GRADE 6 SOCIAL STUDIES

GRADE 6 SOCIAL STUDIES

Mesopotamia	Assyria	Ancient Egypt	Phoenicians
Israelites & Judaism	Five Themes	Summary Project	Babylonians

Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions

Archeology

Thinkquest Welcome to the Archeological Adventure

The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc

The Cave of Lascaux

Discovery Channel: Stone Ages

The Life and Times of Early Man

Flint and Stones - Real Life in Prehistory

SADDAM HUSSEIN -from the BBC

Who2 Profile: Saddam Hussein

ABC News Biography of Saddam Hussein

THE TOPICS BELOW:

BAHRAIN, EGYPT, IRAN , IRAQ,   ISRAEL, JERUSALEM, JORDAN,
KUWAIT,   LEBANON, KUWAIT,   OMAN, QATAR,
SAUDI ARABIA,   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
MEDITERRANEAN SEA ,   RED SEA,    PERSIAN GULF

can be found at

A+ Country Reports, for Countries Around the World

CIA the World Factbook 2001

Information Please Almanac- Countries of the World

Printable Blank Outline Maps for Countries of the World and States

Coloring Book of Flags -printable flags that you can color

Mesopotamia -

The name is used for the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and its
tributaries, roughly comprising modern Iraq and part of Syria. South of modern
Bagdad, the sandy plains of the rivers was called the land of Sumer and
Akkad in the third millennium. Mesopotamia is not the name
for any specific people. Rather Mesopotamia had 4 groups
of people who dominated the region at different times throughout history.
THESE PEOPLE WERE THE:

Sumerians & Akkadians Babylonians Assyrians Phoenicians

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia -an excellent but detailed history of the
land we call the "the fertile crescent"

Sumerians- the first people of the fertile crescent

Akkadians

Mesopotamia- describes the Sumerians, the people who formed
a civilization in Southern Mesopotamia around 3500 B. C.

Ancient Sumer- provides very basic easy to understand information about this region

Sumerian Civilization- includes geography,
history, cylinder seals, religion, science,& more

Mesopotamia in the Electronic Passport -the fertile crescent
the Sumerians, writing, the Assyrians

Mesopotamia - The British Museum

Mesopotamia - this school created site includes the culture, daily life,
geography, government, industry and social levels

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia