Create a Country - Part 9 - UN

Listening for Differences article - great food for thought.

Create a Country - Part 8 - Trade with Others

1. Activity to activate prior knowledge and thinking: Global Interdependence

2. Activity showing the positive views of trade.

3.  Trade with other might mean being open to immigration - check out this map of American immigration over time.

Create a Country - Part 9 - NonProfits to explore

1. Give micro-loans: www.kiva.org

http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/video/

Egypt Sites

Ancient Egypt - pictures and web resources. GREAT site (scroll to the bottom):
http://www.historylink101.com/

Ancient Egypt
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/soc_studies/Egypt/egypt.html
Information about the pre dynastic & archaic periods, the Old Kingdom, the
Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom from a school district in the state of
Washington.

Ancient Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Egyptian life, geography, gods & goddesses, mummification, pharaoh,
pyramids, temples, time, trades, and writing from the British Museum.

Ancient Egypt
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/egypt.htm
Huge list of annotated links including plans with instructions on how to
make your own mummy.

The Ancient Egypt Site
http://www.geocities.com/amenhotep.geo/
Three thousand years of civilization and information on gods and pharaohs.
Includes a keyword index and a huge links page.

Ancient Egypt Webquest
http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian
hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and archeology.

The Ancient Egyptian Culture Exhibit
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/egypt/index.shtml
An exhibit in the MSU EMuseum which has information on the culture of
ancient Egypt, including architecture, art, hieroglyphs, military, maps,
and daily life.

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/
From the pages of National Geographic in 1923.

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Egyptlife.html
Information of all sorts from a teacher and his students.

Digital Pharoahs
http://www.desk.nl:80/~pdenijs/faraos.html
Several virtual mummies online.

Egypt Antiquities (Ancient Egypt) from Tour Egypt
http://touregypt.net/egyptantiquities/
Information about ancient Egypt from the current government. See their
Color Me Egypt, (http://touregypt.net/kids/) too.

Egyptians
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/
From the BBC, deciphering hieroglyphs, the story of the Nile, Ancient
Egyptian Magic, women in Ancient Egypt and more.


Explore Ancient Egypt
http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/index.html
A beautiful site from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html
From the University of Memphis, an exhibit, a virtual tour, and links to
other ancient Egypt sites. See particularly the clickable map of ancient
sites (http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/map.htm).

King Tut: The Boy Pharaoh
http://www.kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/
"Come learn about the boy king and find out for yourself why his whole
discovery was one of the greatest finds of the world."

Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/
From the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, funery customs,
natural world, gods and religion, and a chronology.

Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/
This site by an amateur Egyptologist has information on many aspects of
Egyptian culture and links to other informative sites.

Mysteries of Egypt
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypt_e.html
Here are numerous images and well-organized introductory information on
Egyptian civilization. Topics covered include geography, government,
religion, architecture, writing, and a chronology.

National Geographic: The Mummy Road Show
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/mummy/
Click through the virtual mummy to find clues to its mystery.

A New Look @ An Ancient Culture: Egypt
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Exhibits/egyptintro.html
From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.

Pyramids: The Inside Story
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
"Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt? If so, enter
here, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid,
and learn about the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built."

Rosetta Stone
http://www.rosetta.com/RosettaStone.html
From the Cleveland Museum of Art, a kid's tour of ancient Egypt that
includes "Ask the Mummy" and "Build a Pharaoh" sections.

The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html
A clickable tour of the pyramid.

Theban Mapping Project
http://www.kv5.com/
An overview of Egyptian history and archaeology as well as tours of major
monuments and tombs.

The Tomb of King Tutankhamun
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/egypt/tut.html
Photographs and descriptions of the famous tomb.

Tutankhamun
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/tut1.htm
Information about his life and photographs of the treasures from his tomb.

A Webquest: Was It Murder? The Death of King Tutankhamun: The Boy King
http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/
Discover the truth about the early death of King Tut.

Ancient Egypt
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/egypt/egypt.html
Information about the pre dynastic and archaic periods, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom from a school district in the state off Washington.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Egyptian life, geography, gods and goddessses, mummification, pharaoh, pyramids, temples, time, trades, and writing from the British Museum.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/egypt.htm
Huge list of annotated links including plans with instructions on how to make your own mummy.

http://www.geocities.com/amenhotep.geo
Three thousand years of civilization a nd information on gods and pharaohs.

Ancient Egypt Webquest
http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian hieroglyphics, king Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and archeology.

