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ARTICLES
• Ancient Egypt
• Battle of Kadesh
• Rosetta Stone
• Hieroglyphics
• Pyramids

RESEARCH GUIDE
• Ancient Egypt

HISTORICAL MAPS
• Ancient Egypt: Three periods
• Battle of Kadesh
• Pyramids of Giza

TABLES
• Important dates in ancient Egypt's history

TIMELINES
• History of Ancient Egypt
• Advances in Archaeology

SPECIAL REPORTS
• Medical Tales from the Crypt

QUESTIONS
1. Why did the ancient Greek historian Herodotus call Egypt "the gift of the Nile"?
2. What were some achievements of the ancient Egyptians?
3. Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
4. What was the Amarna Revolution?
5. Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
6. What discovery led to the deciphering of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics in modern times?
7. When did ancient Egypt reach the height of its power?
8. What did the ancient Egyptians call their country? Why?
9. From where does our knowledge of ancient Egypt come?
10. What was the chief industry in ancient Egypt?

PICTURES
• Rosetta stone
• Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
• Civilisation of ancient Egypt
• Papermaking in ancient Egypt
• Typical country estate in Ancient Egypt
• King Horemheb of Ancient Egypt
• Importances of the Nile River to ancient Egypt
• Cleopatra
• Queen Hatshepsut's temple
• Egyptian mummies
• The death of Cleopatra
• Anubis
• Canopic jar, used in preparing a mummy
• First pyramid in Egypt
• Pyramids of Giza
• Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt
• The Great Spinx, Giza, Egypt
• Osiris, Egyptian god of the afterlife
• Important divinities in Egyptian mythology

VIDEOS
• Great Sphinx
• Pyramids of Giza
• Valley of the Kings
• How ancient Egyptians made a mummy

SOUND
• Carter on discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Ancient Egyptians
• Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt
• Legends of the Gods, The Egyptian Texts

WORKSHEET
• Ancient Egypt

WEBQUEST
• Ancient Egypt

The Aztec believed the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán in Mexico was built by a long lost race of giants. Teotihuacán served as an important religious center in the Aztec empire.

ARTICLES
• Aztec
• Montezuma II
• Tenochtitlan

RESEARCH GUIDE
• Aztec

HISTORICAL MAPS
• Aztec Empire
• Hernán Cortés's expeditions 1519-1535

TIMELINE
• History of Aztec

PICTURES
• Aztec god of fire
• Aztec goddess Coatlicue
• Aztec writing
• Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Hernán Cortés and Aztec leaders
• Human sacrifice in Aztec religion
• Montezuma II
• Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan
• Spanish conquest of the Aztec
• Spanish soldiers attacked Aztec Indians

VIDEOS
• Did Aztecs really practice human sacrifice?

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• The Aztec

WEBQUEST
• Aztec: Way of Life

Forbidden City at night
The Forbidden City is a historic walled area of Beijing, China. In addition to residences where emperors of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties once lived, the area has dozens of courtyards, palaces, temples, and gardens. Today, the Forbidden City's buildings are preserved as the Palace Museum.

ARTICLES
• China
• Shang dynasty
• Zhou dynasty
• Qin dynasty
• Han dynasty
• Sui dynasty
• Tang dynasty
• Song dynasty
• Ming dynasty

RESEARCH GUIDE
• China

MAPS
• Population density in China
• China - Ethnic Groups

TABLES
• China in brief
• Important dates in China

TIMELINE
• History of China

PICTURES
• Great Wall of China
• Forbidden City
• Terracotta warriors of Xi'an

VIDEOS
• Great Wall of China
• Tiananmen Square protest
• Who was the first emperor of China?

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Chinese of the Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties
• Chinese Revolution

E = mc-squared is a formula developed by the physicist Albert Einstein that relates mass and energy.

