Welcome to the New and Vastly Improved Virtual Room 1

A Webpage for Mr. H's Classes

I am an 8th grade homeroom teacher. I teach 6th and 8th grade Social Studies, and Middle School  computer lab technician for Saint Francis Borgia Grade School in Washington, Missouri.  I have taught at Borgia for six years.

 

HOME OF THE BORGIA KNIGHTS

 

These are a list of links that can accessed from my page.

 

This should be able to help you on many of my assignments in class

General Links

Mr. Hoeckelman's Stock Market Game Link

Mr. Hoeckelman's Old Website with the Daily News

 The Weather Channel
The Homework Central Page The History Channel History Homepage
History Search History for Kids!  
 

My School's Webpage Borgia High School
St. Louis Archdioscese Page   ABC NEWS The White House

The Democrats The Republicans 

 Info on Presidential Candidates

The House of Reprentatives The Senate

  State Department CIA
Department of Defense
Supreme Court Supreme Court Justices
The Reference Desk

6th Grade Links

Why Do Civilizations Fall?  Encyclopedia Mythica Ancient Civilizations

Early HumansAustralopithecus

John Paul II reflects on creation and evolution

Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

Ancient Mesopotamia, Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia

City of Ur 

Ancient Mesopotamia Mesopotamian CuneiformCounting in Babylon  

Why Do Civilizations Fall?
Royal Tombs of Ur Ziggurats Assyrians
History of the Ancient Middle East: Assyrians
Assyrian Kings List Babylonians: Hanging Gardens
Write Like a Babylonian

Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Book of the Dead Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian Mummies

Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics
Ancient Wonders of the World Virtual Egyptian Tomb The Virtual Mummy
Egyptian Kings 

Ancient Greece
 
Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games  Ancient Greek World Index  Sparta History of Barbering   Ancient Greece   Ancient Greece: Language  Investigation of Ancient GreeceMaecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome 

Voyage Back in Time: Ancient Greece and Rome 

Ancient Greece: The Persian Wars 

1.      Map of Ancient Greece The Persian WarsStone-Hurling Catapult

2.      Ancient Greece: The Persian WarsThe Persian Wars 

3.      The Battle of Marathon Ancient Sports: Pentathlon

4.      Meet Your Fellow Olympians! Olympia 

5.      Olympic Games of Zeus and Hera 

6.      Olympics Through Time Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games 

1.      The Greeks: Crucible of CivilizationAncient City of AthensAncient Greece 

2.      Ancient Greece: Language Ancient Greek Artifacts Ancient Greek Civilizations 

3.      Ancient Greek World Index Colossus of Rhodes Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations 

4.      Greek Jewelry: 5000 Years of Tradition History for Kids!

5.      Investigation of Ancient Greece  Map of Ancient GreeceOdyssey Online -

6.      Olympia Sparta Tale of Three Cities Temple of Artemis (

7.      Voyage Back in Time: Ancient Greece and Rome 

1.      Historical Commentary on the Peloponnesian War

2.      The Peloponnesian War Pericles

3.      The Greeks: Reasons for the Peloponnesian War 

1.      Encyclopedia MythicaGreek Mythology 

2.      Greek Mythology Today Greek vs. Norse MythologyHercules (

3.      Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology 

4.      Jason and the Argonauts (Medusa (

5.      Myth of Perseus Mythology of the Constellations Mythweb 

6.      Pegasus Villains Aphrodite - Venus (3 Apollo (

7.      Ares - Mars Artemis - Diana ( Athena - Minerva (

8.      Demeter - Ceres (Dionysus - Bacchus Eros - Cupid (

9.      Greek Civilization for Middle Schoolers: The Gods Hades 

10.  Hephaestus - Vulcan (Hera - Juno Hercules

11.  Hermes - Mercury (Hestia - Vesta Mythography: Eris

12.  Mythweb Olympians-Poseidon - Neptune Zeus

1.      Ancient Gods: The Titans Mythography: TitansTheoi Project: The Titans 

1.      Encyclopedia Mythica - Trojan Horse Legend of the Trojan War Trojan Horse 

1.      Hipparchus Hippocrates Homer Pericles Ptolemy Sophocles

)Socrates Plato  Aristotle Alexander the Great )

Ancient Rome  

Ancient Carthage Carthage GORP - Ancient Phoenicia - Carthage Hannibal (Battle of Trasimeno -Hannibal The Punic Wars Rome: The Punic Wars -

Julius Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar) Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) (4)

Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus) 

(Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus) 

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletanius) (

Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus) (3)

Dead Romans Ancient Rome Archaeological Park Carnuntum BrainPOP - Halloween  

Circus Maximus 

Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations Dead Romans Death on Display  

