Ancient+Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations Unit Overview: In this unit, you will work on your own to explore 4 of the 6 ancient civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Greece, Rome). For each activity you must pick a different civilization. 3D projects will be displayed in the library.

Unit Learning Objectives: Unit Activities:
 * Knowledge of Ancient Civilizations (Egypt, Rome, China, India, and Greece)
 * Know how to create: a PowerPoint presentation, 3D model, Word document essay, Publisher Travel Brochure, and an interactive poster (Glogster)
 * Know how to set personal goals to recieve desired rubric score and meet assignment due dates
 * 1) Speech/PowerPoint
 * 2) Architectural Model-3D
 * 3) People/Cultural Report
 * 4) Travel Brochure/Diary Journal
 * 5) Glogster

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=Resources: = =**Website Links for Research: **= **Reliable Web Search Sites:** **Ancient Egypt:**
 * 1) Kids Click:Search for any ancient civilization and you will retrieve a whole page of useful links on your search topic. Each link has a brief description of what type of information you will find on that site.
 * 2) **ipl2: Information you can trust:** type your search topic into the search box and click on search. You will get a page of links for your search topic.
 * 1) BBC History: Overview of the Egyptians-Pyramids & monuments, mummification, gods and beliefs, pharaohs & dynasties, daily life, and hieroglyphs
 * 2) The Ancient Egypt Site: History, monuments, language, from A to Z, and timelines
 * 3) The British Museum: Egyptian life, geography, gods & goddesses, mummification, pharaoh, pyramids, temples, time, trades, and writing
 * 4) Odyssey Online: Egypt: People, mythology, daily life, death & burial, writing, archaeology
 * 5) Iwebquest: Webquiest for kids, culture, pharaohs, pyramids, and more

**Ancient Greece:** > **Ancient Rome:** > **Ancient Mesopotamia:**
 * 1) Ancient Greece: Daily life in ancient Greece, tons of links to help you understand the Greeks
 * 2) Odyssey Online-Greece: People, mythology, daily life, death & burial, writing, archaeology
 * 3) Ancient Greece: History, mythology, art, war, culture, society, and architecture
 * 4) The British Museum: Ancient Greece, the Acropolis, Athens, daily life, festivals, games, gods & goddesses, knowledge & learning, Sparta, time, war
 * 1) Odyssey Online- Rome: People, mythology, daily life, death & burial, writing, archaeology
 * 2) Ancient Rome: History for Kids: history, religion, food, people, art history, and links
 * 3) History of Rome: this site has many links
 * 4) Ancient Rome for Kids: history, environment, religion, clothing, science, economy, food, people, government, architecture, art, and games
 * 1) British Museum: Geography, gods goddesses, time, writing
 * 2) Ancient Mesopotamia:This History, Our History: Life in Mesopotamia, inter actives, archaeological digs, and artifacts
 * 3) Ancient Mesopotamia for kids-Sumer, Babylon, Assyria: geography, history, government, daily life, deities, legends and inventions

**Ancient India:**
 * 1) The Indus Civilization: Introduction, slides, ancient city walks, and more
 * 2) Ancient India Facts: art, geography, government, religion, and more
 * 3) Ancient India for Kids: history, environment, religion, clothing, science, economy, food, people, government, architecture, art, and games

**Ancient China:**
 * 1) Ancient China for Kids: Stories, games, dynasties, geography, daily life, religion, inventions
 * 2) The British Museum: Crafts, geography, time, tombs and ancestors
 * 3) Ancient China History for Kids : history, religion, food, people, art history, and links
 * 4) Ancient China: History and links

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 21px;">EOE Library Print Materials: =

Ancient Egypt: by Heather Adamson || - Explore what ancient life was like for ancient Egyptians. Includes a timeline. || by George Hart || - Visual overview of ancient Egyptian history: photographs, artifacts, religious beliefs, social structure, daily life and practices. || by Liz Sonneborn || - Photos, drawings, life in ancient Egypt, architecture, inventions, religion, leaders. || by Carmella Van Vleet || - Instructions for 25 projects, games and activities || by Carmella Van Vleet || - 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Instructions, diagrams, templates. || by Anita Ganeri || - How to make a mummy, temples and tombs, pyramids and hieroglyphs. ||
 * = **Cal****l Numb****er** ||= **Title&Author** ||= **Summary** ||
 * ====**932 ADA**==== || **//Ancient Egypt: an interactive history adventure//**
 * ====**932 HAR**==== || **//Eyewitness Ancient Egypt//**
 * ====**932 SON**==== || **//The Egyptians: life in Ancient Egypt//**
 * ====**932 VAN**==== || **//Explore Ancient Egypt//**
 * ====**932 VAN**==== || **//Great Ancient Egypt Projects you can build yourself//**
 * ====**393 GAN**==== || **//Mummies: and Ancient Egypt//**

Ancient Greece: By Pamela Oldfield || - Tales of Greek Mythology || By W.H.D. Rouse || - Myths from ancient Greece || By Fiona Macdonald || - Life of a slave in the fifth century B.C. || By Enid Blyton || - Tales of ancient Greece || By Kris Bordessa || - Greek theories on: anatomy, geography, and democracy. 15 hands on activities || By Avery Hart || - Places, people, historical events, myths, culture, philosophy of ancient Greece. || By Michelle Levine || - Architecture, inventions, religion, and Greek leaders. Photos and drawings || By Anne Pearson || - Information about land, history, beliefs, achievements and daily lives of the people o ancient Greece || By Carmella Van Vleet || - Housing, clothing, food and science. 25 projects, activities, and experiments ||
 * = **Call Number** ||= **Title & Author** ||= **Summary** ||
 * **292 OLD** || **//Tales from Ancient Greece//**
 * **292.13 ROU** || **//Gods, heroes and men of ancient Greece//**
 * **305.5 MAC** || //**You wouldn’t want to be a slave in ancient Greed! A life you would rather not have**//
 * **398.2 BLY** || //**Tales of ancient Greece**//
 * **938 BOR** || //**Tools of the ancient Greeks: a kid’s guide to the history & science of life in ancient Greece**//
 * **938 HAR** || //**Ancient Greece! 40 hands-on activities to experience this wondrous age**//
 * **938 LEV** || //**The Greeks: life in ancient Greece**//
 * **938 PEA** || //**Ancient Greece**//
 * **938 VAN** || //**Explore ancient Greece!**//

Ancient Rome: By Rachel Dickinson || - Roman innovations in science, warfare, government, religion and sports || By Rachael Hanel || - Explore the life and times of ancient Rome through h three stories where reader picks plot lines || By Avery Hart || - History, geography, culture and politics of the Roman Empire || By Mary Pope Osborne || - Describes the civilization of Rome || By Liz Sonneborn || -Photos and drawings of life in ancient Rome: architecture, inventions, religion and Roman leaders || By Carmella Van Vleet || - 25 projects, activities, and games about: homes, food, clothing, entertainment and other aspects of life in ancient Rome. ||
 * ** Call Number ** ||= ** Title & Author ** ||= ** Summary ** ||
 * **937 DIC** || **//Tools of the ancient Romans: a kid’s guide to the history & science of ancient Rome//**
 * **937 HAN** || **//Ancient Rome: an interactive history adventure//**
 * **937 HAR** || **//Ancient Rome! Exploring the culture, people, & ideas of this powerful empire//**
 * **937 OSB** || **//Ancient Rome and Pompeii: a nonfiction companion to vacation under the volcano//**
 * **937 SON** || **//The Romans: life in ancient Rome//**
 * **937 VAN** || **//Explore ancient Rome!//**

Ancient Mesopotamia: **Number** ||= **Title & Author** ||= **Summary** || By Wendy Conklin || - Background information, map activities and games ||
 * **Call**
 * **372.89 CON** || //**Ancient Civilizations: China, India, Africa, Mesopotamia**//

Ancient India: By Wendy Conklin || Background information, map activities and games || By Me Gobhal || Indian fable ||
 * **Call Number** ||= **Title & Author** ||= **Summary** ||
 * **372.89 CON** || **//Ancient Civilizations: China, India, Africa, Mesopotamia//**
 * **398.2 GOB** || **//The Blue Jackal: a fable of ancient India//**

Ancient China: By Wendy Conklin || Background information, map activities, games and more || By Robert Knox || China from 1500 B.C. to 907 A.D ||
 * **Call Number** ||= **Title & Author** ||= **Summary** ||
 * **372.89 CON** || **//Ancient Civilizations: China, India, Africa, Mesopotamia//**
 * **931 KNO** || **//Ancient China//**