Table of Contents

SUMMER READING

ANCIENT EGYPT

Maps

Gods and Goddesses

Hieroglyphs

Pyramids

Temple of Karnac

Famous Egyptians

Mummies

Rosetta Stone

THE GIVER & DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Compare/Contrast Essay

Lois Lowry's Blog

Oregonian article from April 21

Lois Lowry Interview about Son

New York Times Article about Son

Endless Memory

Imagine

More Dystopian Fiction

MESOPOTAMIA

Vocabulary

Epic of Gilgamesh

Political Geography

Ziggurats

Cuneiform

Hammurabi's Code

Physical Geography

Mesopotamia Jeopardy

AFRICA

Sudan in the News

African Country Research Document

African Countries

HUMAN ORIGINS

Species Information

Cave Paintings

Tollund Man

Genographic Project

Scopes Trial

INDEPENDENT READING

Historical Fiction Front Page Newspaper Project

Writing a Book Review

Book Commercial ideas

GRAMMAR

Commas

Writing Out Numbers

GLOBAL LITERACY

Staying Current on Thursday (Nov. 8, 2012)

Continents & Oceans

Latitude and Longitude

Globe Terms

More on Global Literacy Concepts & Terms

Globes

Lake Vostok

Continental Drift Theory

New Species of Dinosaur Found

Exploring Antarctica

SUMMER READING

Hitler's Canary Book Talk

ANCIENT EGYPT

Introductory Video

Maps

Gods and Goddesses

Information

Hieroglyphs

Information about Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphic Typewriter

Pyramids

Ramp Theory Video
Crossword Maker

Temple of Karnac

Digital Karnac

Famous Egyptians

BBC Website
Tour Egypt Website
"Eyelid" Website

Mummies

OMSI Exhibit Info

Rosetta Stone

Continuation of Video

THE GIVER & DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Compare/Contrast Essay

Formatting Short and Long Quotations

Lois Lowry's Blog

Oregonian article from April 21

Lois Lowry Interview about Son

New York Times Article about Son

Endless Memory

60 Minutes episode Part 1
60 Minutes episode Part 2

Imagine

More Dystopian Fiction

Podcast (approx 22 min.)

Black Out Poetry

MESOPOTAMIA

Vocabulary

Go to Quizlet
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Epic of Gilgamesh

Video

Political Geography

Political Geography Review Game
Review Game #1
Review Game #2
Review Game #3

Ziggurats

Optional Additional Info--British Museum site




Introductory Video

Cuneiform

Write Like a Babylonian
About Cuneiform Writing
About Cylinder Seals

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1999.325.4.jpg

Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi's Laws

Texting while Driving
Article
Opinion

Physical Geography

Review Game
some of the bodies of water of the Mesopotamia region

Mesopotamia Jeopardy

Jeopardy #1
Jeopardy #2

AFRICA

Sudan in the News

Al Bashir
article about Al Bashir's latest visit to Chad

African Country Research Document

AFRICAN COUNTRY RESEARCH-Themes of Geography.doc

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African Countries

Names and Location
More Practice
And Even More Practice

HUMAN ORIGINS

Species Information

Species (The Smithsonian)
Species (Talk Origins)
Species (Alan J. White)
Traits (Alan J. White)

Cave Paintings

Chauvet Cave
Lascaux Cave tour
Lascaux Cave
Visiting the Chauvet Cave by John Robinson
Female Cave Artists

Tollund Man

General Information

Genographic Project

What is this Project?
National Geographic Articles

Scopes Trial

Transcript, Photographs, Cartoons, Reflections, etc.

INDEPENDENT READING

Historical Fiction Front Page Newspaper Project

PAGES template

Newspaper Template.pages

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WORD template

Writing a Book Review

Tips for Writing a Book Review

Book Commercial ideas

Ms. C-R's Book Commercial from Last Year




Script to be used with Power Point


Example from Last Year's Sixth Grade Class

GRAMMAR

Commas

Comma Quiz
Ten Completely Wrong Ways to Use Commas
More Comma Practice

Writing Out Numbers

Grammar Girl
MLA (Modern Language Association) Guidelines

GLOBAL LITERACY

Staying Current on Thursday (Nov. 8, 2012)

Bangladesh "Info Ladies"

Continents & Oceans

Basic Practice

Latitude and Longitude

Concepts Introduced
Matching Game
Timed Practice

Globe Terms

Quizlet
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More on Global Literacy Concepts & Terms

Latitude and Longitude Explained Further
Test Your Knowledge

Globes

Lake Vostok

Article about Lake Vostok drilling (February 2012)


Video about Lake Vostok drilling (February 2012)


Lake Vostok Documentary (50 minutes)

Continental Drift Theory

Wegener's Discovery


National Geographic Video
Past, Present, and Future

New Species of Dinosaur Found

National Geographic

Exploring Antarctica

Video from Amundsen's South Pole Adventure
(please note that there is a 15 second advertisement before the video)
Photographs from Amundsen's South Pole Adventure
South Pole Race Remembered 100 Years Later
Comparing the Two Expeditions




YEARBOOK
Yearbook Theme
Ideas from Lifetouch
Ideas from Walsworth
Ideas from Future Book

SHOAH CLASS
The Wave
Part 1

Part 2

Lesson Plan (Documentary)

Ron Jones


Ghettos
Stolpersteine
Gerda Klein book
Elie Wiesel Foundation
Otto Weidt
Israel's Declaration of Independence