Ancient Egypt. (How does it smell? It sphinx!) Nile River valley civilization.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/hieroglyphs/

Mesopotamia. (but were afraid to ask)

These videos explain it all. Well, they're a start. The simplest is at the bottom, like the slaves of Sumer. The most complex is at the top like the Kings, nobles, and priests.

Rice up

Click on free rice to play, learn, and help. 

Real life

Middle schoolers discuss future goals: wpri.com

Solar

A reminder of an earlier post: http://schoolbogs.blogspot.com/2010/04/lunar.html, and a potential poster-