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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ancient Greece on Parade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Everyone loves a parade! As an end to a unit on Ancient Greece, middle schoolers will produce an Ancient Greek shoebox float celebrating one of the cultural contributions of the civilization.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek Art Prehistoric to Classical: Ed Resource

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lengthy illustrated publication (256 pages) serves to ground readers in ancient Greek art and culture, beginning with the earliest point in Greek history through the classical period. Using examples found in its vast collections, the...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Rom N Greece [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The ROM N GREECE project provides challenging, yet enjoyable activities that enable young scholars to explore Ancient Greece and Rome. The lessons promote reading, critical thinking and writing skills. Students work in (changeable) small...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Ancient Civilizations and the Modern World

For Teachers 6th
Learn how ancient civilzations developed based on the local physical features and how the boundaries of early civilizations compare to their modern counterparts.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Comparing Athens and Sparta

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce the ideas of limited and unlimited government with a lesson on the government styles in Ancient Greece. Students will compare and contrast Athens and Sparta to understand the two very different governments that each employed....
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Athenian Democracy Sac

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students use primary source material from ancient Greece to determine the extent of its democracy. Includes downloads for teacher materials, student materials, PowerPoint and original...
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PBS

Pbs: The Daily Athenia: A Greek Newspaper Project

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Lesson designed to help students research daily life in Ancient Greece. Working in groups, students produce sections of an Athenian newspaper.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Learning Myths, Writing Myths

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This supplement to a Social Studies unit on Ancient Greece asks students to examine the universal themes of mythology and create their own myths. Three lessons and three PDF format handouts are available.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Emperor or President?

For Teachers 6th
Lesson helps students trace attributes of the United States government to those of ancient Greek democracy.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this lesson, students will research Greek theatre by looking at ancient Greek fairy tales and children's stories. Students will create their own fairytale using Moviemaker software.
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University of Chicago

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Role of Women [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students could use a copy of Hammurabi's Laws to discover what rights women did and did not have in ancient Mesopotamia. They could then do research to compare the lives of women in Mesopotamia with the roles and social status of women...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who's Who on Olympus and Why Should I Care?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
References to mythology extend far beyond the basic exploration of a genre. This unit will serve as an exploration of the creation myth across cultures, an introduction to the major Greek gods and goddesses, and an opportunity to link...
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Other

Women in World History Curriculum: Female Fury in the Forum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses two examples of women asserting their power in Roman history to show what rights they really had. Activities are discussion based but could be easily expanded upon.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communication: History of Public Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan offers a brief history of public speaking drawing upon the Western thought from Greece and Rome with Aristotle and Cicero. It lists and discusses the periods and the major speakers of each period.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Masks and Aesop's Fables

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This multi-media visual and language arts activity offers intellectual, creative, and interpretive opportunities through use of books, music, and the internet. It offers complete grade-leveled lesson plans for grades k-4 which include...
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Stanford University

Stanford Education History Group: Battle of Thermopylae

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which young scholars use primary resources to investigate questions and historian claims about the Battle of Thermopylae. Includes downloadable lesson plan, original documents, and PowerPoint.
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Yale University

Ynhti: The Athenian Court and the American Court System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan with the goal to provide knowledge about the Athenian Court system and compare it to the American court system.
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Other

Childdrama.com: Paper Masks (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan on paper masks includes a list of needed materials, instructions on making the masks, and good ideas on how to use them.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Homer Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains a number of lesson plans for Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

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