Gail Hennessey
02-21-2009, 03:10 PM
I thought it was time to sent along another list of GREAT WEBSITES in SOCIAL STUDIES (Part 2) which I have found to be helpful. Perhaps, you will, too.
Gail
http://www.gailhennessey.com
Great Websites for Social Studies Topics: Part 2 (2/09)
* Always review before using with your students to make sure it is age appropriate.
Maps and the Earth:
http://www.extremescience.com/DeepestOcean.htm
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-1.html
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/continents/index.html?source=pincl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/
Prehistoric Time:[/COLOR]
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/08/01/html/ft_20010801.6.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/iceman.html Otzi
http://www.mummytombs.com/otzi/museum.htm Ötzi the Iceman
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Lascaux Cave
http://www.mrdowling.com/602prehistory.html Prehistoric People and links to other topics in history.
Phoenicians
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196007/tyrian.purple.htm Phoenicians and their purple dye
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/millennia.of.murex.htm Phoencians and their purple dye
Mesopotamia:
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/home_set.html Ziggurates
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm Code of Hammurabi
http://www.hanginggardensofbabylon.org/default.asp Hanging Gardens
http://www.unmuseum.org/hangg.htm Hanging Gardens(and lots of other infomration)
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/gilgamesh.html Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.wonderquest.com/base-60.htm Math of Mesopotamia
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Games/cuneiform.html Cuneiform
http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi Fun-Write name in cuneiform
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/ur/expedition.shtml Ur’s Royal Tombs
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/story/page01.html Story of the Royal Tombs of Ur
http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/Numbers.html cuneiform math
Egyptians:
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/perneb_tomb/bc_a.html Tour the tomb of PERNEB AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/numbers.htm Egyptian math
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/hieroglyph/hieroglyph4.html hieroglyphics
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/papyrus.htm papyrus
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/rosetta.htm Rosetta Stone
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_egypt.html Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002037F/egyptian_cinderella.htm Original Egyptian Cinderella(Rhodopis)
http://www.focusmm.com/egypt/eg_anamn.htm Egypt/music, etc.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/310/27/ Lots of links on topics on Egypt
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/houndjacks.html online Hounds and ackel Game
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/carter.htm Howard Carter
http://guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/ Wonderful site!
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/ Great site on ancient Egypt
Greece:
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html Helpful site on Greeks
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/254/27/ ****Greek websites
http://greece.mrdonn.org/lessonplans.html Lots of links on Ancient Greece
http://www.focusmm.com/greece/gr_anamn.htm Music to listen to and lots of other information on Greece.
Rome:
http://rome.mrdonn.org/ Lots of helpful links on Ancient Rome
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/pompeii.html Slide show of Pompeii’s final hours
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueduct.html Construct a Roman Aqueduct
Vikings and Germanic Tribes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/activities/index.shtml Activities on Romans Vikings and Germanic Tribes:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html Vikings and runes
http://www.mrdowling.com/703-barbarians.html Helpful information
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/284/27/ Lots of links to information Vikings.
Middle Ages:
http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/castle/view.html Interactive tour of a Castle
http://www.castles.org/Kids_Section/Castle_Story/parts.htm More on castles.
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm Links to lots of information on the Middle Ages.
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.html Activity on Leonardo’s inventions.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/272/27 Links to topics on the Middle Ages.
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/middleages.html Lots of links on topics on the Middle Ages.
http://www.themiddleages.net/index.html Lots of information on this period of time including the history of the fork and links to samples music of the period.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_plague/index.html Information and links about the topic of the plague.
SEE The entire list at my website as it is too large to paste here:
http://www.gailhennessey.com Click on the left margin-Great Websites to help you in your classroom.
Gail
http://www.gailhennessey.com
Great Websites for Social Studies Topics: Part 2 (2/09)
* Always review before using with your students to make sure it is age appropriate.
Maps and the Earth:
http://www.extremescience.com/DeepestOcean.htm
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-1.html
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/continents/index.html?source=pincl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/
Prehistoric Time:[/COLOR]
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/08/01/html/ft_20010801.6.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/iceman.html Otzi
http://www.mummytombs.com/otzi/museum.htm Ötzi the Iceman
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Lascaux Cave
http://www.mrdowling.com/602prehistory.html Prehistoric People and links to other topics in history.
Phoenicians
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196007/tyrian.purple.htm Phoenicians and their purple dye
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/millennia.of.murex.htm Phoencians and their purple dye
Mesopotamia:
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/home_set.html Ziggurates
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm Code of Hammurabi
http://www.hanginggardensofbabylon.org/default.asp Hanging Gardens
http://www.unmuseum.org/hangg.htm Hanging Gardens(and lots of other infomration)
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/gilgamesh.html Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.wonderquest.com/base-60.htm Math of Mesopotamia
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Games/cuneiform.html Cuneiform
http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi Fun-Write name in cuneiform
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/ur/expedition.shtml Ur’s Royal Tombs
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/story/page01.html Story of the Royal Tombs of Ur
http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/Numbers.html cuneiform math
Egyptians:
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/perneb_tomb/bc_a.html Tour the tomb of PERNEB AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/numbers.htm Egyptian math
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/hieroglyph/hieroglyph4.html hieroglyphics
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/papyrus.htm papyrus
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/rosetta.htm Rosetta Stone
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_egypt.html Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002037F/egyptian_cinderella.htm Original Egyptian Cinderella(Rhodopis)
http://www.focusmm.com/egypt/eg_anamn.htm Egypt/music, etc.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/310/27/ Lots of links on topics on Egypt
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/houndjacks.html online Hounds and ackel Game
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/carter.htm Howard Carter
http://guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/ Wonderful site!
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/ Great site on ancient Egypt
Greece:
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html Helpful site on Greeks
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/254/27/ ****Greek websites
http://greece.mrdonn.org/lessonplans.html Lots of links on Ancient Greece
http://www.focusmm.com/greece/gr_anamn.htm Music to listen to and lots of other information on Greece.
Rome:
http://rome.mrdonn.org/ Lots of helpful links on Ancient Rome
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/pompeii.html Slide show of Pompeii’s final hours
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueduct.html Construct a Roman Aqueduct
Vikings and Germanic Tribes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/activities/index.shtml Activities on Romans Vikings and Germanic Tribes:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html Vikings and runes
http://www.mrdowling.com/703-barbarians.html Helpful information
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/284/27/ Lots of links to information Vikings.
Middle Ages:
http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/castle/view.html Interactive tour of a Castle
http://www.castles.org/Kids_Section/Castle_Story/parts.htm More on castles.
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm Links to lots of information on the Middle Ages.
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.html Activity on Leonardo’s inventions.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/272/27 Links to topics on the Middle Ages.
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/middleages.html Lots of links on topics on the Middle Ages.
http://www.themiddleages.net/index.html Lots of information on this period of time including the history of the fork and links to samples music of the period.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_plague/index.html Information and links about the topic of the plague.
SEE The entire list at my website as it is too large to paste here:
http://www.gailhennessey.com Click on the left margin-Great Websites to help you in your classroom.