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Ancient Greece Free Activities and Projects for Kids and Teachers

These are free to use original activity and project ideas for kids and teachers for your unit study of ancient greece for 6th grade. they can be adjusted for any grade..

Greek Olympics: Ancient Greek Olympics for the Classroom 3-4 days mini-unit with student role handouts and games .  This is a great group activity, and really helps the kids understand the concept of city-states and the fierce competition that existed in ancient Greece between them. I usually use this early in the unit because it's so much fun, and so very Greek.

Greek Geography Activity: Working in small groups, be real estate agents. Sell your site. Use real location names. If its a sea, name it. Give reasons why anyone should settle down in such a mountainous area. Remind students that the Greeks were independent. Their culture developed from villages that grew into unique and independent city-states . Have groups create a "For Sale" brochure or sign.

The Greek Dark Ages: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians, & the Greek Dark Ages - group activity

The Greek Gods:

A Slightly Different Approach to the Greek Gods Family Tree - I used felt. Felt sticks to felt and it's colorful. I created the tree, a green tree with two tiers of branches and a brown tree trunk and secured that to a wall in my classroom. To one side, I had rectangles with Greek gods names , but they were not on the tree or in any particular order. You can post them up any old way, or stash them a box. This was ready to use before the kids came to class. Then I used the myths . From the myths, as a class, we could figure out from clues in the myth who was who in the ancient Greek world, including Hera and Zeus. Down at the bottom of the tree, on the trunk, I placed the demi-gods - half mortals, and the monsters. It worked very well. The kids filled the tree quite rapidly. They also ran into deities that I had not prepared. They prepared them and added them to our very cluttered tree. Somewhere in there, I remind the kids now that: "The Greeks had over 2,000 gods. I don't think we're going to get them all up on our wall. But we can certainly get up a few." If you have multiple classes as I did, leave your tree up with gods posted, and have the kids check if the other classes were correct. Mix up the myths - different myths for different classes. That way, every class has a chance to add to the family tree. I left the tree up during our entire ancient Greek unit.

Working in Small Groups, write your own myth:  Years ago, someone told me, when I was a new teacher, fictional writing needs to be a small group activity. And she was so right. One of my students did the least amount of work with the most amount of disinterest until one day, in his small group, he was chosen to be the narrator of the myth they created. It was his only participation and he was incredible. He was all the characters. His voice changed for each. His body adjusted for each. At the end of his presentation of the group's very short original myth, instead of clapping, there was dead silence. Thank goodness for one little girl who said - that was incredible! Then everybody clapped. From then on, he came alive. Word spread. People were talking about him for days much to his embarrassment and delight.

NEW: Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency (short stories about ancient Greece)   Join Herc and his buddies as they solve the many problems facing the ancient Greek people, just by reading a short story! Meet some monsters! Visit the Olympics! Find out how kids got an education. How did men get their hair cut? How did people meet each other to get married? Who were the Oracles? What were the gods really like and how did they get along? What was the stone zoo?  What happened to the missing olive trees? How did Hercules and the Minotaur become best friends? These questions and many more are answered by Hercules and his many friends though the Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency.  Ways we use these stories : Homework: Assign a story as homework, and next class day, start class with a quick brainstorming session - what did this story tell you about ancient Greece? Small group activity: Each group with a different story to recap, illustrate, and present.  Or, working in small groups, have them write a case file of their own that shares something about daily life, inventions, religion, or geography in ancient Greece. We selected Hercules, spelled the Roman way, as the central character.

Business Cards: Tell the kids the gods are really getting upset. People are coming to the temples asking them to do everything. They don't do everything. They have jobs. People need a reminder of what jobs each god can do. In frustration, the gods have come to you to fix this. You need to create for them some business cards that they can use to advertise what they do best. (Example: Apollo, Want a sun tan? See Apollo. Or Hera: Wedding Consultant. Aphrodite: Love Advice for the Lonely. Work in groups. If you have multiple classes, work in large groups. Give each class different gods. That way, when they are all posted on the wall, the kids in each class can enjoy them. Assign groups the gods they will be helping. Give them some time. Have each class them share their business cards ideas with the class. Collect the card so can make a montage of all the cards from all classes on your wall.

Greek Gods activity: Zeus is retiring - Apply for his job.

