World History
MrDonn.org
Looking for lots of free K-12 history lessons plans? MrDonn.org is the place as it has hundreds of history and social studies related lesson plans. Also included is lesson plans relating to mythology and free PowerPoint presentations ready to be adapted and sued by history teachers.
Here are a few sample ancient history lessons:
Archaeology
Early Man
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient China
Ancient India
Iron Age Celts
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Ancient Olympics Games
Archaeology Magazine has a timely themed collection of essays up at Ancient Olympics Guide. It provides good coverage of the ancient Olympics by leading academics. It also includes articles about the games at Nemea and ancient Rome as well as a guide...
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Hip Pocket Change - The 50 State Quarters Program Lesson Plans
HIP Pocket Change - The 50 State Quarters Program Lesson Plans. This site has lesson plans designed by teachers for teachers using the state quarters to teach about US history and heritage. This is nice site with lots of features K-12 teachers will find...
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Some Sites For Teaching About Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is coming up fast. Many teachers are having to come up with ideas for teaching about the slain civil rights leader. Here are a few sites I have discovered recently: Happy Birthday, MLK! - Activities for all grades for learning...
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Great Web Resources On Ancient History And Greece
Edtechteacher has compiled a great library of annotated web resources for ancient history,ancient Greece, and Rome. They are terrific! For example, you'll find a link to a great British Museum site for ancient Greece which...
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Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
You gotta love Stanford University. Their education group has created a site called "Reading like a Historian." They created lessons for world history, each of which revolves around a central question, and uses primary documents to analyze the question....
World History