Topic :Greece
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Ancient Greece
An informative and well illustrated guide to Ancient Greece, covering art and architecture, politics, 0lympics, geography, mythology, peoples, war, history, and other topics.
Perseus Project (Tufts U.)
A worthwhile digital library for Greek and Classical resources that offers a search function. Has FAQs, essays, a historical overview and an extensive library of art objects and the like.
The Ancient Greek World
An online exhibit by the that explores the land, time, economy, religion, daily life and religion of Ancient Greece
The Ancient City of Athens(Indiana U.)
A good photo archive of Athens' architectural remains (but slow to load). Also a useful resource for students of classical art, archeology, civilization, language, and history.
Ancient Greek Sites on the World Wide Web
Is a good clearinghouse of sites on the ancient Greek world.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Greece
Part of Exploring Ancient World Cultures site, this page provides an introduction to Ancient Greece and includes essays, images, a quiz, and more.
World Cultures to 1500: Bureaucrats and Barbarians: Minoans, Myceneans, and the Greek Dark Ages
A terrific overview of Ancient and Medieval History can be found at this online course, based at Washington State University. It offers clear and informative lecture notes, maps, a photo gallery, timelines, links to relevant sites, and more. Click Contents.
World Cultures to 1500: Ancient Greece
More excellent introductory material on Ancient Greece from Richard Hooker and World Cultures to 1500
Historical Collections - Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
This site offers an interesting and intelligent presentation on ancient medicine
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport:Ancient Greece
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport helps kids browse the world in his virtual classroom. He introduces you to many civilizations with clear explanations, engaging graphics for kids, and "cool links". His study guides, homework assignments and exams are free and available for you to print or to edit.
Greek Medicine
This site by the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine explores ancient Greek medicine, provides a timeline and vocabulary, and discusses Hippocrates, Aristotle, and other Greek physicians.
History Online Project
This site contains resources on Ancient Civilizations, Medieval Times, Exploration and Discovery, Colonial America, Primary Sources and more. It features the Argos search engine for the classical world and has special sections on Ancient Greeks and Romans.
The Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World
This site has a complicated registration procedure, but tells much of the history, the mythology, and how and
where the games were performed in Ancient Greece.
The Real Story of the Olympics
This site is from the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
and asks: Were the ancient Olympic games better than ours? More fair and square?
More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist?
More political?
Alexander the Great
This site provides information about Alexander the Great, his life, his family, his conquests, and his battles, including links to various Alexander the Great sites and resources on the WWW.
Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides, Activities and more
Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page: Early and Classical Greece Units
Don Donn of the Corkran (Maryland) Middle School provides a complete unit with 17 daily lesson plans and unit test for sixth graders. There are also links to multiple K12 lesson plans and activities.
Ancient Greek Olympics
This four-day unit by Don Donn includes lesson plans for teachers and activities for students.
"The Daily Athenian": A Greek Newspaper Project
Working in small groups, students will work produce sections of an historical newspaper or journal for publication in democratic Athens. Using the resources of a PBS Web site (as well as books and other resources listed in the Research Links & Resources Page) pick an approximate date and research stories for the newspaper. This section has been tailored for a newspaper about Athens during the time of Pericles, because of the greater amount of information available for that period. However, with some adaptation and additional research it would be possible to compile newspapers for early or later periods. Grades 5 - 12.
Oedipus the King: Ancient Greek Drama
Read Sophocles' famous work and explore what it reveals about ancient Greek culture. Grades 5 - 12.
Interview a Famous Greek
students will research and then role play famous ancient Greek citizens in a talk-show format and assemble an Ancient Grecian Hall of Fame. Grades 5 -12.
Two Faces of Greece: Athens and Sparta
Compare Athenian and Spartan culture from a variety of perspectives and through creative presentation ideas. Grades 5 - 12.
The World's History:Dawn of the Empires
The online guide to Howard Spodek's The World's History features quizzes (multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, interactive review questions), primary sources, maps, a bulletin board, a Live Chat,web links, and faculty resources for each chapter/topic. The empires in this chapter come from three different regions: Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece.
An Ancient Odyssey: Exploring Ancient Greek Mythology and History through Geography
In this New York Times lesson, students identify both the traditional myths and historical facts that are associated with geographical locations in ancient Greece. Then they create a "Travel to Ancient Greece" display to present their findings.(October 23, 2002)
Western Civilization: The Greek Polis
The online study companion to Margaret King's Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History has many features: chapter learning objectives, online quizzes, writing activities, essay questions, web links, built-in search engines, and faculty modules that include PowerPoint outlines, presentation graphics, and lecture hints and activities
Western Civilization: The School of Hellas
The online study companion to Margaret King's Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History has many features: chapter learning objectives, online quizzes, writing activities, essay questions, web links, built-in search engines, and faculty modules that include PowerPoint outlines, presentation graphics, and lecture hints and activities
Brief Review in Global History and Geography: Document Based Essays and Practice Tests
PH@School's Brief Review in Global History and Geography Web site provides multiple-choice questions from actual Regents exams. You can also practice your test-taking skills on document-based essay questions (DBQs), with the option of e-mailing answers directly to your teacher for review.
Saving the Olympics (WebQuest)
If your committee can successfully convince Milo (a famous Greek wrestler) that the Olympics is still very similar to the Ancient Olympics, we will continue to be able to hold Olympic events. If, however, you fail to convince Milo, he will again call on Zeus to banish the Olympic games from us forever.
Politicians of Ancient Greece
An activity oriented site where students research Ancient Greek politics and then make a presentation.