Crafts

11 06, 2017

Make a hoplite shield – Ancient Greece project

By |2018-04-18T23:33:16-07:00June 11th, 2017|Crafts, Greeks, War|Comments Off on Make a hoplite shield – Ancient Greece project

Spartan Shield, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland Greek hoplite soldiers carried shields like this one. The cut out areas made the shield lighter to carry. To make a [...]

11 06, 2017

How to make a Greek lyre – Ancient Greece project

By |2019-11-20T13:30:03-08:00June 11th, 2017|Crafts, Greeks|Comments Off on How to make a Greek lyre – Ancient Greece project

Greek lyre, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland Ancient Greek music People in ancient Greece loved music, which they thought was a way of creating order out of [...]

10 06, 2017

Making a gold bowl – Ancient Greece project

By |2018-04-18T23:33:16-07:00June 10th, 2017|Art, Crafts, Greeks|Comments Off on Making a gold bowl – Ancient Greece project

Trojan gold bowl, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland About 1250 BC, the Greek army fought their neighbors the Trojans in the Trojan War. Troy was across the [...]

10 06, 2017

Painting a fresco – Ancient Egypt project

By |2019-06-16T19:43:44-07:00June 10th, 2017|Art, Crafts, Egypt|Comments Off on Painting a fresco – Ancient Egypt project

Fresco painting project: Egyptian fresco painting Ancient art project: Want to make your own fresco painting? This fresco painting project is pretty straightforward. Start by getting some plaster of Paris [...]

10 06, 2017

Making Greek coins – Ancient Greece project

By |2019-07-24T21:21:17-07:00June 10th, 2017|Crafts, Economy, Greeks|Comments Off on Making Greek coins – Ancient Greece project

Greek coins project: Athenian coins, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland How minters made Greek coins Each Greek city made its own silver coins. The cities they made [...]

10 06, 2017

A day in ancient Egypt – Food, Costumes, Activities

By |2018-04-18T23:33:08-07:00June 10th, 2017|Crafts, Egypt|Comments Off on A day in ancient Egypt – Food, Costumes, Activities

Egypt activities: Akhenaten and Nefertiti If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on ancient Egypt activities, here's some ideas other people have [...]

10 06, 2017

Draw your own hieroglyphics – Ancient Egypt project

By |2018-04-18T23:21:53-07:00June 10th, 2017|Crafts, Egypt|Comments Off on Draw your own hieroglyphics – Ancient Egypt project

Egyptian hieroglyphics project This is a project you can do inside the classroom, or on a rainy day. Look at hieroglyphs Show the children examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Explain that [...]

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