Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Ancient Odyssey

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify both the traditional myths and historical facts that are associated with geographical locations in ancient Greece. They create a "Travel to Ancient Greece" display to present their findings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Trip Back in Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, through the following 10 lessons, develop an understanding of what life was like in Ancient Greece.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

A Trip Back In Time

For Teachers 2nd
Students develop an understanding of Ancient Greek life. Students explore cultural, political, and social processes that shape different city-states. Students discover people such as Socrates and Alexander the Great.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go For the Gold!: Ancient Olympics For Grades 4-8

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create an ancient Greek newspaper with articles about the Olympics. They perform online research on the pentathalon. Students discuss present-day atheletes. They create a map of cities where the olympics were held.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Democracy Then and Now

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research more about the Canadian parliamentary democratic system.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ancient Greece Word Search

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Ancient Greece word search, students identify words related to Ancient Greece, A list of 60 words is provided. An answer sheet is available.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Comparing Athens and Sparta

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce the ideas of limited and unlimited government with a instructional activity on the government styles in Ancient Greece. Students will compare and contrast Athens and Sparta to understand the two very different governments that...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Rise of Greek City States: Athens Versus Sparta

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the "The Rise of Greek City-States: Athens Versus Sparta" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
Website
Tufts University

Tufts University: Peloponnesian War & Athenian Life

For Students 9th - 10th
An outline history with details on the various events of the war between Athens and Sparta. In addition, there is a section which examines the effects of the war on life in Athens.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Greece for Kids: Sparta

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the city of Sparta from Ancient Greece on this site. Study this warrior society where all male citizens were soldiers.
Handout
Vancouver Island University

Malaspina University: Comparison of Sparta and Athens

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare the oligarchy of Sparta and the democracy of Athens, and the residents of both city-states.
Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

For Students 9th - 10th
Access any of the twenty-four lectures in a university-level course in ancient Greek history up to the time of Alexander. Lectures available in audio, video, or text format. With coverage of Bronze Age Greece, the Persian Wars, the rise...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Greco Roman

For Students 9th - 10th
Instead of rule by a single person, Athens and Rome developed governments with widespread participation by male elites, which lasted about 170 years in Athens and about 480 years in Rome. This article discusses the rise of the Greek and...
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Greece for Kids: Peloponnesian War

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the Peloponnesian War of Ancient Greece fought between Sparta and Athens on this site.
eBook
Boise State University

European History: The Peloponnesian War

For Students 9th - 10th
PowerPoint style site traces the beginnings of the Peloponnesian War, the Delian League, and the Archidamian War. Includes references and further reading.
Handout
Other

Tulane University: Athenian Empire: 480 404 Bc: Timeline for Peloponnesian War

For Students 9th - 10th
A great timeline which gives an overview of the major events of the war. The timeline is broken down into three sections: The Archidamian War, the Peace of Nicias and the Decelean War.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Ancient Greece for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the civilization of Ancient Greece on this site. The birth of democracy, philosophy, and science as well as Athens and Sparta.
Interactive
Other

Metis: Catalog of Ancient Greek Archaeological Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
A very large collection of interactive photographs of archaelogical sites in Greece and Turkey. Users can pan around the sites, zoom in for closer looks, or click on hot spots to access views of individual elements of the scenes. Some...
Handout
Lin and Don Donn

Ancient Greece for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Battle of Aegospotami

For Students 9th - 10th
The Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC resulted in the destruction of the Athenian navy in the Peloponnesian War and led directly to Athens' final defeat by Sparta in the following year. Read the details of the battle at this site.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Pericles

For Students 9th - 10th
Study about the leader of Athens during its golden age of Ancient Greece named Pericles on this site.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Greece for Kids: Persian Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
A website about the Persians Wars of Ancient Greece fought between Persia and the Greek city-states.
Handout
Vancouver Island University

Malaspina University: Introductory Note on Classical Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough description of topics in Classical Greece provided for by the Malaspina University.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains s biography of Aristotle. Learn about One of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.

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