Patrick Kelly contact information:
School phone: 650-854-3962 x 138
email: pkelly@llesd.k12.ca.us
California Standards for 7th Grade English: http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards/reading/grade7.html
Yourdictionary.com http://yourdictionary.com/
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Luciferous Logolepsy (a collection of over 9,000 obscure english words) http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/
Guide to Grammar and Writing http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar
The Owl Online Writing Lab guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (might be the clearest and most useful grammar tool on the Internet) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/
California Standards for 7th Grade Social Studies: http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards/history/grade7.html
The BEST resource link for each of the Social Studies Sections in 7th Grade History. click here
- Stone Pages
- This site is a comprehensive online guide to European megaliths and other archaeological sites. http://www.stonepages.com/
- Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory
- Sponsored by the Museum of Antiquities in Great Britain, this exhibition takes you into the lives of the inhabitants of Britain and north west Europe from the time when ice sheets still covered land and sea, until the time when settled farming peoples were cultivating the land. http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html
Roman Art and Architecture
Here is a wealth of visual information on ancient Rome. Much material is on the city of Rome itself including sculpture, architecture and painting. It covers multiple eras including the Republican Era, Augustus and the Early Empire, Flavian to Hadrian, the Late Imperial Period, Constantine, and Christian Rome. There is also material on Pompeii, Athens and beyond. http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/
- A Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors
- This collection of emporers offers users images and information to be used in reports or computer hypermedia. http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~justin/Emperors/baggin_emperors.html
- The Landings of Caesar in Britain
- This site offers maps and information about Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55 and 54 B.C. http://www.athenapub.com/caesar1.htm
- The Ottoman Period
- Visit the sites of the Ottoman empire, view costumes, learn about types of food, the people, the water system, and enjoy sightseeing. http://jeru.huji.ac.il/eh1.htm
- ArabNet: Arab Countries
- This award-winning site is an online resource about the Arab and Islamic world. It offers information on homes, economics and history -- and even the A to Z's of camels! http://www.arab.net/
African States in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
- Africa Information Center
- Histories, cultures, and economies of African countries is included at this site. Also includes maps and tourist information. http://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html
- Lords of the Earth
- Maya/Aztec/Inca Center deals with the archaeology and anthropology of the Americas. http://www.mayalords.org/
- Rabbit in the Moon
- This site includes a large amount of information on ancient Mayan culture and offers the chance to learn to write your name in Mayan glyphs. http://www.halfmoon.org/
- The Forbidden City: A Virtual Tour
- Beautiful maps and photography as well as a great tour of Beijing's Forbidden City is presented at this site. http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/!start.html
- Splendors of Ancient China
- This beautiful site features a traveling exhibit of art from Taipei National Palace Museum. Artwork represents almost 4,000 years of imperial Chinese history. Memory intensive with incredible images http://www.asianart.com/splendors/index.html
- Ancient Japan
- This site is meant to be a resource for students to extract overall background on the culture or history of ancient Japan. It offers information on history, culture, a gallery of graphic resources, timeline, atlas, glossary and internet resources. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/ANCJAPAN.HTM
- The Celts
- Folklore, life style, building, and crafts of medieval European society are found at this site. http://nma.simplenet.com/nageana/nageanamainpage.htm
- Wichamstow
- Take a virtual tour of this medieval village and find out about the everyday activities of its inhabitants. Listen to a tale, go to war, or view flora and fauna of the Old English countryside. http://www.regia.org/village.htm
- Welcome to the Mary Rose
- Take this virtual museum tour of the Mary Rose, a 16th century warship of King Henry VIII. Activities are listed, but are more for making the actual visit to this English ship than to do in your classroom. Creative adaptations could be made from them, however. http://www.compulink.co.uk/~mary-rose/
- The Crusades: A Chronicle in Art
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Artworks which show life at the time of the Crusades. Click on the picture to see an enlargement which can be shown to the class or used in projects. Explanations of each painting are given. http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/crusades/crusades.html
- Norman, Welsh & Edward Castles
- A beautiful web site filled with informatin on castles of the Middle Ages. http://www.castlewales.com/types.html
The Middle Ages
Enter and discover what life in the Middle Ages was like. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
- Exploring Leonardo
- One of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci as an inventor, military engineer, and scientist. This web site, sponsored by the Museum of Science in Boston, offers lesson plans for use in the classroom. http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html
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