Understanding Societies Past and Present

Assignments 

Links 

 What is History?   

history quotes.ppt

What is Historycloze.doc                             

sources review.notebook

Sources of historical evidence.doc

Advantages and Disadvantages of Historyblank.doc

Cluster 1 Vocabulary.doc

Review Games:

Centuries Sort

Centuries Matching Game

Centuries Multiple Choice 

Name Meaning

BBC A History of the World - Interactive Timeline

Dino Dig Interactive Game

Creswell Crags - Virtually the Ice Age

BBC: Ancient History

Hunter-Gatherers

hunter-gatherer compare and contrast.notebook

The Stone Age chart.doc   

Agrarian Ways of Life

First Attempts to Control Nature.doc  

CroMagnon Life.doc   

Test Review

Social Studies Review1.doc  

Journal Questions

Cluster 1 Review Jeopardy.ppt

Early Societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, or the Indus Valley

Assignments 

Links 

Early Societies Word Splash.doc

Early Societies Atlas Activity

Mesopotamia Vocabulary.doc

Sumerian Government.doc

Development of Writing.doc

Hammurabi's Code Activity.notebook

7 Wonders of the Ancient World Webquest

Vocabulary Egypt.doc

Egyptian Religion and Writing

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk  

Hammurabi's Code of Laws

Mesopotamia Egypt project.doc  

Mesopotamia and Egypt Journal Questions

  Review Games

Mesopotamia Vocabulary - Matching

Ziggurats - Sentence Sort

Egypt Vocabulary - Matching

 Ancient Societies of Greece and Rome 

Assignments 

Links 

Brainstorm Activity (Nov.24)

Antiquity Sort and Predict - groups and instructions (Nov.24-25)

World Religions - chart (Nov. 29)

Journal Questions

Use these links for the World Religions chart:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/buddhism.htm 

http://www.uri.org/kids/other_conf.htm  

Ancient Greece

Introductory Notes (Nov. 30)

Greek Society Notes - Key (fill in blanks - Dec.1)

Comparison of Athens and Sparta  - pg.74-77 (Dec.1)

Role Cards (Dec.2 - Grade 8s)

Letter to a friend (Dec.3)

Video - Ancient Greece

Democracy 

Making Group Decisions.doc (Dec.8)

Making Group Decisions.notebook

Democracy in Ancient Greece.doc (notes to use for charts)

Democracy or Not.doc (Dec.10)

Forms of Government.doc (Dec.10, 13) - Answer Key

Ancient and Modern Democracy.doc (Modern - Dec.9, Ancient - Dec.13)   Answer Key

Ancient Greek Olympics

Ancient Greece

The Colosseum 

BBC - Romans

Ancient Greek Government 

   - use for Forms of Government worksheet

Mr.Donn's Ancient Greece 

   - use for Ancient and Modern Democracy worksheet

Ancient Rome

Vocabulary (Dec. 13, 15)

Journal Questions (Dec.15)

Rome Vocabulary - matching game

Map of the Mediterranean

Map Assignment (Dec. 15)

Roman Warfare Word Splash

Roman Government Word Splash

Ancient Roman Ideas and People - Timeline

Classical Civilizations

History for Kids 

http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html

Mr.Donn's Ancient Rome

Roman Empire Interactive Map

Transition to the Modern World (Circa 500 to 1400)

Assignments 

Links 

Middle Ages

Manors in the Middle Ages - due Monday, Jan.17

Getting Information from Pictures - due Tuesday, Jan.18 - Answer Key

Finding the Main Idea - Wednesday, Jan.19 (due Thursday)

Feudal System - pyramid - Tuesday, Jan.18

Feudal System - chart - answer key - due Wednesday, Jan.19

Identifying Important People in History

Vocabulary Circle 

Test Outline

The Crusades.doc

Famous Medieval People 

Paradox Place Chronology Pages

The Middle Ages.net

Activities

Vocabulary Matching 

  Shaping the Modern World (Circa 1400 to 1850)

Assignments 

Links 

Introduction (Wed. Feb.2 - Fri. Feb.4)

Timeline of Events.doc

Transition to Modern Age.doc       key         Diagram

Exploration

(Tuesday, Wed. Feb. 7-8)

Triangular Trade           Key    

Notes about Indigenous Peoples of the World (please read)

Colonization.doc

Important Explorer.doc - complete this worksheet on an important explorer

Explorers Research.notebook

Renaissance Inventions

Renaissance Art

Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel

Vatican City State

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/european-explorers.htm

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Renaissance/Explorers/index.htm

  Thurs. & Fri. Feb.10-11

- chose a painting from The National Gallery website and wrote a song about it to the tune of a popular short song (eg. Mary Had a Little Lamb)

- completed Before and After the Industrial Revolution prediction sheet

Industrial Revolution.notebook

Revolution.doc

 Renaissance Links

The National Gallery