Ancient Civilizations

The following resources will help you to find evidence that your group of people met the requirements of a civilization:

Books:  

Search the OPAC. Click on subject and type in the name of your civilization and one of the key terms you wrote on your envelope.

Browse the shelves using these Dewey Decimal Classification numbers:

Sumer 935

Egypt 932

Rome 937

Greece  938

China 951

Indus 954

Ancient Civilizations 930

Print Encyclopedias:  in the Reference Room

Ancient Civilizations (R930/A541)

Exploring Ancient Civilizations (R930/E96)

Ancient Greece and Rome (R938/A541)

World Book Encyclopedia

Subscription Databases:

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Reference: World Book Encyclopedia, Grolier’s (Book of Knowledge and Grolier’s Multimedia Encyclopedia)–Search Ancient  ______ and use the outline or table of contents to help you find the information you need.

School Help: Discovery Streaming videos and BrainPop animations  (Discovery Streaming videos are also downloaded on My Computer–G drive–Video Clips Folder–Core 6–Social Studies–Civilizations)

SIRS Discoverer: Do a subject search (e.g., Egypt, Civilization; Indus Civilization; or China, History).  If nothing comes up with a subject search, try a keyword search.

EBSCOHost: Select EBSCOHost Web. In the Search box type the name of your civilization (e.g., Indus Civilization or Ancient Greece). In the Publications box, type Calliope.

Websites:

Ancient Egypt

Nova Online Adventure: Pyramids

Odyssey Online: Egypt

Indus Valley

Indus Contents (“Around the Indus in 90 Slides”–Excellent site)

Harappa

Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Exhibition

Ancient China

Teaching the Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology (National Gallery of Art site)

Ancient Greece

Odyssey Online: Greece

Digital Archive of Architecture: Greek Architecture

Sumerians and Mesopotamia

Odyssey Online: Near East

British Museum Site on Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia:  This History Our History

Ancient Rome

Odyssey Online: Rome

Luxury Arts of Rome

Revised 10/07/09