GEMS People Teaching & Learning

Comment on any of these links :

 Geography, History and Virtual Travel

Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips:  http://www.history.org/trips

Natural Wonders of the World:  http://www.field-guides.com/sci/natwon/index.htm

Teacher’s Guide Virtual Field Trips:  http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html

CyberBee:http://www.cyberbee.com

Global Online Adventure Learning Site:  http://www.goals.com/Index.htm

The Jason Project:  http://www.jasonproject.org

Virtual Field Trips:  http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours

Xpeditions @ National Geographic:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions

K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html

Life in the Middle Ages
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

New Perspectives on the West :  http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest

The American Civil War Homepage :  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war

Geography Worksheets
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm

Lewis and Clark :  http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark

Aztec 

http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/SB/Ancient/Aztec.html

Here are student reports and artwork on the Aztec empire.

Aztec Architecture 

http://library.advanced.org/10098/aztec.htm

A few people may mistake the Mayas for Aztecs. This website explains how the Aztecs built their holy temples, houses, the Emperor’s palace, as well as a very religious temple.

The Aztec World With Mr. Burnett

http://eaglelink.sas.edu.sg/intermediatesc/ThirdGrade/EBurnett/Aztecs/aztecworldindex.html

Internet links, activities, research, and more.

The Ancient Aztecs 

http://library.advanced.org/27981/

The website includes information about Aztec rulers, daily life, technology, culture, religion, the Spanish conquest, and has a timeline, glossary, web links, and bibliography.

Aztecs from the Empires Past website 

http://library.advanced.org/16325/y-main.html

Website provides information about the Aztecs society and governmental structure, their scientific advances in the areas of astronomy and medicine, religion,and interest in the arts, agriculture and social conditions of their time. Also learn about Cortez and the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.

Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html

In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico, and made his way to the Aztec capital. Here you can read accounts by the Aztecs written shortly after the conquest.

“Mexico” Lessons Stories at Trek Teachers’ Zone 

http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/mexico/mexstories.html

Read Aztec myths about the founding of their capital city: ‘The Heart of Copil’ and ‘The Evil of Texcatlipoca.’