World History
- The Maya Calendar
The Maya Calendar - Information about the civilization from the Maya World Studies Center in Mérida, Yucatán. Describes the calendar, mathematical system, language, religion, and other aspects of Maya culture. Information is presented in both English...
- Africa: The Cradle Of Civilization
Africa: The Cradle of Civilization - An interactive educational site that explores Africa's history from the dawn of mankind to modern day. The site includes two lesson plans for teachers, video and audio clips, and games. This is one of many excellent...
- Virtual Tour Of Ancient Civilizations
Take a virtual tour of ancient civilizations. It's pretty cool! The Big History Project has a link to it on its site....
- Black Death From Seven Wonders Of The Microbe World
Great four minute clip on the Black Death from a series called "Seven Wonders of the Microbe World." It's fascinating and the kids will like it and learn something. There is also a great clip from the same series about the ancient Egyptians and beer...
- Google Maps For Educators
Really cool clip showing how to use google maps. Shows you how to do a number of cool things like measuring the distance of a lake or a desert....
World History
The Upside of Isolated Civilizations
Here's a cool 4 minute clip from Ted Ed explaining how isolated civilizations like the ancient Egyptians, the Maya of Meoamerica and the medieval Japanese, all of which were isolated from invaders, made great contributions to the world. They had two things, the author argues, food and peace, that helped their success.
- The Maya Calendar
The Maya Calendar - Information about the civilization from the Maya World Studies Center in Mérida, Yucatán. Describes the calendar, mathematical system, language, religion, and other aspects of Maya culture. Information is presented in both English...
- Africa: The Cradle Of Civilization
Africa: The Cradle of Civilization - An interactive educational site that explores Africa's history from the dawn of mankind to modern day. The site includes two lesson plans for teachers, video and audio clips, and games. This is one of many excellent...
- Virtual Tour Of Ancient Civilizations
Take a virtual tour of ancient civilizations. It's pretty cool! The Big History Project has a link to it on its site....
- Black Death From Seven Wonders Of The Microbe World
Great four minute clip on the Black Death from a series called "Seven Wonders of the Microbe World." It's fascinating and the kids will like it and learn something. There is also a great clip from the same series about the ancient Egyptians and beer...
- Google Maps For Educators
Really cool clip showing how to use google maps. Shows you how to do a number of cool things like measuring the distance of a lake or a desert....