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Current Events @http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/ - Current events from around the world. Look for actual news articles in the column in the middle of the page titled "World News."

@http://newsela.com/ - Good resource, but you need to make an account Directions to create an account: 1. Click on the link above. 2. Click on [|SIGN IN / REGISTER] in the upper left-hand corner. 3. Enter this code, ZJBJH, in the box that asks you for the sign-up code.4. Enter your first and last name.5. Enter a user name and password of your choice. 6. Start searching for news articles.

**Some other current events sources:**
@http://www.timeforkids.com/news-archive/world @http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ - Daily 10 minute summary of the day's news. @http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/

Social Studies Study Tools [|Sheppard Software]

6th Grade Ancient Egypt Project description: [|Ancient Egypt Travel Brochure Project] Links to websites for your expert topics:

**1. Fast Facts About Egypt:** geography, language spoken, famous places, interesting tidbits
MrDonn’s Ancient Egypt for Kids - @http://egypt.mrdonn.org/index.html

Map of Ancient Egypt - @http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/INFO/MAP/SITE/Egypt_Site_150dpi.html

Geography of Egypt - @http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/home.html

Maps of Ancient Egypt from the British Museum @http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/explore/arch.html

Mysteries of Egypt – Geography - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">@http://www.civilisations.ca/civil/egypt/egcgeo1e.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Click on Nile River button at the bottom of the page.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mr. Dowling’s site - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">@http://www.mrdowling.com/604egypt.html - Read “The Gift of the Nile”

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Life in Ancient Egypt - The Natural World <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">@http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/naturalworld.htm

**2. Walk Like An Egyptian:** daily life in ancient Egypt, clothing, food, family, boys and girls, school
MrDonn.org - [] Read “Daily Life in Ancient Egypt”

The British Museum site - [] - Click on “Egyptian Life”

Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Daily Life []

The Cleveland Museum of Art – Food, Clothing [|http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/roseff.html#food]

**3. Egyptian Hieroglyphics:** What are they? Why were they used? Samples of hieroglyphics

Seaworld.org – Hieroglyphics- []

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology [] Learn how to write your name in hieroglyphics!

MrDowling’s The Rosetta Stone - []

History for Kids! – Egyptian Hieroglyphics []

**4. Egyptian Pyramids:** What do they look like? Where are they? Why were they built? Who built them?

Pyramid Construction - []

Mysteries of Egypt – Architecture - []

Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Tombs []

Nova, Pyramids - []

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ancient India

Links for research:
[|Ancient Indus Valley] [|Mr. Donn's India page] [|Aryan Daily Life] [|Glorious India] [|The Ramayana] [|Ancient India - The British Museum] [|Buddhism] [|Hinduism for Kids] [|Monuments of India] [|History of India] [|Animals of India] [|History for Kids - Ancient Indian Art] [|The Story of India - PBS] [|Gandhi] [|Ganesh] [|Hanuman]

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ancient Greece

Step 1: Mapping Activity - Label the following places on the Map of Ancient Greece Handout using the linked locations below or a historical atlas:

[|Adriatic Sea] [|Aegean Sea] [|Gulf of Corinth] [|Ionian Sea] [|Mediterranean Sea]
 * Bodies of Water: **

[|Athens] [|Ithaca] [|Knossos] [|Marathon] [|Mycenae] [|Sparta] [|Thebes] [|Troy]
 * Ancient Cities: **

[|Asia Minor] [|Island of Crete] [|Mount Olympus] [|Peloponnesian Penninsula]
 * Physical Features: **

[|Straits of Salamis] [|Thermopylae]
 * Battle Sites: **

[|Macedonia]
 * Kingdom: **

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