For Over the Christmas Break

If you aren't familiar with research papers, these links might give you some ideas:

This is a fabulous site to get a good idea of what we'll be doing -- just remember this is college level, not high school or middle school level, so don't get intimidated.  Skim over the different samples and then look at the green tabs for information on the parts of the research paper.

This is an excellent summary you can skim to see the steps in writing a research paper.  We will be walking through these, basically.

12/11/15

Great list of links about American Indian tribes

Priceless collection by a photographer hired by J. P. Morgan in the early 20th century to photo-document various native scenes, lots of variety here shows the many different cultures

Food lists for different languages -- fantastic

This is the project to collect information on these languages

Wow -- same project, tons of resources for students

Early for this, but here's some Pearl Harbor links because today is the day Pearl Harbor was attacked (thanks to Sharon for reminding me)

Short video with Roosevelt speech

Photo of the memorial site with the U.S. Arizona sunken under the visitor center

Newsreel (warning, use of the word "Japs", which can be insulting today)

12/4/15

Steam boiler animation

Princess and the Goblin, George MacDonald children's book about goblins in mines

Schoolhouse Rock, Mother Necessity

Caution -- difficult material -- opium addict video (you can't watch it on safe mode)

Cotton gin video

11/20/15

Really good summary of the American War of Independence -- highly recommend you watch at least twice (and try to read the captions!)

Same for this one of the French Revolution

Here's the Napoleonic Wars

Optional, the History of Ireland -- just of interest to some


Great map on the colonial powers


Movie Clip for "Master and Commander"

(hint, if you watch youtube videos for the class for your student, make sure you have your settings for safety, it helps avoid inappropriate ads at the side.  You can set it by going all the way to the bottom of the page and clicking restrictions).

Burns poem broken down

More 11/12/15

Bonsai tree guide

Zen rock garden picture

Defenestration of Prague

The window

Black Hole of Calcutta (read with parent permission)

Taj Mahal Website

Versaille Website

Press conference on a movie about the Jesuits in Japan

Cromwell in Ireland

11/5/15 and 11/12/15

Archaeological site found concerning the Maccabean Revolt in ancient Jerusalem

El Dorado poem

Playlist for American history Schoolhouse Rocks

Tale of Two Cities (recommended for reading this book) online

Les Miserables (recommended, but much harder) online


Visual history of largely Western wars interesting in that it is a graphic that demonstrates the geography and intensity of wars over time

Good video on the Thirty Years War (one slightly off joke, one use of the "cr" word)

Some Prager University videos:

On religious freedom

On exploration

On early American history, Spanish Armada


Interview with religious historian (optional)

13 colonies games


English Civil War (more detail than you need)

Glorious Revolution (more detail than you need -- only watch if you have an interest in this subject)

10/30

art perspective in the Middle Ages

finding the Earth round (not sure about this blog in general, preview before jumping around).

Medieval vs. Renaissance art

list of famous Christian scientists

Galileo biography

Occam's Razor

Northwest Passage

10/23/15

Picture of the Torah (a scroll)

Video on Agincourt

Computer reenactment of Agincourt

Battle of Agincourt

Painting speculating about the Exodus]

Crash course African history (couple dumb jokes) 

Cool interactive library on Moghul Empire 

Interactive map of the explorers 

Funny Magellan cartoon

Spanish galleon

10/16/15

Watch out for the commercials on YouTube, they are getting a bit out there!

This is an interesting essay from a U of Kansas professor.  He compares feudalism to organized crime, just in its organizational aspects.  But you can ignore the read and just read the black for a good overview of how feudalism worked in some ways.

The professor has a number of lectures online in written form, I haven't read them all.


Feudalism chart

Here's a page for Mrs. Dygert's question about the Norman invasion.  They seem to have been referring to William bringing a more developed, top down feudal organization to Britain, which had not had one central leader before that.   I think Bauer may have pointed this out because of the importance of the Domesday Book, which was a survey made of all the British lands for William, who now considered himself owner of it all as he had conquered.

10/9/15

The Dark Ages misconceptions


Art contest about medieval art

Magna Carta

Greensleeves (modern language)

Greensleeves (older)

Kipling's Dane-geld

Battle of Hastings game


Medieval music database

10/2/15

Beowulf in Old English

Funny video on the politics of language

Video about Scots and Irish accents from a Latter Day Saints missionary

Pretty funny video demonstrating the many accents in Britain (some bad language)

Speech in Welsh 

Checklist for essays (designed for full length essay, but there's some hints there for smaller essays)


illuminated manuscripts

Lindesfarne

Hagia Sophia

Fabulous images, Book of Kells

Scotland in the Middle Ages (not reviewed, check with parents)

arabesque

Beautiful video on silk painting

Tang laquer horse

9/25/15

Christian Classics:  This site e-publishes historical Christian books, click on the links at the top to browse their works


Librivox recording of The Adventures of the Ten Princes, a 6th century AD work from the Gupta Dynasty's era.  I have not listened to a word of this, and ancient Indian writings can be problematic, so preview if you have concerns.

Librivox is an amazing resources, by the way.  Volunteers record themselves reading books from the public domain.  We got a lot of George MacDonald books that way. 

9/18/15

Medieval painting, Aeneas fleeing burning Troy

The Aeneid online

Roman ancient founding geography

Beatitudes, use your own Bible if you'd like, please use a translation and not a paraphrase, or in addition to the paraphrase

Timeline for Jewish history

Masada (difficult story, read with parent permission)

Conservative news story on the Nazarani sign (do not click on links or read comments, get permission)

Silly Constantinople song

First triumvirate

The Dying Gaul (closeup of head only)

Romulus and Remus Etruscan copy (parent permission)


1944 photo of Mt. Vesuvius eruption

GREAT animated map of the rise and fall of Rome

Excavated Pompeii (difficult photos, get permission)

Vesuvius

9/11/15

Qin and Han Dynasty video, good summary

Qin Dynasty video with the Great Wall

Second half of that show (I haven't previewed this one)

Some UCLA lectures on the history of India;  I have not previewed all of these, and they are for adults, but they seem good quality and interesting. 

This is also a good video to watch parts of to see how college classes work at a large university, there is a large lecture by the professor and then students break into smaller groups to meet other days with a "TA" (teaching assistant), usually a graduate student (someone who has his BA or BS and is working for a higher degree)

 He discusses in part of the first lecture the way he will create exams, and essay questions.

This is the article I took the note-taking handout from;  this is an open site so I'd suggest against clicking on any links.

Fun interactive BBC site on the Indus Valley civilizations


Encyclopedia article on Confucius

9/4/16

Here's a picture of the Macedonian phalanx (this is a late version, but the same idea as used by Philip and Alexander)

Description of the Battle of Thermopylae

An internet copy of Antigone

8/21/15 and 8/28/15

Different kinds of axes in history

Differences between the three Egyptian periods

Relief of Assyrian siege tower

China dynasty song

Picture of a silkmoth

Silkworm video

Silkworm factory

Interactive timeline, click back to 3500 BC

Timeline for Mesopotamia, click on other timelines to see related ones