World History
- The Real Story Of The Ancient Olympic Games
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? From...
- Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Museum of Unnatural Mystery provides a virtual tour of the structures that inspired awe in ancient Greeks and Romans. Illustrated history and descriptions, with reconstructions by Lee Krystek. From the site: The...
- Demotic - Language Of Everyday Egyptians
As teachers, I believe, we teach a very neat history in our class. Our textbooks have made history very neat, almost, in some cases, different than what the every day people of the time would remember. I like to ask my students why, and how...
- Free Online Course
Summer's finally here. If you get bored or want to improve your knowledge in history, check out one of the 50 free online course that Open Culture has compiled. There is the History of the World to 1500 with Columbia textbook author Richard Bulliet....
- Percy Jackson And The Greek Gods
I like (as I am sure you do) to relate our content to what my students are doing in their own lives. The Percy Jackson series are a very popular series read by elementary and middle school kids. So to start the Greek gods of my teaching,...
World History
Ancient Greek Vases Made by Modern Artists
The Art Institute of Chicago released a series of videos showing how artists still use ancient methods to create products. Above, modern artists show the similar methods they use to make a Greek vase. You can find more of the series on Open Culture. You'll find one on ancient glass blowing and one on ancient Greek coin production. The clip might be interesting for students when we cover Greek culture in the late fall.
- The Real Story Of The Ancient Olympic Games
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? From...
- Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Museum of Unnatural Mystery provides a virtual tour of the structures that inspired awe in ancient Greeks and Romans. Illustrated history and descriptions, with reconstructions by Lee Krystek. From the site: The...
- Demotic - Language Of Everyday Egyptians
As teachers, I believe, we teach a very neat history in our class. Our textbooks have made history very neat, almost, in some cases, different than what the every day people of the time would remember. I like to ask my students why, and how...
- Free Online Course
Summer's finally here. If you get bored or want to improve your knowledge in history, check out one of the 50 free online course that Open Culture has compiled. There is the History of the World to 1500 with Columbia textbook author Richard Bulliet....
- Percy Jackson And The Greek Gods
I like (as I am sure you do) to relate our content to what my students are doing in their own lives. The Percy Jackson series are a very popular series read by elementary and middle school kids. So to start the Greek gods of my teaching,...