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Ancient Rome
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(Look in 937, in the non-fiction collection, for books about Ancient Rome.)

Readability levels = easiest, = at approximate grade level, = advanced, = most difficult.
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Table of Contents
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. 1. History of Rome . .7. Mythology and Religions
. -----Timeline---The Republic ---Carthage/Punic Wars---The Empire . -----Mythology---Roman Gods and Goddesses ---Christianity
. 2. Rome's Legacy . .8. Technology, Architecture and Art
. -----Legacy . -----Technology---Architecture---Art
. 3. Daily Life . .9. War and Conflict
. -----Daily Life---Women and Family ---Slavery---Education---Clothing---Culture . -----Army---Navy---Roman Britain
. 4. Government . 10. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts
. -----Republic---Empire---Leaders . -----Videos---Images---PowerPoints---Podcasts
. 5. The Fall of Rome . 11. WebQuests and Fun
. -----The Fall of Rome---Why Civilizations Fail . -----WebQuests---Fun
. 6. Economy and Trade . 12. Miscellaneous Resources
. ----Economy---Trade . -----Doing Research and Writing Essays ---Translate this... ---Misc. ---Short Stories
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Readability
1. History of Rome
Timeline and Maps
1. Brief timeline of Roman history (bbc.co.uk)
2. Timeline of Roman history (historylink102.com)
3. Ancient Rome timeline (bbc.co.uk)
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4. How geography shaped Rome (Ithaca City School District, New York, USA)
5. Map of the expansion of the Roman Empire: requires Flash (University of Oregon)
6. Map of the Roman Empire (roman-empire.net)
7. Maps of Roman Italy (roman-empire.net)
8. Maps of the city of Rome (roman-empire.net)
9. Meta site of maps of Ancient Rome (bible-history.com)
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Roman Republic 500 BCE to 30 BCE
1. Before Rome - the Etruscans (historyforkids.com)
2. Etruscan civilization (inforplease.com)
3. The Etruscans: PowerPoint presentation (Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua, NY, USA)
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4. The rise of Rome (mrdowling.com)
5. Legend of Rome (historyonthenet.com)
6. Foundation myth (historylink102.com)
7. The City of Rome (bbc.co.uk)
8. The growth of Rome (schoolshistory.org.uk)
9. Founding of Rome (University of Nevada - Reno, USA)
10. The Roman Republic (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA)
11. The rise of Rome to 201 BCE (fsmitha.com)
12. Roman Republic - the civil wars (historyforkids.com)
13. The fall of the Roman Republic (bbc.co.uk)
14. Rome - expansion and conquest: 55 min video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
15. Ancient Rome - rise to power: 55 min video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Carthage and the Punic Wars
1. Carthage (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)
2. Carthage (historyforkids.com)
3. Punic Wars timeline (redrampart.com)
4. The Punic Wars (mrdowling.com)
5. The Punic Wars and Hannibal of Carthage (mrdonn.org)
6. Hannibal (encarta.msn.com)
7. Hannibal (Encyclopedia of the Orient)
8. Punic Wars (wikipedia.org)
9. Rome to 79 BCE (fsmitha.com)
10. The Punic Wars and expansion (University of Nevada - Reno, USA)
11. The Punic Wars: open video to view segments on the Punic Wars - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Roman Empire 30 BCE to 476 CE
1. Republic to Empire (pbs.org)
2. A brief history (roman-empire.net)
3. The Roman Empire (encarta.msn.com)
4. From Spartacus to Augustus (fsmitha.com)
5. The Imperial regime (classicsunveiled.com)
6. The Roman Empire (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA)
7. Early Empire (University of Nevada - Reno, USA)
8. The Roman Empire (bbc.co.uk)
9. The end of the Western Roman Empire (mrdonn.org)
10. The "Fall of Rome" the decline of the Roman Empire (about.com)
11. Ancient Rome - fall of an empire: 51 min video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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2. Rome's Legacy
Legacy
1. Legacy of government (mrdowling.com)
2. Roman achievements (mrdonn.org)
3. Improvements under the Empire (mrdonn.org)
4. The legacy of the Roman Republic (encarta.msn.com)
5. The great builders (roman-empire.net)
6. The evils of Rome (roman-empire.net)
7. Roman virtues (novaroma.org)
8. From Ancient Greece to Rome: PowerPoint presentation (Mrs. Bradley, Ker H.S., Texas Education Network, USA)
9. Rome - Republic and Empire: PowerPoint presentation (East Tennesse State University, USA)
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3. Daily Life
Daily Life
1. Daily life in the Roman Empire: 26 min open video to view segments on daily life - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
2. A day in the life of Ancient Romans (Timothy Johnson, University of Florida)
3. People of Rome (historyforkids.org)
4. People (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
5. Social order (pbs.org)
