Posted on Aug-30-2010

Ancient History Readers’ Theater Grd 5 & up


Ancient History Readers\' Theater Grd 5 & up


Author: Robert W. Smith
Brand: Teacher Created Resources
ISBN: 1420639994
Number Of Pages: 112
Release Date: 2008-05-23
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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Why use Readers' Theater in history classes? The format gives students a sense of involvement with the human dramas that make up history. Performers can relate to the tension of a young married couple escaping from slavery to freedom. They can feel the excitement as Archimedes "discovers" the displacement of water and experience tons of other adventures! Each of the15 scripts in each book is accompanied by background information, extension activities (including literature connections), and discussion questions.

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Posted on Jun-26-2010

Topics Entertainment Presents: Ancient Civilizations


Topics Entertainment Presents: Ancient Civilizations

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Traverse the path of history through the sands of time when TOPICS PresentsT Ancient Civilizations on CD-ROM. This engrossing 4-disc collection takes the user ona global journey across the vanished cultures that pique our interest and inspire Western awe even today. Immerse yourself in Egyptian culture from prehistory to the present with Egypt: Voyage to the Land of the Pharaohs. Cruise the chronology of thestoried cities of Pompeii, Crete, Teothuican, and Petra with Academy Award winner Rod McKuen when you begin Exploring Ancient CitiesT. And while Discovering Ancient Egypt, you1ll be enthralled to discover the huge artistic and scientific debts we owe to acivilization that vanished two millennia ago. Finally, Ancient Civilizations by Tom Till presents almost two dozen captivating images from the portfolio of this award-winning photographer. The wonders and accomplishments of the globe's diverse historicalcultures reverberate for today's computer-user when TOPICS PresentsT Ancient Civilizations.

Bonus inside! The Romans - a premium 22-inch by 34-inch foldout map from National Geographic!

Egypt: Voyage to the Land of thePharaohs

The ultimate, all-encompassing Egyptian timeline from Tutankhamen to today! Egypt: Voyage to the Land of the Pharaohs journeys through the Valley of the Kings, introducing you to key _gures such as Ramses and Cleopatra. Continue yourinteractive chronology as you experience Egypt1s colonization by the Greeks and Romans, and the emergence of Christianity, culminating in a detailed exploration of modern Egypt

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  • Satellite photos along the Nilehighlighting monuments & points-of-interest
  • 10 tourist itineraries & narrated historical soundtracks
  • 300+ files on gods, figures & sites
  • 200+ literary extracts & 200+ Internet sites

Exploring Ancient Cities

Take a journey back in time, between the continents a


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  • A dynamic, interactive exploration of historical sites and cultures
  • 4-disc collection take users on a global journey across vanished cultures
  • Experience Ancient Egypt, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, and more
  • Captivating images from award-winning photographer, Tom Till
  • Includes The Romans, a bonus foldout map from National Geographic
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Posted on Dec-21-2009

History Pockets: Ancient Greece


History Pockets: Ancient Greece


I procrastinated months before buying this product, saying, "I can do this myself, I don't need everything planned out for me." Yes you CAN search the Internet and photocopy pages from library books and make your own lapbooks/history pockets, but most teachers/homeschoolers have very full plates and it is MUCH easier to use these history pockets as the basis for your project and then supplement with other stuff.

After I relented and purchased the Ancient Greece history pockets, I couldn't believe how easily the project fell into place, after weeks of neglect. You - and your kids - will be very pleased with the informative and interesting results.

I also purchased the Greek Myths literature pockets and am very pleased with those too.

Also, for what it's worth, my kids are in 1st & 2nd grade, more or less, not the 4-6 that is recommended for these pockets. So the pockets have appeal for a broad range of ages.

On the other hand, I did find it necessary to do a fair amount of prep work for them - photocopying the pages and cutting out some of the projects. If they were a couple of years older, the history pockets could have been done independently.