ARTICLES
• Albert Einstein
• E=mc-squared
• Relativity
• Gravitation
• Gravitational Waves

RESEARCH GUIDES
• Albert Einstein
• Gravitation

TIMELINES
• Albert Einstein

PICTURES
• Albert Einstein (1905)
• Albert Einstein (1940)
• Portrait of Einstein
• Einstein with wife
• Einstein and his sister
• Einstein plays the violin
• Einstein at Princeton

VIDEOS
• Einstein talks about the hydrogen bomb

BEHIND THE HEADLINES
• Einstein was Right

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Albert Einstein Biographical Connections
• The Einstein Theory of Relativity

ARTICLES
• Environment Pollution
• Ocean Pollution
• Water Pollution
• Air Pollution
• Light Pollution

RESEARCH GUIDE
• Environmental pollution

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Pollution

PICTURES
• Air pollution
• Ocean pollution
• Water pollution
• How water pollution occurs
• Pollution from solid waste

VIDEOS
• How polluted are the oceans?
• Why are so many rivers polluted?
• Paper recycling
• Aluminium recycling

WORKSHEETS
• Environmental Pollution

QUESTIONS
1. How can consumers encourage manufacturers to produce less-polluting products?
2. What causes most air pollution?
3. What natural processes cleanse water systems?
4. How does the desire for convenience contribute to environmental pollution?
5. What are some ways governments work to control pollution?
6. Why is solid waste difficult to eliminate?
7. How does population growth contribute to environmental pollution?
8. How does population growth contribute to environmental pollution?
9. What are the hazards and benefits of ozone in the atmosphere?
10. How can businesses help reduce pollution?

Mao Zedong led the long struggle that made China a Communist nation in 1949.

ARTICLES
• Mao Zedong
• Cultural Revolution
• The Long March
• The Great Leap Forward

TABLE
• Important dates about communism

TIMELINES
• Mao Zedong
• Communism

HISTORICAL MAPS
• China: Civil War
• The Long March

WEBSITES
• Documents that Changed the World: Mao's 'Little Red Book'
• Handbills from the Cultural Revolution

PICTURES
• Mao Zedong

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Chinese Revolution

The Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleyman I dominated much of Europe and North Africa.

ARTICLES
• Ottoman Empire
• Suleyman I
• Fall of Constantinople
• Osman I

RESEARCH GUIDES
• Ottoman Empire

HISTORICAL MAPS
• Ottoman Empire: During the 1600's
• Ottoman Empire: The Beginnings
• Ottoman Empire: The Decline
• History, Ottoman Empire: Europe
• Rise of the Ottoman Empire
• Fall of Constantinople 1453

WORKSHEETS
• Ottoman Empire Timeline

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of rebellions that swept away Russia's monarchy and laid the foundation for the Communist Soviet Union. V. I. Lenin would rule Russia as a dictator until his death.

ARTICLES
• Russian Revolution of 1917
• Nicholas II of Russia
• Red Army
• Bolsheviks
• V.I. Lenin
• Leon Trotsky
• Joseph Stalin

RESEARCH GUIDES
• Russian Revolution of 1917
• Nicholas II of Russia
• V.I. Lenin

TIMELINES
• V.I. Lenin
• Communism

TABLE
• Important dates in Lenin's life

PICTURES
• Lenin addressing the Soviet Congress
• Czar Nicholas II and his family
• Striking workers during Russian Revolution
• V.I. Lenin
• Joseph Stalin
• Leon Trotsky

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Russian Revolution

WEBQUESTS
• Russian Revolution

Battle of the Somme, 1916
British troops go "over the top" during the Battle of the Somme in northern France. The battle took place during the summer and autumn of 1916. It was one of the longest and bloodiest campaigns of World War I (1914-1918).

ARTICLES
• Battle of the Somme
• Battle of Fromelles
• Battle of Pozières
• Trench Warfare
• Western Front

HISTORICAL MAPS
• Battle of the Somme
• Battle of Fromelles
• Battle of Pozières
• Australian Remembrance Trail

RESEARCH GUIDE
• World War I

PICTURES
• Battle of the Somme, 1916

WEBQUESTS
• World War I: Overview

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• History Summarized - World War I

ARTICLES
• D-Day in World War II
• Battle of Normandy

HISTORICAL MAPS
• World War II: Normandy invasion area
• World War II: Normandy invasion detail

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
• D-Day Order of the Day

TEACHING WITH DOCUMENTS
• D-day Message from General Eisenhower to General Marshall (1944)

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• World War II Europe

PICTURES
• Hitting the beaches on D-Day

VIDEOS
• Invasion of France
• How was D-Day conceived?
• Why was D-Day so important?
• What would have happened if D-Day had failed?

BACK IN TIME
Article written during the year in which the events took place and reflects the style and thinking of that time.
• World War II (1944)