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Curated OER

It's All Greek to Me

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Introduce your class to the Greek alphabet and language. Examine how the Greek language influenced the English language. Study the history, timeline of achievements, and the role oral history played in Greece.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Greece: The Landscape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work in small groups to create a topographic map of Greece. They must include labeled line drawings of bordering countries and bodies of water. Students use salt and flour clay to make Greece three dimensional, showing the many...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

WORD SEARCH: HOUR OF THE OLYMPICS

For Students 6th
In this word search activity sheet, 6th graders are given 12 words pertaining to Greece, Grecian history and Grecian inventions / discoveries. Students circle the words in the word search.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Day at the Ancient Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how athletes from various ancient Greek city-states behaved at the Olympic Games. They conduct Internet research, take notes on a worksheet, and write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Greek Culture And Aesop's Fables

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate Aesop's Fables and how they influenced the culture of Ancient Greece. They research five different fables and reflect upon the morals of the stories and state how they influenced the practices of the Greek in writing.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Early Aegean Cultures

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history worksheet, students answer 11 multiple choice questions regarding ancient Greece . Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Emergence of the Greek Polis (1)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history worksheet, high schoolers answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding ancient Greece. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Unit Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers make two T charts, one for Sparta and one for Athens, showing pros and cons for living in either city-state. They use the physical information from the map and the cultural captions given for Athens and Sparts to come to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Culture of the Ancient Greeks

For Students 6th - 10th
In this World History worksheet, students complete an activity by filling in various categories that refer to the ancient Greeks. They identify their government, religion, and education. Finally, student identify various transportation...
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Lesson Plan
Edgate

Learning From the Past: Origin of the Modern Summer Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Where did our beloved Summer Games originate? Kids look for the origins of the Summer Olympics in our ancient past. They research how the Games came to be and how they have changed. They'll complete Venn diagrams to compare and contrast...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Daily Athenian: A Greek Newspaper Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to gather information from the internet and print sources about the Ancient Greeks. They discover what everyday life was like in Ancient Greece. They develop a newspaper to share the information they gathered.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Pericles and Democracy

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Athenian democracy worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about Periclean democracy and then respond to 27 short answer and fill in the blank questions.
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Activity
University of California

Hellenistic Culture

For Teachers 6th Standards
It doesn't take long to change the world! Alexander the Great's reign may have been short-lived, but his vision for a multi-cultural Hellenistic world shaped Afroeurasia for centuries. Pupils examine documents, such as excerpts from...
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Handout
Olympic Museum

The Olympic Symbols

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Get into the Olympic spirit with a resource about the values and symbols of the Olympic Games. With sections about prominent images of the Olympics, including the flame and the interlocked rings, the packet supplies engaging information...
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

Damon and Pythias

For Students 4th Standards
True friendship is priceless. Fourth graders read a short story about two friends who are willing to give up everything for each other — even their lives.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sparta and Athens

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study Ancient Greece. In this Ancient Greece lesson plan, 6th graders complete 16 lessons to learn about Ancient Greece. Students complete a quiz for assessment.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

The Greek Alphabet: More Familiar Than You Think!

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this Greek alphabet lesson plan, pupils explore the Phoenician origins to the Greek alphabet. Learners compare Greek letters to current letters and write a paragraph about the life of students in ancient Greece. They also identify...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students will research the geography and designa route form Columbia SC to an olympic competition, then follow local news and current events to track team perfomance.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Medicine: Then and Now

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read ancient Greek texts to explore ancient healing practices and compare them to modern-day medicine. They conduct research into modern first-aid practices, using a standard medical reference.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Lesson 4: The Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, and Us

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners review knowledge gained in the three-part unit on the history of the alphabet. Using maps and images, learners consolidate their understanding of ancient Greece, the Romans and the Phoenicians, and their respective impacts on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Greeks Olympics and Olympians

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the Ancient Greek Olympics and some of the important Olympians. They complete a word search puzzle and a quiz about the material taught in the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: Playing the Float

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Got a rainy day and need a few fabulous activities to foster creative thinking skills? The class works to understand the three types of human power; direct, indirect, and stored. They do this by first creating a parade float like the...
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Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

It’s Greek to Me: Greek Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It's no myth: this packet on Greek mythology is an excellent addition to your social studies curriculum. With writing activities, such as short answer responses and biopoems, and reading activities, which include creation stories and...
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PPT
Curated OER

Neo-Classicism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Taking students from the origins of Neoclassical art, architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts to the "sunset" of the artistic movement, this slideshow provides ample infomation and examples of the art form. The slides...

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