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Elementary

LOCATING PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA

Awesome Library: Social Studies Resources
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/
Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies.html

Clifton Public Elementary Schools: Social Studies Online
http://www.clifton.k12.nj.us/mediacenter/history.html

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Secondary

Secondary Social Studies Resources
http://www.sctboces.org/isc/iss/integration/secondary/
socialstudies/
Includes links to biographies, DBQ's, virtual museums, government, maps, news, and more...

Inventors: Men & Women Innovators Across Time
http://www.sctboces.org/isc/iss/integration/general/
inventors/

GEOGRAPHY
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

U.S. Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

Infonation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/
e_infonation.htm

Grade 6 - Ancient Civilizations
MESOPOTAMIA
What do you want to know about MESOPOTAMIA?
http://www.sctboces.org/isc/iss/integration/secondary/
mesopotamia/

ROMA
http://library.thinkquest.org/26907/main.htm?tq
skip1=1&tqtime=0301
Pages that relate to the various aspects of life in ancient Rome including architecture, food, literature, the military, city design and much more.

THE ROMANS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/home.html
Information about the city of Rome, the Roman army, roads and places, leisure, families and children, technology, and religion.  Also includes activities, a timeline, a glossary, and links to other sites.

 

ODYSSEY ROME
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/homepg.html
Topics include people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing, and archaeology.

ROME
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/CONTENTS.HTM
The history of Rome and Romans (very high reading level).

History for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/
Click on the left for a search box, then type “Ancient Rome”.  The pages include history (with a timeline), environment (with maps), religion, clothing, language and literature, food, people, economy, sports and games, gladiators, art, and architecture.  Also includes ideas for crafts and activities.

ROME PROJECT
http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/
Lists of links to sites about literature, the military, archaeology, politics, philosophy, drama, religion, and maps.

JOURNEY BACK IN TIME TO ANCIENT ROME
http://www.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/
projects/webquests/rome/frames.html
A WebQuest for groups of four.  Students create a travel log related to Rome and the Roman Empire.  The links associated with the various roles are excellent.

ANCIENT ROME COLORING PAGES
http://www.coloring.ws/rome.htm
Line pictures for coloring the Aqueduct, the Coliseum, orators, a gladiator, and Marc Antony lamenting Julius Caesar.

ROME FLASHCARDS
http://flashcardexchange.net/jsflip.php?id=6546

ROMAN TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK
http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/
art_handbook.html
Excellent site describing Roman technology as it applies to physical survival, arts and crafts, mining and ironwork, quarries and stonework, transportation, construction and civil engineering, towns and cities, and other special technologies.

THE ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD
http://www.romanhistory.20m.com/
Essays on various topics related to Ancient Rome

ANCIENT ROME PROJECT
http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/rome/eg_rome_menu1.html
Topics include the army, clothing, medicine and treatment, death and funerals, marriage, childbirth, entering adulthood, gods and goddesses, roman festivals, and writing and literature.

THE JOHNS OF ROME
http://bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/cent/Newspaper/sum95/
Lizs_Story.html
Discusses the invention of flush toilets.

MAPS OF ROME
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1274/index.html
Several maps of Rome as well as building schematics.

ROMAN BALL GAMES
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/
romeball.html
Describes many of the games played in Ancient Rome.

ROMAN BOARD GAMES
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/roma/
rbgames.html
Describes many of the board games played in Ancient Rome.

EARLY ROMAN CALENDARS
http://www.greenheart.com/billh/earlyrom.html
Discusses how the months were named and has links to other sites about the history of calendars.

ROMAN CALENDAR
http://www.clubs.psu.edu/aegsa/rome/romec.html
An electronic recreation of the Roman perpetual calendar.

ANCIENT ROME: IMAGES AND PICTURES
http://clawww.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/Rome.htm
Photos of ruins, statues, and maps 

ANTIQUE ROMAN DISHES
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/cooking/
recipes/Roman/Ancient_Roman.html
Recipes from Ancient Rome.

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ANCIENT GREECE
Greek Mythology Flashcards
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flip.jsp?init=2350

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

Mythweb
http://www.mythweb.com/

The Olympian Gods
http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods.html

Table of Greek Gods and Associates
http://www3.sympatico.ca/untangle/greek.html

Greek Mythology.com
http://www.greekmythology.com/

Women in Greek Myth
http://www.paleothea.com/

The Ancient Gods
http://www.hol.gr/greece/ancgods.htm

Of Gods and Men
http://www.clubi.ie/lestat/godsmen.html

Greek Mythology: A Look Back in Time
http://library.thinkquest.org/18650/data/lighthome.html

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