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Unit 1

Africa Explore the Regions Spotlight on Ethiopia Origin and Evolution of Ethiopian Music
Kingdoms of the Medieval  Sudan African Empires 1st - 15th Centuries Exploring Africa
The Achievements and Challenges of Mali The Story of Africa MALI Empire and Djenne Figures
Odyssey OnLine African Art Projects Africa Links
Mr. Dowling's  Ancient Africa    

Unit 2

North American Indians/Canadian Nunavut Native American Navigator Anasazi Archaelogy
 Latin America Chronology Indian Mounds of Mississippi   The First Americans
The Native Peoples of North America - History & Culture North American - Ancient Indian Links
MesoAmerica Links History of the World - America Timeline Early Native Floridians
Caribbean Natives The Arawaks of the Caribbean Anguill's PreColumbian
Northwest Native American Art Page Taino Caribbean Civilization Taino: Voices from the Past
Native American Special Homes World Almanac for Kids OnLine - American Indians

Unit 3

The History of Italy "Renaissance & Reformation Book"
Table of Contents
Italian City-States Timelines
Map: Northern Italian City-States Italy's City-States Map: Europe 1400 AD
Josquin des Préz: Chansons Guillaume Dufay Dufay: Missa Ecce ancilla Domini
G. Dufay: Mass/Chanson/Gloria Kids' Castle  
Architecture
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore...lots of Photographs
and .....


an article

 

 Unit 4

 

Prevailing Winds Sistine Chapel

    Surface Ocean Current Map

The European Voyages of Exploration 15th & 16th Centuries
Major Oceanic Surface Currents    

 

Unit 8
Anglophile.org  

Unit 10

Painting Richard Bill by John Smibert 

Actopan Monastery

Unit 11

Claude Lorrain, Biography 
Painting of : Return of Odysseus

Unit 12

Jean Antoine Watteau , Biography
1.Catholic Encyclopedia 2.WebMuseum, Paris 
Mozart and Vivaldi
The Classical Music Pages , under composers name you will find a large database to choose from

Unit 13

The Ottomans
http://www.guide-martine.com/history7.asp

Unit 14

The State Hermitage Museum

Unit 16

Saint John's Abbey

Language Arts

General Literature  
All Shakespeare Shakespeare.com`
Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales A Europe of Tales

L-1a

  Note Making
  Tips from McGraw-Hill Companies
  Outlines
  Making a Presentation - Getting Organized: Writing an Outline  - Full Text 

L-1b

African Moral Stories
  See Trisms  - African Folktales
  Afro-American Folktales
  African Folktales plus Quizzes

 

L-1c

       

Key Word Outline
  Making a Presentation - Getting Organized: Writing an Outline  - Key Word
StoryTelling
  Parents Guide to Storytelling

 

 L-2a 

       

Summarizing
  Paraphrasing & Summarizing
  Summary:Principles

L-2b

          

Key Word Outline
  See Above
Banned Word List 
  Banning Words in Creative Writing 

 

L-2c

       

Key Word Outline 
  See Above
Compare and Contrast Essays
  Literacy Education OnLine
  The RSCC  OnLine Writing Lab
  Teaching Compare and Contrast Essay Writing
  KU Writing Guide Comparison/Contrast Essays

       

L-2d

Journal

 

L-2e

       

Openers
  Writing Good Openers

         

 L-3c

       

Persuasive Essay
  The 5 Paragraph Essay - Persuasive
  Writing a Persuasive Essay

    

L-4a

       

Expository Writing
  What is Expository Writing?

    

L-4d

       

Comparison/Contrast
  LEO: Literacy Education Online

 

 

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