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Curated OER

Literature of the Ancient World

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The literature of the ancient world can provide a motivating way for students to explore history.
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Curated OER

The Epic Poem in History

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Teachers can help students understand the connection between epic poetry and modern stories and songs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Olympics Return Home

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the ancient Olympic Games with the modern version of the event. They study the history of the Games and observe how they have changed through time.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Ares

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Ares, the Olympian god of war and defense and figure behind violence. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hephaestus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Hephaestus, the Greek God of Metallurgy and the Smith of the Olympian Gods. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Zeus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Zeus, the supreme god in Ancient Greece, the father of the Olympian gods, and the ruler of mankind. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles,...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides pictures (statue forms) and links to stories of each of the Olympian Gods in alphabetic order. It also has audio of both the Greek and English pronunciation of each as well as a gallery of pictures.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Artemis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon and protector of expectant women and the young. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles,...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Athena

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Athena, the Greek goddess of Wisdom, Skill and War. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her places of worship.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Demeter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her places of worship.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hestia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, home and family. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronounciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and her worshipers.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Poseidon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, the horses, and the earthquakes. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: The First Greek Gods and Goddesses: "Theogony"

For Students 9th - 10th
"Theogony," a famous poem, by Hesiod explains the beginnings of Greek Mythology's first Greek Gods and Goddesses. From Chaos came Gaea (Earth), Uranus (the Heaven), and Eros (Desire) who produced the Titans and from them, the Olympian gods.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Sounds

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the English and Greek pronunciations of the names, as well as links to information, for the Olympian Gods, Demigods & Spirits, Monsters, and Greek Heros.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hera

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage and family and the protector of married women. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Aphrodite

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty and eternal youth. It includes biographical and family information, the English and Greek pronunciations of her name, and links to her myths, pictures, places of worship,...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Hebe

For Students 9th - 10th
Hebe, the goddess of youth and the cupbearer of the gods, was married to Heracles and acted as a servant to the Olympian gods.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Mount Olympus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Mount Olympus, the Kingdom of the Olympian gods and the highest mountain in Greece.
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Other

Greek Mythology Link: Apollo

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed, comprehensive resource put together by author and university lecturer Carlos Parada. Traces the story of Apollo from his birth though a number of adventures. Hyperlinks explain who is who, and the site includes images and...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hades

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Hades, Greek god of the underworld. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of worship.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Greek Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Much like a great deal of western culture, modern medicine also finds its roots in ancient Greek civilization. Travel to the time of the Olympians and ancient healers to discover just how much we have learned and gained from those who...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Dionysus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Dionysus, the Greek God of Wine, Joy and Theatre and a Lover of Peace. It provides 'biographical' information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Pandora

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Pandora, the first woman created by the Olympian gods, and learn about what happened when she opened the jar she was forbidden to open.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Giants

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Giants of Ancient Greece, huge, frightful monsters who tried to attach the Olympian gods.