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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Achaean League

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated encyclopedia entry on the Achaean League, a federation of Greek city-states during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. Site includes timeline, maps, photos and bibliography.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Akhenaten

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of Akhenaten and early Egyptian civilization.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Alcibiades

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry on the gifted Athenian statesmen, Alcibiades. Includes map, photos, timeline and links to related material.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Alexander the Great

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical material on the life and times of Alexander the Great informs with text, photos and map, timeline, video and links to related content.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Archimedes

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry provides an account of the life of Archimedes, a pioneer in the fields of mathematics and engineering.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the life of Greek philosopher Aristotle, with images, a timeline, and links to related content.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Asclepius

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry delves into the life of the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius, with a discussion on how he was portrayed in mythology and art.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Asia Minor

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated encyclopedia describes the geographic region in the south-western part of Asia known as Asia Minor. Includes timeline of historical facts and images.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Battle of Chaeronea

For Students 9th - 10th
Reference material provides details on one of the most renowned of all Greek battles, the Battle of Chaeronea. Discusses the preliminaries, the battle, and the aftermath.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Battle of Gaugamela

For Students 9th - 10th
Reference page provides detailed information on the Battle of Gaugamela, the final meeting between Alexander the Great of Macedon and King Darius III of Persia.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Solon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Solon, one of the founders of Athenian democracy. Among the challenges he tackled were a serious debt problem among the less affluent, restructuring the social system, and developing a new law code.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stonehenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain in England, is one of the most recognizable monuments of the Neolithic world and one of the most popular, with over one million visitors a year. Construction of Stonehenge was a result of at least three...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Alexander Coin

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine a coin portrait of Alexander the Great struck after his death as a commemoration. Also view two accompanying video clips that provide useful background information about Alexander and about the history of coins used in the...
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Boise State University

Boise State University: The Punic Wars: Carthage

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Carthage and its economic importance in the ancient world.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Family and Household

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Turn from the typical studies of society's politics, economics, etc. to focus on the way the family unit fits into society in this unit.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Socrates

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of the Greek philosopher Socrates, the philosophy he developed, his influence, and his execution for impiety and for corrupting young people.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of the Greek philosopher Plato, the philosophy he developed, and his legacy.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World History: 600 Bce 600 Ce Second Wave Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
We have 2 resources from here but should be cross-checked against embedded videos.
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United Nations

Unesco: Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica

For Students 9th - 10th
This World Heritage website features ancient Syracuse and the Necropolis of Pantalica, located in Italy. The Necropolis has over 5000 tombs from the 13th to 7th centuries BC, and ancient Syracuse encompasses Ortygia, which was founded by...
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Lin and Don Donn

Mr. Donn: Social Studies: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a teacher-created collection of social studies lesson plans on world history. Lessons cover ancient history up to the present day.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion: Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
The Krannert Art Museum provides a great collection of artwork from all over the world. Click on "collections" to access images of African, Egyptian, America-Pre-Columbian, USA, Ancient Gandhara, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Greece,...
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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

The Lost City of Mapungubwe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has interesting background information of the ancient city of Mapungubwe in South Africa which was hidden from the world by the apartheid government. Now scholars and archaeologists can explore and excavate there with no problems.

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