Social Studies

     

• Holt textbook (need login and password)
  
• 6th Grade California Social Studies Standards
• Mr. Donn's Ancient Civilizations
• Mr. Dowling's History Pages
  
• Daily Life of Ancient Civilizaitons
• Ancient Civilizations Virtural Museum
  
• The Seven Wonders of the World
• Social Studies Resources for Grade 6 (lots of information)
  

Early Humans

• Great Website About Human Evolution
• Clip Art for Early Man
• Other resources

Mesopotamia

• The British Museum
• Mesopotamia Web quest
  
• Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
• Other resources

Egypt

• Interesting Facts About Egypt
• Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to Art of the Ancient World
• Ancient Egypt
• Egyptian Art
• Pyramids, the Inside Story (take a virtual tour)
• Hieroglyphics
• Ancient Egyptian Webquest
• Who Killed King Tut Webquest
  
• Ancient Egypt, its Pyramids & Everything Egyptian
• Egypt
• Ancient Egypt - British Museum(Gods/Goddesses)
• Mr. Donn's Ancient Egypt (Cartouches)
• The Mummification Process
• The Incredible Nile River
• Queen Hatshepsut
• Cleopatra
• Daily Life of an Egyptian
• Colorful Tour of Egypt
• Draw like an Egyptian
• More on Queen Hatshepsut
• Kush
• Other resources

Ancient Hebrews

• Ancient Hebrew Culture
• Another Ancient Hebrew Culture
  
• Ancient Canaans
  
• Hanukkah Celebration
  
• Build a Hanukkah House (learn Hebrew vocabulary)
• Jewish Traditional Holidays
  

Ancient India

• The British Museum
• Daily Life in the Indus Valley Civilization
• Harappa
• Daily Life in the Aryan Civilization (Vedic & Epics Periods)
• Daily Life in the Gupta Empire
• Indus Valley Civilization (includes a game, a story)
• Welcome to India
• Indian Folktales& Stories
• Stories for Kids
• All about India (Woodlands Jr, uk)
• India for Kids
• Other resouces

Ancient China

• The British Museum
• Dynasties
• Daily Life In Ancient China
• InteractiveAncient China Sites
• Ancient China - Legalist, Confucianism, Emperor Shi Huangdi
• See your name in Chinese
• The Ancient Chinese Dynasties
• Timeline of Ancient Chinese Dynasties (with dynasty info links)
• History of China Maps (Dynasties, Geography)
• The Silk Road - Thinkquest
• Ancient China-History for Kids! ("Chinese Art")
• History of Chinese Invention and Discovery

Ancient Greece (Ανξιεντ Γρεεκ)

• BBC-Schools-Ancient Greece
• Donn's Ancient Greece
• Ancient Greece
• Greek Architecture
• BrainPop - Athens
• Ancient Civilizations: Rome
• California Seal - Greek and Roman symbols?!
• The Roman Empire - Children's Section
• Ancient Gods - The Family Tree (interactive)
• Family tree of Greek gods
• Profiles of Gods and Goddesses
• Other resources

Ancient Rome

• Donn's Ancient Rome
• BrainPop - Roman Republic
  
• Ancient Rome
• Scipio Africanus Major and daughter, Cornelia
• Mr. Dowling's History Page
  • New Power Rises
    
  • Romulus and Remus
  • Patricians and Plebeians
  • Punic Wars
  • Spartacus
    
  • Julius Ceasar (nothing to do with the salad)
  • Cleopatra (yes she is Egyptian and has everything to do with Rome as well)
  • Ceasar Augustus (nothing do with salad either)
  • After Augustus
    
• Dress like a Roman/How to wear a toga (with instructions on fabric)
• Ancient Rome
• What a Roman Villa, town and army look like?  Plans for a Roman villa
• Roman Emperors
• Other resources

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