Social+Studies+Resources+Page



=Social Studies Teacher Resource Page =

This page will be updated regularly with links and other resources that correspond to the units we will study in social studies this year.

Electronic Sources
The British Museum's web site offers a wealth of information on ancient Egypt. The site is divided into ten chapters relevant to Ancient Egypt. Each chapter [resents a home page and then it contains three sections: Story, Explore, and Challenge. The “Story” presents information about the particular chapter in narrative form. “Explore” presents information in a non-linear presentation where the student controls the order in which they access information. The student and/or the teacher would then make connections to studies in the classroom. The “Challenge” section allows students to practice skills related to Ancient Egypt and the chapter on the site they are currently studying.
 * [|British Museum On Ancient Egypt] **
 * The British museum ancient egypt. (1999). Retrieved from [] **

This site provides free PowerPOint presentations about Ancient Egypt along with free lesson plans, kids activities and games.
 * [|Mr. Donn's Ancient Egypt Galore] **
 * Donn, Don. (2010). Ancient egypt. Retrieved from http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientEgypt.html **
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Discover Ancient Egypt: This Royal Ontario Museum site combines fun activities with lots of useful information on ancient Egypt. You can make your own mummy, play with hieroglyphs, and take a quiz where you try to guess how objects were used in ancient Egypt. You can also read about Egyptian history, religion, mythology, social structure, daily life, and burial practices.
 * [|Royal Ontario Museum Ancent Egypt] **
 * Royal ontario museum online activities: ancient egypt. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/case **

**Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World:** Based on a National Geographic PBS special, this site includes news stories, interactive exploration of the pyramids, pages for children, and lesson plans for grades K-12.
 * [|National Geographic on Ancient Egypt] **
 * Willard, P. (2009). Egypt secrets of an ancient world. Retrieved from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/ **

**NOVA/PBS Ancient Egypt:** Explore the Pyramids, temples, and other monumental architecture of ancient Egypt through 360° photos shot during this NOVA/PBS Online Adventure.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|PBS Nova on Ancient Egypt] **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">NOVA. (2009) Mysteries of the Nile NOVA website, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/ **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Guardian’s Egypt:** A comprehensive (that means it's got everything!) site on ancient Egypt. Take the CyberJourney to Egypt to see lots of pictures of pyramids, sphinx, temples.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Guardian's Egypt] **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Bayuk, A. (2009). Guardian's egypt. Retrieved from http://www.guardians.net/egypt/ **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Odyssey Online has useful information about ancient Egyptian culture. It includes games, puzzles, and many museum objects for viewing. This site is designed for both students and teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Odyssey Online: Ancient Egypt] **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Carlos, M. (2005). Odyssey online: egypt. Retrieved from http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html **


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|CUSD K-12 Ancient Egypt] **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chico kidlinks: web searching for students ancient egypt. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/libraries/elementary/ancient.html **

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Jump to Ancient Egypt to find a host of interactive sites to use while teaching about Ancient Egypt. The links on this site are all ones teachers recommend. =====

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Book Sources
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Aliki describes the steps of mummification in order to prepare the body for the afterlife. Some of the illustrations in the book are based on artwork found in ancient Egyptian tombs. Aliki's style is excellent for elementary, middle, and high school students studying about ancient Egypt.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Aliki. //Mummies Made in Egypt.// Harper Collins, 1979. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This book narrates the 1799 discovery of the Rosetta Stone and how the writing on it was deciphered which enabled future translations of ancient writings.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Giblin, James Cross. //The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.// Harper Collins, 1990. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This book provides a description of how the Egyptians built their pyramids. It shows the process from start to finish including how the Egyptians chose the actual building site to placing the final stone in the pyramid when a body was entombed. The book is filled with Macaulay's own illustrations to help readers understand the process.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Macaulay, David. //Pyramid.// Houghton, 1975. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This book discusses how the bodies of the ancient Egyptians were preserved after death through the mummification process. It also describes rituals ancient Egyptians practiced in order to protect the dead person’s spirit. The book includes photographs and drawings of mummies, as well as tomb paintings, and famous Egyptian architectural sites
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Perl, Lila. //Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt.// Clarion, 1987. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will love this kit which includes a set of rubber stamps, an illustrated guidebook, and a hieroglyph alphabet chart that will help you create and decode your own secret messages. This kit is great to have in a classroom to use in an activity center while studying about Egypt.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Roehrig, Catharine. //Fun with Hieroglyphs Kit.// The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viking, 1990. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Egyptian mummification process, as well as in other parts of the world, is explained with the help of text and color photographs and illustrations.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wilcox, Charlotte. //Mummies and Their Mysteries.// Carolrhoda, 1993. **