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Author: Sandi Johnson
Brand: EVAN-MOOR
ISBN: 1557999031
Number Of Pages: 96
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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In History Pockets?Ancient Greece, Grades 4?6, you?ll find nine memorable discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of the civilization. The other pockets give a comprehensive view of life in ancient Greece.The book includes the following pockets: Introduction to Ancient Greece?city-states, map, and time line, Military Power?Persian Wars, hoplite soldiers, and Alexander the Great, Daily Life?mosaic tiles, weddings, and Knucklebones, Government?art of persuasion, jurors? ballots, and Socrates, Religion and Mythology?gods, goddesses, and myths, Work and School?at the agora, coins, schools of thought, Art and Architecture?frescoes, amphorae, and the Parthenon, Language and Literature?Greek alphabet, theater masks, and lyric poetry, Sports and Entertainment?banquets, pentathlon, and the Olympics. In each of the pockets you will find: a reproducible pocket label, a bookmark of short, fun facts about the subject, an art reference page, a fact sheet of background information for teacher and students, arts and crafts projects, plus writing activities. Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book for teacher and student assessment purposes.

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I Liked It But My Student Didn't
I've been impressed by the content of the 3 "History Pockets" books we've used in our homeschool (Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Greece). I think they would be really helpful for visual and tactile learners. Unfortunately, my DD hated all the cutting & pasting involved. She found it to be busywork.

I would recommend the "History Pockets" to students who don't mind all the prep work involved in making the folders/lapbook.


Great addition to history curriculum -especially for kids that love crafts!
I used this to suppliment another world history curriculum with my kindergardener and 4th grader. My little guy couldn't do everything, but he enjoyed the things he did. They both loved it. They are proud of the "books" that they each made. I will try their other products.

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Posted on Sep-16-2009

Ancient Egypt, Grades 4-7: A Comprehensive Resource for the Active Study of Ancient Egypt (High Interest Social Studies)


Ancient Egypt, Grades 4-7: A Comprehensive Resource for the Active Study of Ancient Egypt (High Interest Social Studies)

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Combining teachers notes, historical information, high quality reproducible activity pages and detailed drawings bring these ancient civilizations to life in your classroom. Subjects covered include geography, agriculture, domestic life, culture and society, religion and so much more! Many hands-on activities included. 110 pages.

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Posted on Jul-30-2009

History Of Ancient Art


History Of Ancient Art



Author: Franz Von Reber
ISBN: 1444622110
Number Of Pages: 504
Languages:
Original Language: English
Unknown: English
Published: English

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Posted on Jul-29-2009

Kingfisher Blue: Treasures of an Ancient Chinese Art


Kingfisher Blue: Treasures of an Ancient Chinese Art


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Author: Beverley Jackson
ISBN: 1580082610
Number Of Pages: 224
Release Date: 2001-10-01
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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Many cultures around the world have used bird feathers as decorative accessories to denote status, wealth, and even royalty. Nowhere did this unusual art form reach greater popularity than in China, beginning a thousand years ago and continuing to this day. Using the kingfisher—with its uniquely iridescent range of ultramarine to bright turquoise-blue feathers—as their bird of choice, Chinese artisans created extraordinary and exquisite objects, rendering the many-hued feathers with exquisite technique. The sheer breadth of these objects is staggering, from massive eight-foot-tall screens to tiny two-inch-long hair pins, from ornately ornamental lanterns to elegantly simple bird cages. Beverley Jackson has once again gathered an exceptional group of objects for study from great museums and private collections alike. Her lively, informative text and unique selection of historical photographs make KINGFISHER BLUE a coffee table book that reads like a novel.

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an awesome eyeful of iridescence
While Kingfishers today are celebrated around the world from Papua New Guinea, to Australia, Malaysia, England & the USA, their images appearing on paper money & stamps all around the Pacific Ocean, it has been the people of China who have penned poems to these halcyon-feathered creatures, & written songs in turquoise-tinted praise.Stories, of course, abounded, & Beverley Jackson has woven one of them through the pages of her latest book, & re-enchants us with the visions that have mesmerized emperors, peasants, dowagers, actors, prostitutes, brides & foreigners alike.KINGFISHER BLUE is a masterpiece, a labor of love unparalleled. If blue is your favorite color; if you have ever looked upon a thing of beauty colored by the feathers of these fabled birds - then you will simply have to put it on your Wish List or purchase your very own copy.Beverley Jackson always takes you away into the reaches of time, remember her SPLENDID SLIPPERS? She wafts us away into the lives of another people, into magical stories where you learn about all sorts of strange & wondrous things, & with superb photography, gifts you indelible images.KINGFISHER BLUE deserves a crownful of stars!

