Then and Now: The Wonders of the Ancient World Brought to Life is an educational book by Stefania and Dominic Perring, published in 1991. It utilizes acetate overlays to juxtapose 20 ancient sites as they exist now with reconstructions of their historical appearances. The book received acclaim for its educational value and engaging format.
Category: History – Ancient Meso-America
Printable Passport for Mesopotamia Unit Study
This printable passport is perfect for my Mesopotamia Unit study, although it can be used for all history/cultural Unit studies. The play passport has many pages and comes complete with multiple stamps, from different ancient civilisations. Do check out my MEGA Mesopotamia Unit Study post to find out just where Proto-cuneiform fit into the history of Mesopotamia.……
Ancient Meso-American Unit Study
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Ancient Aztecs
Please bear with me. I took a few days off after the presentation (to recover!). I will endeavour to answer all your lovely comments and visit your blogs over the weekend. For now, I just need to stare into space…. During this study, the children dressed up, made some Aztec masks and fans as well……
Ancient Mayans
The Ancient Mayans were incredibly interesting to study. We completed a lap book, a Mayan dig and made some Mayan pottery. The Mayan part of their lap book: The findings from our Mayan dig: And clay pottery and painting Mayan style: Tomorrow I will post about our Aztec study
Resources for Studying the Mayans, Incas and Aztecs
This is one of my looking back posts of work we did over the summer holidays a few years ago. It was a study which was meant to last a whole summer, but which the children enthusiastically completed in two weeks! Here are some of the resources we used: Not terribly authentic dressing up! Tomorrow……