Content:
This site helps students explore ancient structures. The viewer is able to read descriptions of the materials and building techniques, and also observe computer-enhanced illustrations. The object of the Archimedia site is to allow students to understand what ancient buildings looked like and how they were constructed. It does this by displaying numerous views, plans and sections, as well as axonmetric and computerized reconstruction of these buildings.
Maps:
This site specializes in maps; it provides maps of Pyramids, Construction Techniques of the Pyramids, The Various Possible Methods of Pyramid Construction, Ziggurat's, Mycenaean Palace, and many ancient places.
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This site is meant to meet the needs of anyone who is interested in understanding the structure of ancient buildings. It is user friendly.
Age Level:
This museum seems to target grade levels K-5, but the programs can be custom designed to fit the needs of the classroom teacher.
Description:
The site was created by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The viewer can choose from many topics on life in Ancient Egypt or take the guided tour. The topics listed are Orientation, Chronology, Natural World, Daily life, God and Religion, and Funerary Customs. A teacher can find out about tours, classes, outreach programs, publications, and there is a discovery room.
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I gave the site four stars, but for the teacher looking for a class trip on Egypt, I would give the Museum five stars. The Museum is interesting and offers classes and activities.
Age Level:
adults and youth
Content:
This site of Guardian's Egypt provides links and reviews of sites containing information on ancient religion and mythology. The ancient Egyptians had a complex religion containing many deities and personified aspects of nature. Here are web sites with feature ancient Egyptian religion and Mythology; some include lists of the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. Learn more about ancient stories, facts about ceremonies, and read and online modern guide about Roman philosophy. This site really has no maps or links, although it explores in great depth the mysteries and questions about the ancient religions.
Rating: * * *
This site would not be good for young children. It gives many accounts of religion and could be confusing if one is not grounded in the Faith of Jesus Christ.
Age Level:
The site does not mention being targeted at a particular age group, but the site would be great for a high school class learning about gladiators or the Coliseum.
Description:
This website offers information about gladiators under such topics as: Become a Gladiator, The Life and Death of a Gladiator, Gladiator Class Distinctions, Famous Gladiators, The Coliseum, Frequently asked Questions, and many others.
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I rated it a four because it is not exactly set up for a teacher, but it can still be easily adapted.
Age Level:
This page is great for small children. An elementary class might find this sight very useful for learning about the castles of the Middle Ages.
Content:
This site is full of interactive materials. There is an activity on this sight that allows the child to create his or her own castle. Creators of the site explain by understanding how a castle was put together, one can better understand how a castle was defended, or how an army could lay siege on a castle.
Links:
One of the links on this site leads to a game where the user can enter his or her name, and the name that person would like to give a castle, and then tour it. Then a mouse gives a tour around the castle. There are ghosts at every place the mouse stops that gives information about that place or activity being used.
Another link on this site has basic information, and answers questions about castles like, "Why were castles made?" This link has good information about castles, and it is worded in a way that would be easy for children to understand. It also has pictures to help children be able to understand each topic.
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This is a great place for a child to do research, but also would be good for an adult to do the beginning stages of research.
Age Level:
The site is really for all ages. It is not difficult to read, and the pictures are brilliant. Kids and adults alike will enjoy clicking on the cute rat from page to page.
Content:
This web site is on the Black Death. It is a presentation done by the discovery channel. The site is very professional with lots of pictures and bright colors. It follows the progression of the Black Death. The site shows what happened as the plague spread to each location: Crimea, 1346; Sicily, 1347; Genoa, January 1348; Florence, March 1348 and January 1350; Avignon, April 1348; London, September 1348; Strasburg, February 1348; and Ireland, March 1349. The site explains the origin of the plague and its movement from the cities to the countryside. It includes personal accounts from people who lived through the ordeal. The makers of the site tried to make it as real as possible. At the end of the presentation, they tell the viewer that they have returned to the present day safely.
Maps:
The site has a good map of Europe during the Black Death. The cities affected most are shaded red, and the viewer can click on the different cities to find information about them. The map also shows routes the plague took from city to city.
Video:
The site has both audio and video (on RealPlayer). The video shows plague specialists and a Black Death historian.
