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Mythology - What Is It?
Students explore Greek mythology. In this mythology lesson, students discuss and define mythology. Students view pictures and associate them with the correct Greek myth. Students answer trivia questions about their knowledge for mythology.
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Understanding Calvin
Students examine the vision of John Calvin. In this Calvinism instructional activity, students compare Calvin's religious ideology with that of Martin Luther as well as the Catholic Church. Students discuss the lecture they listen to and...
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Valentine's Day
Young scholars create a flower, poem, and mailbox for someone to open on Valentine's Day. In this Valentine's Day lesson plan, students also write Valentine letters.
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Understanding to Read and Describe It
Second graders, with hearing disability, practice vocabulary building strategies. In this vocabulary strategy lesson, a student practices sight words using word cards. The student verbalizes a sentence with the new words while the...
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Look at What I Did at School!
Third graders use an outline to write a letter to their parents sharing their week at school.
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Rotating Rings of Ice
Students work together to develop a model of Saturn and its rings. They identify what types of materials make up the rings and how they revolve around Saturn. They write a short paragraph describing the rings.
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Passages of Man and Word
Third graders explore transportation and written communication prior to the Renaissance.
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Make a 1000
Second graders work in pairs to decide on a collection idea. They are to record how they are going to collect the items (from home or from school) and how they are going to display the items to share with others.
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Light My Fire ...Fly
Students examine fire flies. They measure the frequency of light stimulus used by communicating fire flies. Students explore the concept of organisms using light to communicate. Students film the fire flies and quantify the duration...
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MOSAICS
Visual arts lesson emphasizing pattern and design in individual student mosaics made with paper and reviewing line, shape, space, and color. The individual mosaics will be used to create a border for a group mosaic in another lesson.
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: Augustus and the Roman World
William Morey, in his 1901 textbook, explains Augustus' administration of the three parts of the Roman Empire, Rome, Italy, and the provinces.
Other
University of Illinois: The Early Centuries of the Greek Roman East
Read about the history of the Romiosini, or Greek Middle Ages and the development of the Greek-Roman east. The article is divided into two different sections. The first section includes the foundation of Constantinople as a means to...
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: The Supremacy of Rome in Italy
One of Rome's strengths was the way it governed the peoples it conquered. Find out the difference between the Romans, the Latins, and the Italians in terms of rights of citizenship.
Other
Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Roman Numerals: Origin, Letters and Examples
Explores the origin and letters of the Roman Numeral number system.
Math Aids
Math Aids: Number Systems Worksheets
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to number systems. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Numbers and Counting: Numeric Symbols
Briefly describes some of the ways that numbers can be represented, including using a few other number systems, such as Roman and Mayan.
Other
Mayan Math
A basic, illustrated description of the math system developed by the Mayans. Includes a paragraph comparing the Mayan system favorably with the Roman numeral system of the same time.
Math2
Math2.org: Number Notation
At this website from Math2.org you will find tables with information about number words, meanings, and the symbols used to express them. At the very bottom there is also a Java Base Conversion Calculator.
Islami City
Islamic History: Arabic Numerals
Considers the origin of our "Arabic," system of number notation as probably having originated in India. Has illustrations demonstrating how much less cumbersome this system is than Roman, Egyptian, or Greek numeration.
iCivics
I Civics: Cradle of Democracy Mini Lesson
No one person invented the kind of government that we have in the U.S. Check out two early governments that inspired the system that we have today: Athenian democracy, and the Roman Republic.
Curated OER
Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.
Curated OER
Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.
Curated OER
Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.