History of the Roman Empire 

Lost Roman Treasure Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome  

Masada Odyssey Online 

Our Museum of Art History Pantheon -

PBS: The Roman Empire in the First Century 

Pictures of History: Roman Empire Roman Art and Architecture  

Roman Ball Games Roman Empire 

Roman History Roman Times Roman Web Saint Augustine  

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Baths 

Valentine's Day Voyage Back in Time: Ancient Greece and Rome  

WebChron: History of Rome 

Who Were the Romans? !Windows On Italy - the History  

Ancient Roman Clothing

History for Kids: Roman Clothing Roman Clothes Roman Clothing  

Gladiator Gladiators Roman Culture: Gladiators  

Roman Entertainment, Vicious or Victorious? -

Roman Gladiatorial Games Roman Gladiators

Christian Catacombs of Rome Ancient Roman Mythology  

Mythography: Roman Mythology

Mythology of the Constellations Odyssey Online Pantheon  

Roman History -

Ancient Roman Mythology: Romulus and Remus  

Roman Empire: Romulus & Remus Ancient Rome

Forgotten City of Pompeii Map of the Forum at Pompeii Mt. Vesuvius

Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Herculaneum Pictures of History: Pompeii  

Rome: Daily Life -Britannia -

Caerleon -Hadrian's Wall Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC -

Merrie Haskell's King Arthur Page -

Roman Baths and Pumproom Roman Web -

Romans in Scotland Romans in Sussex -

Welsh Historic Monuments -Who Were the Romans?  

Calendars Through the Ages: Early Roman Calendar -

Early Roman Calendar Roman Calendar Roman Numerals and Roman Dates  

Roman Numerals and Roman Dates Roman Numerals Chart  

Roman Building Roman Roads -

Romans: Roads and Places Via Nova rVia Sacra Ancient Rome  

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome -

Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Herculaneum -

Pictures of History: Roman Empire Roman Art and Architecture -

Roman Gladiatorial Games  

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Baths  

Vesuvius, Italy - Roman Empire The Roman Calendar
Archaeological Sites in Israel: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Middle Ages


Battle of Hastings Middle Ages Info Middle Ages Fun  Arthurian Legends

Book of Kells -Food in the Middle Ages Footwear of the Middle Ages  

Glossary for Medieval Art and Architecture -

Historic Weapons Collection  History for Kids!  

Journey Through the Middle Ages  Life in the Middle Ages  

Medieval and Renaissance Instruments -Medieval Music Medieval Technology Pages  

Medieval Times -Middle Ages -Middle Ages Project  Middle Ages

Murder of Thomas Becket  Normans -Penshurst Place -

Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege -Black Plague  Eyam Web Site  

Great Plague and the Great FireGreat Plague 

Health and Disease in the Middle Ages: Black Death -

Byzantine Empire Byzantium Through The Ages: A Timeline  

Catholic Encyclopedia: The Byzantine Empire Gallery of Byzantine Art  

Irene of Athens Map of the Byzantine World -

The Glory of Byzantium Theodora - WebChron: History of Rome  

Fall of Constantinople, 1453

Fight to Survive Catholic Encyclopedia on the Crusades -

Crusader and Ayyubid Period -

Crusades Crusades: A View From Jordan Life in the Middle Ages  

Richard I Map of Fourth and Later Crusades Map of Second and Third Crusades  

Routes of First Three Crusades Routes of the Fourth and Later Crusades  

Syria and the Holy Land at the Time of the Crusades Feudalism

Journey Through the Middle Ages

  Middle Ages: Feudalism The Middle Ages: Feudal Life  

Feudal England  

Journey Through the Middle Ages  

Kids' Castle Charlemagne (Charles the Great) (

Help for your History Book

6th Grade Social Studies Assignments

7th Grade Links

Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation Salem Witches II Colonial America
Colonial America II Colonial America Site
Liberty the American Revolution Help for your History Book  

United States Military Academy Map Library

8th Grade Links

Help for your History Book


Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail
The Battle of New Orleans War of 1812-1814 Virtualology: War of 1812 War of 1812
Andrew Jackson American Presidents: Andrew Jackson
Brief Biography of Andrew Jackson

The Alamo and Manifest Destiny
The Alamo Siege and Battle of the Alamo 13 days at the Alamo
The Donner Party The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail Part 2 The Santa Fe Trail

Pre-Civil War/ Antebellum Period

The Missouri Compromise The Dred Scott Case History of Dred Scott
Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas
John Brown John Brown (1800-1859) The Raid on Harper's Ferry

Civil War 

Battle of Fort Sumter Official Records and Battle Description
History Place: The U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
Fort Sumter National Monument Civil War Photographs Civil War Interactive
Civil War Medicine Civil War at a Glance
The Civil War William Clarke Quantrill Bill Anderson
The Battle of Pilot Knob Battle of Lexington, Missouri
Battle of Wilson's Creek
The Battle of Wilson's Creek Official Records And Battle
The Battle of Wilson's Creek
Claiborne Fox Jackson From Revolution to Reconstruction
54th Massachusetts Infantry Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial
Robert Gould Shaw Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909

The Turn of the Century 1900's

Turn of the Century in U.S. History Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Thomas Edison Samuel F.B. Morse
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell II  

The Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright

  Henry Ford
Cornelius Vanderbilt Andrew Carnegie

Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans 

  Index of Native American Resources

Women's Suffrage and Labor Unions

Samuel Gompers Knights of Labor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Important People: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony's Home

World War I

First World War First World War Encyclopedia World War I - Trenches on the Web
World War One Aviation Germany During World War One

The Roaring 20's and the Great Depression

The Roarin' 20's The Roarin' 20's The Roarin' 20's

Great Depression