What is a city-state? Definition
Ur was an early city-state. This is the Standard of Ur, from West Asia (2000 BC) What is a city-state? A city-state is like a very small country, with just [...]
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History of Democracy: Who invented democracy?
History of Democracy: The Pnyx, where Athenian men debated issues and voted What is democracy? Democracy means the rule of the people (in Greek). That is where each individual person [...]
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Ptolemies and Cleopatra – Greek Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter, on a coin (He's trying to look like Alexander) Alexander conquers Egypt In 332 BC Alexander the Great and his Greek army conquered Egypt from the Persians who [...]
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Hold your own Olympics – Ancient Greece project
Olympic long jumping with weights to make him go further Competition, for the Greeks, was a way of pleasing the gods. Competition pleased the gods by creating order out of [...]
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Ancient Greece activities – A day in ancient Greece
Ancient Greece activities: Girls jump on a seesaw Designing a Greece project If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on the [...]
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Paint a Greek vase – Ancient Greece project
A red-figure vase painted by the Berlin Painter (Athens, about 480 BC) If you need an art project, or something you can do sitting down, here's a suggestion for a [...]
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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 [...]
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Reading a Greek play – Ancient Greece project
Greek theater at Epidauros - Reading a Greek play How did Greek plays get started? One great activity to understand ancient Greece better is to stage a scene from a [...]
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Greek Olympic games project
A foot race in ancient Greece Would a day of "Greek Olympics" work for you? Here are some suggestions for that. Maybe the most important difference between our own Olympics [...]
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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 [...]
