Ancient Greece Unit Study

Well, I had to skip Ancient Egypt for now.  I lost a resource that I needed to go with Egypt.  This is a group of resources that I put together to go along with our study of Ancient Greece.  It really could be used for history without additional resources for grades up to about 8^th grade, but I’m a curriculum- aholic, so I will be using additional book resources.  Do not feel like everything has to be completed, this is more of a suggestion list to choose from.  Please review all websites before allowing your children to see them.  Many of the sites are for adult background knowledge and not meant for children.  In addition, even sites for children could contain nude artwork and pagan info, so please use your discretion for your family.  Please talk with your children about a Biblical response to the things they will be reading when studying Ancient Greece.  I would not start having children study Greek Mythology until they have a clear understanding of make believe and understand they are false gods.  Even older children may need help understanding all the humanistic ideas that are present in the Greek Classics and the humanistic ideas the Greeks have.  Some additional resources that you may want to consider purchasing are: Greek and Latin word study notebooking pages, Ancient Greece history notebooking pages, some other Ancient Greek notebooking pages (look at sample first, they are slightly different), Ancient Greece lapbook and Guide.  This unit will be stored under my history category if you want to refer to it at a later date.  Enjoy!

Unit Studies/ Lesson Plans

http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientGreece.html

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/greekmyths/Ancient.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/teachers/lesson.shtml

http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch618/GreeksMultimediaProject/Greeknewspaper/Greek_Newspaper.html

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/ancientgreece/

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/698Greek.htm

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/parthenon/ - gr. 6-8

http://www.digonsite.com/grownups/TGGreekChildren.html

http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/greekunit.htm

http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachers-parents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-olympics.pdf

Bible

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekbible.pdf

History

http://www.dilos.com/location/13406

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/greece_intro.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/early.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/persian_war.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/greeks_fighting_greeks.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/knossos_the_palace_of_minos.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/athens/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/corinth/

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/GREECE/SPARTA.HTM

http://www.crystalinks.com/greekcities.html - has some really good maps

About

http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/greece/eg_greece_menu1.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

http://www.alcdsb.on.ca/~mart/junior/2001gr5/ancient_civiliazationaw.htm - lots of little facts about culture

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html - lots of different information

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/greece.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization - Minoans

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/world/worldlistgreece.htm

Olympics

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/olympics.pdf

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/olympicgames.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/olympia/index.shtml

http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/newsletter/archives/082004.php

Alexander the Great

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=kaufman&book=plutarch&story=alexander

http://atgspot.com/alex_web/index.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/alexander_the_great.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Alexander_the_Great

http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/Alexanderama.html

http://members.aol.com/tomstp9/alex.html

Philosophers

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/philosophers.htm

http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm

Mythology

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=harding&book=greek&story=_contents -book- Greek Gods, Heroes and Men by Harding

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110010/home.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/olympiangods.htm

http://www.garrettgreene.com/

http://library.thinkquest.org/13238/gather/greekrm.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/23057/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002356F/godlibrary.htm

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/myths.htm

http://www.mythman.com/

http://www.mythweb.com/

http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/newsletter/archives/042004.php

http://eawc.evansville.edu/quizzes/greekmyth.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/greekrelig.htm

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Zeus

Geography

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/greece/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/greece/map/printoutquiz.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/greece/map/printout.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/findout.shtml

Maps

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/acgreecemap.pdf - Blackline

http://abcteach.com/Maps/greece.htm - Blackline

http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/greek/map.gif - Blackline

http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/greek/map2.gif - Blackline

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/maps/maplabels2.html - Blackline

http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/mapindex.htm

http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/ancient%20warfare/ancient_warfare_table_of_contents.html -Lots of Historical Maps

http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/map13al.htm - Alexander’s Route

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/images_n2/alexander.gif - Alexander’s Route

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/europe/interactive/map23.html - Map of Alexander’s Empire

http://www.uoregon.edu/~atlas/europe/static/map09.html - Hellenistic Greece

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/europe/static/map06.html - Archaic Period

http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_download_image.asp?lib=690&linkid=366951 - Alexander’s Empire

http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_download_image.asp?lib=690&linkid=366809 -Crete

Literature

Famous Men of Greece

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=haaren&book=greece&story=_contents -Scroll down

The Story of Greece

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=_contents -Scroll down

Aesop

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/aesops_fables.htm -bio of Aesop

http://www.aesopfables.com/

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18732/18732-h/18732-h.htm

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm

Mythology

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=peabody&book=greek&story=_contents

Homer

http://library.advanced.org/19300/data/homer.htm

http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html - The Iliad

http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html - the Odyssey

The Aeneid For Boys and Girls

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=aeneid&story=_contents - Scroll down

The Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=golden&story=_contents - Scroll down

The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=gould&book=greeks&story=_contents - Scroll Down

Language Arts

Creative Writing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/teachers/worksheet.shtml

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/TRAVELER/gkpro.html -assignments listed under writing

