Exploring world history from Earth's origins to the 21st century, students challenge themselves to beat their best score with forty-three internet scavenger hunt quests.

The purpose of the Internet Scavenger Hunt Games is to help your students have fun while improving their knowledge of world history via searches on the Internet.

"The purpose of these forty Internet scavenger hunt games is to help your students have fun while improving their culture skills via searches on the Internet"--Page 3.

The New York Times Co. presents a lesson plan entitled "How Civilized! Creating Internet Scavenger Hunts About Ancient Civilizations," by Alison Zimbalist and Lorin Driggs and published February 18, 1999. The lesson plan is based on a newspaper article and is for students in grades six through twelve. Students investigate the Internet's role in "preserving" the ruins of ancient civilizations. The authors include the time required, objectives, materials needed, and the procedures for the lesson plan.

This practical handbook is designed to help anyone who is preparing to teach a world history course - or wants to teach it better. It includes contributions by experienced teachers who are reshaping world history education, and features new approaches to the subject as well as classroom-tested practices that have markedly improved world history teaching.

Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to know to navigate the parenting issues technology raises, and arms you with the tools you need to protect your children. This comprehensive, all-purpose guide shows you how to keep up with the latest in computer technology and the Internet—even if you’re a techno-illiterate. You’ll also learn how to: protect your child from cyber-bullies and sexual predators monitor your child’s online activity recognize the danger signs in your child’s use of chat rooms and socializing sites such as MySpace decode the secret language of texting, instant messaging, e-mail, and chat rooms keep your “Cyber-kid” healthy and fit teach your child good on-line study skills help your child build healthy friendships and dating relationships, both on- and off-line gear your rules about the Internet to your child’s age and developmental stage know when to turn the computer off Includes information on how the cyber world affects children with special needs, learning disorders, and emotional disorders.