Websites to Support the New Curriculum
Grade 3: Cluster 4
Exploring an Ancient Society
Learning Experience
3.4.1
Daily Life in an Ancient Society
3.4.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
3.4.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Ancient Egypt :
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/
projects/webunits/egypt/Main.html
Cleopatra - A multimedia guide to the Ancient world:
http://www.artic.edu/cleo/index.html
National Geographic: Mayan Adventure:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bureau/index.html
Guardian’s Egypt:
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/
Mayan Kids:
http://www.mayankids.com/mkintro.htm
Elementary Themes: The Vikings:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/vikings.htm
Viking Life:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/life/index.shtml
Fragments of Time:
http://www.antiquities.net/
Mysteries of Egypt:
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypte.html
Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams:
http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/paleoesq/peexheng.html
3.4.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Learning Experience
3.4.2
World Communities
3.4.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
3.4.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Vikings Beliefs:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/beliefs/index.shtml
Canadian Museum of Civilization – Mysteries of Egypt:
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypt_e.html
Ancient Egypt - The British Museum:
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
World Myths and Legends in Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts):
http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/
Worldviews: Maya Ceramics from the Palmer Collection:
http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/
Online%20Exhibits/Worldviews/WorldViewHome.htm
History for Kids:
http://www.historyforkids.org/
The Seattle Art Museum: The Story of Soha:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/archive/
egypt/discover/Soha/Soha.htm
3.4.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Make your Own Cartouche:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html
Write in Runes:
http://sunnyway.com/runes/write_in_runes.html
Learning Experience
3.4.3
Contributions, Continuity and Change
3.4.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
3.4.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Museum of Ancient Inventions:
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm
Ancient Egypt: Inventions :
http://www.lakelandschools.org/lt/Museum/Tech/tech.html
Aztec Technology :
http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/tech.html
Explore the MesoAmerican World:
http://www.ballgame.org/main.asp?section=1
Arts of Asia:
http://www.artsmia.org/arts-of-asia/asia.cfm
Guide to Japanese Castles:
http://www.jcastle.info/castle/index.html
Machu Picchu:
http://www.ifip.com/Machupijchu1.htm
Mayan Kids - Cities of Pyramids and Enchanted Dwarfs:
http://www.mayankids.com/timeline2.htm
3.4.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES