The Topic:  Millennium 2000

 In the process of putting together our first Millennium segment, we realized that this topic was definitely too big for just one 42eXplore installment. Therefore, we add this second group of websites and activities for you to explore.

 

As the end of 1999 rapidly approaches, the world is looking to celebrate this calendar milestone. Regardless of the 'true' millennium date, January 1st, 2000 will doubtless be a landmark World-Wide event. But it also becomes a point to pause, reflect, and evaluate where we as a human race have been and where we might be going in the next millennium.

 

For an official countdown to year 2000, visit Time Service Department (U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC), the official time source for the Department of Defense and the standard of time for the United States.

 

 

Y2K: Bug or Bomb 

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5127/

This is a site by kids for kids that helps to explain the Y2K problem.

Other Similar Links:

2) Y2K for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/y2k.htm

3) CNN Site http://www.cnn.com/TECH/specials/y2k/

 

Millennium (CNN Documentary Series) 

http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/millennium/

This website was designed as a companion to their TV series of the same same. You can enter from the current week's feature, and you'll need the Shockwave/Flash plug-ins, but once you're into the site, the presentations and content really are superb. In addition, there is an extensive teaching guide which provides thematic coverage and additional resources for teachers.

 

The New Millennium (US Today) 

http://www.usatoday.com/2000/2000.htm

Here you can connect to the 'Millennium Moment' plus access the archives for the entire year. Site also features a countdown calendar and lots of other articles on the approaching millennium.

 

Yaklennium 2000 at Yak's Corner 

http://www.yakscorner.com/yaklennium/index2.htm

That's what the Yak is calling this next thousand years, as this site for kids focuses on the problems facing future generations and finding solutions.

A Similar Site for Older Learners:

2) Explore the Next Millennium (Part of Celebrate 2000)

http://celebrate2000.amarillonet.com/kids/tms/html/3.htm

 

Third Millennium Activies for the Family

http://www.y2kfam.com/millennium3activities.htm

Ideas for 3d Millennium activities.

 

Beyond 2000 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/9901/beyond-2000/beyond-2000-icons.html

Here you can look at predictions for the future, and submit your own.

 

The Last Millennium? by Ivor Noel Hume (Web of Time, Fall 1998) 

http://theweboftime.com/Issue-2/Millennium.htm

Here you can read an article that summarizes World events in AD 1000.

Related Website:

Millennium Madness (Links page)

http://paranormal.about.com/culture/beliefs/paranormal/msub22.htm?pid=2733&cob=home

 

Biography of the Millennium 

http://biography.com/features/millennium/

Look at their list of the 100 most influential persons of the millennium.

 

The Next Millennium

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/future/

What is the future for humanity

 

Explorers of the Millennium

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/timeline2.html?tqskip=1

Who were the greatest adventurers of the past thousand years. Listed in a timeline.

 

Classrooms of the Millennium

http://www.att.virtualclassroom.org/vc99/vc_100/

Learn about how students live and go to school in three different countries.

 

Science for the Millennium (NCSA, University of Illinois) 

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/

This virtual museum focuses chiefly on astronomy and astrophysics, advanced computation, and virtual environments.

 

Viking Millennium (The Smithsonian Institution) 

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/arctic/features/viking

At this website, learn why the Smithsonian is commemorating a Viking millennium. For lots more information and ideas about Vikings, be sure to visit http://eduscapes.com/42explore/viking.htm.

 

 

Sites for Teachers

Millennium Mathmatics Project

http://mmp.maths.org/

Bringing mathmatics to life.

 

New Centuries and Millennia Introduction (Sample lesson) 

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/tchpr/sample.html

This lesson plan introduces calendars as a curriculum unit.