MathArt II: Ancient Cultures Online Unit Study

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Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Ancient Babylonia MathArt Part I

Ancient Babylonia Interactive

Ancient History Connection – Video (2:07): Ancient Babylonian tablet – World’s First Trig Table

Music Connection – Videos: Ancient Mesopotamia and Sumerian Music

Going Beyond - Ancient Babylonia MathArt

Pre-lesson Activity – History Connection – DK Find Out: Ancient Greece

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Platonic Solids

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Platonic Solids Part II

Polygons Interactive

History Connection Video (7:18) – Plato: Biography of a Great Thinker

MathArt Connection: Making the Platonic Solids & Others

Literature Connections: Plato's Allegory of a Cave

Pre-lesson Activity – History Connection – Ancient Greece Interactive

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Pythagoras and the Music of the Spheres Part I

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Pythagoras and the Music of the Spheres Part II

Pythagorean Interactive Puzzle

Mini Biography: Pythagoras Video (5:45):

Going Beyond - Pythagoras

Ancient India Arts & Crafts Map Interactive

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Ancient Indian Rangoli MathArt Part I

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Ancient Indian Rangoli & Mandalas Part II

Literature/Theater Connection - Ancient Indian Shadow Puppetry: The Gazelle

Art Connection - Rangoli Design Coloring

Going Beyond - Ancient Indian MathArt Virtual Library

Pre-lesson Activity - How Zellige is Made Video (8:00)

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo with DOWNLOAD FILES - Middle Eastern Zellige Tiles & Tessellations Part I

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Middle Eastern Zellige Tiles & Tessellations Part II

Math, History & Art Connections: The complex geometry of Islamic design (5:06)

Literature Connection: The Lion, the Hedgehog and the Donkey (Moroccan Fable)

Pre-lesson Activity: Explore the Ancient Maya Calendar

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Ancient Maya MathArt Part I

Main Lesson Video with NatureGlo - Ancient Maya MathArt Part II

Literature Connection - Maya Legend: Gift to the Hummingbird Read Aloud

History Connection - Maya Cities Interactive

Art Connection: Create Ancient Looking Maya Art

Going Beyond - Ancient Maya MathArt

DOWNLOAD HERE - Certificate of Completion