Students used iPads and desktop computers to study ancient humans' stone tool technology at becominghuman.org. How far we've come since the days of writing down lessons on clay tablets!
We've been studying hominids and early human ancestors in social studies. But here's the odd thing: we have rarely used our textbooks! They're a great resource, but we've been focusing on digital media to get our info. Two great resources: The History Channel and its website (of course! It's in the name!), and one of their programs, From Ape To Man, on DVD. We've also made extensive use of becominghuman.org, a great site curated by Donald Johanson (click on the site name above and the link will take you there!). He's the paleontologist who helped discover the famous "Lucy" fossils of one of our earliest bipedal hominid ancestors, Australopithecus.
I plan on doing a lot more things like this. The British Museum has great sites covering Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Greece. They're very kid-friendly, yet highly informative, with rigorous content and interesting, fun, and educational activities. If you're teaching ancient cultures, or just interested in them, I highly suggest checking those sites out, too. Here's a some links:
I plan on doing a lot more things like this. The British Museum has great sites covering Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Greece. They're very kid-friendly, yet highly informative, with rigorous content and interesting, fun, and educational activities. If you're teaching ancient cultures, or just interested in them, I highly suggest checking those sites out, too. Here's a some links:
- Mesopotamia (mesopotamia.co.uk)
- Ancient Egypt (ancientegypt.co.uk)
- you get the idea . . .
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