Teachers.netExplore Greece
Explore Ancient Greece! investigates the fascinating civilization of ancient Greece through 25 hands-on projects and activities for young readers ages 6-9. Kids learn about ancient Greek homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, arts and entertainment, gods, and more. Projects are easy-to-follow and require primarily common household products and very little adult supervision. Activities range from fashioning a model oil lamp from clay to building a courtyard column and constructing a flipbook sailing ship. By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore Ancient Greece! and develop an understanding of how this ancient civilization still influences our modern world.
"… Very fun activities make learning about this culture a great experience. This book a worthwhile addition to your library."—School Library Journal
"…Fun book about an otherwise daunting culture. Kids will enjoy the format of the book with its cartoon-like drawings and jokes. The text is punctuated with fun fonts and sidebars that enrich the historical narrative of the text. Very fun activities make learning about this culture a great experience. This book a worthwhile addition to your library."—School Library Journal
"…this little gem from Nomad Press is a great book for learning about Ancient Greece…The author’s enthusiasm jumps out of the page at you while you’re reading descriptions of Greeks and their culture…While Explore Ancient Greece! is well-suited to an individual homeschool—the activities are interesting enough for a parent to do with an only child, or with a houseful—this book would also make a great basis for a co-op hands-on history class. Highly recommended!" —Virginia Jones, eclectichomeschool.org
Books
Adkins, Lesley, and Roy Adkins. Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece. New York, NY: Facts on File, 2005.
Bordessa, Kris. Tools of the Ancient Greeks. White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press, 2006.
Chisholm, Jane, Lisa Miles, and Struan Reid. The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. London, England: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2002.
Connolly, Peter. Ancient Greece. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Connolly, Peter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Curlee, Lynn. Parthenon. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Children, 2004.
Dersin, Denise, ed. What Life Was Like at the Dawn of Democracy: Classical Athens 525–322 BC. New York, NY: Time-Life Books, 1997.
Edmondson, Elizabeth. The Trojan War. London, England: Hodder Children’s Books, 1992.
Hicks, Peter. History Beneath Your Feet: Ancient Greece. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Publishing, 2000.
Nardo, Don. Life in Ancient Greece. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1996.
Pearson, Anne. Ancient Greece. New York, NY. DK Publishing,1992.
Perrottet, Tony. The Naked Olympics. New York, NY: Random House Publishing Group, 2004.
Pipe, Jim. Mystery History of the Trojan Horse. London, England: Aladdin Books Ltd., 1997.
Tames, Richard. Ancient Greek Children. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2003.
Want to read more? Try these books!
The Crafts and Cultures of the Ancient Greeks by Joann Jovinelly and Jason Netelkos from The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2002.
Adventures in Ancient Greece by Linda Bailey from Kids Can Press, 2005.
Ancient Greece: Modern Rhymes for Ancient Times by Susan Altman from Children’s Press, 2001.
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! by Fiona MacDonald, David Salariya, and David Antram from Franklin Watts, 2000.
If I Were a Kid in Ancient Greece from Cobblestone Publishing, 2007.
Ancient Greece and the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce from Random House for Young Readers, 2004.
I Wonder Why Greeks Built Temples and Other Questions About Ancient Greece by Fiona MacDonald from Kingfisher, 2006.
Cool Museums to Visit
The Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, California)
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri)
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Cool Websites to Check Out
A to Z Kidstuff
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/greece.html
Ancient Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
British Museum—Ancient Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
Suffolk Web: Ancient Histories
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcancient.html
Cyber Sleuth Kids: Ancient Civilizations
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Ancient_Civilizations/Greece/...
History for Kids—Ancient Greece
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/
Mr. Donn Organization
http://greece.mrdonn.org/
Alex Kim is a Cartoonist and Illustrator currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an MFA from The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont and a B. Arch from The Cooper Union in New York, NY.
See more of his work at: www.thebearhead.com
Create a miniature marble column that looks like the ones ancient Greeks had in their courtyards!
