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Humanities Software Evaluation

World History Illustrated I:
Ancient Egypt, Middle East & Greece

Copyright Date
1993
Publisher
Queue
Description
Highly interactive multimedia tutorial to help students learn the culture and achievements of early Egyptian, Middle Eastern and Greek civilizations. Focuses on the social, political, and religious institutions and routines of daily life. Topics are Ancient Egypt, Life in Ancient Egypt, The Middle East, Daily Life in the Tigris Euphrates Valley, Ancient Greek Civilization, Daily Life in Classical Greece, Greek Civilization, The Glory That Was Greece.
Disciplines
History, Humanities, Philosophy, Religion, Architecture, Art
Type of Program 
  Single            |     x Mac
x One of a Series   |       IBM
Suitable for:
Individual Instruction
Minimum Requirements
Requires 2MB RAM and a color monitor. The program runs from the CD, or it can be copied to a hard drive.
Vendor
Educational Resources
Cost
$204.95

Instructional Characteristics

Instructional Techniques 
  Game
x Tutorial
  Simulation
x Informational
  Problem Solving
Documentation Available (Y=yes, N=No, NA= Not Applicable) 
N  Student worksheets/Supplentary Material required
Y  Student worksheets/Supplentary Material provided
N  Reference Manuals Required
Quality 1 (low) to 5 (high) 
3  Content Characteristics
3  Instructional Characteristics
3  Technical Characteristics

Recommendations

I would use this program, but with some reservations or changes

Comments

This program consists of narrated text with pictures (slides) and optional multiple choice questions for each lesson. The questions are asked periodically throughout each program. Once the teacher chooses the question option, it cannot be turned off. The student MUST answer the question before the program will continue. Each lesson last approximately 15 minutes without questions, 30 minutes with questions. The pictures are high quality, and the text is interesting. The program lacks flexibility within lessons; it does, however, contain an Index feature which locates specific information within the story. The CD contains a 'Supplemental' folder with a teacher's guide, transcripts, and answer key. There is also another folder containing Greek documents--writings and information on the time period covered on the CD. These documents are text-only (ASCII) files.