For social studies (Old World, New World, Pre-Colombian), teachers and parents can develop interdisciplinary curricula on many topics. Suggestions include how to select materials for these studies, allocate individual responsibilities, choose students' activities, present important concepts, use Sage Education's annotated vocabulary for topics. Each article contains a bibliography of relevant materials and resources that encompass literature, vocabulary, geography, music, art, physical education, field trips, speakers, projects, activities, research, finding grant money. Science topics include instructions for a study of mammals and ten pages of vocabularies for ten science topics.

These guides describe how to provide an all-absorbing immersion into several ancient times for you and your students. These interdisciplinary topics work for all classes in your school, for those in the same grade, for your classroom alone, or for homeschooling. Although the school-wide study depends far more than the others on a variety of materials to meet the needs of diverse ages and abilities, it is the most invigorating. It will require a number of planning periods for all who will be involved. Contact a local media specialist in the public school system or a local librarian for suggestions of materials.

This guide contains 44 titles of relevant literature, ideas for art and music activities, relevant geography, math pertaining to the pyramids and what "pi" is, Percy Bysshe Shelley's Ozymandias,, and advance preparations for the study. A separate guide to the opera Aida: The Story of the Action; 7 lesson plans. Most libraries have CDs of this opera. By covering this story over a period of several days (and not necessarily showing all of it), students learn and retain a great deal of the story and its magnificent music.

Five pages contain the goals and materials for carrying out the study: online resources; enriching activities; 36 vocabulary words relative to these ancient cultures; information to help you discover your area's Greek and Roman architectural features; nine relevant poems; chronograms.

Fourteen pages cover Greek and Roman mythological characters; mythological places; words from the myths; plus twenty-two graphics of Greek and Roman figures and architecture and two students' activity pages. Through the study of the cultures of the ancient Greeks and Romans, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the connection between these Greeks and Romans and the fundamental principles of western civilization: Dignity of man, brotherly love, and a rule of law. Students should use their critical thinking skills to analyze and critique both ancient and modern systems of values. Do past values exist today?

N.B. Myths, like fairy tales, are just that: made-up stories, fiction, not fact. Amazingly, those that originated in ancient Greece and Rome have survived for centuries. Today, we know the characters so well that it seems as though they must really have existed. We apply their names to our space missiles, Earth's planets and other celestial objects, household products, plants and animals, and write operas that tell of mythical characters and their struggles.

This illustrated guide suggests resources for this all-absorbing interdisciplinary topic in he areas of language arts: literature, writing, spelling challenges, a bit of Chaucer; art and the Bayeux Tapestries; music; math; activities; Prologue to Canterbury Tales; games and songs from Medieval times, including the history of Ring Around the Rosy; suggestions for speakers and field trips; bibliography.

Information on materials and activities for language arts, art, music, math, geography, science, physical education, eight topics to research, audio-visual resources, suggestions for activities, speakers and field trips. Included are a relevant reading list, suggestions for writing assignments, a short list of spelling challenges, brief history of the Vikings from 841 A.D. to 1450; information about the Bayeux Tapestries and characters in Norse mythology; annotated list of 20 vocabulary words; the 7-stanza Challenge of Thor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; information on Viking ports and settlements in both the Old World and Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. The bibliography covers videos, museums, catalogs, and how to identify Viking settlements in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, and England.

Eleven illustrated pages covering: Africa, India, and Middle East; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greece and Rome; Elections and Politics; Explorers, Pirates, and Boats; General Ancient Cultures; Geography; Ireland and Scotland; Japan and China; Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs; Medieval (Middle) Ages; Trades and Occupations; Vikings.

Assign students to research separate countries in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Modern Egypt). Contents contain information for: Literature, Art, Music, Geography, Natural resources, Phys. Ed., Field Trips to museums with collections of African materials, Speakers familiar with specific countries; Special Activities, Spelling Challenges.

Research topics as for Africa, plus Sultans, empires, religion, Muslims, famous leaders, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Indira Gandhi; spelling challenges (Himalayas, other area's names)

Folklore and fairy tales, fables and facts, art, variety of classical music, physical education; activities: counting in Gaelic, Irish legends, limericks, Irish activities, 24 Irish-connected vocabulary words, ornaments in the Book of Kells, six on-line references.

How to use plays to cement learning of all historic studies.

(7 ancient cultures, continents, geography, geology, specific for grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, Great Lakes, homonyms, insects, mammals, months, North American states, solar system, U. S. Constitution, weather, weekdays); 34 Children's Favorite Poems.