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Ancient History Internet Activities

 

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Studying Ancient History?  Try these cool internet activities! 

 

MRS. NORBOMM’S WEEKLY CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:

 

Week 28                       -Aryans of India                                                4/15/05            

DATE:  The Aryan people probably came into India around 1500 BC.

MAP:  Ancient India

Vocab:  Hinduism, caste (in society), Buddhist

 

Mon SW chap 30, 31

Tues USB p 22, 23

Wed. Internet activity  www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

-Click history on right hand side of page

  -Click Before 1000BC on left hand side of page

Please tell me what other civilizations existed at the same time as the Aryan Invasion in India and hand it in.

Thurs Worksheets p 30,31,32,33

 

Week 29                                   -China                                      4/22/2005                     

DATE:  Confucius lived around 550 BC.

MAP: The Qin Empire of China

Vocab:  calligraphy

                                               

Mon SW chap 32,33

Tues USB p 42,43

Wed: Internet Activity http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Great%20Wall%20Pix.html

look at pictures of great wall!

http://www.anniebees.com/China/China_42.htm Answer following questions:

1.  Around how many figures have been uncovered?

2.  Who ordered them to be made?

3.  Of what material are they made?

4.  Are all of the figures exactly the same?

5.  Are all of the figures of human beings only?

Thurs. Worksheets pg 3,4,5,20

 

Week 30                                   -Julius Caesar                                      4/22/2005

DATE: Caesar was born in 100 BC.

MAP: none

VOCAB: rhetoric, triumvirate, celts,

 

Mon SW Chap 34,35

Tues USB p 205

Wed Internet activity

http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/colosseum/tour/tour.html

Click the word continue to begin.  Write one fact for each of the 8 areas.

Thurs Worksheets p 52,54

 

Week 31                                   -Octavius                                                          5/6/2005

DATE:  Octavian became emperor of Rome in 27 BC.

MAP: none

Vocabulary: none

                                                                                   

Mon SW chap 36

Tues USB p 214

Wed Internet activity

http://www.jigzone.com/ms/z.php?1307EC0X86C952 try the puzzle!

Thurs Work on quarterly project

 

Week 32                       -Beginning of Christianity                                   5/13/2005                       

DATE:  Jesus was born in 1 AD.

MAP:  Palestine during the time of Christ

VOCAB: none

 

Mon SW Chap 37,38

Tues USB p 257

Wed The Holy Bible: Luke 2 1:7 – Try to read pretending you were actually physically there.

Thurs work on quarterly project

 

Week 33                                   -Rome & the Christians                          5/20/2005

DATE:  Nero ruled 58 AD.

Map: Roman Empire

Vocab: none

 

Mon SW chap 39,40

Tues USB p 269

Wed Internet activity (to be assigned)

Thurs Work on quarterly project

 

Week 34.                                  -Attacking Barbarians               5/27/2005                     

DATE:  The Visigoths sacked Rome in 410 AD.

MAP:  Barbarians invade the Roman Empire.

Vocab: none     

 

Mon SW chap 41,42

Tues USB p 271

Wed Take quarterly test

Thurs Work on quarterly project

 

 

Week 35.                            PRESENT  4th QUARTER PROJECT

Hand in quarterly test

 

WEEK 19:  BBC - Schools - Ancient Greece Olympia   Click on each title and write 1 fact (for a total of 7). 

VOCAB:  myth, alpha, beta, Homer, virtue, pentathlon, gymnasium, emigration
SW 20, USB 113, 114, 115, 116, 154, 155
DATE: Homer lived around 800 BC.
MAP: none
Worksheets p 33,34,36

WEEK 20:  NONE

VOCAB:  warrior, overthrow, rival, Cyrus the Great, Darius  I, satrap, deity, magi
SW 21, USB 77
Date: Cyrus the Great ruled 559 BC.
Map: Persian Empire.  Take map quiz
Worksheets p 69,70,71

WEEK 21:  Odyssey/Greece/People  Read page, click game, write 3 sentences on results.

VOCAB:  philosophy, barracks, luxury, democracy, forum, lyre
SW 22, USB 118, 119, 138, 139, 156, 157
DATE:  The Greek city-states began to arise in the mid 800’s BC.
MAP: Greece
Worksheets p 16,17,22,24

WEEK 22:  NONE

VOCAB:  None.
SW 23, 24, USB 110, 136, 137, 160, 161
DATE: The Peloponnesian Wars were fought 431 BC.
MAP: none
Worksheets p 2,5,6,

WEEK 23: Odyssey Game  Paragraph on how you did.

VOCAB:  cavalry, mutiny, expedition, malaria, diplomat
SW 25, USB 80, 168, 169, 170, 171
DATE: Alexander the Great ruled Greece around 335 BC.
MAP:  The Conquests of Alexander the Great
Worksheets p 25, 27

WEEK 24:  Nazca Lines  Read page and describe why you think they were drawn.
The Mesoamerican Ballgame  watch game and then play game.

VOCAB:  None.
SW 26, USB none.
DATE: The Olmec civilization flourished around 1000 BC.
MAP: Central America
Worksheets p 4,5,10,11

WEEK 25:  BBC - Romans - Activities  Print 1 activity and complete. 

VOCAB:  peninsula, toga, fasces, patrician, consul, aqueduct, gladiator
SW 27, 28, USB 196, 197, 256
DATE:  The traditional date for Rome’s foundation is 753 BC.
MAP: The Republic of Rome
WORKSHEETS: p 37, 38,40

March 21st to 25th:  Easter break, no assignments.

WEEK 26:  Detroit Institute of Arts : Permanent Collection - Ancient Art - Rome  Click on each object and answer questions. 
1.  Who was emperor Augustus?
2.  When did a Roman begin to wear a toga?
3.  What was a cuirass?
4.  What do we call a very tall, fanciful candleholder?
5.  What is the River Tigris depicted as?
6.  What are the earrings made of?
7.  What is the bowl made of?
8.  What is the spoon made of?

VOCAB:  None.
SW 29, USB 200, 201, 210, 211, 264, 265
Worksheets p 45,47
Study for test!

WEEK 27: 
Study for test, take test.
Work on quarterly project.

ANCIENT HISTORY THIRD QUARTER PROJECT DUE 4/8/2005

APRIL 8 CLASS: 
Present projects.
Hand in test.

MORE COOL LINKS – GAMES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Royal Game of Ur – Check out this board game – it’s probably the oldest known board game in the world.  But the archeologists aren’t sure of the rules – play this version and see what you think the rules might have been.  This site is from the British Museum, who partnered with the University of Pennsylvania to excavate the Royal Tombs of Ur.  Read the story of the excavation and explore the tombs!
Another version of the rules to the game is here. 
And a shareware version with an interesting introduction that weaves in a time warp to the first Gulf War can be downloaded from here – if nothing else read the help file.  The author says he is “programming my way through history, one game at a time”, and his page has many other ancient games to explore.

MORE COOL LINKS - PAPERMAKING

Make a paper bag book – Make an interesting book out of a paper bag.  A nice rainy-day, stuck-in-the-house activity.

Bookmaking Projects

Historic Rittenhouse Town – This would be a cool field trip – the first paper made in the American colonies was here in Philadelphia.

Virtual Tour of the History of Paper

MORE COOL LINKS – MISC.

EGYPTIAN CLIP ART – Lots of clip art for making your own Egyptian web pages!

MRS. NORBOMM’S WEEKLY CLASS ASSIGNMENTS – First Quarter:

 

WEEK 2:  Ancient Egypt Online Activities
Try any online activities but complete the “Test your knowledge” and hand it in.

WEEK 3:  Cuneiform - Write Like A Babylonian
Hieroglyphics Translator

WEEK 4:  Try any activity but do “Prepare a mummy for burial” --
Prepare a Mummy for Burial
Pyramid Builder

WEEK 5:  The Fertile Crescent – after reading the page take the quiz (top left corner) and hand in.

WEEK 6:  NONE

WEEK 7:  Hammurabi's Decisions

WEEK 8:  NONE

WEEK 9:  Mr. Dowling's African History Page
Read the page titled, “A Great Oral Tradition”.  Answer the question, “What was a griot?”  Then click on Trade in the upper right hand corner of the page.  Read the information and answer the question, “What important items were traded in ancient Africa?”  Then click on The Nok (upper right hand corner).  Read the information and answer the question, “What did the Nok’s discover?”  Then click Ghana (upper right hand corner).  Read the information and answer the question, “Why were the rivers important to Ghana?”

