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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on the various types of foods consumed in the ancient Greco-Roman world. Clicking on the items will provide information and pictures. Examples include grain, grapes, olive oil, fish and more.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Greek

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about the lasting impact Ancient Greece had in our world. Gather information about the Olympics, the first Democracy, and other notable cultural developments in this easy to use website.
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Article
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Everyday Life in Ancient Greece (Fourth Century b.c.)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a glimpse into the everyday life of the ancient Athenians in the words of Xenophon, the Greek historian and pupil of Socrates.
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Greece

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Greece's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location and a video about the Parthenon, an ancient temple built...
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Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Ancient Greece: Part I: C. 2700 500 b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module on ancient Greece in which Tom Richey teaches us about the history, literature and culture, as well as the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations. Includes unit materials, videos and lecture notes.
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PPT
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Traces of History: Salonika, Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
The city of Salonika, Greece was virtually extinguished during WWII. This proud city was a hub of European Jewry with a strong cultural identity. Learn about their culture and what happened to the city during the Holocaust.
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Website
Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online: Ancient Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief studies of the peoples, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writings and archaeology of civilizations in the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Ancient Americas.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: World History: Ancient Greeks and Romans

For Students 9th - 10th
World History learning module unit on Ancient Greeks and Romans compares Greek and Roman culture, their evolution, contributions, and eventual decline.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ancient Greece on Parade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Everyone loves a parade! As an end to a unit on Ancient Greece, middle schoolers will produce an Ancient Greek shoebox float celebrating one of the cultural contributions of the civilization.
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Unit Plan
Boise State University

Ancient Athens: A Virtual Field Trip

For Students 5th - 7th
Explore ancient Athens and learn about its culture and democratic government. Visit the Agora, the Acropolis and Parthenon, the Pynx, a typical ancient Greek home, and look at Greek artifacts in museums. There are virtual tours of...
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Handout
Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World: Women's Life Dress and Toilet Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a description of how women in ancient Greece dressed and how these styles changed.
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Handout
World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Athens

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry defines and provides an overview of the ancient greek city of Athens. Includes a timeline of history events and explores its early settlement, government and laws, and culture.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Power Point: Minoan and Mycenaean Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
PowerPoint presentation by History teacher, Tom Richey, explains the history of the Minoans and Mycenaeans in ancient Greece.
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Handout
Able Media

The Asclepion: Medicine in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Impressive Classics Technology Center site lists the achievements of the ancient Greeks in medicine from the time of Homer up to Hippocrates and the plague of Athens during the Peloponnesian war. Gives evidence from ancient texts.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey Power Point: This Is the History of Sparta

For Students 9th - 10th
PowerPoint presentation by teacher, Tom Richey, presents 44 informative and fun slides on the history of Sparta.
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Greek Weddings

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for kids describes the rites and rituals associated with weddings of ancient Greece. Students will enjoy reading about cultural traditions of the past.
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Website
Other

Bijleveld Books: Life Among Ruins: Greece and Turkey Between Past & Present

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating exhibition of the impact that living among the ruins of earlier civilizations has on people's lives. This online exhibit presents the illustrated records of European travelers to the Mediterranean from the 17th to the 19th...
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Classical Greece, 500 323 b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Persian invasion of Greece, the Age of Pericles, the Peloponnesian War, and the culture of Classical Greece.
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Professional Doc
Online Learning Haven

Online Learning Haven: Ancient Greece

For Students 6th - 8th
Article on ancient Greece with brief summaries of ancient Greek society, gods and goddesses, literature, and much more.
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Lesson Plan
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek Art Prehistoric to Classical: Ed Resource

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lengthy illustrated publication (256 pages) serves to ground readers in ancient Greek art and culture, beginning with the earliest point in Greek history through the classical period. Using examples found in its vast collections, the...
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Website
Other

Acropolis Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to the online home of the Acropolis Museum, which opened to the public in June 2009. Holdings include weathered originals and reproductions, freestanding works of sculpture, architectural fragments, and other antiquities...
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Article
Other

Explorable: Ancient Astronomy, Science and the Ancient Greeks

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the influences of other cultures on ancient Greek astronomers, and the advances made by the Greeks. It highlights major astronomers and those who contributed important ideas from the 6th to the 2nd centuries BC, including...
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Website
Other

Ancient Art Podcast

For Students 9th - 10th
Video podcast series about the art and culture of the ancient Mediterranean world hosted by Lucas Livingston, a director of education at the Art Institute of Chicago. Choose from a large menu of select topics on the art of ancient Egypt,...
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Handout
World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Greek Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the major cultural influences on the development of mathematics in ancient Greece, and how the Greeks went on to surpass those cultures. The work of the Pythagoreans and of Euclid are described, along with some famous...