Specialty Topics:

 

China

1. The Great Wall of China                 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/ http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/
2. Xi’an Terra Cotta Soldiers http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/ http://westy.jtwn.k12.pa.us/users/mjr/china2.html
3. Chinese Ancient Dress                                                                             file:///E:/han-yuan/jindian/qipao-right5a-e.htm  http://asiarecipe.com/chidress.html
4. Chinese New Year                      http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blnewyears.htm http://www.asianbud.com/docs/cnyhistory.htm http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/chinese_new_year/history.shtml

Africa

1. Kente Cloth                                                    http://www.ghana.com/republic/kente/ http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/cloth_kente.html
2. Swahili                                           http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/cloth_kente.html http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili.html http://whc.unesco.org/exhibits/afr_rev/africa-k.htm
3. Kwanza                           http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/kwanzaa/ http://www.kidspartyfun.com/pages/themes/kwanza.html

 

India

1. Taj Mahal                                    http://www.angelfire.com/in/myindia/tajmahal.html
2. Sanskrit                                                 http://www.sanskrit.org/Sanskrit/sanskrit.htm

Aztec

1. Aztec Calendar                             http://personal.monm.edu/NKYRIAZE/aztec.htm http://www.geocities.com/calendopaedia/aztec.htm
2. Tenochtitlan                       http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/areligion.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso_america/tenochtitlan.html

 

Mayan

1. Uaxactum                     http://codesign.scu.edu/anthroweb2/037/jorgea/TheUSite.htm
2. MayanWriting                                                   http://www.halfmoon.org/writing.html

 

Mesopotamia

1. Temple Oval at Khafajah http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/MESO/architecture.html
2. Mesopotamian Pictographs http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/MESO/writing.html

Celtic

1. Celtic Tattoos                                                  http://www.luckyfish.com/celttat.html       http://www.celticgrounds.com/chapters/c-tattoo.htm
2. Book of Kells          http://www.esotericart.com/fringe/art/symbolic/BookKell/kells.htm http://www.goaheadvacations.com/newsletter/archive/2002_11/main.asp

 

Islam

1. Cordoba  Mosque  http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ia/archi/thegreatmosquecordoba.html
2. Islamic Calligraphy        http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ia/art/icalligraphy.html

Rome

1. Pantheon
2. Roman Fashion                                                                                   http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-dress.html
3. Roman House                                                                                     http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html
4. Famous Romans                                                                               http://www.roman-empire.net/children/famous.html

Greece

1. Olympics                                                        http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
2. Parthenon                            http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/greece/parthenon.html

 

Oceanic

1. Hula Dance
2. Ancient Tonga                             http://www.janeresture.com/tonga_mua/index.htm
3. Black Pearls of Tahiti                 http://www.janesoceania.com/tahiti_pearls/index.htm
4. Gimi People                               http://www.janesoceania.com/png_gimi/index.htm

 

Egypt

1. Hieroglyphics: use search words ( hieroglyphs, Egypt hieroglyphics, papyrus) http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/
2. Mummification Process              http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html http://members.aol.com/egyptart/mummy.html
3. Khufu Pyramid: use search words (Khufu, Giza, Egypt pyramids, pyramids) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/complex_gallery.shtml http://www.egyptvoyager.com/pyramids_giza_khufu.htm
4. The Sphinx: use search words ( sphinx, Giza, Egpyt pyramids, pyramids) http://www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/
5. Luxor Temple: use search words: (Luxor, Luxor temple) http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/luxtem1.htm