SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTS FOR K–12
CLASSROOMS AND LIBRARIES
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Pompeii: Lost and Found
by Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN 0375828893
Gopher to the Rescue! A Volcano Recovery Story
by Terry
Catasús Jennings
ISBN 1607181312
Earth’s Fiery Fury
by Sandra Downs
ISBN 076131413X
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
by James M. Deem
ISBN 0618473084
Forces of Nature: The Awesome Power of Volcanoes,
Probing Volcanoes by Laurie Lindop
ISBN 0761327002
HIGH SCHOOL
Pompeii: The History, Life, and Art of the Buried City
by Marisa Ranieri Panetta
ISBN 8854407186
Vesuvius: A Biography
by Alwyn Scarth
ISBN 0615191312
Vesuvius: Two Letters
by Pliny the Younger
ISBN 0615191312
RECOMMENDED WEBSITES
Assignment Discovery Shorts: Vesuvius Destroys Pompeii
discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/assignmentdis-
covery-shorts-mount-vesuvius-destroys-pompeii/
Assignment Discovery Shorts: Vesuvius History
discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/assignmentdis-
covery-shorts-vesuvius-history/
Deconstructing History: Pompeii
Pompeii Digital Preservation Archive
archive.cyark.org/pompeii-intro
Educator’s Guide | PG 6
Photos courtesy of the
Soprintendenza Speciale per I Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompeii
