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Link to the World History book site: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ms_wh_aemt/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=3&rg=animations&at=animated_history&npos=1&spos=3&var=animated_history
GREEK LINKS
nice pictures of the parthenon and the theater of dionysus: http://www.panoramio.com/user/45649/tags/Acropolis?photo_page=1
Awesome video of Alexander the Great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ayo8Fczg8&list=PL4A4D0F574FE102B7
website with lots of other Greek links: http://greece.mrdonn.org/education.html
Link to Junior Scholastic "World Affairs 2013" issue (has a lot of good charts and info on all the countries in the world). : click on the apple to go to the great Junior Scholastic issue!
Link to Junior Scholastic "World Affairs 2012" issue (has a lot of good charts and info on all the countries in the world). : click on the picture to go to the great JS issue!
Link for good information on Behistun Inscription: http://www.crystalinks.com/cyrustablets.html
Link for the Lydian Lion Coin-- http://rg.ancients.info/lion/article.html
Links for the chapters on China:
How would you rule China? Click here and take a personality quiz to see how you would do as the first emperor of China:
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/firstemperor/quiz/quiz.html
Click here for a very informative video in 5 parts about Confucius: http://www.youtube.com/user/ClioSmith#g/search
This British Museum site is a virtual exhibit on ancient China. Contains maps, photographs of the region and of artifacts, a glossary, and several interactive challenges by clicking on this next site: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ms_wh_aemt/page_build.htm?id=resources/jsp/chapter_links/chapter_links_ch6
http://www.history.com/videos/where-did-it-come-from-ancient-china---the-personal-weapon#ancient-hobbyist-meteor-hammer
Listen to a story on Confucius: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ms_wh_aemt/page_build.htm?id=resources/jsp/starting_with_a_story/starting_with_a_story_ch6
This is a link to the Junior Scholastic website:
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp?c=y
links on Africa
pic above is from http://www.crystalinks.com/pyramidsudan.html
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Colonizing-Egyptian-Pharaohs-The-Creation-of-Dynasties
Nubia the forgotten kingdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmGKU4TGS70&feature=player_embedded#at=60
youtube nice video on nubia
http://wysinger.homestead.com/nubian105.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86XE3TbXg0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
JUST WANT TO TAKE A FUN QUIZ? TRY THIS:
Links for the chapter on Southeast Asia:
Site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the art of Korea throughout its vast history. http://www.metmuseum.org / explore / Korea / koreaonline / index.htm
National Geographic site with a brief history of the Khmer Empire.
http://seabed.nationalgeographic.com / studentatlas / clickup / khmer.html
Comprehensive site from Viettouch.com. Explores the history, art, and architecture of Vietnam—and much more. http://www.viettouch.com / index.html
Links for the chapter on India:
Very nice pictures of Harappan civilization: http://www.mohenjodaro.net/
India in general: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCINDIA/ANCINDIA.HTM
Links for the chapter on EGYPT:
Here is a link to "Engineering Egypt" part 1 on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_2Fxp_e0s
Here is a Sudoku game with an Egyptian theme: http://www.history.com/interactives/egypt-sudoku-game
Time Warp Trios - Egypt videos: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=FC62E6D3-682A-4E13-87FD-AE39EFD2BCEA&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
This is the cool interacitve site on the building of the Great Pyramid that I tried to show in class on Monday:http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ms_wh_aemt/resources/html/animations/pyramid_anim/wh04_pyramid.html
This link will take you directly to Giza, Egypt where you can get a panoramic view of the pyramids. Thanks to Mrs. Barilla for this awesome website: http://www.360cities.net/image/great-pyramid-of-giza25#100.80,-15.39,63.3
Links for some funny educational videos:
Time Warp Trios - Mesopotamia video: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=371EAD49-52B5-41B9-AAF4-69EAAABDC630&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Time Warp Trios - India videos: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=202E068D-D237-4ACC-8D49-15390F15025E&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Time Warp Trios - Rome videos: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=E8720FD5-489A-4353-96F9-F4C84C5663CA&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Time Warp Trios - China videos: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=EF0D5540-2A98-44DA-AFCE-663E8EDDCD31&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Time Warp Trio - Japan videos: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=90E6618F-2BCF-4B6F-BDF5-4B6E8E642FDC&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Time Warp Trio - Greece videos: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=B8A1F0F6-9CA3-4468-B59C-E320BB3149BD&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
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