html

Carnegie Museum of Natural History features natural world, daily life, gods and religion, funerary customs

http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.htm

Eternal Egypt, a cooperative effort from The Supreme Council for Antiquities, Center for Documentation of Cultural and National Heritage and IBM features main topics including:  arts & crafts, science, agriculture, commerce & trade, society and culture.  These topics have many subtopics.

http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.topics&language_id=1

University of Tennessee McClung Museum includes a wide variety of information

http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permex/egypt/egypt.htm

King Tut One provides information on King Tut, pyramids, mummies, the great queens of Egypt, and the pharaohs

http://www.kingtutone.com/

Pyramids

National Geographic’s Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World site provides wonderful information on pyramids:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html

PBS NOVA Pyramids-the inside story

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Mummies of Ancient Egypt from the Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach from the University of Michigan also includes hieroglyphs and a glossary

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/

Egyptian Mummies from the Smithsonian Institute

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mummies.htm

Art

Egyptian Art from the Detroit Institute of Art

http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/egypt/egypt.html

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Collection through themes including: Ancient Egyptian Beliefs, Looking at Ancient Egyptian Art, The People of Ancient Egypt, The Natural World, The Story of the Collection

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/newegypt/htm/th_frame.htm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Topics Index

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/st_egyptian_art.htm

The National Gallery of Art: The Quest for Immortality View the art along with transcripts or a slide show with audio

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/egypt/slideshow.htm

The Seattle Art Museum presents Ten Eternal Truths of Ancient Egypt and the art that expresses these truths.

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/archive/egypt/emania/truthsbody.htm

Religion

University of Pennsylvania Museum

Gods and Goddesses

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/egyptgods.shtml

Temples

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/temple.shtml

Museum of Science presents the afterlife

http://www.mos.org/quest/afterlife.php

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University features Odyssey Egypt Death and Burial facts and pictures

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/d&b.html

The Seattle Art Museum presents Ten Eternal Truths of Ancient Egypt and the art that expresses these truths.

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/archive/egypt/emania/truthsbody.htm

Encyclopedia Mythica will help explain some of the vocabulary you discover on this topic

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/africa/egyptian/articles.html

Ancient Egypt: The Mythology is a comprehensive site on Egyptian mythology

http://www.egyptianmyths.net/

Language

Hierglyphic Name Translator

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm

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Social Studies

General Resources

The Aerodrome:  Aces and Aircraft of World War I

http://www.theaerodrome.com

American and British History Resources on the Net

Rutgers links to maps, statistics, treaties, electronic journals and more

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/reference.shtml#ejournals

Any Day in History

Extensive information on births, deaths and events on any given day in history

http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

America’s Story from America’s Library

This fun site will provide interesting info on many different topics related to the United States, check it out! Sponsored by the Library of Congress.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

BBC News:  The Great War: 80 Years On (WWI)

This site offers a comprehensive overview of the conflict that took 10 million lives.  The story is told through archived radio interviews, images, and newsreels, letters sent from the front; and analyses of events.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/

British History 1700-1950: The First World War

Incredibly detailed overview of WWI from Britain.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

Costumes

Make your own costumes

http://www.costumes.org

Discover's Web

Information on explorers from ancient and modern times

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Provided by the Smithsonian Institute

 http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

Great War Series at the War Time Journal

   http://www.wtj.com/wars/greatwar/

The History Channel

      http://www.historychannel.com/

History Channel Timeline of Toys and Games

   http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/

The History Net

    This site features American history, world history, today in history and pictures

     http://www.thehistorynet.com/

Historical Photographs online from the University of California

    http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-art/photo.html

Horus’ Web Links to History Resources

    This site features histories of specific countries, times and places from the University of California

    http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/

HyperHistory 2000

    Files covering 3000 years of world history

     http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Lewis & Clark  

     http://www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com/  

Lewis & Clark  

     http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/LINKS/Explorers.html  

Lewis & Clark    

Links to addresses of many places related to Lewis and Clark.

     http://www.nps.gov/lecl/sites.htm

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation  Interactive maps, pictures, and articles about the expedition.  http://www.lewisandclark.org

National Council for Social Studies Links 

    Topics like culture,  people, civics and ideals, science and technology, power and  authority and more. 

    http://www.socialstudies.org/links/

PBS Life on the Internet Timeline

    http://www.pbs.org/internet/timeline/

Library of Congress America’s Library

     http://www.americaslibrary.gov

Library of Congress, The Printed Ephemera Collection

This rich repository of Americana allows you to search by author, title, genre and geographical location of printing. The collection comprises 28,000 primary source items from the 17th century to the present.

