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Aboriginal Australians LB 994 MAR

Pg 4 (5:02)  The Men of the Fifth World: History and artwork

Pg 6 – website – First Australians / Aboriginals

Pg 10 (2 ;56) The aboriginal spirit: Totem /  Gilbert Laurie artwork

Pg 16 ( 3:45)  Non-returning boomerang and other artifacts

Pg 18 – website – Aboriginal People

Pg 22 – website – Encyclopedia Britannica article

Africa LB 981 ASP

pg 4 (5:56)  Geography of Africa

pg 6 – website – Africa: Physical Geography

pg 10 (4:38)  images of Africa’s Coast

pg 14 (2:12)  Great Sphinx of Giza

pg 20 – website –  South Africa timeline

Aleuts LB 979.8 GOL

Pg 4 (2:46)  We get our strength, energy, culture from the sea

Pg 6 – website – ( Aleut people / no website)

Pg 8 (5:20)  building a custom vardoka/ boat building class

Pg 20 (3:28)  Indie Alaska dancing and music

Pg 22 – website – Arctic Studies Center:  Aleut

Pg 24 – website – Alaska’s Heritage:  Aleuts

Asia LB 950 ASP

pg 4  (4:23)  Everest:  How the earth was made

Pg 6 – website – Asia: Physical Geography

Pg 10  (2:13) Asian Elephant

Pg 10 – website –  (BBC Nature: not found)

Pg 14  (1:59) Tourist City:  Shwe Dagon Paya Yangon

Pg 20 – website – (not found)

Australia LB 994 HUD

pg 4 (3:52)  The Outback (the bush) semi-arid land and wildlife

Pg 10 (2:15)  Koala Facts

Pg 14 (1:53) The planets Largest living structure is in Australia: reefs

Pg 20 – website – Governor Arthur Phillip History

Pg 24 – website – ( sydney opera house / no website )

Pg 26 – website – History of Netball

China

pg 4 (1:50) China Facts (cartoon)

pg 10 (2:34) Wild Animals in China

pg 14 (2:14) Terracotta Warriors

Chinese

pg 4 (2:25) Great Wall of China (no narration)

pg 16 – website – Ancient social classes

pg 20 – website – Chinese Mythology

pg 22 (4:15) Terracotta warriors (cartoon)

pg 24 (2:35) Lantern Festival

pg 26 – website – The abacus

Columbia LB 986.1 WIS

pg 4  ( 1:45) Cartagena  San Felipe Fortress 1536

pg 10  (2:04) ocelots

pg 15  (2:11 ) Bogota’s Museo Del Oro, Gold Museum

pg 20  website – History, culture, government,sports

pg 24  website – 10th century  Figure Pendant

pg 26  website – Sports

Egyptians LB 932 BED

pg 4  (3:08)  Ancient Egypt

Pg 16 – website – Childhood

Pg 21 – website – Myths and Legends:  Sekhmet

Pg 22  (5:00) code breaking hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt:  rosetta stone

Pg 24  (2:42) Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Pg 26 – website – Building the Great Pyramid

First Civilizations LB 930 COO

Pg 4 – slideshow – 5 slides of ancient civilization places

Pg 8 – website – Homo Sapiens – Modern Humans

Pg 10 – website – Ancient Pottery ( doesn’t pull up)

Pg 12 – website – Cylinder Seals ( doesn’t pull up)

Pg 14 – website – Law Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon

Pg 18 – website – Egypt:  The New Kingdom / Third Intermediate Period

Pg 20  (3:34) 8 Civilizations Collapse  at once 1200 BC

Pg 24 – website -Ancient  Israel ( doesn’t pull up)

Pg 26 – website – History of Stonehenge

Pg 28 (2:55)  Mycenaean Fortifications

Pg 28 – website – The Pheonicians

Pg 30  – website – ( doesn’t pull up)

Pg 32 – website – Craige B. Champion,History Professor at Syracuse University

Pg 34 (1:19) Tuscan  burial terracotta chests

Pg 34 – website – Early History of Carthage

Pg 36 – website – The Aryan Influence in India

Pg 38 – website – The Zhou Dynasty, Confucius, and China’s Philosophic Traditions

