Grades 4-8

By: Erin Fry

Great 120 minute plays to kick off or wrap up the ancient civilization lesson you teach.  Includes writing activities and resources.

THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN SOCIETY

     "Who was the Piltdown Man?"
     "Around the Fire at Terra Amata"
      "Adventure in Catal Huyuk"

THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION AND BEYOND:  MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT, KUSH, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

     "Humans and Gods in Mesopotamia"
     "Sargon's Rule and Hummurabi's Code"
     "Planning a Pyramid"
     "Hatshepsut and Thutmose III"
     "Meroe's Warrior Queen"
     "Into Israel"
     "The Persian Empire"
 

TO THE EAST: INDIA AND CHINA

     "Aryans in the Indus River Valley"
     "Class and Duty in the Hindu Religion"
     "Buddhism Begins"
     "Schools of Thought in China:
     "The Q'in Dynasty"
     "A Tale of Two Chinas"

TO THE WEST:  THE AMERICAS

     "The Olmecs"

GREECE

     "Victory at Marathon"
     "A Trial in Athens"
     "Socrates"
     "Alexander the Great"

ROME

     "Romulus and Remus"
     "The Plebeians Fight Back"
     "The Punic Wars"
     "Hail Caesar!"