The Ancient Egyptian Culture Exhibit
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/index.shtml
An exhibit in the MSU EMuseum which has information on the culture of ancient Egypt, including architecture, art, hieroglyphs, military, maps, and daily life.

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/
From the pages of National Geographic in 1923.

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Egyptlife.html
Information of all sorts from a teacher and his students.

Digital Pharoahs
http://www.desk.nl:80/~pdenijs/faraos.html
Several virtual mummies online.

Egypt Antiquities (Ancient Egypt) from Tour Egypt
http://touregypt.net/egyptantiquities/
Information about ancient Egypt from the current governement. See their Color Me Egypt too (http://touregypt.net/kids/).

Egyptians
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/
From the BBC, deciphering hieroglyphs, the story of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Magic, women in Ancient Egypt and more.

Explore Ancient Egypt
http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/index.html
A beautiful site from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html
From the University of Memphis, an exhibit, a virtual tour, and links to other Egypt sites. See particularly the clickable map of ancient sites (http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/map.htm)

King Tut: The Boy Pharaoh
http://www.kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/
"Come learn about the boy king and find out for yourself why his whole discovery was one of the greatest finds of the world."

Live in Ancient Egypt
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/
From the Carnegie Museum of Natural history, Pittsburgh, funery customs, natural world, gods and religion, and a chronology.

Mark Millnore's Ancient Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/
This stie by an amateur Egyptologist has information on many aspects of Egyptian culture and links to other informative sties.

Mysteries of Egypt
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypt_e.html
Here are numerous images and well-organized introductory information on Egyptian civilization. Topics covered include geography, governement, religion, architecture, writing, and a chronology.

National Geographic: The Mummy Road Show
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/mummy
Click through the virtual mummy to find clues to its mystery.

A New Look @ an Ancient Culture: Egypt
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Exhibits/egyptintro.html
From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of ARcheology and Anthropology.

Pyramids: The Inside Story
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid
"Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt? If so, enter here, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn ab out the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built."

Rosetta Stone
http://www.rosetta.com/RosettaStone.html
From the Cleveland Museum of ARt, a kid's tour of ancient Egypt that includes "Ask the Mummy" and 'Build a Pharaoh" sectioins.

The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html
A clickable tour of the pyramid.

Theban Mapping Project
http://www.kv5.com/
An overview of Egyptian history and archaeology as well as tours of major monuments and tombs.

The Tomb of King Tutankhamun
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/egypt/tut.html
Photographs and descriptions of the famous tomb.

Tutankhamun
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/tut1.htm
Information about his life and photographs of the treasures of his tomb.

A Webquest: Was it Murder? The Death of King Tutankhamun: The Boy King
http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/
Discover the truth about the early death of King Tut.

Egyptian Hieroglyphic Fonts
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/egyptian.html
Download hieroglyphic fonts for Mac and Windows platforms, courtesy of the Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon.

Color Tour of Egypt
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/egypt.html
A collection of artifacts and photographs courtesy of the University of Memphis' Institues of Egyptian Art and Archaeology.

Ancient Egypt
ftp://newton.newton.cam.ac.uk/pub/ancient/egypt/
Among other things, this gopher site includes shareward based on ancient Egyptian games and a recording of Tutankhamun's silver trumpet.

The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html
A sampling from 30,000 artifacts housed at the Oriental Institute. Entries include, in most cases, a photograph and detailed description of the artifact.

Two Student Recommended Sites:

http://www.digonsite.com/drdig/egypt/

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt//

Mummy Tombs
http://www.mummytombs.com

The Michael C. Carlos Museum Odyssey (excellent!)
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html

9/11

9/11/11 is the 10th Anniversary of 9/11.  How do we teach it now?

• Teaching Tolerance:  As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, educators must be prepared to anticipate student questions and to lead sensitive class discussions. Most importantly, they need to be mindful of who is in the room and how those students may have been impacted. Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello offers tips for handling this challenging topic. "For many children this anniversary will be the first time they've really talked about 9/11 in school," Costello says. "... Plan ahead by meeting with other teachers to brainstorm likely questions and to decide what's age-appropriate."
• Television Archives - all reports 9/11 from 2001 to the present.
• From ASCD:  Article and links for great resources
• New York Times blog - 10th Anniversary.  Video and resources.  Also, great reasons WHY we should include 9/11 in our curric.
• Poetry Pairing - Comparing 9/11 to Haiti's recovery

There is a BrainPop Video... (Teton/tcsd)

Title: Thomas Friedman Reporting: Searching for the Roots of 9/11 (Discovery) - Wikipedia about the movie with great reading accompanying it.

Connections to bullying, TSB, bullyproofing...