Pg 40 – website – Mesoamerica

Israel LB 956.94 GRE

pg 4 (6:00)  Overview of modern Israel

pg 10 (4:48)  animals of Israel

pg 14 (4:25)  The Dead Sea

pg 20 – website – West Bank Region Palestine

pg 24 – website – Klezmer Music: Eastern European music in the Jewish tradition

pg 26 – website –  Maccabiah World Union: Sports

Japan LB 952 MCD

pg 4 (4:03)  Overview: tradition and modernism

pg 10  (5:19) Japanese birds

pg 20  – website – Explore history

pg 24 – website – Kabuki

pg 26 – website – Olympic Badminton

Maasai LB 976.6 CRA

pg 4  (3:15)  Kimana, Kenya: living conditions

pg 6 – website – The Maasai: History and Future

pg 14 (2:46) Safari to Maasai village

pg 16 – website – Maasai survival

pg 22  (2:48) singing Enkong Natigila

pg 24 – website – Maasai Association: preserving and celebrating Maasai cultural heritage

Maori LB 993 STR

Pg 4 (4:48)  Tourists: learning Maori multi cultural traditions

Pg 6 – website – Maori legends and myths

Pg 10 (5:40)  Opotiki: Leader speaks about history and social culture

Pg 14 – website –  Maori values and practices

Pg 18 – website – 10 interesting facts about Maori Culture

Pg 20  (2:55) Te Kura Ormsby: Maori dances in costume on stage

Mongols LB 951.7 WAT

pg 4  (6:27)  Nomads

pg 6 – website – Mongolianembassy.us ( no security access)

pg 10  (5:15) Teaching English

pg 16 – website- The Mongols in world history

pg 20 – website – culture and traditions

Physical Geography LB 910 GAG

pg 4 (1:43)  Antarctic sea ice is increasing, Arctic ice decreasing

pg 4 – website – Earth science:  How plate tectonics clicked

pg 8 – website – UN News: 2015  International Year of Soils

pg 10 (2:28)- animated – What makes a rain shadow?

pg 12 – website – plants in Alaska

pg 16 – website –  How much water is there on, in, and above the Earth?

pg 18 – website – Ocean:  Diving deeper than any human ever dived

pg 20 – website – massive earthquake strikes Haiti

Polynesians LB 994 WEB

Pg 4 (3:38) History.com / History of Polynesia and boat replica

Pg 6 – website – Polynesian History and Origin

Pg 10 (3:32) Samoan Chiefs and tattoos

Pg 14 – website – ‘Game-changing’ study: Polynesians from East Asia

Pg 18 (2:53)  Maui Polynesian Luau  dancing

Pg 22 – website – ( no website )

Russia LB 947 MAR

pg 4 (4:32)  Interesting facts

pg 10 (1:57)  Siberian tiger

pg 14 (2:43)  Tourism: Suzda Architecture

pg 24 – website – ? never opened

pg 26 – website –  Bandy Ball

The San of Southern Africa LB 968 WAT

pg 4 (4:31)  San People: oldest culture on earth

pg 6 – website – Ethnic People: San

pg 10 – website – The San Bushmen:  Indigenous People of Southern Africa

pg 12 (1:44)  hunting

pg 18 (2:54)  making poison arrows for hunting

pg 24 – website – Bushmen (New World  Encyclopedia)

Saudi Arabia LB 953.8 KOP

pg 4  (1:20)  Quick overview

pg 10 (1:37)  The Arabian oryx

pg 14 (3:39) images of life in Saudi Arabia

pg 20 – website – Arabian rock art: Tayma

pg 24 – website – culture , traditions, and art

pg 26 – website – Learn about Arabia

South Africa LB 968 MAT

pg 4 (1:02)  cartoon – Overview

pg 10 (1:31) indigenous plants

pg 14 (1:42)  10 tourist cities and destinations

pg 20 – website – Colonialism

pg 24 – website – Music

pg 26 – website – Sports:  Springboks

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