    http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.htm

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

     http://americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/

Timeline Collection 

    George Emery is a librarian at Canisius College and has been collecting timelines on the Internet since 1993 

     http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

Colonial History

America 1650-1700

America’s Library

Go to: Jump Back in Time…Colonial America

    http://www.americaslibrary.gov

Outline of American History- Colonial Period

    http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/ch2.htm

American Memories, Library of Congress

Search for America 1700…you will find copies of maps, documents and more

    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Encyclopedia Britannica

    http://women.eb.com/

13 Colonies

    http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

The American Colonist’s Library

    http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of Congress

    http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/

Colonial America

     http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/

England 1650-1700

Mercantilism

    http://rims.k12.ca.us/market_to_market/pages/mercantilism_imports_and_e.htm

The American Colonist’s Library

    http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

English Bill of Rights 1689

    http://www.constitution.org/eng/eng_bor.htm

Navigation Acts

    http://www.bartleby.com/65/na/NavigatA.html

    Puritans and Quakers

The Life of William Penn from 20-20

    http://www.2020site.org/penn/

English Civil War

    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0817372.html

The History Channel  Search for Quakers and/or Puritans

    http://www.historychannel.com/

The Holocaust

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum- Check the Learning Site for Students, topics include Nazi Rule, Jews in Prewar Germany, The Final Solution, Nazi Camp System, Rescue and Resistance

http://ushmm.org

Holocaust History Project- an archive of documents, photos, recordings and essays

http://www.holocaust-history.org

ThinkQuest: The Holocaust a Tragic Legacy- This is an award winning website created by students that features a timeline, survivor stories, links and more information

http://library.thinkquest.org  Search for the site by the title as listed above.

Remember.org  This site features a “cybrary” sharing art, photos, poems and factual information.  Witnesses- Survivor interviews, letters and information relating to victims, liberators, resistance, rescuers, perpetrators and bystanders.

http://remember.org

Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm

Human Righs Watch

http://www.hrw.org/

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org

Middle East

US Department of State

    http://www.state.gov/

PBS: Frontline: The Gulf War

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

NATO and the scourge of terrorism

    http://www.nato.int/terrorism/index.htm

Middle East Historical and Peace Process Documents

    http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm

New York Times provides more than fifty years of material online in this special in-depth report on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

    http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/mideast-peace-index.html

OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

    http://www.opec.org

United Nations

    http://www.un.org

United Nations CyberSchoolBus information for students

    http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) contributes to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication.

    http://www.unesco.org

UNICEF the United Nations Children's Fund

    http://www.unicef.org

World Health Organization

    http://www.who.int/home-page

Native Americans 

Arctic Circle provides resources on the indigenous people of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia, and Siberia. http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/  

The First Americans Basic facts provide an intro to Native American cultures. http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html

First Nations Histories covers the location, culture, history, population and language of many North American tribes.

    http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html

History of the Cherokee

    http://www.cherokeehistory.com

National Historic Trail:  The Cherokee Trail of Tears: 1838-1839 features maps, timeline, diaries, poetry and links.

    http://rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht.html

National Museum of the American Indian virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institute exhibits

    http://www.nmai.si.edu/

The Native American Nations of the Black Mesa Region covers major tribes of the Southwest including Hopi, Navajo, and Anasazi tribes.

    http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1942/

Native American Sites by a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh provides a gateway to many worthwhile sites.

    http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html

NativeCulture.com is another gateway to many worthwhile sites.

    http://www.nativeculture.com/

Salem Witch Trials

An Outline of American History from Rutgers University

    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap2.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica

    http://women.eb.com/

The American Colonist’s Library

    http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project

    http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/transcripts.html

The Salem Witch Trials by Doug Linder, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School

    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

Salem Witch Trials

    http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/life/

World Religions

Shi’ism and Shi’ites

Sponsored by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project

    http://www.al-islam.org/

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism

    http://www.ualberta.ca/~slis/guides/religion/chinjap.htm

Judaism

    http://www.jewfaq.org/

Catholicism

    http://www.newadvent.org/

World War I

Photos of the Great War

     http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/photos/greatwar.htm#TOP

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

Features text of interviews with a number of historians, an interactive timeline, and an interactive presentation of maps and images that track the progress of the war.

 http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

World War I

Commentary, eyewitness accounts, and diary entries presented in four sections.

 http://www.ibiscom.com/w1frm.htm

World War I Document Archive

Assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military. This is a collection of primary documents related to the war.

 http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

World War I: Trenches on the Web

World War I Document Archives, a media room, biographies, a map room, a war atlas, trivia, artwork and more.

 http://www.worldwar1.com/

Last updated: July 29, 2005 by Donna Baratta