Spelling

1.       Greece

2. Trojan
3. Athens
4. Spartan
5. Athlete
6. Invade
7. Fable
8. Citizen
9. Temple
10. Comedy

Vocabulary

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/glossary/index.shtml

Words to look up:

1. Agora
2. Comedy
3. Tragedy
4. Assembly
5. Equinox
6. Republic
7. Democracy
8. Assembly

Science

Medicine

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/medicine/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/ancientgreece.htm

http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/greekmenu.HTM

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_ancient_Greece

http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/oath.htm

Scientists

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/

Technology

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/technology.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/greece.shtml

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=54

Math

Most of these are for upper elementary and up

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythagoras.htm

http://educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/december2003/Pythagorean.html

http://www.brainpop.com/math/algebra/pythagoreantheorem/ (This is a subscription service, they do have a 14 day trial)

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/pythagorean-theorem-elementary.php

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/pythagorean-theorem-game.php

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagorean_triples.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html

http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/pythagoras.html

http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/pythagorean.html

Architecture

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekcolumns.pdf - this is and activity involving architecture

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/architecture.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/labyrinth.htm

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Acropolis_of_Athens

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Corinthian_order

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Doric_order

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Ionic_order

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=building

http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/greek.htm

Art Appreciation

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/mycenaeanmaskapprec.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/minoanartanaylsis.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greeksculptureapprec.pdf

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/art.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/greek/amphora.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/greek/horsefrieze.shtml

http://funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/edu/ancient-greek-art.html

http://dl.ket.org/humanities/connections/class/greecerome/vases.htm

http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Art_in_Ancient_Greece

http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Sculpture_in_Ancient_Greece

Music

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/music.htm

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecemusic1.html

Drama

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/drama.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/theatre/theatre_text.shtml

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Greek_theatre

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/greektragedy.htm

Greek Alphabet/ Language

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/ancientgreeceresources/greece17.pdf

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/greek_alphabet.htm

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/history/greek.htm

http://www.ancientscripts.com/greek.html

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/pdfs/greekalphabet.pdf

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/pdfs/greeklanguage.pdf

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_images/lesson517/Greek_Letters.pdf

http://www.greece.org/gr-lessons/gr-english/Gif/script.gif

http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ancgreek/

http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/139/author_id/61/

Greek Roots

http://www.resaacademy.org/greek.htm

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/MA/resources/greek_and_latin_roots/transition.html - these are mixed in with the Latin but they tell which are Greek and which are Latin

http://www.getwords.com/basic-grk-a-l.html

Government

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/democracy.htm

http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/Polis/GREECE.html

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/government/index.htm

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecegovt1.html

Daily Life

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/daily_life.htm

http://www.crystalinks.com/greekculture.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/dailylife.htm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/clothes.htm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/houses.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/economy/index.htm

http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/agfc-moyrsmith.html - female clothes

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=coin -coins

http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/daily.html

http://www.annaswebart.com/culture/costhistory/ancient/ - clothes

http://members.aol.com/donnclass/Greeklife.html

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML#Plate5

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/8adio10.txt - book

Timeline

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/Timeline_With_Lines.pdf - blank timeline

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/History2.pdf - blank timeline notebook page

http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/grpage.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/time_line.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/timeline/index.shtml

Notebooking

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/SAMPLE_SET_GREEKS_-_DRAMA2.pdf -Greek Drama pages (sample from Notebookingpages.com, see above if you are interested in the complete set)

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/minoanculture.pdf - The Minoans

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/mycenaeanculture.pdf - The Mycenaenans

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/minoanmyc.pdf -Compare and contrast the Minoans and Mycenaeans

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekromangods.pdf - gods and goddesses

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekcult.pdf - Ancient Greeks

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekroles.pdf - Greek Roles

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekbattles.pdf - Greek Battles

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/athensparta.pdf - Athens and Sparta

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/aesopsfables.pdf - Aesop’s Fables

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekgovt.pdf - Greek Government

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekscientists.pdf - Greek Scientists

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/greekphilosophers.pdf - Greek Philosophers

http://www.notebookingnook.com/page1/page2/files/TrojanHorse.pdf

http://www.notebookingnook.com/page1/page2/files/Greekgodschart.pdf

http://www.notebookingnook.com/page1/page2/files/Ancient%20Olympic%20Games.pdf

http://www.notebookingnook.com/page1/page2/files/RiseSparta_Athens.pdf

http://www.notebookingnook.com/page1/page2/files/Aesop.pdf

http://www.notebookingnook.com/page1/page2/files/Pythagoras.pdf

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Posted by PumpkinsMomma

We will be studying the greek's some in the next year so i will research some of these links and include them! thanks
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Posted by homeschoolingmommaof4

Great unit! Thanks for sharing.

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Posted by DanielleW

Great job. Thank you for the work you did in putting this together.

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Posted by fraziermomsteph

Hi there, and thank you for welcoming me on my first day here! :) I have to say that your Greek study links are perfectly on time for me; we're studying ancient Greece in our Sonlight World History right now, so I am going to use some of these links you've posted. Thanks! Have a blessed day!
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