6. Daily life (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
7. Join the empire - the life of a Roman citizen (mrdonn.org)
8. Life in Roman times (pbs.org)
9. The daily life in Rome (library.thinquest.org)
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10. Roman houses (mrdonn.org)
11. Roman houses (historyforkids.org)
12. Houses (library.thinkquest.org)
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13. Roman food in the Mediterranean (historyforkids.org)
14. Food for rich Romans (historyforkids.org)
15. Ancient Roman recipes (bbc.co.uk)
16. Food #1 (historyonthenet.com)
17. Food #2 (historyforkids.org)
18. Meals of the day (classicsunvieled.com)
19. Health and medicine (historylink102.com)
20. Shopping (historylink102.com)
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Role of Families and Women
1. Roman families (historyforkids.org)
2. Families and children (bbc.co.uk)
3. Roles of men, women, and children (University of Richmond, Virginia, USA)
4. Marriage and family in Roman society (historylink102.com)
5. Role of Women (pbs.org)
6. Role of women in Rome (womeninworldhistory.com)
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Slavery
1. Roman slaves (historyforkids.org)
2. Slaves (historyonthenet.com)
3. Slavery in Roman society (historylink102.com)
4. Slaves and freemen (pbs.org)
5. A slave society (bbc.co.uk)
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6. Spartacus (mrdowling.com)
7. Spartacus - gladiator and slave (mrdonn.org)
8. The Roman gladiator (ablemedia.com)
9. The real Spartacus (channel4.com)
10. Slavery in Ancient Rome: open video to view segments on slavery - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Education
1. Education (historyonthenet.com)
2. Roman schools (historyforkids.org)
3. Ancient Roman education (crystalinks.com)
4. The life of a Roman child (Mountain City School, Tennessee, USA)
5. Schooling (mrdonn.org)
6. School in Ancient Rome (lagazzettaitaliana.com)
6. Education in Ancient Rome (encarta.msn.com)
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Clothing
1. Clothing (historyforkids.org)
2. Clothing and hair styles (mrdonn.org)
3. Roman dress (roman-empire.net)
4. Roman clothing
5. Roman clothing (vroma.org)
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Culture
1. Roman entertainment (mrdonn.org)
2. Roman relaxation PowerPoint presentation (primaryresources.co.uk)
3. Roman festivals (internet-at-work.com)
4. Leisure and entertainment (vroma.org)
5. Roman theatre (mrdonn.org)
6. Writers (pbs.org)
7. The Circus Maximus (mrdonn.org)
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4. Government
Republican Government
1. The growth of Rome (schoolshistory.org.uk)
2. Patricians and Plebians (mrdowling.com)
3. Government of Rome (historyonthenet.com)
4. Government of Rome in the Republic (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
5. The early republic (historyforkids.com)
6. The Civil Wars (historyforkids.com)
7. The Roman Republic (encarta.msn.com)
8. Some early Roman laws (historyforkids.com)
9. Roman Republican Constitution (University of Texas USA)
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Empire
1. Emperors of Ancient Rome (Emory University, USA)
2. From Julius Caesar to Claudius (historyforkids.com)
3. Chronicle of the emperors (roman-empire.net)
4. The imperial index - the rulers of Ancient Rome (roman-emperors.org)
5. The early emperors (roman-empire.net)
6. The Empire - government (thinkquest.org)
7. Civil government unit in the late Empire (about.com)
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Leaders
1. Famous Romans (roman-empire.net)
2. Leaders of Ancient Rome: open video to view segments on the Punic Wars - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
3. Ancient Rome - struggles for power: 46 min video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
4. Julius Caesar #1 (mrdowling.com)
5. Julius Caesar #2 (bbc.co.uk)
6. Julius Caesar #3 (pbs.org)
7. Augustus #1 (mrdowling.com)
8. Augustus #2 (bbc.co.uk)
9. Augustus #3 (pbs.org)
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10. Caligula #1 (bbc.co.uk)
11. Caligula #2 (pbs.org)
12. Claudius #1 (bbc.co.uk)
13. Claudius #2 (pbs.org)
14. Nero #1 (mrdowling.com)
15. Nero #2 (bbc.co.uk)
16. Nero #3 (pbs.org)
17. Enemies and rebels (pbs.org)
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5. The Fall of Rome
The Fall of Rome
1. Fall of the Empire #1 (historyonthenet.com)
2. Fall of the Empire #2 (historyforkids.com)
3. After the Romans (bbc.co.uk)
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4. After the fall: the Ostrogoths (historyforkids.com)
5. After the fall: the Visigoths (historyforkids.com)
6. After the fall: the Franks (historyforkids.com)
7. After the fall: the Vandals (historyforkids.com)
8. After the fall: the Byzantines (historyforkids.com)
9. After the fall: from the Lombards to Islam (historyforkids.com)
10. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: by Edward Gibbon and as audiobook (Project Gutenberg and Librivox)
11. Age of Constantine and the Germanic Invasions: 20 minute video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Why Civilizations Fail?
