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Ancient Greece
An informative and well illustrated guide to Ancient Greece, covering art and architecture, politics, 0lympics, geography, mythology, peoples, war, history, and other topics.

Perseus Project (Tufts U.)
A worthwhile digital library for Greek and Classical resources that offers a search function. It has FAQs, essays, a historical overview, and an extensive library of art objects and the like.

The Ancient Greek World
An online exhibit by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology that explores the land, time, economy, daily life, and religion of Ancient Greece.

The Ancient City of Athens(Indiana U.)
A good photo archive of Athens' architectural remains (but slow to load). Also a useful resource for students of classical art, archeology, civilization, language, and history.

Ancient Greek Sites on the World Wide Web
Is a good clearinghouse of sites on the ancient Greek world.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Greece
Part of the Exploring Ancient World Cultures site, this page provides an introduction to Ancient Greece and includes essays, images, a quiz, and more.

World Cultures to 1500: Bureaucrats and Barbarians: Minoans, Myceneans, and the Greek Dark Ages
A terrific overview of Ancient and Medieval History can be found at this online course, based at Washington State University. It offers clear and informative lecture notes, maps, a photo gallery, timelines, links to relevant sites, and more. Click Contents.

World Cultures to 1500: Ancient Greece
This site provides more excellent introductory material on Ancient Greece from Professor Richard Hooker, including clear and informative lecture notes, maps, a photo gallery, timelines, links to relevant sites, and more. Click Contents.

Historical Collections - Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
This site offers an interesting and intelligent presentation on ancient medicine.

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport: Ancient Greece
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport helps kids browse the world in his virtual classroom. He introduces you to many civilizations with clear explanations, engaging graphics for kids, and "cool links". His study guides, homework assignments, and exams are free and available for you to print or to edit.

Acropolis360
Acropolis360 is a full sceen 360 degree virtual tour of the Athens Acropolis containing maps, 3D reconstructions, 360 degree Quicktime panoramas, text information, sounds, music, and voice commentary.

Oedipus the King: Introduction to Greek Drama
There are some excellent resources as part of this PBS activity. The core information about Greek drama and playwrights can be found on this Web site under the following headings: How Salamis was remembered - Aeshylus' The Persians (Event Page: 472 BC - The earliest surviving tragedy); The Origins of Theatre - The First Actor (Event Page: 534 BC Thespis becomes world's first actor); The Origins of Theatre - The First Plays (continued); The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance; and The Great Playwrights of Athens' "Golden Age".

Greek Medicine
This site by the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine explores ancient Greek medicine, provides a timeline and vocabulary, and discusses Hippocrates, Aristotle, and other Greek physicians.

The Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World
This site has a complicated registration procedure, but tells much of the history, the mythology, and how and where the games were performed in Ancient Greece.

The Real Story of the Olympics
This site is from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and asks: Were the ancient Olympic games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political?

Alexander the Great
This site provides information about Alexander the Great, his life, his family, his conquests, and his battles, including links to various Alexander the Great sites and resources on the WWW.

Herodotus Project
The Herodotus project is a free serialized translation of Inquiries by the Greek historian Herodotus along with extensive black-and-white photography of the locations and artifacts mentioned in the book. This site is updated monthly with photographic tours that are hyperlinked with the text.

Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides, Activities and more

Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page: Early and Classical Greece Units
Don Donn of the Corkran (Maryland) Middle School provides a complete unit with 17 daily lesson plans and unit test for sixth graders. There are also links to multiple K-12 lesson plans and activities.

Ancient Greek Olympics
This four-day unit by Don Donn includes lesson plans for teachers and activities for students.

"The Daily Athenian": A Greek Newspaper Project
Working in small groups, students will produce sections of a historical newspaper or journal for publication in democratic Athens. Using the resources of a PBS Web site (as well as books and other resources listed in the Research Links & Resources Page) pick an approximate date and research stories for the newspaper. This section has been tailored for a newspaper about Athens during the time of Pericles, because of the greater amount of information available for that period. However, with some adaptation and additional research, it would be possible to compile newspapers for early or later periods. Grades 5 - 12.

 Oedipus the King: Ancient Greek Drama
Read Sophocles' famous work and explore what it reveals about ancient Greek culture. Grades 5 - 12. The goal of this activity is to gain an insight into Greek tragedy and such concepts such as fate, hubris, and (dramatic) irony.

Interview a Famous Greek
Students will research and then role play famous ancient Greek citizens in a talk-show format and assemble an Ancient Grecian Hall of Fame. Grades 5 -12.

Two Faces of Greece: Athens and Sparta
Compare Athenian and Spartan culture from a variety of perspectives and through creative presentation ideas. Grades 5 - 12.

The World's History: Dawn of the Empires
The online guide to Howard Spodek's The World's History features quizzes (multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, interactive review questions), primary sources, maps, a bulletin board, a Live Chat, web links, and faculty resources for each chapter/topic. The empires in this chapter come from three different regions: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece.

An Ancient Odyssey: Exploring Ancient Greek Mythology and History through Geography
In this New York Times lesson, students identify both the traditional myths and historical facts that are associated with geographical locations in ancient Greece. They then create a "Travel to Ancient Greece" display to present their findings.(October 23, 2002)

Western Civilization: The Greek Polis
The online study companion to Margaret King's Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History has many features: chapter learning objectives, online quizzes, writing activities, essay questions, web links, built-in search engines, and faculty modules that include PowerPoint outlines, presentation graphics, and lecture hints and activities.

Western Civilization: The School of Hellas
The online study companion to Margaret King's Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History has many features: chapter learning objectives, online quizzes, writing activities, essay questions, web links, built-in search engines, and faculty modules that include PowerPoint outlines, presentation graphics, and lecture hints and activities.

Brief Review in Global History and Geography: Document Based Essays and Practice Tests
PH@School's Brief Review in Global History and Geography Web site provides multiple-choice questions from actual Regents exams. You can also practice your test-taking skills on document-based essay questions (DBQs), with the option of e-mailing answers directly to your teacher for review.

A Tour of Ancient Olympia

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