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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ancient Greek discus, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland One of the sports in the Greek Olympic Games was to see who could throw a discus the farthest. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Egyptian shaduf project This is a project you should do outside on a nice warm day, because you are going to get wet! Egyptian shaduf project A shaduf is a [...]
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 [...]
Tomb of Niankh-Khnum and Khnum-Hotep Old Kingdom Egypt Ancient Egypt afterlife project This is a project you can do inside the classroom, or on a rainy day. Time needed: about [...]