Ancient History Resources

The Book of the Ancient World by Dorothy Mills

WWM-1, E-C1

• Outline Map of Ancient Egypt

• OPT Map “Map of Egypt at the Time of the Pharaohs” (p. 3) from the PDF file The Discovery of King Tut.

• OPT Map: Map Trek "Old Kingdom of Egypt" (p. 29)

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AA, E-C4

• Interactive Hieroglyphics Site

• Egyptian Papyrus Paper Craft (from Crayola)

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AA, E-C7

• Ancient Egypt Coloring Pages

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AA, E-C8

• Interactive Make a Mummy Site

WWM, A&B-C1

• Mesopotamia -Fertile Crescent 

• OPT Map: Map Trek "Mesopotamia" (p. 24)​

WWM-3, H-C1

• Outline Map of Ancient Middle East

WWM-4, Hi-C1

• Outline Map of Ancient Middle East

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WWM-5, P-C4

• Map of  Assyrian/Persian Empires

• OPT Map: Map Trek "The Assyrian Empire" (p. 35)

• OPT Map: Map Trek "The Persian Empire Under King Darius" (p. 44)

WWM-6, Ph-C4

• Map for Labeling the Phoenician Colonies

• OPT Map: Map Trek "Phoenicia's Trading Empire" (p. 37)

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The Book of the Ancient Romans by Dorothy Mills

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Resources

• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources

• Readings in Ancient History II: Rome and  the West by William S. Davis

• World History Timeline

• See Citizenship for links to Plutarch's Lives

BOAR Week 1

• Italy Physical Geography Map Maker (PDF) (labeled)

• Italy Physical Geography Map Maker (PDF) (labels needed)

BOAR Week 3

• BBC News Article

BOAR Week 5

• The Seven Hills of Rome (YouTube clip)

• The Seven Hills of Rome Map or Here​

BOAR Week 8

• Map of Pyrrhic War​​

BOAR Week 13

• Map of Rome and the Eastern Countries​

BOAR Week 17

• Printable Maps for the Roman Empire (Use the first map from this link for this chapter.)

BOAR Week 18

• Roman Empire Expanded -See maps from Week 17 (Print "Expansion of the Empire in the Age of Augustus")

BOAR Week 19

• The Seven Hills of Rome -See maps from Week 4

• Roman Clothing

BOAR Week 20​

• Roman Bulla Craft

• Harry Potter's Bula  OPTIONAL

BOAR Week 22

• Cicero: Selected Letters

• Horace: 2 Poems

BOAR Week 23​

• Roman Emperors Comparison Chart

• Pictures from Roman Life and Story  by Alfred Church (To read further about Caractacus, read Chapter 11.)

BOAR Week 25

• Roman Emperors Great Ideas Discussion PDF (PBS) Full Lesson: Here

• "The Coliseum" from Lord Byron's Childe Harold

• Column of Trajan from Khan Academy

Be sure to download or access this version of Eva March Tappan's The Story of the Roman People. This version contains the suggestions for written composition following each chapter.