Updated January 10, 2000
Education World's Millennium Series!
Join Education World in 2000 for a year-long celebration of the millennium!
Each month we will present a special issue focused on some
of history's most teachable moments. Together, the lesson plans and
resources presented will form a timeline of some of the most important
events, people, and places of the past millennium.
This month, we introduce our Millennium Series with special lessons and
links to great resources for teaching about the Middle Ages.
- Days and Knights: A Unit on the Middle Ages
You've tried an activity or two on the Middle Ages --- and your students are begging for more. This is the kind of topic cross-curricular units
are made of. Don't miss your chance! Included: A teacher-created unit on the Middle Ages!
- Great Sites for Teaching the Middle Ages
Each week, Education World's "Great Sites for Teaching About " page highlights Web sites that will help educators work timely themes into
their lessons. This week's sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about the Middle Ages.
- The Middle Ages: Twelve Activities Take Students Back in Time
In one of this week's Education World LESSON PLANNING stories,
learn how a unit on the Middle Ages inspired great writing among fourth
and fifth graders in Chandler, Arizona. Also: Twelve great activities
for teaching about the Middle Ages.
- Kids in the Castle: Lessons, Activities, and Virtual Tours!
In this story from Education World's CURRICULUM page, we provide ideas
for creating classroom fun as students explore life in the Middle Ages.
Send them on a castle tour or a medieval adventure! Five great
interactive sites about the Middle Ages will transform your students
into young knights and fair ladies!
In the month's to come, Education World's Millennium Series will explore...
January | | The Middle Ages | February | | The Age of Exploration | March | | Colonization | April | | The American Revolution | May | | Westward Expansion | June | | Civil War and Reconstruction | July/August | | Election 2000 | September | | Immigration | October | | The World Wars | November | | The Space Age | December | | The Future
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