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Topic:
- Millennium
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- Easier - A
millennium is a period of one thousand years. Many
people around the world will celebrate the end of
the second millennium and the beginning of the
third.
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- Harder - Derived
from the Latin words of mille (one thousand)
and annus (years), a millennium is a period
of one thousand years. Millennium (with a capital
M) has a more far-reaching meaning for both social
scientists and theologians. It refers to a belief
in the coming of a new age, a 'heaven on earth'
during which all strife and suffering will be
abolished. Peace, justice, and perfect harmony will
prevail.
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- Christians believe the Millennium is a period
when Jesus Christ will return to rule over earth
for a period of one thousand years as told in the
last book of the New Testament, the Book of
Revelation. However, the idea of the Millennium is
much older than this Christian version. The idea of
a return to paradise is almost universal throughout
human belief systems.
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- World
History from 1000-2000
- http://www.infoplease.com/1000to2000.html
- Go back and learn about history through the
whole century.
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- The
Millennium
- http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/time/millennium/default.html
- This is a millennium information and activity
site designed for kids.
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- Top
Villains of the Millennium
- http://www.infoplease.com/spot/topdespots1.html
- Who were the most famous despots.
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- Greenwich
Meridian 2000 (Royal Observatory
Greenwich)
- http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mfs.cgi/www/rog/wg2/archives/1?
- link=http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/new_mill.html&
- file=/www/rog/docs/leaflets/new_mill.html&line=124#mfs
- Includes ORG Special Information Leaflet No.
29, article: "Answers to all your Questions about
the Start of the New Millennium"
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- After visiting some of the sites
below, complete one of these Millennium
projects:
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- Draw a Millennium Bug. Imagine
what a millennium bug might look like.
Draw your bug - - you might want to use
KidPix software as the drawing tool.
Display your artwork.
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- Decide When the Next Millennium
Begins. Explore the issue at sites
like Greenwich
Meridian 2000, First
Day of the Millennium, and The
21st Century and the 3rd Millennium - When
Will They Begin?. Decide which is the
correct observation date for the
end/beginning of the millennium. Develop
an argument that supports your selection.
For an additional challenge, develop a
case for a different date!
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- Contribute to the Millennium
Mystery. Visit Millennium
Mystery at John R. Good Elementary
School in Irving, Texas and submit your
own prediction of what the world will be
like in the new millennium (January 1,
2001- January 1, 3000).
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- Send A Message Into the Future.
Visit Human
Messages to Travel through Time and
Space and be sure to read the FAQ's.
At this site, you are invited to write a
message to future mankind; a message up to
four pages can be submitted via the
Internet in the language of your choice.
Draft our message, set it aside and then
reread and edit before submitting a final
draft.
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- Participate in a Millennium Trails
Project. Go to Millennium
Trails and find out about the project.
After reading about the national
initiative, locate a historical trail in
your community. It might be a native
American, pioneer, railroad, migrant,
stagecoach, livestock, canal, river, or
other type of trail. Find out all that you
can about the history of the trail.
Display what you learn. You may want to
develop a website that features your
community trail.
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- Join the Mars Millennium
Project. Visit Mars
Millennium and accept the challenge
for k-12 students to design a community
for the future, a community for the planet
Mars.
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- Be an Oral Historian. Learn
about this subject at Oral
History Lesson. For additional
assistance, be sure to explore the
resources at Oral
History. Interview an older adult
about when they were young. Interviewing
Guidelines.
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- Millennium
Clock (Countdown)
- http://www.dataweb.nl/~to/clck2000.htm
- Using your computer's time setting, this page
provides an accurate countdown to the millennium
(Even lets you chose your preferred millennium
ending).
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- Millennium
Challenge
- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/lessons/e3_t2-lp.html
- Lesson plan: Symbols in the late 19th and 20th
Century.
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- Past,
Present, Future: It's About Time!
- http://www.muohio.edu/dragonfly/time/
- Learn all about time, and how we measure
it.
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- The
21st Century and the 3rd Millennium - When Will
They Begin?
- http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/fad/docs/millennium.html
- This site presents the official opinion from
the US Naval Observatory
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- Millennium
- http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/time/millenniumclock.shtml
- Designing a clock that will last 10,000
years.
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millennium
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Y2K
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year 2000
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year 1000
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21st century
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future
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2nd millennium
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3rd millennium
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calendar
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clock
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January 1, 2000
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January 1, 2001
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Gregorian calendar
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'new age'
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leap year
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bimillenneum
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chilliasm
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millennium bug
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time
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countdown
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Christian calendar
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International Date Line
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Caroline Island
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prophecy
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Julian calendar
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Egyptian calendar
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anniversary
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popular opinion
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prediction
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century
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Created by Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson, 1/99. Updated,
4/00. Update by Nancy
Smith
7/02
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