1. Why do civilizations fail? (learner.org)
2. Why did Rome fall? (roman-empire.net)
3. Decline and fall of Ancient Rome - muder, suicide, old age or inevitable: PowerPoint (John C Raby, The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ, USA)
4. Civilizations - the fall of power: 20 minute video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
5. Civilizations - abuse of power: open video to view segments on the abuse of power - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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6. Economy and Trade
Economy
1. Roman economy (historyforkids.org)
2. Rome - Economy (thinkquest.org)
3. Roman economy (unvr.com)
4. Roman farming #1 (historylink101.com)
5. Roman farming #2 (historylink102.com)
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Trade
1. Trade (historyonthenet.com)
2. Roman trade links (University of Oregon)
3. Roman roads #1 (Kentucky Distance Learning)
4. Roman roads #2 (historylink102.com)
5. Flash map of urban development of the growth of a road network (University of Oregon)
6. Trade routes (historylink102.com)
7. Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean after 480 BC (Nordic Underwater Archaeology, Sweden)
8. Trade between Rome and Asia (Metropolitan Museum, New York)
9. Trade between Arabia, Rome and Asia (Metropolitan Museum, New York)
10. Roman money (Kentucky Distance Learning)
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7. Mythology and Religions
Mythology
1. Difference between myths, legends and folktales (myths.2ebn.org)
2. What are myths and legends (Sheffield Theatres, UK)
3. The founding of Rome - the story of Romulus and Remus (Boys' Town of Rome, Italy)
4. Mythology (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
5. Myths and legends of Ancient Rome: 20 minute video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
6. Encyclopedia Mythica (pantheon.org)
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Roman Gods and Goddesses
1. How the Romans worshipped their gods (encarta.msn.org)
2. Religion (pbs.org)
3. Roman gods (mrdonn.org)
4. Roman religion (historyforkids.org)
5. Ancient Roman religion (historylink102.com)
6. Religion (bbc.co.uk)
7. Roman religion - images (bbc.co.uk)
8. Rome and religion (Emory University, USA)
9. Roman pantheon of gods and goddesses (loggia.com)
10. Roman religion: open video to view segments on religion - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Christianity
1. Beginning of Christianity (historyforkids.org)
2. Christianity in Ancient Rome (historylink102.com)
3. Spead of Christianity (University of Oregon)
4. Early Christianity (Washington State University USA)
5. Early Christians (pbs.org)
6. Christian history - the basics (bbc.co.uk)
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8. Technology, Architecture and Art
Technology
1. The Sciences of Ancient Rome (library.thinkquest.org)
2. Technology in Ancient Rome: open video to view segments on technology - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
3. What Rome built (mrdowling.com)
4. Roman technology (bbc.co.uk)
5. Roman Science (historyforkids.org)
6. Discover Roman technology (bbc.co.uk)
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7. City planning in Greece and Rome (encarta.msn.com)
8. Aqueducts (historylink102.com)
9. Sanitation in Ancient Rome (wikipedia.org)
10. Sewage systems in the Roman Empire (sewerhistory.org)
11. Water and wastewater systems in Imperial Rome (waterhistory.org)
12. History of plumbing (theplumber.com)
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13. Roman roads #1 (Kentucky Distance Learning, USA)
14. Roman roads #2 (historylink102.com)
15. Roman roads (Discovery Channel)
16. Roman bridge (wikipedia.org)
17. Bridges (University of California, USA)
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18. Writing (Emory University, USA)
19. Telling time (Kentucky Distance Learning)
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Architecture
1. Roman architecture (historyforkids.org)
2. Ancient Roman architecture - arch and vault
3. Ancient Roman architecture
4. Ancient Roman architecture (greatbuildings.com)
5. The Colosseum: building the arena of death (bbc.co.uk)
6. Pictorial tour of the Empire (roman-empire.net)
7. Pictorial tour of Rome (roman-empire.net)
8. Art & Archaeology images (Archart, Italy)