WEEK 10:  Neferchichi's Tomb  Choose “The Curse of the Pharaoh” story – print and hand it in.  (You can right click for your printing program and print the page.)

WEEK 11:  NONE

WEEK 12:  17 Web Place - Transliterator  Choose Phoenician from drop down box.  Type in any message and then click on transliterate.  A new box will appear with the translation – print to hand in.

WEEK 13:  BBC - History - Hunt the Ancestor  Play “hunt the ancestor”.  Write a paragraph telling how you did.

WEEK 14:  Ancient Babylonia - The Ishtar Gate  Read the article, write a 3 sentence summary.

WEEK 15:  NONE

WEEK 16:  Ships of the Ancient Greeks - Images  Choose a ship and write 5 sentences about it.

WEEK 17:  NONE

WEEK 18:  NONE

WEEK 19:  BBC - Schools - Ancient Greece Olympia   Click on each title and write 1 fact (for a total of 7). 

VOCAB:  myth, alpha, beta, Homer, virtue, pentathlon, gymnasium, emigration
SW 20, USB 113, 114, 115, 116, 154, 155
DATE: Homer lived around 800 BC.
MAP: none
Worksheets p 33,34,36

WEEK 20:  NONE

VOCAB:  warrior, overthrow, rival, Cyrus the Great, Darius  I, satrap, deity, magi
SW 21, USB 77
Date: Cyrus the Great ruled 559 BC.
Map: Persian Empire.  Take map quiz
Worksheets p 69,70,71

WEEK 21:  Odyssey/Greece/People  Read page, click game, write 3 sentences on results.

VOCAB:  philosophy, barracks, luxury, democracy, forum, lyre
SW 22, USB 118, 119, 138, 139, 156, 157
DATE:  The Greek city-states began to arise in the mid 800’s BC.
MAP: Greece
Worksheets p 16,17,22,24

WEEK 22:  NONE

VOCAB:  None.
SW 23, 24, USB 110, 136, 137, 160, 161
DATE: The Peloponnesian Wars were fought 431 BC.
MAP: none
Worksheets p 2,5,6,

WEEK 23: Odyssey Game  Paragraph on how you did.

VOCAB:  cavalry, mutiny, expedition, malaria, diplomat
SW 25, USB 80, 168, 169, 170, 171
DATE: Alexander the Great ruled Greece around 335 BC.
MAP:  The Conquests of Alexander the Great
Worksheets p 25, 27

WEEK 24:  Nazca Lines  Read page and describe why you think they were drawn.
The Mesoamerican Ballgame  watch game and then play game.

VOCAB:  None.
SW 26, USB none.
DATE: The Olmec civilization flourished around 1000 BC.
MAP: Central America
Worksheets p 4,5,10,11

WEEK 25:  BBC - Romans - Activities  Print 1 activity and complete. 

VOCAB:  peninsula, toga, fasces, patrician, consul, aqueduct, gladiator
SW 27, 28, USB 196, 197, 256
DATE:  The traditional date for Rome’s foundation is 753 BC.
MAP: The Republic of Rome
WORKSHEETS: p 37, 38,40

March 21st to 25th:  Easter break, no assignments.

WEEK 26:  Detroit Institute of Arts : Permanent Collection - Ancient Art - Rome  Click on each object and answer questions. 
1.  Who was emperor Augustus?
2.  When did a Roman begin to wear a toga?
3.  What was a cuirass?
4.  What do we call a very tall, fanciful candleholder?
5.  What is the River Tigris depicted as?
6.  What are the earrings made of?
7.  What is the bowl made of?
8.  What is the spoon made of?

VOCAB:  None.
SW 29, USB 200, 201, 210, 211, 264, 265
Worksheets p 45,47
Study for test!

WEEK 27: 
Study for test, take test.
Work on quarterly project.

ANCIENT HISTORY THIRD QUARTER PROJECT DUE 4/8/2005

APRIL 8 CLASS: 
Present projects.
Hand in test.