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Archive of scholarly materials concerning Ancient Rome, made available to scholars and the public thanks to a federal grant. Images of Rome:  the Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive https://exhibits.stanford.edu/ lanciani

Newsela articles on Ancient Egypt including a new historical angle - looking at the influence of the environment, volcanic activity, rainfall and the flooding of the Nile to explain the demise of a dynasty. Cleopatra, Volcanic eruption and the Fall of Ancient Egypt https://newsela.com/read/asp-ash-cleopatra/id/36704/ The Pyramids of Ancient Eygpt https://newsela.com/read/lib-history-pyramids-egypt/id/33137 How the Nile lead to Civilization in Ancient Egypt https://newsela.com/read/lib-ushistory-egypt-civilization/id/27509 Ancient Egypt:  Women in Society https://newsela.com/read/elem-hist-egypt-women/id/27175 Ancient Egypt:  Social Structure https://newsela.com/read/elem-hist-egypt-society/id/27171 Ancient Egypt:  the Art of Mummification https://newsela.com/read/elem-hist-egypt-mummies/id/27173 Agriculture in Ancient Egypt https://newsela.com/read/lib-ancient-egypt-agriculture-trade/id/33146 Science and Engineering in Ancient Egypt https://newsela.com/read/lib-

Need a hook?  Looking to engage students with a media clip or build their media literacy skills while delivering your content?  Check out Discovery Streaming .  This resource, offers full and segmented video, images, electronic bulletin boards, writing prompts and assessment tools which can all be assigned to the a class of students. Did you know all BMMS teachers as well as students have their own individual accounts on Discovery Streaming? Students should log in using their school email and password.  Teachers, please see me if you can't retrieve a lost password or forgot your user name.  Need further assistance using some of the new features added to Discovery Streaming.  Please ask, I'd be happy to meet with you individually or with your team for a quick training session. For quick access in the future, links to Discovery Streaming can be found on the Library home page and under Staff Resources.

Databases@yourLibrary All databases may be accessed via the alphabetical listing found on the  BMMS Library   page using the link to our portal:  Online Databases. User name: bmm password:  hhkids What's new? Encyclopedia Britannica  AND  Encyclopedia Britannica in Spanish . Informe Academico  - search and retrieve articles from magazines originally written in Spanish. Non-spanish speaking users can navigate and read abstracts in English, but will need to translate articles. Issues and Controversies Online  and  Opposing Viewpoints in Context  join  Points of View Reference Center  - preparing for a debate or exploring present day issues for a persuasive essay? Check out these resources.  Science Flix  and  Science in Context  - stay up to date with curriculum based topics and science news in the life sciences, earth science, astronomy, technology, engineering, physical sciences, health and the human body, mathematics, science history and biography.

Newsela articles on Cells and other Life Science topics Facts about Cells https://newsela.com/read/lib-facts-cells/id/36375/ Photosynthesis https://newsela.com/read/lib-photosynthesis-formula/id/36233 Climate Change https://newsela.com/read/preserving-memory-glaciers/id/28256 Structure and Function in Life Sciences https://newsela.com/text-sets/35627 Inheritance of Traits in Life Sciences https://newsela.com/text-sets/35655

Newsela articles on World War I Overview of World War I https://newsela.com/read/lib-overview-world-war-i/id/36371/ Outbreak of World War I https://newsela.com/read/lib-history-outbreak-of-world-war-I/id/30281 Total War https://newsela.com/read/gl-history-world-war-I/id/23712 Battle of the Somme - a Turning Point in World War I https://newsela.com/read/lib-convo-battle-somme-world-war-i/id/31463

NEWSELA articles on Ancient Myths Vikings - Ragnarok https://newsela.com/read/ myths-ragnarok/id/36094/ Mesopotamia - Ishtar https://newsela.com/read/lib- convo-ishtar-legend/id/33683 More available for viewing by scrolling to the end of these links and looking at the related articles selected.

Differentiating Instruction - Current Events Looking to add current events or other curriculum based articles to your classes reading list despite a wide range of reading abilities? Look no further than NEWSELA .  This exciting and free resource enables teachers to locate articles or collections of articles on a topic and then provide students with the same article content at multiple reading levels. Use your google credentials to create a login today. Once you experience how useful this tool is for you students you may wish to investigate a paid subscription which will enable you to easily assign articles to your class, check their reading progress and provide feedback all within the NEWSELA universe. Collections that of interest for Middle School Curriculum include: American Colonies Ancient Greece  Industrial Revolution United States Constitution World War I