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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Ancient Greece: Part Ii: C. 650 350 b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit two of ancient Greece focusses on Sparta, women, warfare and the conquest of Alexander the Great. Module includes unit guide, primary source materials, videos and map collection.
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Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Ancient Greece: The Greek Timeline

For Students 3rd - 8th
A comprehensive timeline of Ancient Greece from 776 BC-146 BC. To enhance learnin check out the artifacts and printable activities also provided.
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Able Media

The Asclepion: Medicine in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Impressive Classics Technology Center site lists the achievements of the ancient Greeks in medicine from the time of Homer up to Hippocrates and the plague of Athens during the Peloponnesian war. Gives evidence from ancient texts.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: World History: Ancient Greeks and Romans

For Students 9th - 10th
World History learning module unit on Ancient Greeks and Romans compares Greek and Roman culture, their evolution, contributions, and eventual decline.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of ancient Greece in this historical overview and image gallery of Greek art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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University Press

University Press: Architecture in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
A good basic reference on the main types of temple architecture in ancient Greece, including Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Also includes information on architecture, the Parthenon, and sculpture in ancient Greece, with accompanying links...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy

For Students 5th - 7th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy by Thomas Keightley, a book of myths for children.
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Other

Theatre and Drama in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of how societal traditions developed into theater in Ancient Greece. Includes well-known playwrights and plays as well as links to comprehensive information within and outside of the site.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Ancient Greece: Nisyros

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about Nisyros, a Greek island known as the "Bed of the Sleeping Giant." It features an island with few active volcanoes where one can walk on its craters. Learn more about Nisyros and locate it on the map.
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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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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.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Greece for Kids: Greek City States

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to information about the city-states of Ancient Greece. Study the powerful cities such as Corinth, Thebes, Argos, and Rhodes.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Battle of the Greek Tragedies

For Students 9th - 10th
The world of modern theater owes its roots to the tragedians of Ancient Greece. As far back as the 5th Century BCE, actors and playwrights were entertaining the masses with intriguing stories. Melanie Sirof unveils the ancient theatrical...
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Everyday Life in Ancient Greece (Fourth Century b.c.)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a glimpse into the everyday life of the ancient Athenians in the words of Xenophon, the Greek historian and pupil of Socrates.
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University Press

University Press: Ancient Greece: Time Periods

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at periods in the history of Greece going back to 6000 BC. Covers Neolithic, Early Bronze, Minoan, Mycenaean, Dark Ages, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. Each period links to a page of more detailed information.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Zeus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Zeus, the supreme god in Ancient Greece, the father of the Olympian gods, and the ruler of mankind. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles,...
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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 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...
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Athenian Democracy Sac

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which learners 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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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World: Women's Life Dress and Toilet Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a description of how women in ancient Greece dressed and how these styles changed.
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University of Virginia

Antiqua Medicina: Hippocrates

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, illustrated essay about Hippocrates and the central role he plays in understanding how medicine was perceived and practiced by the ancient Greeks. [Link back to the Antiqua Medicina home for access to a complete history of...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Centaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Centaurs, the half- horse creatures of ancient Greece and the spirits of the storm, who were generally lawless, aggressive creatures.
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Channel 4 Learning

Channel 4 Learning: We Are From Greece

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about modern and ancient Greece. Includes snapshot facts about the country today, a list of amazing facts about Greece, and brief overviews of ancient Greek and contemporary Greek society.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Greek Daily Life

For Students 1st - 7th
History for Kids presents an overview written for elementary students of daily life of the ancient Greeks. Students learn about Greek government, agriculture and industry, houses and food. Teacher resources included.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: The Dorians

For Students 1st - 7th
History for Kids presents the ancient Greek history of the Dorian invasion and influence on the island ushering in what is known as the Dark Ages around 1100 BC.

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