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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: What Do We Know About Ancient Greek Culture?

For Students 2nd - 6th
Learn about ancient Greek culture including the theatre, architecture, sculpture, pottery, and festivals.
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World

For Students 9th - 10th
Massive site for information on the ancient Greek world. Follow the navigation at the top of the page for detailed sections on time periods, daily life, religion and death, economy, and more. Each section includes pictures of artifacts...
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Ancient greece.org: Minoan Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Captivating collection of information and images of Minoan civilization. Minoan history, architecture, art, culture, and more and covered on this site.
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore all aspects of life in ancient Greece. From the Mycenaean to the Hellenistic time periods, learn about Greek daily life, roles for men and women, religion and religious ceremonies, and the Greek economy.
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World: Daily Life Women's Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a description of the woman's place in ancient Greek society and her duties and responsibilities.
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient World Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Evansville provides this site that gives an overview and then additional pages with readings in ancient Greek philosophy and literature. A good general resource.
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Other

Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Impressive collection of information and imagery about ancient Greece. Find information and illustrations about ancient Greek architecture, art, history and culture. Includes maps and a timeline.
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Other

Ancient Web: Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Find short illustrated articles on many different aspects of ancient Greek culture, warfare, art, literature, religion, and architecture.
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City University of New York

Athenian Daily Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site explores all aspects of daily life in ancient Athens. Discusses the agora, politics, domestic life, warfare, and education. Also has a lengthy bibliography for further study.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Homer and the Greek Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a clear, readable summary of ancient Greek history from the Archaic period through the Renaissance which included Homer's epic poems. Explains major historical events and cultural trends as background for those reading Homeric...
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Other

Ithaka: Cultural Study Program in Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Ithaka offers a rigorous experiential and academic work/study immersion in Greek culture. The study is inter-disciplinary, covering the main areas of culture and learning from ancient times to the present day. It is accessible to the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Ancient Greek Theatre

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Ancient Greek Theatre.
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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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Other

Revista Eletronica: Grecia Antiga (In Portuguese)

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive collection of digital artifacts and articles on Greek culture from antiquity to modernity. Many aspects of Greece's development, from philosophy, mathematics, writings, medicine to language, are covered. Check out "Quid...
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Hellenic Ministry of Culture: The Ancient Olympic Games

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a brief history of the ancient games held every four years in Olympia. There are also short articles with pictures on some of the items used during the games.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of ancient Greece in this historical overview and image gallery of Greek art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Greek Theatre

For Students 1st - 7th
Overview of the history of ancient Greek theatre written in a kid-friendly format teaches about the architecutre of the theatre buildings as well as the structure of the plays.
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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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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Amhara

For Students 9th - 10th
Amhara culture is often identified with Abyssinian culture, which is regarded as the heir to the cultural blending of ancient Semitic and Cushitic (African) patterns. "Ethiopia" is derived from an ancient Greek term meaning "people with...
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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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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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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Acropolis Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual tour of the Acropolis Museum in Greece, which documents the history of Athens back to prehistoric times. The first and third floors can be explored, as well as a collection of high-quality photographs of sculptures and...
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Greek Science

For Students 1st - 7th
Overview of the history of science in Greece during the Hellenistic age when Greek culture mingled with Persia and many advancements were made. Teacher resources include worksheets, activities and quizzes.