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Primary History: Ancient Greeks - Athens

For Students 8th - 10th
In this world history instructional activity, students study the government of Athens, read surviving court cases, and try making a water clock. They read about Atlantis and design a plate showing the festivals of ancient Greece which...
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Ancient Greece

For Students 5th - 7th
For this ancient Greece worksheet, learners read a factual story giving the basic history of the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Students answer 8 questions.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Beazley Archive: Greek Pottery

For Students 9th - 10th
Access to the pottery database and an introduction to Greek pottery. Techniques and styles including shapes and inscriptions are explained in detailed accompanied by photos. Search by a painter and/or potter and view their work, or use...
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World Greek Pottery

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource addresses all of the products that ancient Greeks traded. It describes how pottery was important not only as artwork but also to contain other traded goods.
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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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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 Greek Pottery

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a description of the pottery trade of ancient Greece and the areas they traded. It includes links to further information on related subjects.
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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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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Mycenaean Pictorial Art and Pottery

For Students 9th - 10th
As an archaeological description of Mycenaean art, this site focuses on the frescoes and pottery which have been uncovered from different periods in ancient greek history.
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World Oils and Cosmetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource briefly describes the development of the oil and perfume trade in Ancient Greece. It includes several pictures of pottery containers.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Ancient Greece, 1000 b.c. 1 a.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site that includes an interactive timeline of Greek art. Clicking on hyperlinks take you to a detailed discussion of the individual works of art. Included are photographs of Greek architecture. A great resource for the study...
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Minoan Art

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting discussion and examples of Minoan painting, pottery, palaces, and metalwork. There are hyperlinks to other aspects of Minoan culture.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Red Figured Gela Krater

For Students 9th - 10th
Superb example of red-figured vase depicting a favorite subject of Greek artists, a battle scene.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Overview of Athenian Painted Ceramic Vases

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an introduction to the different types of vases used by Ancient Greeks, including their different purposes, different descriptions, and the historical backgrounds for each.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Athenian Vases Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of Athenian painted ceramic vases.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Greek Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
A woman kneeling by a column, with several articles of pottery nearby.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Colors of Clay in Athenian Vases

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of unique ceramics made by the ancient Greeks. Be sure to watch the video of how an ancient Athenian cup is made.
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Curated OER

J. Paul Getty Museum: Red Figured Gela Krater

For Students 9th - 10th
Superb example of red-figured vase depicting a favorite subject of Greek artists, a battle scene.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Hercules Fighting a Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
The pottery piece is from the bottom of a patera, an ancient Roman shallow bowl without handles. It shows a scene of the Greek hero Hercules fighting the Nemean lion.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Mound at Marathon

For Students 9th - 10th
Near the southern extremity of the plain of Marathon rises a conical mound, 30 feet high. it covers the remains of the 192 Greeks who fell in the battle. Excavations undertaken in 1890-1891 disclosed ashes, human bones and fragments of...

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