Archaic Greek architecture – the first Greek temples
Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy. There were no more kings in Greece after the Dark Ages, and so there were no more palaces or fancy tombs. Instead, people began to [...]
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What is tyranny? Definition
Kritios Boy statue from the time of the tyranny in Athens In Greece and West Asia, mainly in what is now Turkey, there was a period of time around 650-400 [...]
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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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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 [...]
