Western Civilization

Books to Read:

Dar and the Spear Thrower        Marjorie Cowley
Viking Adventure        Clyde Robert Bulla
Minstrel in the Tower        Gloria Skurizyndki
Castle Diary        Richard Platt
Door in the Wall        Marguerite de Angeli
Fine Print        Joann Johansen Burch (A story about Gutenberg)
The Apprentice        Pilar Molina Llorente
The Second Mrs. Gioconda        E. L. Koningsburg
Crispin        Avi (older students)
Adam of the Road        Elizabeth Janet Gray
Shakespeare's Scribe        Gary Blackwood
Nzingha        Patricia McKissack
The Kite Fighters        Linda Sue Park
Rickshaw Girl        Mitali Perkins
When I Left my Village        Maxine Rose Schur
A Single Shard        Linda Sue Park
Parvana's Journey        Deborah Ellis (older readers)

Fun Games on the Internet

General History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/index.shtml

You can try to order events, explore different homes and play various games from Roman, Viking, Tudor, and Victorian times.

http://www.textilemuseum.ca/cloth_clay/fun.html

A story that allows you to choose which adventure you go on.

Prehistory

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/

This site allows you to make tools and jewelry for the Celts.

Egypt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

Make a mummy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/pyramid_challenge/index.shtml

Build a pyramid.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/games/egyptgame/gamestart.htm

Another fun adventure story.

http://www.nms.ac.uk/education__activities/kids_only/egyptian_tomb_adventure.aspx Explore a tomb.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/Tomb-unknown-mummy

Explore a tomb and figure out who is buried there.

Roman

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueductjava.html

Build an aqueduct.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/daily_life_gallery.shtml

Work and play in Pompeii.

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/romancent.htm

Dress a Roman soldier.

http://www.fi.edu/time/keepers/Silverman/html/RomanSequence.html

Put the Roman numerals in order - and beat the clock!

http://www.fi.edu/time/keepers/Silverman/html/RomanMatch.html

Now match Arabic numbers to Roman.

Viking

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html

Write your name in Viking Runes.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/

This is a site about Vikings.

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html

Take a Viking Voyage.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml

Take quizzes about the Vikings.

Medieval

http://www.kidsonthenet.com/castle/view.html

Take a tour of a castle.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroy.html

Try to destroy a castle.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.8415

Try to entertain a queen in your castle.

Renaissance

http://www.tudorbritain.org/

Take a look at how the Tutors lived.

Iron Age

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/launch_ani_roundhouse.shtml

Build a roundhouse.

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