History+Center

Try any of these websites to improve or test your knowledge of ancient history!

[|Animated Talmud] This is a great way to hear the origin of the Jewish Talmud. Use headphones, please!

[|Virtual Tour of Jerusalem] This gives you a sense of what the city looked like in ancient times.

[|Interactive Jerusalem Timeline] An excellent overview of ancient Jewish history in an interactive timeline format. I wish we could have done ours this way! Let me know if you figure out how they did it.

[|Learn Hebrew Letters] Use headphones to hear what each letter sounds like.

[|Hear a Conversation in Hebrew] Use your context and inference skills to figure out this short Hebrew conversation. Hints are given, too. You'll need headphones.

[|This Day in History Video] Use headphones for this one, too.

[|Death in Rome] A murder mystery that you try to solve.

[|Gladiator: Dressed to Kill Game] Learn about the ancient Romans and their bloodlust!

[|Iron Age Life] Do you remember the benefit of knowing how to produce iron for ancient civilizations?

[|Dig Deeper Quiz--History and Archaeology] I couldn't get all of these right--let's see if you can!

[|Ancient Artifacts Game] A good chance to be an archaeologist for a while.

[|Church Interiors Challenge] How well do you know the parts of a church building?

[|Weapons Through Time] I know, with just this title, you're going to check out this website.

[|Ancient Roman Conspiracy: CDX] Another murder mystery for you to solve.