Click the link above to see the list of 6th Grade Essential Standards. These are the California State Standards and the topics in BOLD are standards the MMS History Department has identified as important and essential to cover in depth during the year.
Guided Tour of the Cave of Lascaux
https://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en
Becoming Human: Donald Johansen describes his discovery of the hominid Lucy (has a multitude of information and a short documentary.
The British museum: interactive
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
British Museum Interactive
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
https://www.history.com/topics/religion/judaism
https://www.ushistory.org/civ/4g.asp
British Museum
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/
This is a very helpful site for learning about the Indus Valley and the Indus culture. It has many slide shows, pictures, photographs, and details concerning the culture and heritage and places of the Indus Valley. Three are six category links named Images, Indus news 3, Movies, Sound, Indus Valley, and Bazaar.
https://india.mrdonn.org/index.html
British Museum interactive (comes with self quiz) -
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
Interactive source on the ancient olympics
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
The story of Hercules
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/index.html
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/
History.com includes short videos and information about various people, events and eras
Ducksters have a variety of information about history. Texts have a recorded options
The site includes ancient, medieval and US history sites! One stop shop...
http://besthistorysites.net/general-history-resources/