Good morning teachers! Summer is winding down and I’m sure that you are starting to plan for the following school year. Last year I did a blog post about my recommendations for what to show in the classroom during the school year. This year, I will do the same but this will be a general list of what can be shown in the classroom from Sixth Grade to high school and even college. Also, if appropriate you can show these documentaries in science, agricultural, English, or art classroom. I have published over 200 documentary reviews, so if you disagree with this list then you can check out my other reviews and make other picks.
If I pick a documentary series, then pick an episode to show in the classroom. So let us begin with the documentary suggestions. ANCIENT WORLD This section will feature documentaries on the ancient world in general. World of Stonehenge - Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Neil Oliver explores Ancient British History in this series. He starts with the impact of the Ice Age, how tools shaped the culture of early Britons, and conclude with the impact of bronze on society. He discusses how Britain was attached to Europe and how rising water levels turned it into an island. Britain has many ancient sites hidden in its landscape and Neil explains what they know about the sites well. City of the God-Kings - YouTube Lost Worlds explores Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat was first discovered by a French naturalist on a search for bugs. What he found surprised him. He believed that it rivaled anything Rome and Greece gave to the world. He had discovered the 900-year-old remains of Angkor Wat, the "Holy Temple." Why was it built? Why was it in the middle of a jungle? Who built it? What is its purpose? It is an enigma. There are many theories about its construction. Great Zimbabwe - YouTube Great Zimbabwe was discovered in 1871. A German geologist stumbled upon some splendid ruins. He had no idea who built the stone structure. He assumed that they were not built by Africans. However, that myth has been dispelled. Could Great Zimbabwe be the equivalent of El Dorado? Gus Casely-Hayford travels the length of Africa to discover the secrets of Great Zimbabwe. Face of Britain: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Neil Oliver explores the genetic doomsday book geneticists in Britain are creating of Britain to determine where the genetic ancestry of the British comes from. Do the British people come from Celts, Vikings, Anglo Saxons, or the Normans? Oliver travels around Britain to talk to the participants of the study. At the end of each episode, they go over the results with the participants of the study. ANCIENT AMERICAS Breaking the Maya Code - YouTube In 1965, Russian linguist Yuri Knorosov cracked the Maya Code. It is about Copan, a Mayan site. It had been abandoned before the Spanish explorers came to Central America. When they stumbled onto the remains of Copan, they stumbled upon a mystery. What did the pictures on the ruins mean? What stories were hidden in these pictures? Cracking the Maya Code is an older documentary. People of the Clouds - YouTube Dr. Jago Cooper explores the ancient kingdoms of South America. For the most part, the Inca dominate the history textbooks. Cooper explores other kingdoms that had an impact on South America. The first kingdom is the “People of the Clouds.” They are a mysterious civilization. He starts off his exploration in Lima to learn more about the People of the Clouds. He goes into the Andes to explore the remnants of the civilization. Kingdom of the Jaguar - YouTube Dr. Jago Cooper explores the Lost Kingdoms of Central America. The first episode in this series is called Kingdom of the Jaguar. Cooper starts off his journey exploring a cave that the people believed was a tunnel to the underworld. This civilization rose out of the marshes of Southern Mexico. They built the first pyramids. They are known as the Olmec. They came before the Mayan People. The Mysteries of the Chinchorro Mummies - YouTube The Chinchorro Mummies are the oldest in the world and they are found in Chile. They came from a people who believed they could conquer death. The first settlers lived on fishing. In 1993, there was a sensational find in Chile: the bodies of the earliest people. These bodies were well preserved and were the oldest mummies in the world. What can these bodies tell us about the Chinchorro people? How do these mummies compare with the Ancient Egyptians? The Land Where Time Began - YouTube The Lost Kingdoms of Central America concludes with the “Place Where Time Began.” Dr. Jago Cooper explores the Teotihuacan civilization. For hundreds of years, it was the biggest state in the world. They built huge pyramids. However, nobody knows the identity of this civilization. Dr. Cooper tries to find out more about this final mysterious civilization.
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