Celtic Culture 6-Pack

Grades 5-12

Immerse yourself in the many fascinating aspects of Celtic culture with this comprehensive set of CD-ROMs. A History of the Scottish People 1840-1940, A History of the Shale Oil Industry, Kiloran Bay: A Viking Pack, Scottish Country Dance, Houses and Households, and Vikings combine to give students a virtual tour of the lands, lore, and ways of life of the Celtic people.

A History of the Shale Oil Industry
This award -winning software takes young scientists into the depths of the earth and down the fiery production line of the once-vital shale oil industry. Animations and images lead students through virtual experiments and fun quizzes that bring scientific processes to life. Helpful teacher's notes complete this unique educational package.

A History of the Scottish People 1840-1940
Bring Scottish history to life for your students with this unmatched software. Students will be thoroughly engaged as they browse through a massive archive of photos, film clips, text, and maps. Multimedia pages present themes such as migration, health, and leisure, and sophisticated essays provide rich food for thought. A collection of printable materials is also included.

Kiloran Bay: Viking Pack
Marauding Vikings are easily imagined - your students become archeologists as they dig into the Longboat of a Viking man buried over 1,000 years ago. Interactive pages with amazing animations, audio clips, and archeological reconstructions let students examine artifacts and investigate evidence, to draw their own conclusions about the man and Viking society. A printable teacher's guide is also included.

Scottish Country Dance
Learn how to do the Tulloch Turn and the Dance of the Dashing White Sergeants with this unique software. Fully animated illustrations, viewed from any angle, teach the component steps and formations of Scottish Country Dancing. Step Notation, History, and Dance sections combine with the music of pipes, fiddles, and drums to present and teach this fascinating traditional dance.

Houses and Households
Open the doors of historical discovery with this extraordinary software. Seithenin will guide you across virtual thresholds into fascinating households from 4,000 B.C. to the present. Stunning videos and wonderful graphics immerse students in Welsh culture as they enter history from an exciting new angle. They'll develop historical interpretation skills as they examine folklore, architecture, chronology, archeology, cultural diversity, lifestyle and landscape in the context of houses throughout one country's history.

Minimum system requirements:
PC: P-133, Win 95+, 2X CD, 640X480
MAC: Power PC+, 2X CD, Thousands of Colors, 640X480