Lakelands Park Middle School

Online Services 

Description  

   * Good Places to Start for Information about All Topics

   * Log on to Edline Media Center to find the passwords for using these databases at home.

21st Century Explorer 

Easier Text, not as much information, with read aloud feature

Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition 

Four levels of encyclopedias plus an Internet guide, atlas, videos, study guides, interactive timeline, read aloud feature

Worldbook Online Encyclopedia  

For all subjects, check out biography database

SIRS Discoverer 

Leveled full-text articles & images from newspapers, magazines, government documents, and websites

Topics 

Online Resources or Websites 

Roman Empire   

http://www.roman-empire.net/children/index.html 

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/homepg.html 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/ 

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/socialclass.html 

http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/order.html 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_religion_gallery.shtml 

Punic Wars 

http://www.mrdowling.com/702-punic.html 

http://rome.mrdonn.org/hannibal.html 

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/history/punicwars.htm 

Pompeii 

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/europe/pompeii.html 

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm 

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/history/history.html 

Circus Maximus 

http://www.romeguide.it/MONUM/ARCHEOL/ccircus_maximus/circus.htm 

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/circus.html 

http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/circusmaximus.htm 

Roman architecture 

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/romarch.htm  

Gladiatorial combat 

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/arena.html 

http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/gladiator3.html 

http://www.suite101.com/content/gladiatorial-training-and-combat-a8107 

Romulus and Remus 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/city_of_rome/ 

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/b/brass_sestertius_of_titus.aspx 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/romulus_and_remus.htm 

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/legend_of_rome.htm 

Julius Caesar 

http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/julius_caesar.html 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/julius_ceasar.htm 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caesar_julius.shtml 

Roman Coliseum 

hhttp://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm ttp://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html 

http://www.roman-colosseum.info/ 

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/roman-coliseum-facts.html