9. Roman buildings: open video to view segments on buildings - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Art
1. Roman mosaics (mrdonn.org)
2. Roman mosaics - seven examples (ancient-times.com)
3. Roman mosaics - photo album (classicalmosaics.com)
4. Stories in stone - conserving mosaics in Roman Africa (The Getty Museum, USA)
5. Mosaics and tesselations (classicalmosaics.com)
6. Totally tessellated (thinkquest.org)
7. Patterns and tilings by their symmetry group (Steve Edwards, SPSU, Marietta, GA, USA)
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8. Roman art (historyforkids.org)
9. Roman art and architecture (encarta.msn.com)
10. Roman art and architecture meta links page (Sweet Briar College, Virginia USA)
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9. War and Conflict
Army
1. Soldiers (Emory University, USA)
2. The Roman army #1 (bbc.co.uk)
3. The Roman army #2 (historyonthenet.com)
4. Res Militaris (thinkquest.org)
5. The Roman Army (thinkquest.org)
6. The Roman Army: an overview (historylink102.com)
7. The Roman Army (castra.org.uk)
8. The Roman Army: formations (historylink102.com)
9. Roman fort: virtual reality tour (bbc.co.uk)
10. Military gallery (Kentucky Distance Learning)
11. Maps and tactics of Ancient Warfare scroll down to bottom (US Military Academy - West Point, USA)
12. The Roman Army (roman-empire.net)
13. Re-enactment event and picture page
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Navy
1. Roman navy - myths (warandgame.wordpress.com)
2. The fleet (S. Van Dorst)
3. Roman Navy (unrv.com)
4. Navy of Ancient Rome (wikipedia.org)
5. Roman Navy (wikipedia.org)
6. The fleets and Roman border policy (roman365.info)
7. Roman Navy (wikipedia.org)
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Roman Britain
1. Roman Britain (BBC)
2. Hadrian's Wall (bbc.co.uk)
3. Romans in Scotland (bbc.co.uk)
4. Roman Britain (The British Museum)
5. Roman Britain timeline (about.com)
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10. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts
Videos
1. Rome Reborn 1.0: click on "Gallery" for virtual tour of Ancient Rome (University of Virginia, USA)
2. National Geographic: type in search terms to look for short video clips (National Geographic, USA)
3. Western tradition: video register for use in class by completing form (learner.org)
4. World of Ancient Rome: 20 minute video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
5. Video library: 14 short video clips (pbs.org)
6. Pompeii: open video to view segments on Pompeii - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
7. Europe after the Fall of Rome: 20 minute video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
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Images
1. Picture index (roman-empire.net)
2. Collection of photos #1 (Loyola University, California USA)
3. Europe image library (University of Oregon USA)
4. Pictoral tour of the empire (roman-empire.net)
5. Pictoral tour of the Rome (roman-empire.net)
6. Ancient Rome - multimedia (encarta.msn.com)
7. Related museum collections: requires a lot of navigation (University of Pennsylvania USA)
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PowerPoints
1. Ancient Rome: PowerPoints (ancienthistory.pppst.com)
2. Ancient Rome - an overview: PowerPoint (Discovery Elementary School, Bakersfield, California, USA)
3. Ancient Rome - an overview: PowerPoint - slow to load (Jennifer Hernandez, Mission College, Santa Clara, California, USA)
4. Rome from the founding to 509 CE: PowerPoint (Chris Guthrie, Tarleton State University, Texas, USA)
5. Rome - big city big problems: PowerPoint (Chris Guthrie, Tarleton State University, Texas, USA)
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Podcasts and AudioBooks
How to download and listen to PodCasts (podcastingnews.com)
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1. Hannibal is at the Gates: PodCast (militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com)
2. Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BCE : PodCast (militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com)
3. Roman Military Tactics: PodCast (militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com)
4. Roman Military Defeats: PodCast (militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com)
5. The Great Fire of Rome: PodCast (cdn.libsyn.com)
6. The Roman way PodCast (bbc.co.uk)