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Posted on Jul-27-2009

Art of the Ancient World: Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Architecture from Egypt Mesopotamia, Crete, Greece, and Rome (Library of Art History)


Author: H. W. (ed.). JANSON
Edition: First Edition
Number Of Pages: 496

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A massive history of ancient art, with 42 full-page color plates and 700 monochrome illustrations.

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Posted on Jul-25-2009

The Cave and the Cathedral: How a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient Art of Man


Aczel has written a very interesting book, but you'll probably be disappointed if you pick it up because of the misplaced hype about "a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar" or in the belief that Aczel will actually solve "one of the greatest mysteries in anthropology." I enjoyed this book because the journey was interesting, even if the destination seemed to be a bit pat.

As other reviewers have suggested, Aczel really "pokes the bear" when he resurrects the theories of Leroi-Gourhan, who found a great deal of sexual symbolism in decorated caves, while dismissing almost out of hand Jean Clottes' theories about the role of cave paintings in shamanistic practices. I lack the expertise to form a judgment about either hypotheses, but I come away from the "The Cave and the Cathedral" with the sense that Aczel's comparison of the two positions is somewhat superficial.

Regardless, I enjoyed the book because it opened my eyes to some of the enduring mysteries about ancient decorated caves. Why did our ancestors start decorating caves in the first place, and why did they keep decorating them for the better part of 20,000 years, using more or less the same collections of signs and symbols? Were our ancestors obsessed with sex? (Perhaps some things never change.) Why is the art so innaccessible, so hidden in darkness, so unlike what Daniel Boorstin called "the architecture of light" that characterizes cathedrals? Why did people stop decorating caves around 10,000 years ago? Aczel suggests it might have something to do with the advent of agriculture and animal husbandry, but agriculture didn't arrive everywhere at once--this hypothesis would be more convincing if the record suggested that decorated caves tapered off in places where farming took hold, but continued elsewehere (perhaps it did, but that evidence isn't presented here). Maybe homo sapiens gave up painting caves because our neurological wiring changed, or because some viral new artistic or religious idea swept the prehistoric world, or both.

Who knows? If you enjoy thinking about these mysteries but don't require "the Answer," you will enjoy reading the book, speculating along with Aczel while marveling at the caves and the often remarkable stories of their discovery. If you expect him to select or defend the Right Theory, you are likely to be irritated (see some of the "one star" reviews for a flavor of this perfectly reasonable reaction).

For readers interested in thinking further about what our ancestors might have been up to, consider When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth (what myths can tell us about what happened in prehistoric times), The Goddess and the Bull: Catalhoyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization (a neolithic city and its obsession with bulls and godess figures), and Renfrew's Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind (Modern Library Chronicles).

The Cave and the Cathedral: How a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient Art of Man

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What France's ancient cave drawings may reveal about the origin of language, art, and human thought-insights into one of the greatest mysteries in anthropology

They roam deep underground in the recesses of French (and some Spanish) caves: Bulls and bison. Horses and stags. Rhinos, bears, human-like creatures, and more. Painted, drawn, or engraved, these incredible images are 32,000 years old, yet they seem full of personality and life. Who were the artists? How did they make these paintings miles into labyrinthine caves with only stone candles to light the way? Why did the artists make them and what do they mean? What about the undecipherable signs accompanying the art? Popular science writer Amir Aczel examines the cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development. Drawing on years of research and his own visits to Paleolithic caves, Aczel takes us underground on an unforgettable journey of discovery at the crossroads of art, science, and history in the quest to solve the mysteries of this Stone Age art and deepen our understanding of human evolution.

Amir D. Aczel (Brookline, MA) is a research fellow in the history of science at Boston University and former visiting scholar at Harvard University. He is the author of 14 books, including Fermat's Last Theorem (978-0-385-31946-1), Descartes's Secret Notebook (978-0-7679-2034-6), and The Jesuit and the Skull (978-1-59448-956-3). He has appeared on the CBS Evening News, CNN, CNBC, and ABC's Nightline, as well as NPR's Weekend Edition and Morning Edition.
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What Are The Ancients Trying To Tell Us?

"Why would the Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherers of Europe expend so much time and effort to penetrate into deep, dark, and dangerous caverns, where they might encounter cave bears and lions or get lost and die, aided only by the dim glow of animal fat¿burning stone candles, often crawling on all fours for distances of up to a mile or more underground . . . to paint amazing, haunting images of animals?"
—From The Cave and the Cathedral

Join researcher and scientist Amir D. Aczel on a time-traveling journey through the past and discover what the ancient caves of France and Spain may reveal about the origin of language, art, and human thought as he illuminates one of the greatest mysteries in anthropology.

"A well-researched and highly readable exploration of one of the most spectacular manifestations of the unique human creative spirit–and one of its most intriguing mysteries."
—Ian Tattersall, Curator, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, and author of The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know about Human Evolution

Browse Relics Found by Author Amir D. Aczel


The dotted horses of the cave of Pech Merle.
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A Mousterian stone ax.
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Drawing of a Pyrenean ibex from the wall of the Black Salon.
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Posted on Jul-23-2009

The Art of Ancient Egypt. Gay Robins


I have nothing substantial to add to the preceding laudatory reviews, but I was so impressed and pleased with my purchase that I felt obliged to say so. The book is beautifully produced with superb color pictures, added to which the illustrations are not the same old/same old that have appeared over and over again. The text is intelligently written and interesting, steering a steady course well between the levels of pop introduction and scholarly tome.

It would be among the best purchases for anyone with more than a passing interest in the subject.

The Art of Ancient Egypt. Gay Robins

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For some 3,000 years, the great civilization of the Nile Valley produced some of the finest works of art the world has ever known, whether exquisitely painted on tomb walls, carved in stone or wood, or cast in metal. Illustrated with over 250 remarkable objects from the British Museum and other collections in Egypt, the United States and Europe, this book traces the course of Egyptian art from its sudden initial flowering to its final resurgence during the rule of the Ptolemies. The author explains how the ancient artists developed a system that was perfectly adapted to expressing the Egyptians world view, encapsulated in their religious and funerary beliefs. She explores the different functions of artistic products in temples, tombs and everyday life, and stresses the importance of understanding them within the context for which they were originally designed.

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Posted on Jul-18-2009

Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea (Museum of Fine Arts)


Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea (Museum of Fine Arts)


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Author: Nancy Tingley
Edition: 1
ISBN: 5873175349
Number Of Pages: 368
Languages:
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Original Language: English
Published: English

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Once a strategic trading post that channeled the flow of riches and ideas among countries situated along the South China Sea and places as far away as India and Rome, Viet Nam has a fascinating history and an artistic heritage to match it. This lavishly produced catalogue will help introduce English-speaking audiences to Viet Nam’s amazing body of artwork, ranging from the first millennium B.C. to the 18th century.

 

The authors begin by discussing, for example, the elegant burial jars, iron axes, bronze artifacts, and jewelry of the early Sa Huynh culture; the bronze ritual drums of the Dong Son; and the jeweled gold pieces, excavated from the walled center of Oc Eo in the kingdom of Fu Nan. New scholarship investigates the trade in gold and Chinese ceramics between Cham and the Philippine kingdom of Butuan. The final section is devoted to art from Hoi An, once a major international port. Of note are the ceramic wares produced in northern and central Viet Nam from the 16th to 18th century.

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This beautiful work is the result of more than twenty years of research, diplomacy and tireless effort by Nancy Tingley; and it shows. The photography is gorgeous,the writing is beautiful and the research is flawless. This definitive work on the art of ancient Viet Nam is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of south or southeast asia.

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