History .com Websiste has many videos and photos and interviews.

9/11 Pictures from Time Life (great slide show)

Survivor Stories V. powerful.....on LiveStrong (search for 9/11)

Amazing Site: 9/11 Anniversary Site - Great stories, pictures, slide shows, movies... Would be interesting to cross reference with the 9/11 portraits book.

Teacher Tools

Amazing site about China and borders....we should check it out!

Climate debates...how to use?

Teacher Tools

Amazing site about China and borders....we should check it out!

Create a Country - Part 6 - Culture of Country

Terms to know:

• Culture: The way of life of a group of people.
• Customs: Special practices that are common to one group of people.
• Traditions: Customs that survive from one generation to the next generation. Examples would be religious celebrations, festivals and national holidays, and rituals such as how a culture deals with a child's baby tooth falling out.
• Technology: The scientific knowledge and tools available to a culture. The more complex and diverse the knowledge and tools, the higher the level of technology. Technology can range from a spear to a spaceship.
• Values: Beliefs about what is good, desirable, and worth holding on to. What we do and what we say are based on values. Values can be held by many people at the same time. Schooling for all children is an example of a value. Schooling can help spread values.

1. Create a Culture Web - use Inspiration OR another tool of your choice. Make sure you describe customs, traditions, technology, and values in addition to the food, clothing, housing, language(s), rules/penalites, government, transportation, education, holidays and celebrations...and any other cultural aspects pertaining to your country. See Webquest for Factors Influencing Cultural Development.

2. Create a Social Hierarchy for your country. See Webquest for Graphic Organizer.

3. Religions Map and Caption. See World Religions and Webquest

4. Create graphs that illuminate the demographics of your country. This is important in understanding the culture.  (Check out this map that shows how the demographics of immigrants change over time.)

5. Other Culture Projects (see Webquest for explanation pages):

• A one-page description of a special holiday or religious event held in your culture.
• At least 2 laws that apply to all inhabitants of your culture, along with a description of the penalties that result when these laws are broken.
• A special language, to be defined by an alphabet, the names of 20 things in your culture, 10 actions words, and a letter from one person to another. An English translation should be provided for all words created.
• A calculating system showing the following: how to count to 100, 5 math problems
• Examples of clothing worn by members of your culture. Two items are a minimum. These can be drawn or made.
• A means of transporting inhabitants and/or materials. This can be a drawing or an original model.
• A plan on how your culture's traditions will be passed on to the next generation, along with a listing of 10 things you wish to pass on to the new generation.
• A house (or other method of shelter) used in your culture (drawing or model).
• Three tools used in your culture (drawings or models).
• An explanation of the method by which members of your culture resolve serious disagreements with each other.
• How are children treated? Consider Child Labor issues around the world today.

Create a Country - Part 10 - Final Presentations

You have many options for your final project that you will present during the fair.

1. Poetry: If you want to download poetry options, go to Webquest.
2. Write a daily journal or story describing a member of your CAC's culture: a child, a government official, an explorer going into an unknown region of your CAC...
3. Create short stories about events or people from your CAC.
4. Create a newspaper addressing "current events" of your CAC.
5. Create a fairy tale or tall tale that might come from your CAC.
6. Create dances that might be done by members of your CAC during a festival, ritual, or ceremony.
7. Make musical instruments and play music from your CAC.
8. Write a speech persuading others to help with an issue your CAC is facing. (Note: you are welcome to have this connected to an issue faced by your "real country".)
9. Create an "invention" of your CAC that had unexpected effects....write about this.
10. A recent problem (ex: population explosion) arises, how will your CAC solve it? What will be the effects? Create an evening news broadcast that would be typical for your CAC introducing this problem and solution.
11. Other: the sky is the limit! Be creative and have fun!

Create a Country - Part 5 - Economics

Now that your CAC inhabitants have mastered crops are grown in your CAC (What crops are grown where should be on your political map.), it is time to create SURPLUS!

With a surplus of food, your people can Specialize. (Consider this activity before moving on: Class Specialization activity)

*Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Use the following Timeline program, create a time line to show how your country has grown and changed since it was founded. Make sure your timeline follows the FlowChart! (Need some help writing about the flowchart - check this site out.)

Now you should begin thinking about economics - or $$$:

**Barter Bags: Wants vs Needs, Barter and Trade, How did Surplus vs Scarcity affect you?
Understanding bartering and trade: "Economics 101", Bartering, trade & check out Brainpop (Teton/TCSD) Money, Can I Borrow a Quarter?

Economic principles - feminist view point included