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Able Media

Classics Technology Center: Life and Labors of Hercules

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson plan created for eighth-grade students with no Latin language background to learn about Hercules and his twelve labors. Includes handouts and examples of student work, as well as ways to add Latin to the project.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Distribution of Languages, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the distribution of Indo-European languages in Europe, including Celtic, Germanic, Latin, Slavic, Greek, and Albanian languages. Areas where language families other than Indo-European are also shown, including Lapp, Finnish,...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Make Your Own Mythic Mask or Puppet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own masks and puppets and bring the mythic creatures to life.
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Other

International Tongue Twisters Alpha dictionary.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Tongue twisters for everyone! You'll find twisters and tricky phrases in English and more than 40 other languages, from Albanian to Xhosa. English translations are provided for twisters in other languages.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Greece. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
Handout
NC State University

North Carolina State University: Pindaric and Horatian Odes

For Students 9th - 10th
A list comparing the generic features of Pindaric odes and Horatian odes. Includes links to examples of an ode by Pindar and one by Horace, with audio recordings of each read in its original language.
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Hercules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
How is Greek mythology relevant to you right now? This site gives you examples of the connections between ancient Greek myths and your world today, in terms of figures of speech. Ever perform a Herculean task? Been tantalized by...
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Other

Vocabulary Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This vocabulary workshop will be helpful to anyone interested in brushing up on their skills. This site features a comprehensive look at root words, prefixes, suffixes and more.
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Curated OER

Etc: Language Map of Europe, 1914 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This map shows the divisions of language usage in World War I era Europe. Many of these languages fall into the Indo-European language family, the largest language family in the world. This family includes German, Greek, Italian,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Drama Terms Handout [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-page PDF is a list of 15 drama terms with definitions; the list includes: dramatic conventions, concealment, soliloquy, aside, dramatic irony, tragedy, tragic flaw, harartia, and others.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Watchers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to some essential meteorology concepts so they more fully understand the impact of meteorological activity on air pollution control and prevention. First, they develop an understanding of the magnitude and...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Athena and the Dandelions

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ancient Greeks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses Greek influences on the English language.
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Virginia Tech

Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics

For Students 9th - 10th
Electronic Antiquity is a scholarly journal with an emphasis on editorial articles, reviews and announcements.

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