Pandia Weblinks

10 Prehistoric Cave Paintings:  https://www.touropia.com/prehistoric-cave-paintings/

Ted Ed History of Dogs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_KWmzLObQ4 – This brief video explains this history of our best friends. The vocabulary is quite advanced, but the animation clarifies the meaning.

Watch a demonstration of how to make Neolithic pottery in this YouTube video.

Use this website to see how your name looks in cuneiform: https://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php

Find a wealth of additional information about life in ancient Mesopotamia here: http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu

Learn about a very famous piece of ancient artwork, the Standard of Ur: http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/ur_standard

A video from TeacherTube that explains how writing got started (contains an ad at the beginning): https://www.teachertube.com/video/cuneiform-250885

Learn how to make a mummy from National Geographic Kids. The illustrations are cartoonish, making them easy to use with those who might be squeamish about mummies:  https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/history/egypt/how-to-make-a-mummy/

Information on many of the ancient Egyptian gods:  https://www.historyforkids.net/egyptian-gods.html

Watch a TedEd video about a day in the life of an Egyptian doctor:  https://youtu.be/2rvLEJrQm7g

A fun game Birmingham Museums. This site covers ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and later time periods: http://www.bmkids.org.uk/preload.htm 

You met her in your History Hop! Here’s Hatshepsut’s very own Ted Ed video about the attempts to erase her reign: 

A video about Peruvian weaving: 

This site from DK has lots of kid-friendly information about Maya culture:  https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/mayans/

The creation story of the Maya:

Check out the famous Maya ball game in action (with a softer ball than the traditional):

Here’s a mesmerizing virtual YouTube tour of the Hanging Gardens of Assyria:

TedEd videos on the rise and fall of Assyria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pa54hWROpQ

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-assyrian-empire-marian-h-feldman

This website summarizes some of the main facts about the Persians:

https://www.historyforkids.net/persian-empire.html

TedED Video about why purple is never used in any country’s flags – includes background on the Phoenicians and their famous purple dye:   https://ed.ted.com/featured/Zeu6QxKu

TedEd video that explores the question: Did Troy Really Exist?

 Two websites displaying some of the art of the times:

http://www.historywiz.com/minoans-mm.htm

http://www.historywiz.com/mycenaean-mm.htm

Information on what it was like to be a child in ancient Greece:

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greek-children.html

This TedEd teaches us more about our friend Herodotus, and also includes some information on Sparta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A542ixwyBhc

A TedEd about the origin of the Olympics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdHHus8IgYA

This TedEd video goes more in depth about Sparta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7V1a1I5BL0

A TedEd video about life in Athens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8S6virCwM

A website with more information on Alexander the Great:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Alexander_the_Great

An animated virtual tour of the Indus Valley:

indus-valley-civilization

A highly interactive website about the Indus Valley from the BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxn3r82

An animated video about the life of Ashoka the Great:

https://mocomi.com/ashoka-the-great/

YouTube video shows how Rome changed the map year after year, very interesting:

History Quest does not have in depth coverage of Cleopatra. If you’re interested in learning more about her, check out this TedEd video:

YouTube video has a live reenactment of what it was like to be a Roman soldier:

A TedEd video for those who can’t get enough on Roman soldiers:

For those interested in architecture, here’s a video about how arches work:

This 8-minute video is a virtual time-lapse video of what it was like the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii:

A TedEd video about the assassination of Julius Caesar:

A kid’s song that teaches Roman numerals:

This week’s craft project is to make and play a game of Mancala. Here’s a lot more information about the game:

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/mancala-411837

This YouTube video demonstrates Chinese calligraphy:

After you meet Empress Leizu in your History Hop, check out this YouTube video about silk-making:

A TedEd video about the history of tea. Only the first minute takes place during ancient times. The rest of the video covers developments regarding tea in later times:

A brief National Geographic video about the terracotta army:

Check out this TedEd video about the famous terracotta army:

TedEd video will teach you more about the Silk Road:

This 30-minute video could serve as an extra lesson on ancient China for those who want to review or learn more:

A brief National Geographic video about the Hagia Sophia:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/videos/ancient-megastructures/istanbuls-hagia-sophia-1463.aspx

TedEd video covers the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire. Only the first part of the video deals with events from ancient times:

TedEd video will show you more about Islamic design and makes a great connection for those studying geometry: