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BBC

Bbc: British Prehistory: Iron Age Tasks

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life. Archived.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Key Points for Studying Global Prehistory

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a handy study guide for key points about prehistoric times, specifically art during this period. Includes definitions and a specific details about each continent during this period.
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BBC

Bbc: History: British Prehistory

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from BBC contains information on the Britons, the Tribes of Britain, the Mummies of Cladh Hallan, Life in an Iron Age Village, and more information on the prehistoric British Isles. Archived.
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Perigord and Prehistory

For Students 9th - 10th
A bilingual site, though the English is NOT a translation of the French (if you can read both, you will get more information), on the prehistoric sites to be found in Perigord, with lots of photos.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Prehistory

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a chronological listing of the different prehistoric cultures living primarily in Ohio from the Paleoindian period to the late prehistoric period. Hyperlinks lead to individual sites about the particular cultures.
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BBC

Bbc History: Ancient History: British Prehistory: Peoples of Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a thorough history of the early people of Britain, beginning before the Romans and continuing through the Dark Ages. Archived.
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New Mexico Museum of Art: Prehistory: Paleo Indian Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
Download a great map of New Mexico showing the Paleo-Indian sites from 10,000 B.C. to 5,500 BC. [pdf]
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Curated OER

Prehistory of the Andean Peoples (1998)

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive coverage of South America prehistory. Site and links include enormous photo gallery, essays, and bibliographies for topics such as Chavin, Moche, and Inca cultures, cultural monuments, and migration theories.
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Curated OER

Prehistory of the Andean Peoples (1998)

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive coverage of South America prehistory. Site and links include enormous photo gallery, essays, and bibliographies for topics such as Chavin, Moche, and Inca cultures, cultural monuments, and migration theories.
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Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: The Land and Its Early People: Prehistory 1519

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the four different regions with their diverse geographical features make Texas' environment quite varied and unique, and how this influenced early settlers in the state.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Time Line of Ohio History

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive timeline of events in the prehistory and history of Ohio. Hyperlinks to the multitude of specific articles about Ohio's history.
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Princeton University

Princeton University: Qed: Mapping Globalization: Map Category Queries

For Students 9th - 10th
A large database of historical maps that can be searched by map type, time period (prehistory to 21st century), theme, and world location. Themes cover economics, war, disease, trade, migration, and much more.
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Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche: The Virtual Museum of Iraq

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a virtual tour of Iraq's history. It covers periods from prehistory up to the time of the Ottomans, and includes Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Achaemenid and Seleucid, Parthian, Sasanian, and Islamic...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA ferrets out long-forgotten secrets of architects and engineers of the early civilizations. Content focuses on the trebuchets of medieval Europe, the pharaoh's obelisks of ancient Egypt, the moai statues of Easter Island, the...
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University of Chicago

Teach the Middle East: The Neolithic Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article you will learn about the chronology of the Neolithic Revolution. Stages include the Paleolithic age, a time of nomadic hunter-gatherers roamed the globe and the Epipaleolithic age, when sedentary hunter-gatherers...
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PBS

Moche Death Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Horrific photographs (some computer enhanced) of walls in Moche Temple of the Moon reveal striking similarities to dismembered skeletal remains found nearby. Check link to Gallery to find nine photographs. Video discussion of why humans...
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Bradshaw Foundation: Journey of Mankind

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map that shows how early humans traveled out of Africa and spread throughout the world. Starts from pre-150,000 B.C. and shows the history of how humans were able to populate the world. At each step there is information...
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Other

Foundation of the Hellenic World: Hellenic History

For Students 9th - 10th
A site devoted to presenting the history of Greece all the way back to the Stone Age. Choose which period you want to know more about, then choose English for a translation.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Parthia: The Forgotten Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
The Parthian Empire lasted for five hundred years and have been mostly forgotten, despite their prowess in the Middle East. Their kingdom began in 247 BC when Arsaces I was elected as King of Parni. They were the only civilization that...
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Center for the Study of the First Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
This institute attempts to provide answers to the questions: when did the first people enter the Americas, who were the first immigrants, where did they come from, and how did they get here?
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of the First Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about art history in Mesopotamia and its surrounding regions, circa 3000 B.C. Explore the history of the region through various topics including cities, rulers and religious vestments.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
A photographic history of civilization is captured in a collection of images gathered from around the world. Understand the characteristics of and the criteria necessary for civilizations to evolve as well as the ways they are destroyed.
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The Ancient Egypt Site

For Students 9th - 10th
"Explore more than 3.000 years of Ancient Egyptian history, from the end of prehistory at prehistory 3,000 BC to the closing BC the last Egyptian temple in 535/537 A.D."
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Other

The History of China

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the history of China starting in prehistory and going to the present. Maps and pictures give a solid background about Chinese history.

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