Content:
Written in paragraph form, the site uses graphs and maps to illustrate the nature and spread of the disease. Pictures include people with the disease, the flea which spread the disease, and how the doctors dressed during the black death. One of the maps represented was green in color. As the date written next to it increased in years, the color of the map changed black representing the areas that became infected with the disease.
The topics used are well developed and useful for research. Several areas of black death are covered:
1. The Oriental Rat Flea
2. Transmission
3. The Balk Death
4. Path of the Plague
5. Efforts to stop the Plague
6. Quotes on the Black Death
7. Changes in the Economy
8. The Church
9. Effects on Europe
10. Effect on Music and Art
"Imagine the terror of seeing black spots on the back of your back. Living in a time when there was no knowledge of medicine, bacteria, antibodies and no blood test. This is what it felt like to the victim of the Black Plague in Europe, in the 14th Century."
Age Level:
5th - 8th grade
Content:
The information given on this site is written in simple language, as if the writer is carrying on a conversation with the reader. The writer relates the important information concerning the Black Plague, dividing it into three sections, basic life, prevention, and the history.
The site uses colors well. Pictures are available, however audio is not. The use of graphs added positively to this site. The graph is a representation of how the disease was transmitted.
The site includes a bibliography which is helpful for students searching for more resources.
Rated by: Ruthann Burnett
Age Level:
This site would attract ages from fifteen to any age. This site could be used for a source on a paper or you could give a speech using this web site. The site highlights the main points about the epidemic and also gives other information in addition. Another reason that this attracts the younger crowd and older crowd is that it was written by a high school student in partnership with Brigham Young University.
Content:
This web site gives very good information about this occurrence that happened. I would recommend this site for a source to be used to a project about the bubonic plague. The only focus on the site is that of the Black Death. It tells how it started and where. Then it goes into what exactly the plague is. Next, it gives eyewitness account and gives a quote. The site tells how many people were affected by this epidemic. Lastly, it tells about the population estimations over a six-year period. This site does not have any pictures.
Other Links:
The web site gives four accounts at the same site that you can click on and get to for more information. Then it also has four more links that you can click on for other accounts at different sites. These sites include pictures that are excellent about the bubonic plague.
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The reason I give this site four and a half stars is because it has a lot of information on the subject and this is the only focus of the report. It gives eyewitness accounts and quotes. This would be a great source for a paper about the Black Death. I would recommend using this site for any kind of project one might have.
Age Level:
The age group that would be more likely to use this site would be college age or older.
Content:
The content of this site consists of twenty-three pages of textual material relating to the bubonic plague. The table of contents allows easy access to a variety of topics pertaining to the plague. The different topics include, an introduction to the plague, origins of the plague, the plague approached to Europe, arrival in the west, the disease itself, forms of the plague, a description of the plague, and then another description of the plague, official reactions towards the plague, medical measures taken, learned opinion, avoidance to the plague, the flagellants, description of the flagellants, effects on the population, economy, culture, art, and politics, historical timing of the plague, the recurrences, and finally a postscript of the plague. There are no pictures.
Other Links:
The only link that is given is to the author of the research done. This link just tells about the different kind of research he has done and how to ask him questions.
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I highly recommend this web site for anyone that is doing a project on the bubonic plague.
Age Level:
The age group that would be more likely to use this site would be college age or older.
Content:
The content of this site consists of twenty-three pages of textual material relating to the bubonic plague. The table of contents allows easy access to a variety of topics pertaining to the plague. The different topics include, an introduction to the plague, origins of the plague, the plague approached to Europe, arrival in the west, the disease itself, forms of the plague, a description of the plague, and then another description of the plague, official reactions towards the plague, medical measures taken, learned opinion, avoidance to the plague, the flagellants, description of the flagellants, effects on the population, economy, culture, art, and politics, historical timing of the plague, the recurrences, and finally a postscript of the plague. There are no pictures.
Other Links:
The only link that is given is to the author of the research done. This link just tells about the different kind of research he has done and how to ask him questions.
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I highly recommend this web site for anyone that is doing a project on the bubonic plague.