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Ms. Garran

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Projects	Test Review Materials
Social Studies FAQs (pdf) Mesopotamia Project (pdf)
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Resource Links

AMERICAN HISTORY White House	AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION Washington State University
ANCIENT ART Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston J. Paul Getty Museum	ASIAN HISTORY
CHRISTIANITY Washington State University PBS - Peter and Paul Washington State University PBS - Frontline Religion	HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE STUDIES United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Voices of the Shoah Webster University Yad Vashem
Study Skills Spelling and Grammar Demons HOW TO WRITE A BIBLIOGRAPHY	EGYPT Archaeology Magazine's Interactive Dig BBC Boston Museum of Fine Arts British Museum Egypt Collection Cool Archaeological digs Cyber Pursuits database Egypt Museum Harvard University Semitic Museum History for Kids Mr. Donn Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Collection National Gallery of Art National Geographic Tut's Tomb Newton Institute Egyptology Resources PBS PBS online adventure Smithsonian Egypt Exhibit Tour Egypt University of Pennsylvania Museum Washington State University
GENERAL HISTORY RESOURCES Time Magazine for Kids Time Magazine Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page PBS & here The History Guide The History Channel The Discovery Channel The BBC University of Evansville Ancient History site	GREECE ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1) ALEXANDER THE GREAT (2) British Museum Ancient Greece.com ANCIENT GREECE.ORG BBC Dalton School list of links GREEK THEATER Hellenic Ministry of Culture History for Kids J. Paul Getty Museum Minnesota State University OLYMPICS PBS UPENN Museum Washington State Universty WIKIPEDIA
INDIA Washington State University: Ancient India Bagavad Gita Buddhism History for Kids Contribution to Science and Technology (white text!)	ISLAM PBS History for Kids
JUDAISM & ISRAEL Jewish Virtual Library Washington State University PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer	MESOPOTAMIA Washington State University
Middle East Web timeline	ROME PBS Washington State University BBC J. Paul Getty Museum History for Kids
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD CNN	WRITING AIDES Graphic Organizers More Graphic Organizers

Photos

Egyptological Excavation project Assuming the role of archaeologist, students embark on an "excavation" at a site of their choosing in Egypt. There, they keep a journal and unearth two "artifacts" from ancient Egyptian culture. Upon their "return," they write an article for a leading newspaper.
Egypt Excav 3	Egypt Excav 4
Egypt. Excav. 2	Egyptological Excavation 1
Mummopoly
Greece Project The project during this unit is a project of choice. Students may: Create a model of a temple, house, warship, etc. Write a research paper Illustrate Greek myths Make a video Produce a power point ...or do anything they choose (pending teacher approval)! We've even had edible maps of Alexander the Great's conquests!
Alexander's conquestsInCake	another temple of zeus
Attic vases	Greek military
Midas myth scene1	Midas Myth scene2
Midas myth scene3	midas myth
red figure vase1	red figure vase2
Temple of Apollo at Delphi	Temple of Zeus aerial
Temple of Zeus	trireme
trireme2
The Imperial Scrapbook Project (ancient Rome) Students assume the identity of a Roman emperor and create a scrapbook chronicling their experiences. They will "send" two postcards, illustrate a map of the empire under their reign, and write ten journal entries reflecting on their time as emperor.
Augustus' illustrations	Augustus' postcard
Augustus' postcard2	Augustus' scrapbook
Caligula's Scrapbook	Constantine's scrapbook
Constantine's scrapbook2	Drawing of RomanBldg
Hadrian's postcards
Nero's scrapbook	Nero's scrapbook2
Trajan's journal	Trajan's journal2
Trajan's map	Trajan's timeline