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The British Museum

The British Museum: Indus Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site offers students an online glossary, as well as a game of matching pieces of pottery, spending the day with the maker's son, and exploring the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro.
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Harappa: Mohenjo Daro

For Students 9th - 10th
Ethnographic site explores famous Mohenjo-daro through 103 indexed slides, some never published before, and an illustrated essay.
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Ohio Historical Society: The Late Prehistoric Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Groups of different peoples were living all over major river valleys. Many times they would come in contact with each other. Authors discuss the groups living in the Ohio River Valley such as the Fort Ancient, Whittlesley, Sandusky and...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Assyrians

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 B . C . The Assyrians invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: This Just In! Nile Network News Update

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Site offers interdisciplinary lesson plans on Ancient Egypt.Students will thoroughly research many aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. Lessons will culminate with students presenting their research findings using, a T.V News Show format....
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Harappa: A Walk Through Mohenjo Daro

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wonderful, large pictures of that mysterious ancient city, Mohenjo-daro.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Townsend's Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Townsend's Pocket Gophers require deep, moist soils of river valleys and ancient lake beds. Other pocket gophers that are found in the same region, in the northern Great Basin, prefer different soil types: Botta's Pocket Gopher is...
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Kushan Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated site presents an essay on the culture and history of of the Kushan Empire of Ancient India.