Prehistory to  the 

River Civilizations of the Middle East

Understanding BC and AD/BCE

 and CE and the timeline

link for explanation of AD and BC

The First Humans - before Lucy!

Then there was life!  Meet Dr. Don Johanson from Kent State University in OHIO! 

 BIG THINK INTERVIEW with Dr. Johanson

Finding Lucy - by Anthropologist

Making a Map

How Lucy Got Her Name! 

Sing with the Beatles!

Link to Mr. Donn click here!

Buzzle with article to listen to! click here

Using artifacts, cave paintings to discover more about early man! click here :)


Stone Age - A Look Back video

Artifact Handout link click here

Documents for Research Collection, click here

The Ice Man, who is he?
Video Link

for more click here

National Geographic - the Ice Man - has an interactive part to it.... interesting  click here

The Day We Learned to Think!

click here for an interesting video about early man!

Interesting videos about early man from 18,000 years ago (click on title)

Checklist for Poster/Research, click here

Mesopotamia
Ancient Rivers and Farmers

Ancient River Civilizations 

Mesopotamia Maps, Timelines and Other Sources

Videos for Mesopotamia
click here for a video from History Channel

and here for a good one for note taking

Power point we used in class from Mr. Donn

Click here for power point 

Mesopotamia and Timelines

click here

Mr Donn and Resources for Mesopotamia

maps, power points, articles to read, etc.

click here

Latitude and Longitude Video we watched in class,
click here.

Web Quest for Mesopoatmia  click here
Fun Types of Map Video from England, click here

 click on title for power point above

Games and Stories for Mesopotamia click here

Making a Map Site click here

Kinds of maps:  
Physical:  Landforms/Waterways
Thematic:  Trade or Goods or Resources, etc.
Political:  Cities, Countries, Continents

Link to Website with Mesopotamia Map Types

Mesopotamian Song to memorize
click here

Exploring Interactive Website for Mesopotamia from Chicago click here