Library Home: History: Ancient Past

Primary & Secondary Sources

What is a primary source?
Primary sources are first-hand, authoritative accounts of an event, topic, or historical time period. Find out more via the link above.
Primary sources : what are they?
Information about primary & secondary resources from the National Library of New Zealand.
Primary sources
information about primary sources and how to use them from the National Archives of Australia

Timelines

How to make a Timeline
A 3-step process from WikiHow on how to make a timeline.
Create a timeline
Tool for creating a timeline from ReadWriteThink. Options to save, email or print are given.

Archaeology & Artefacts

What is archaeology?
Information about archaeology & artefacts.
What is archaeology?
An article by Owen Jarus on the LiveScience website about archaeology and archaeologists.
What is archaeology?
Information from the Council for British Archaeology about archaeology and archaeologists.
Archaeologists sift Everglades muck for cultural artifacts
An article from the Oct. 20, 2014 issue of the Tampa Bay times about a current archaeological treasure hunt.
Artifact (archaeology)
An article from the New World Encyclopedia.
Archaeology - National Geographic
Slideshows, videos, photos, news articles, games, information and more ... all about archaeology and artefacts.

Archeological Dating

How are artifacts dated?
Information about various ways of dating archaeological artefacts.
Dating ancient artifacts
Information about a wide variety of dating techniques

The Big Questions for Study, Reflection & Inquiry

What is History?
Why study History?
What methods do historians use to investigate the past?
What are primary sources and what can they tell us?
How do archaeologists investigate the past?
How do we date archaeological evidence?

What is History? - A Video Playlist

A series of 4 YouTube videos that aim to answer the question, 'What is History?'. The videos have been created by both teachers and students of History.

What is History? by Virginia Hinkle (3:13)
What is History? by Kenta Sachen (1:06)
What is History? by Johan Santiesteban Chavez (1:05)
What is History? by Socialificationing (2:08)

Why Study History? A Video Playlist

A series of 5 YouTube videos that aim to answer the question, 'Why study History?'. The videos have been created by both teachers and students of History.

Why study History? by Joanna Hayes (3:26)
Why study History? by Ask the History Guy (3:06)
History is ... by Holli Pearson (1:40)
Why study History? by The Tedtuber (3:01)
Why is History important? by Mr Corwin (5:11)

Time on a Tree

Image from Allianz Open Knowledge website

ABC Splash! Videos

Archaeology videos from ABC Splash!

BBC Ancient History Pages

Explore the British Museum

Non-fiction Books in the SHGC Library

Awesome archaeology by Nick Arnold
Call Number: 930.1 ARN
Publication Date: 2001
This dead interesting guide is the perfect read if you dig old places and want to unearth some awesome secrets!
Dig This! : how archaeologists uncover our past by Michael Avi-Yonah
Call Number: 930.1 AVI
Publication Date: 1993
Archaeologists find ancient tombs, dig through the ruins of great cities, and dive to shipwrecks on the ocean floor. Dig this! explains the way experts examine a buried ruin ...