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Phonecian Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Phoeniciana: The Phoenician Alphabet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Both fun and informative, this rich site from the Encyclopedia Phoeniciana explains the importance of the Phoenician alphabet for the development of world languages. Download a Phoenician font for yourself!
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Article
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Greek Number Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive discussion of Greek number systems of the first millennium BC, including acrophonic and alphabetical. Includes examples demonstrating the lack of a truly unified system among the Greek islands.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Greek Literature

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
History for Kids presents an overview of literature, libraries and the art of writing in ancient Greece. Students can glimpse a sample of the Greek Alphabet and learn about the epics that are still read today. Includes teacher resources.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 4: The Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, and Us

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 4: The Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, and Us. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 3: The Roman Alphabet Is Our Alphabet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 3: The Roman Alphabet is our Alphabet. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Lesson Plan
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology Words: Alphabetical 56 Greek Mythology Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an alphabetical list of the 56 Greek Mythology Words used in the seven vocabulary puzzles.
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University of Alberta

University of Alberta: Zoology Latin and Greek Roots Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Alberta site features Latin and Greek roots for zoological terms. The index is divided alphabetically.
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Activity
Other

The History of Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This explanation of the history of writing traces writing from the use of "Counting tokens," to the development of the Roman alphabet. The pictures of how writing has progressed over time is very interesting and helpful.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Lightning Thief

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
A thirteen-part learning module including links to informational sites about Greek gods and goddesses, a rap song, the Greek alphabet, several myths followed by questions or assessments, and a dictionary. All links provide background...
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Other

Ancient Greek Number Codes

For Students 9th - 10th
Credited to the Cornell University Greek Epigraphy Project, the content on this page explains (and illustrates through a chart) the Greek use of Alpha characters for numbers.
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Other

Bernard Suzanne: Athens Map in Socrates and Plato's Time

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site starts out with a map of the Agora of Acropolis. By clicking on various locations of the map, you are linked to more detailed descriptions. Scroll down below the map for an alphabetical listing of different Greek...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Six Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
The mathematics session investigates the six trigonometric functions and reciprocal functions. The tutorial consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes the Greek...
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Website
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, presents hundreds of biographies of famous mathematicians, histories of math in various cultures, and interesting facts on the development of important math concepts. This is a huge reference....
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Study Guide
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Act Test Prep

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Five separate lesson plans provide 60 ACT words. Latin and Greek roots facilitate mastery of unfamiliar words. The ACT and other standardized tests for college entrance use similar words in ACT test prep exams. The word puzzles are...
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University of Manchester

Umist: Mathematical Formula Tables

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to tables of mathematical formulas. To view them, the student must download the formulas in pdf format.

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