Roman Law

A video from United Streaming

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=CDCB2412-28EF-49C6-B87C-C2C15AE5F4D8

Cool Sites on Ancient Rome

Wouldn't Want to be a Gladiator-
Dress a Gladiator
Death in Rome

Explore a Roman street


Could you rule Rome?


Odyssey:Rome- informational site

discovery Channel: interactive site on Pompeii

Explore the Colosseum

Ancient Greece interactive vocabulary flash cards

Quizlet Flash Cards

Acropolis station links

Ancient Greek Architecture

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/acropolis/explore/exp_set.html
This website gives you the opportunity to explore the Acroolis and its buildings.

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/acropolis/challenge/cha_set.html
This website allows you to build your own temple to Athena.

http://www.3dancientwonders.com/3d_parthenon_virtualreality.htm
You can explore the Parthenon both inside and out.

Acropolis deconstructed

Sparta videos

Ancient Greek Weblinks

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/sports/interactive/olympics_2004.html

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/olympia/index.shtml
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/ancientgreekolympics2.htm

Ancient China Flash Cards

Visit this link to access the flash cards for Ancient china

http://quizlet.com/_4rag9

Ancient China

Geography- http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/home_set.html

Ancient China interactive activities on writing, the tombs, and artisans
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html

Tour the Great Wall - http://www.thebeijingguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html

Practice your skills at Tangrams - http://www.kidscom.com/games/tangram/tangram.html

Vocab Flashcards

Unit 3- India- http://quizlet.com/7490216/domboski_haw-unit-3-flash-cards/

Unit 2- Egypt and Near East - http://quizlet.com/7045117/domboski_haw-unit-2-flash-cards/

Unit 1 - Early Civilization - http://quizlet.com/6167170/domboski_haw-unit-1-flash-cards/

Learn More about Mohenjo Daro

BBC Explore site on Mohenjo Daro - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/indus_valley/

A virtual tour of Mohenjo Daro - http://www.harappa.com/har/moen0.html

READ, EXPLORE, and CHALLENGE from the British Museum on the Indus Valley- http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/indus/story/sto_set.html

Project Powerpoint directions

Visit my homework page to access the ppt on the final project for our Ancient Egypt Research Project.

Mrs.Domboski's Homework Blog

Ancient Egypts Flash Cards

Click here to study vocab words for Ancient Egypt and the Near East
http://quizlet.com/_4701p

Research Wall Wisher

Share what you've learned during your research using Wall wisher.

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/wmsAncientEgypt

Ancient Egypt ch. 9 stations

touregypt.net

Visit this site to practice making your own mummy.
http://kids.discovery.com/games/just-for-fun/mummy-maker

Explore Egypts gods and goddesses
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/index.html

For more fun practice building your own pyramid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml

Digging into Mesopotamia

Become a archeologist and go on a virtual dig: http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/interactives/DigIntoHistory.html

Hunt the Ancestor - can you budget and plan a dig before time and money run out? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/launch_gms_hunt_ancestor.shtml

Explore the ancient site of Catal Hoyuk http://www.smm.org/catal/top.php?visited=TRUE

Lascaux Cave Art

Explore the cave art found in Lascaux, France.

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml

Early Humans and the Rise of Civilizations vocabulary

Click here to quiz yourself on the vocabulary words for unit 1.

domboski- HAW Unit 1

Wall Wisher on Unit 1

Check out this new site. You can post questions, thoughts, websites you find on the wall and share it with the class.

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/EarlyCivilizations

Recommended Books on Egypt

Look at these GREAT resources on Egypt

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The following websites offer great information about Ancient Egypt,one of the units in 6th grade Social Studies. Many of them include interactive activities as well. Please let me know what your thoughts are on the websites by posting comments following the guidelines posted in the right sidebar.

The Ancient Egypt Site- http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
Use the A-Z Keyword search if you are looking for something specific

British Museum-Ancient Egypt -http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
This site has easy to read short articles, with a navigation sidebar on the left. Each topic has a “story” or background information, “explore” that is usually interactive, and then a “challenge” or a game to test your knowledge.


Canadian Museum of Civilization: Mysteries of Egypt - http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/egypte.shtml#menu.
Under “Egyptian Civilizations” there are links to information about geography, religion, sciences, a timeline, and a glossary.

BBC- History:Egypt - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/
This site includes links to articles on various topics from hieroglyphs, daily life, mummies, and gods. There are also a few interactive activities like building a pyramid, and a mummy creator.

Ancient Rome

Wouldn't Want to be a Gladiator-
Dress a Gladiator
Death in Rome

Explore a Roman street

Roman games

Explore Rome

Ancient Greece

Greek mythology is always a popular topic. Unfortunately, we don't get to spend a lot of time on it! So I am posting some of my favorite mythology sites.

Winged Sandals
mythweb
Percy Jackson

Ancient China

JUST EXPLORE
Ancient China-
tanagrams -
virtual tour of the Great wall of china
test your knowledge to build the Great Wall
Geography -

Let's explore Mohenjo daro

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/indusvalley/flash/ivl2_index.shtml

Ancient Egypt Research Project reminders

Some more websites on egypt

Make your own mummy

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Wecome to Ancient Egypt

Check out these links on Ancient Egypt!

Wouldn't want to be a Mummy
Build a pyramid
Explore Khufu's Pyramid
Egyptian Tomb Adventure
Search for the missing Egyptoligist
Look at Egyptian artifacts
Mummies
A cartoon version of a Mummy's tomb

Exlploring Catal Hoyuk

Check out this interactive site on the archeological findings at Catalhoyuk.

http://www.smm.org/catal/

Early man

Check out these sites and games related to our first couple of chapters

Archeological dig: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neanderthals/dig.html

Caveman Challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/cavemen/

Welcome!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Domboski's Ancient World History Class. I hope you'll find this blogful both helpful and interesting as we work our way through the History of the Ancient World.

Check out this website on cave art found in Lascaux, France.
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=en#/fr/00.xml