Ancient Civilizations

In this scenario students investigate the eruption of Mount Vesuvius by reading eyewitness accounts and archaeological presentations. From the evidence they develop chronologies, reconstruct the final moments of Herculaneum and Pompeii and of individual victims, survey the variety of physical remains of the cities and historic conclusions that can be drawn. Students learn enough about the events of A.D. 79 and their archaeological recovery that they are able to put themselves into a fictional account of the experience. As a context for their research, students are given the following situations from which they choose one:

Greetings, new citizen! Welcome to Ancient Worlds! AncientWorlds is a unique Internet community. It is difficult to describe AW - it is a mixture of Ancient History, discussion boards, fantasy role-playing and on-line gaming. The whole mixture becomes a thoroughly engrossing and completely enjoyable community experience. Welcome to one of the most intriguing communities on the Internet! I hope that you find this "Beginner's Guide" helpful as you navigate around!

The Roman System of Time The Roman civil day was the same one familiar to us, a 24-hour day beginning at midnight.[1] The early Romans differed from other ancient societies in their choice of midnight to mark the start of the day: Greeks marked the day beginning from sunset, Babylonians from sunrise

Unit 3: Ancient Rome

What a great website full of things to do and see. Check it out!

JULIUS CAESAR: THE LAST DICTATOR A BIOGRAPHY OF CAESAR AND ROME 100 - 44 B.C.

Unit 3: Ancient Rome

Who were the Romans? This site tells about the Roman expansion into Britain

Watch out...as a barbarian fighting against the Romans you are about to be captured, sold as a slave and trained to become a ROMAN GLADIATOR!

Unit 3: Ancient Rome

Unit 3 Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome Unit

Rome Unit

Rome Reborn is an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 550).

Welcome to the Theoi Project, a site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous creatures (theres) and heroes of ancient Greek mythology and religion.

Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon, 49 BC

Ancient Rome Unit

Students can create a virtual museum box in which to collect items such as text, photos, video, and uploaded items needed to make an argument, describe a person or historical/geographical site etc. Students can also view other museum boxes and comment. For classroom use ideas, see Kelly Tenkley's Jan 06, 2009 post at iLearn Technology. This website was inspired by Thomas Clarkson who carried around a real museum box of artifacts to make a case for the abolition of slavery. Each compartment is actually a cube that expands into 6 more "sides" for storing information. Very cool.

This would be such a great activity to add to an Ancient Egypt study!

Inquiry learning project in which teams must research the cost of building a pyramid today and submit bids.

Online version of Egyptian board game, senet.

Page on theories of how the pyramids were built.

Very nice simple pages with downloadable print file that could be run through Kurzweil.