The Mayan Ball Game

Our webquest for today is here.

Guns Germs and Steel

It was requested, so I have all three episodes below.

Did Archimedes build a death ray?

We are talking about the age of Hellenism and the many great inventions and discoveries.  Archimedes is one of the great Greek minds of the period with many great things attributed to his name.  Here is a great podcast talking about his fabled "death ray."

Here is an interesting article on the topic.

Kitty Cat armor

Now this is pretty neat.

Radiocarbon dating and DNA show ancient Puebloan leadership in the maternal line

Very interesting article I found, ties in with our Native American unit

Native American Portal

This site is great for looking up specific Native American tribes.

NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS

Greek Mythology Sites

In order to help out with our Greek culture booklets, here are a few great Greek Mythology websites.

http://www.theoi.com/
http://www.greekmythology.com/
http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html
http://www.mythweb.com/

Guns Germs and Steel

Americas Quizlet

Americas Quizlet