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