This site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York contains wonderful information on the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Pictures are provided along with a somewhat in-depth text that contains links for additional information. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this is a timeline of the history of Mexico and Central America with descriptions, dates and relevant images.
Students can use M&M's to model a decay equation - exponential equations.
Lesson plan designed for seventh graders. Students practice giving and following directions by playing the game "Simon Says" before practicing writing clear directions about various topics, such as directions to a pizza place. Includes student prompts and scoring guides.
Interresting site from the University of Groningen explaining the incredible impact of machines and technology on developing resources and improving agriculture.
This study guide provides information on the plot, themes, author, and context of the novel, "Madame Bovary." Here, refresh your knowledge of the book's major characters and events and study important themes and ideas through "Sample Questions."
Read online from James Madison's report of William Patterson's proposal of the New Jersey Plan at the Federal Convention, 1787. Link to related document: Articles of Confederation as related specifically to each proposal in the New Jersey Plan.
An exhibition that celebrates FDR's love for stamps and stamp collecting.
Strategies to help students recognize main ideas and supporting details provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as Main Idea Pyramids, Number Notes, QAR (Question/Answer Relationship), Reading for Accuracy, Reciprocal Teaching, ReQuest, Selective Underlining, Semantic Mapping, SQ3R, and Summary Blueprints.
This online exhibition takes a detailed look at the construction of the Panama Canal. Content explores why the canal was built, how the route was chosen, how much man power and machine power it took to move all that dirt, hazards of the job, and much more.
In this adapted ZOOM video segment, cast members get hands-on in the recycling process by using old newspapers to make new paper.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a seismometer and experiment with different ways to make it register movement.
This site from the University of Michigan provides access to online text for "Ballads of New England," an 1870 collection of Whittier's poetry. Poems can be viewed in plain-text format or as page-by-page images from the original work.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations of an asteroid hitting Earth are used to illustrate this widely accepted theory of dinosaur extinction and the resulting conditions that favored mammals.
In July 1922, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine," Great Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). This informative site details the hows and whys of this mandate.
A map of the land inhabited by Indian tribes in the eastern part of the United States before European settlement. Map shows linguistic stocks as well as culture areas, major, and minor tribes.
Click on the sliding bar and watch how the United States territory grew with the Louisiana Purchase, Florida Acquisitions, Texas Annexation, Oregon Country, and Mexican Cession.
In this activity, students investigate constructing arrangements of different number of manipulatives into equal groups. They learn to use mathematical language, identify patterns with numbers, recognize the commutative property, and transfer the arrangements made with manipulatives to grid paper.
These 1963 flyers announce the speakers and issues for the March on Washington; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
This resource is a place for exploring, asking questions, finding information, meeting scientists, and learning about marine ecosystems.