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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06, 2017
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 [...]
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06, 2017
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 [...]
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06, 2017
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 [...]
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06, 2017
Making a discus – Ancient Greece project
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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
