Wednesday, June 18, 2008

9th Grade Links

Here are some helpful links for 9th Grade Humanities

PBS has abundant resources for teachers

Thirteen.org also has some good resources for global history, separated by theme

New York Times Resources

Ancient History Resources

Women in History

Ancient Japan

Feudalism

Ancient Greece

Roman Empire

Medieval Times

Islam

Ancient Egypt

China

Mesoamerica

Protestant Reformation

Greek Mythology

Elaine McEwan has some helpful books and a website for helping struggling readers

Other Reading Resources

Possible Field Trips

3 comments:

Lisa said...

Classzone is an excellent place to find some primary source materials:
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/wh_survey05/book_home.htm

NY Learns: http://www.nylearns.org/

USGS Maps: http://library.usgs.gov/maplinks.html

World Cultures: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM

World Regions Timeline: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hm/07/hm07.htm

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BY AREA/TOPIC/UNIT

Absolutism: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/ABSOLUTE.HTM

Africa:
http://wysinger.homestead.com/ancientafrica.html

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/africaarchive/map.html

http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/histContextsA.htm

http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

Age of Exploration:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/columbus/columbus_columbian.cfm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook03.html

http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture2c.html


Ancient Civilizations: http://www.wadsworth.com/religion_d/special_features/popups/maps/index.html

China: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/later_imperial_china/ming.html

Enlightenment: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://history2.professorpage.info/John%2520Locke%2520and%2520Thomas%2520Hobbes_files/image003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://history2.professorpage.info/John%2520Locke%2520and%2520Thomas%2520Hobbes.htm&h=561&w=384&sz=24&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=qY0VNdPgq2LFOM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dglorious%2Brevolution%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Latin America/MesoAmerica: http://www.teacheroz.com/Meso_Latin.htm

Maya: http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm

http://www.mayadiscovery.com/ing/history/default.htm

Medieval: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/medieval_history.shtml

Plague: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_impact_01.shtml

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=675

The Decameron is a good literary piece to bring in during this unit
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/images/maps/decworld/plaguetraderoutes.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/images/maps/decworld/polimaps4.shtml&h=480&w=567&sz=91&hl=en&start=59&um=1&tbnid=UeCkB-Wu9PzltM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblack%2Bdeath%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Mongols: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

http://www.dodedans.com/Epest.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/info.htm

http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/bdeath.html

Reformation:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/sandersonAP/NotesRef.html

http://www.reformationhappens.com/works/

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/reformation.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/LUTHER.HTM

http://history.hanover.edu/early/prot.html

Renaissance: http://www.flowofhistory.com/node/583

http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture1c.html

Lisa said...

Art:

http://www.moma.org/

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html

http://www.artchive.com/

http://artchive.com/artchive/women.html

http://www.abcgallery.com/

http://ftp1.us.proftpd.org/wm/

Lisa said...

Best of History: http://www.besthistorysites.net/

National History Education Clearinghouse:
http://teachinghistory.org/

Intro to Primary Sources:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/bi/primary.html

Reading Strategies:
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/reading%20strategies%20index.htm

Listening Comprehension: http://www.auburn.edu/~nunnath/engl6240/tlisten.html
Web Research: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/109995.html?CampaignID=35165

The OWL at Purdue Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Writing: http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Archive/writingtips/controllingidea.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html

Writing a Research Paper: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/resource.html

Critical Lens Worksheet: http://www.southampton.k12.ny.us/issummerread/pdf/CriticalLens.pdf

Word Roots: http://www.espindle.org/roots.html

Plagiarism: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/10314.html?CampaignID=35165

Citation: http://www.usconstitution.net/cite.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

http://www.mla.org/

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html