Monday, September 28, 2009

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Book Review Resources 2009

Here are some review sites to help study for the unit tests you will encounter in this class.





Your book site is Strayer; http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/strayer1e/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0 You can register with your email and receive extra credit throughout the course by completing the activities related to the chapter we are on.

If you don't have email I will tell you how to log on.

This site is a teacher's Florida, it contains tons of links and fun thing to do. Mr. Derryberry is an awesome resource.

http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/teachers/derryb/


Burnett teacher site

http://www.mrburnett.net/apworldhistory/keyterms/keyterms1200withdefinitions.htm

This site has terms for AP World you need to be familiar with


bubbabrain.comGo to click on High School then click on History and AP World.
Click on the Ancient Rome and then the others will work. I will create a couple more this weekend from our unit terms list, please have fun with them.





World Civilizations by Stearns
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter1/deluxe.html

This site is the for the Stearns World Civilizations site, it has help chapter summaries that catch the main ideas of the Unit and glossary. If you play around with this site look into Chapters 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8.






This site has a game for world religions and philosophy
World Religions

This is the site for Armesto World History

http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_armesto_theworld_1/56/14502/3712526.cw/-/t/index.html

This has multiple choice, True and False quizzes and the one I really like is matching so you can get the terms. Click on the chapter and explore.





Finally use your notes to build outlines for the essays, so you can be prepared for the written part of the test.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

River Valley Civilizations

Today we will examine and record the evidence and what life like in the original river valley civilizations. We will look at the archaeological evidence related to the

river valley civilization

http://www.clscc.cc.tn.us/Courses/ngreenwood/History%201110/Online_Presentations/first_river_valley_civilizations.htm


Scroll down to Harappan Civilization --- read and take some notes and then click on ancient Indus River valley

Read and take notes
Who were the indus people and why did they disappear?
Click on archaeology pictures and take notes



Go back to clascc.cc site scroll down to Nile River valley and explore. --- explore and write down information about Pyramids and such. PBS site is awesome.

Go back to clascc.cc site and write in your own words the legacies of the Ancient River Valley Civilizations