Ancient Greece Teacher Resources

Encyclopedia entry on Amphipolis describes the history of this Athenian colony and provides links to related material, photos, and timeline.

Based on excavations of the Athenian Agora, this site offers both photographs and diagrams of the Agora, as well as photographs of artifacts representative of ancient Greek/Aegean life. In addition, the texts of two books, The Birth of...

Smarthistory presents a video discussion on the sculpture, the Grave stele of Hegeso, an example of Ancient Greek art. [3:27]

This site records an excavation of an Early Iron Age and Archaic (ca. 1200-480 B.C.) site on the island of Crete in the Greek Aegean. The project examines how this urban settlement developed from the Bronze Age until its establishment as...

Cartoon drawing of a woman of ancient Greece.

Snaith Primary School tells the story of ancient Greece through the eyes of two fictional families, one from Sparta and one from Athens. The exploration begins with the start of the Peloponnesian War, providing an entertaining and...

Lesson designed to help students research daily life in Ancient Greece. Working in groups, students produce sections of an Athenian newspaper.

Take this interactive, multiple choice quiz over ancient Greece, and then check your answers for review after answering the questions.

This supplement to a Social Studies unit on Ancient Greece asks students to examine the universal themes of mythology and create their own myths. Three lessons and three PDF format handouts are available.

The complete text of a history of the ancient Greeks written in 440 B.C. In addition to the Greeks, Herodotus provides valuable information about many other groups and societies during this time period.

This resource presents a description of how women in ancient Greece dressed and how these styles changed.

The ritual grew as ownership of automobiles and then mass production of portable grills and plastic coolers soared. Tailgating before college and professional football games is an American tradition. Temporary tent cities pop up in...

Podcast Hisotry presents a segment [17:11] on the Peloponnesian War in ancient Greece fought between the Athenians and neigboring tribal Spartans beginning around 431 B.C.

Description with illustrations offers brief history of the Agora in ancient Greece.

Short, illustrated essay about Hippocrates and the central role he plays in understanding how medicine was perceived and practiced by the ancient Greeks. [Link back to the Antiqua Medicina home for access to a complete history of...

Learn more about the Centaurs, the half- horse creatures of ancient Greece and the spirits of the storm, who were generally lawless, aggressive creatures.

Learn more about the Giants of Ancient Greece, huge, frightful monsters who tried to attach the Olympian gods.

In this video [2:40] Met curator Kiki Karoglou on dangerous beauty in Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx dating from the Attic period of ancient Greece, ca. 530 B.C.E. This capital and sphinx originally crowned the tall...

A site about the god Zeus from Greek Mythology. Learn about the king of the gods ruled Mount Olympus and threw lighting bolts.

On this site, learn about a hero of Greek Mythology and son of the god Zeus named Hercules.

Kids learn about the monsters and creatures of Greek Mythology such as Medusa, Typhon, the furies, hydra, sirens, satyrs, and cyclop on this site.

Learn about an epic poem about the hero Odysseus and his journey home on this site. Read more information about Homer's Odyssey here.

This page examines education for boys and girls in Sparta, Athens and other Greek cities. It takes the form of an extended piece of writing, with links to further information. It includes information on music and poetry. There are sound...

The ROM N GREECE project provides challenging, yet enjoyable activities that enable students to explore Ancient Greece and Rome. The lessons promote reading, critical thinking and writing skills. Students work in (changeable) small...