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Knowledge Builders
Do you want to learn about the ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and more? Educators around the globe want to teach you.
Go to the CTCWeb Showcase to access award-winning knowledge resources of all kinds, from poetry to images to software to academic papers. It's all there.
You can also sample some of the Showcase resources by clicking on any of the links below and do not forget to submit your own knowledge so CTCWeb's global audience can learn from you.
Roman Board Games
by Wally J. Kowalski. Kowalski provides descriptions, directions, and the history of eight (8) board games played by the Romans, including knucklebones, dice, Roman chess, and Roman checkers.
Online Latin Drills
by Prof. Margaret B. Phillips, University of Missouri at St. Louis.
In Online Latin Drills, Phillips provides 47 online drills to reinforce students' knowledge of the material they learned in her Latin class. These drills accompany the Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition, chapter by chapter.
Ancient Mesopotamia
by Claire Donovan, Marcia Smith, Ann Marie Dlott, Riitta Bolton, Neal Riley, Rita Innamorati, Laura Sweeney, and Terri Caffelle, Shrewsbury Public Schools, MA. Students are also introduced to the culture of Mesopotamia through their monumental buildings, the ziggurats, their clothing, their government and their religion.
Lee's Roman Numeral Converter
by Lee K. Seitz. Simply enter a number or Roman numeral in the appropriate space below and click the appropriate Convert button. The number/Roman numeral you entered and its equivalent will be displayed.
How Democratic Was the Roman Republic?
by Allen Ward, University of Connecticut
Ward argues that the Roman Republic flatly failed the litmus test for a democracy, countering modern historians who claim otherwise. To support his argument Ward describes the mechanics of the Roman government and how Rome’s political machine kept members of a wealthy ruling elite in control of the Republic through undemocratic voting arrangements and other high-handed tactics.
Knowledge Builders
Knowledge Builders are
step-by-step instructions for expanding your comprehension of
the Perseus software and the ancient Greek world. Each
Knowledge Builder addresses a specific topic. Knowledge Builders
provide students and teachers with start up information on a
topic and directions for finding the information on that topic
in Perseus. Knowledge Builders save instructors time by allowing students to teach themselves how to do research with a large database.
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