Ancient Greece Lesson Plans

Third graders view images and research  Ancient Greece to learn of its culture, and influence in the present world.  In this Ancient Greece lesson, 3rd graders play a Jeopardy game and answer questions about Ancient Greece.

Second graders research Ancient Greece. In this Ancient Greece lesson, 2nd graders survey the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Greece. Students discover stories of Greek mythology and explore the beginning of the Olympic games.

This is a great resource for finding websites on ancient Greece. Explore various websites to investigate life in ancient Greece. Young historians will view images of Greek ruins, take a virtual tour of the Parthenon, view an online movie, take a quiz, and read Greek myths. Links are provided.

Third graders write a caption for a photograph. In this Ancient History lesson, 3rd graders use a Time for Kids magazine to locate a caption and make observations about it. Students view pictures of Ancient Greece and Rome and create a caption for a photograph as a class. Students then work independently to write their own caption for another photograph and share it with a partner.

Third graders view pictures and identify objects to explore Ancient Greece.  In this Ancient Greece lesson students view a PowerPoint. Each slide zooms-in and students must find additional details about Ancient Greece. Students recognize contributions of Rome and Greece to the modern world.

Sixth graders research the internet to find out what everyday life was like in Ancient Greece, then create a newsletter based on what they found out. In this Ancient Greece lesson student groups must include housing, clothing, shopping, jewelry, and pictures which depict Ancient Greek life in their newsletter. A scoring rubric is embedded in the plan.

Students explore the origins of modern language. In this etymology lesson plan, students discuss the cultural influences of Ancient Greece on modern society. Students design and complete charts that demonstrate the original and contemporary meanings of provided vocabulary.

Young scholars explore Greece. In this introduction to ancient Greece lesson, students locate and circle the names of the bodies of water surrounding Greece, then underline the names of important cities in Greece on a world map displayed on a Smart Board. Young scholars define and discuss key vocabulary, then write it in a notebook. This lesson is appropriate for high school special needs students studying geography and world history.

Second graders explore world history by writing newspaper articles. In this Greek history activity, 2nd graders investigate the geography and society of Ancient Greece by utilizing the Internet as a research tool. Students collaborate with their classmates to create an Ancient Greece newspaper while each student contributes a single article.

Sixth graders discover what everyday life was like for Ancient Greeks. In this Greek history lesson, 6th graders examine the cultural diversity of Ancient Greece and how it affected daily life for its citizens.