EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

6-12 Resources

Activities | Lesson Plans | Resources

Levant 6-12 Resources:

• Daily Life in an Ancient Judean Town (The Badè Museum)
• The Phoenicians – First Rulers of the Mediterranean
• Ancient Israel, c. 2000 BC – 70 AD; vocabulary list, study guides and other resources
• Phoenicians and Hebrews 1200-510 BC

Mesopotamia 6-12 Resources:

• Introduction to the Ancient Near East (Khan Academy)
• Introduction to the Sumerians (Khan Academy)
• Introduction to the Akkadians (Khan Academy)
• Introduction to the Babylonians (Khan Academy)
• Overview of Assyrian Art (Khan Academy)
• Art of the Ancient Near East (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• 100 Most Iconic Inscribed Objects from the Ancient Near East
• Ancient Mesopotomian Gods and Goddesses List
• Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators (University of Chicago)
• Learning Collection: Objects from the Oriental Institute Museum’s Mesopotamian Collection
• How to Read an Artifact

Egypt 6-12 Resources:

• Digital Karnak
• Architecture and the natural world in Nubia around 15 BC;  the Temple of Dendur
• The art of ancient Egypt
• How the ancient Egyptian pyramids were built
• Ancient Egyptian religion
• Building the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
• Egypt’s last queen
• Cleopatra play and resources

Nubia 6-12 Resources:

• Archaeology in the Community-ASOR Ancient Nubia Curriculum (for videos below)

Ancient Nubia Video Part 1: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush

Ancient Nubia Video Part 2: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush

Roman 6-12 Resources:

• Rome: Republic to Empire; various resources
• Roman art
• What was life like in the Roman army?
• History Channel reenactments
• BBC site on the Romans; various resources
• Rome to the modern world illustrated, a short historical overview

Greek 6-12 Resources:

• Travels of Odysseus map
• The twelve labors of Herakles
• Introduction to The Met collection of Greek art and general background of ancient Greek culture