Ancient: Nov 14/17
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Handout homework (3to5) or
Do 6 sentences (use hardcopy book)The Role of King (pg 78-79)
Government and Power (pg 80-81)
Fighting Forces (pg 82-83)
Trade and Diplomacy (pg 84-85)
The Egyptian Religion (pg 86-87) -
ORANGE pages:
Timeline & Along the Nile (3to5)
Pharoahs-part 1 (6to8)Last week, 3to5 (Raidyn, Evie, Kingston) did orange folder, label & pyramid. Josslyn, Kiera, Mila R. and Mila Van M. have a folder made for them with those items in it.
Last week 6to8, Faith, Hope, Nico, Keenan, Zoey, and Jake did orange folder and label, bookmark fast facts, timeline (w/out glue), and map handout. -
Watch video of Egyptian gods (3to5) or Pharoahs (6to8) -
Read Diary of Egyptian (3to5) or Pyramid Building (6to8) -
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History Dragon Timeline
This section includes material created by your teacher to give you a 30,000 foot level view of the modern time period, and its context in relation to history ancient and medieval. The whole point is to help you see the big picture of a particular time period, for example 1600-1800, just by reading a few summary pages, 20 one-paragraph events, and one map. It's easy to get lost in the details and miss the big picture. There is also a timeline song/rap here based on this timeline.
Get an overview of history from the end of the Ice Age to the year 2000 in this 2 minute rap.
This is a very condensed overview of the 1400-1600 with 4 main events, and 16 secondary events, and a single, very simplified map
This is a very condensed overview of 1600-1800 with 4 main events, and 16 secondary events, and a single, very simplified map.
Maps for Practice
Learning the world map is like having a superpower for understanding the world around you. Imagine it as a big puzzle where you can see all the pieces and how they fit together. This is invaluable in understanding history, and also for traveling and for understanding a bit about people from other places. Here are some tools for learning the world map.
This is a slide deck that can be used for practice. It has a place circled in red, and the correct place name is shown on the bottom right. These are very essential and important places to know because they are referred to often.
This site--Seterra-- is free and you don't need to create an account (let me know if I'm wrong about this). This map automatically starts off in "Quiz" mode. To get the names displayed so you can learn them before playing, click on "Learn" on the lower right side of the map, and click on "Show all names" on the lower left side of the map.
After learning it, you can go to the lower right again and click on "Play." (The "Play" and "Learn" button is the same button--if you're already in "Learn" mode, the button says "Play" so you can switch to "Play" mode, and vice versa.
After learning it, you can go to the lower right again and click on "Play." (The "Play" and "Learn" button is the same button--if you're already in "Learn" mode, the button says "Play" so you can switch to "Play" mode, and vice versa.
This map on website--Seterra-- is for learning the countries of Europe, and it has a nice feature of cute drawings. The downside of this one is that it includes all the tiny, obscure countries which can make it difficult if you're just looking to learn the basics. I'll create an easier one that focuses on the most important countries as far as studying history goes, but in the meanwhile, you can try this one.
These pages show the voyages of exploration with some fun illustrations and short notes.
Extra, Optional Materials
This section includes links to extra materials you might enjoy using. There's far more cool stuff than we can cover in class, so I've scanned some book pages and found a few relevant videos that I hope you enjoy. :) I'll add more each week.
The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History is a great resource for kids. They have a companion website (the first Button below) that gives additional internet links to other websites for each of the topics in their encyclopedia. In order to use their internet-links site, you need to know the page numbers of the topics in the encyclopedia in order to ask for links related to that topic. The second button below is the index of page numbers to use when using the website.
These are a few pages from a fictional book, written by an art historian from the Getty Museum in L.A., which shows the real process of medieval illuminated manuscripts. Very beautiful.
This is an 8-minute animated video by Simple History.
Video about Zheng He
