Grade 8 Humanities Archive

The following web sites accompany the units taught in Humanities throughout the year. They are designed to provide consolidation of the material taught as well as provide an opportunity for extended reading.

Cartography and Geography

A history of cartography:  http://feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/

Making map projections: http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/imaging/mapproj.html

Timeline of the history of cartography:  http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fmath.rice.edu%2F%7Elanius%2Fpres%2Fmap%2F

Useful cartography and geography links: http://geography.about.com/cs/cartography/

Time Zone Maps: http://www.worldtimezone.com/

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html

Eratosthenes - Background and achievements: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Eratosthenes.html

Eratosthenes calculates the earth's circumference: http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/observatory/eratosthenes/#original

The Enlightenment

Background to the Enlightenment: http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/enlightenment.html

French Philosophes: http://www.lakelandschools.org/lhs/French5/BestofFrench-Mike.htm

The French Revolution

French geography: http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/WorldGeography/France/France.htm

Overview: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~andressd/frlinks.htm

Chronology: http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/frenchrev.html

Causes: http://www.thecorner.org/hists/f3/fr_revo_causes.htm

"Mind map" of the causes: http://www.strategictransitions.com/images/frenchrevo1.gif

Effects of the French Revolution: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0858289.html

Palace of Versailles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles

Louis XVI: http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/REV/LOUISXVI.HTM

Louis XVI. Home page: http://www.geocities.com/frenchmonarch/louisxvi/

Louis XVI. Various links: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0830398.html

Trial and execution of Louis XVI:  http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/louis_trial.html

Marie Antoinette: http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95nov/antoinette.html

Marie Antoinette: Life and extended reading: http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/France/MarieAntoinette.html

Marie Antoinette. Online biography: http://www.myrrhine.net/antoinette/biography.html

Carlyle's account of the execution of Marie Antoinette: http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Best/CarlyleMarie.htm

Robespierre: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robespierre-terror.html

Napoleon Bonaparte. Internet Guide: http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/

Napoleon Bonaparte: http://www.napoleonguide.com/leaders_napoleon.htm

Art of the French Revolution. Jacques Louis David:  http://www.swil.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/ModWest/French%20Rev./loudavid.html

Demographics, Population Growth, and the Environment

CIA World Fact book: This site has the most up to date population statistics for every country in the world.

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm United Nation Population Fund

http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/population.html -Geography World

http://www.peoplespot.com/statistics/population.htm

http://www.overpopulation.org/ - World Population Awareness

Background Notes, State Department : As the title suggests find good background info for every country in the world. Similar to the CIA Fact book statistics but also has historical and social information. This site will help you better understand what life is like for the people of the country.

National Geographic Maps :Where in the world is your assigned country?

Information Please : Need facts from an Almanac? Look here.

Your Nation : Use this site to compare your country to life in the United States. You can produces great graphs that may be use for your presentation.

Google : You may want to broaden your search by using this search engine.

Yahooligans : This directory is designed for young people so it is easy to use. Useful in broadening your search for information.

Statistical Resources on the Web : Links to many web sites from the University of Michigan . Use this site only after you have a basic understanding of life in the country.

http://ectc.aaps.k12.mi.us/integration/projects/population.html - "World Population Clock" shown. Use only "Six Billion and Beyond." Really useful!

The Industrial Revolution

Thomas Malthus: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/malthus.html

Malthus. Biography and "Essay on Population": http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Malthus.htm

Various links: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html

Environment and the Industrial Revolution: http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/hist1/4industrial.html

Industrial Revolution: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/INDUSTRY.HTM

Watt's steam engine: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwattsillustrations.htm

Watt's steam engine (encyclopaedia): http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Watt%20steam%20engine

Factory Acts of the UK in the 19th century: http://www.angryharry.com/refactoryacts.htm

BBC Homepage for History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/vic_indust_growth.shtml

Communism

Karl Marx: Biography and various links: http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/marx.htm

See Animal Farm links on the Language Arts archive for grade 8

Meiji Japan

Japan. World Fact Book: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

Japanese geography: http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1000.html

Maps of Japan: http://geography.about.com/library/maps/bljapan.htm#maps

Timeline of Japanese history: http://oldworld.sjsu.edu/asiangate/bridgingtheocean/timeline.html

Japanese history overview: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2126.html

Brief overview of Meiji Period:  http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2130.html

Photographs from the Meiji Period: http://albumen.stanford.edu/gallery/gadd/

Perry's arrival in Japan: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1854Perry-japan1.html

http://members.tripod.com/~MickMc/perry.html

President Fillmore's letter to the Japanese emperor:  http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob54.html

http://www.geocities.com/americanpresidencynet/13thlettertoemperor.htm

Meiji restoration and reforms: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/meiji.html

Timeline of Christianity in Japan: http://www.kirisutokyo.com/research/resources/timeline.html

"kakure kirishitan": http://www.baobab.or.jp/~stranger/mypage/kakure.htm

Sino - Japanese War of 1895: http://www.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/sino-war.html

Sino - Japanese War: Photographs and timelines: http://www.lcsc.edu/modernchina/u3s1p7.htm

Russo - Japanese War. Overview: http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/romeo/russojapanese1904.htm