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7. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon: AudioBook (ejunto.com)
8. Cicero AudioBook (ejunto.com)
9. Treatise on Friendship by Marcus Tullius Cicero AudioBook (ejunto.com)
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11. WebQuests and Fun
WebQuests
1. Rome: The past is present (Kathy Foulke @ kathyschrock.net)
2. Journey into Ancient Rome (Northfield Community School, UK)
3. Ancient Rome (42explore2.com)
4. Ancient Roman Government Quest (Kirk Langer, Nebraska Schools Partnership, USA)
5. Living in Pompeii (Robin McCulley and Kim Castagna, California, USA)
6. Journey back to Ancient Rome (University of Richmond, Virginia USA)
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Fun
1. You wouldn't want to be a Roman gladiator: modelled on the book (www.salariya.com)
2. Ancient Rome colouring book
3. Word Searches (historyonthenet.com)
4. Quick quizzes (historyonthenet.com)
5. Ancient Rome - games and activities (mrdonn.org)
6. Activities (bbc.co.uk)
7. Time detectives - Roman Sandy (roman-sandy.com)
8. Asterix - the official site (gb.asterix.com)
9. Asterix the Gaul (roman-empire.net)
10. Death in Rome mystery (bbc.co.uk)
11. The Roman mysteries (romanmysteries.com)
12. History hunt - the Romans in Britain (St. Albans Museums, UK)
13. Emperor of Rome game (pbs.org)
14. Construct an aqueduct (NOVA online at pbs.org)
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12. Miscellaneous Resources
Doing Research
1. How to do research: the CMS approach see left side of page (Avi Luxenburg, Comox Valley School District, BC, Canada)
2. The Research Process (Oregon School Library Information System, USA)
3. Why should we study history? (schoolhistory.co, U.K.)
4. Primary vs. secondary sources (Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA)
5. A student's guide to the study of history (historyguide.org)
6. How to do History (bbc.co.uk)
7. Archaeology - excavations and techniques (bbc.co.uk)
8. Learn about the impact of conquests (bbc.co.uk)
9. Family histories (bbc.co.uk)
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10. Sentences (actden.com)
11. Writing paragraphs (actden.com)
12. Writing essays (actden.com)
13. Guide to writing a basic essay (Kathy Livingston)
14. Turning Microsoft Word into a talking word processor (Paul Hamilton, SETBC)
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Translate . Traduisez . Traduzca . 翻译 . ترجم
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2. Google translation (google.com) .
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Misc.
1. Glossary of words and terms (bbc.co.uk)
2. Roman numerals (historyonthenet.com)
3. Imperial index - alphabetical order (bbc.co.uk)
4. Related museum collections: requires a lot of navigation (University of Pennsylvania USA)
5. A brief explanation of Latin names (Chris McCoy)
6. Check National Geographic Index for magazine and other items on Ancient Rome
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Short Stories, Fictional Stories and Histories
1. The Story of Rome: historical fiction more than 130 short stories (The Baldwin Project)
2. The Story of the Romans: historical fiction 102 short stories (The Baldwin Project)
3. Julius Caesar: historical fiction 13 short stories (The Baldwin Project)
4. Lucius. Adventures of a Roman Boy: historical fiction 26 short stories (The Baldwin Project)
5. The Aeneid for Boys and Girls: historical fiction 23 short stories (The Baldwin Project)
6. Young folks Plutarch: historical fiction 50 short stories (The Baldwin Project)
7. Journals through history: 18 minute video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education)
8. The Roman mysteries: by Caroline Lawrence (romanmysteries.com)
   
9. The History of Rome: by Titus Livius (Project Gutenberg)
10. The Aeneid - an epic poem: by Virgil (Project Gutenberg)
11. Commentaries of Caius Julius Caesar: by Julius Caesar (Project Gutenberg)
12. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: by Edward Gibbon and as audiobook (Project Gutenberg and Librivox)
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Created by Stewart Savard May 2005. Complete rebuild October 2007. All rights to "look and feel" reserved.
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Readability levels = easiest, = at approximate grade level, = advanced, = most difficult.