Ancient Greek Daily Life Activities:

Daily Life Activity: This is an interesting approach for a small group daily life activity: interesting lesson idea . Tell your students: Imagine you are a famous architect and you have just discovered the ruins of an ancient Greek home. Go through each room, carefully piecing together the clues. Each group in your class is assigned a room. The group creates clues (pieces of the past) for that room and its purpose in ancient Greece. Then, each group's room becomes an exploration station. Set up your stations around your classroom and allow students to explore each station and create a list of "discoveries" that tell us about daily life in ancient Greece. Then open class discussion. Although this is fictional writing, it is also technical writing as the assignment requires the discovery of artifacts and clues. We teach multiple classes. Some of our groups during this two-day activity chose to add to existing rooms. Some created nearby businesses. Some created neighbors. I had two groups, actually, who challenged the findings of two different discovery stations. One group was clearly, based on their presentation, seeking a grant to correct misinformation. Very fun. Our two-day activity became a four day one and I left the discovery stations up for about 10 days.

Daily Life Activity : Trading Market Simulation , barter in ancient Greece. Optional use: Students can create products that would be needed in ancient Greek daily life to barter. This can be as simple as a word on a piece of paper or a quick drawing. 

Critical Thinking Activity: Question what you read on the web! - computer lab, small group activity

Famous Greeks Activities: The Great Greeks

TV Interviews with the Great Greeks

Invite three famous ancient Greeks to a dinner party - and be a good, Greek host  

The News, what's going on in the ancient Greek world: The Daily Athenian, newspaper project

Greek Bingo with printout Greek bingo card

Gift Wrapped Greeks - one of my personal favorites for teaching and reviewing inventions and achievements, but Mr. Donn never uses this one. He thinks it's too much trouble, but then, you should see how he wraps!

Conduct a Socrates Seminar , Socrates Seminar Classroom Activity

Mock Trial: Socrates, Mock Trial, Classroom Activity (2-3 class periods, 55 minutes each)

Greek government in different city-states: Determine how each government in ancient Greece would handle a convicted violent criminal

Famous People, Costumes: Lesson Ideas for Ancient Greece -   Paper Columns, Make a Greek Chiton

Greek Pot Patterns - Printable Download - Greek Vases

Online Game Day: Ancient Greece - Games and Interactive Learning Sites for Kids - I set this activity to work by creating a scavenger hunt sheet of things for kids to find in the sites listed on their exploration sheet. The kids have to site the source for each scavenger find for verification. 

My Ancient Greek Activity Book - Includes making business cards for the gods .

Greek Worksheets -

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• Ancient Greece, Olympics, lesson plan
• Ancient Greece, trade, including a trading game, lesson plan
• Ancient Greece, education, lesson plan
• Ancient Greece, home life
• Ancient Greece, Democracy, lesson plan
• The Hellenistic Period, lesson plan
• Parthenon Marbles, lesson plan, controversy
• History for Kids (I don't usually use worksheets, but these are very good and useful to assign for optional homework for a little boost in grade - does not count against, only counts for)

Choose Your Own Adventure from over 70 different classroom activities and possible assignments

Online Quiz: Interactive Quiz Questions with Answers about Ancient Greece for Kids and Teachers

Concluding Activity: Fifth and Sixth Grade Greek Fair

New teachers : Easy desk arrangements for the classroom - I move my desks around all the time, depending upon the activities I'm doing that day. It took me forever to realize I can have the kids move their desks, after I mark the spots with masking tape. You don't want to have the kids moving into formations all the time, but occasionally it's a smart thing to do. Tell them you need their help prior to movement. It's a team building activity. It's not your classroom that way, it's "our" classroom. They will want to help you. 

Free Lesson Plans, Classroom Activities, Projects:  Since we look at many ancient cultures during the same school year, kids can actually forget what culture they are studying while they are studying it. For Ancient Greece in 6th grade, we opened each day's lesson with one quick Aesop fable to keep them on track. The projects and activities can be adjusted for any grade, but are designed for middle school, and 5th through 10th grade. The study of ancient cultures is such a fun year. We wish you the very best year ever!

Ancient Greek Olympics for the Classroom 3-4 days mini-unit with student role handouts and games, designed for 6th grade, can be adjusted for any grade

Socrates, Mock Trial, Classroom Activity (2-3 class periods, 55 minutes each)

Early Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians, & the Greek Dark Ages - group activity

Question what you read on the web! - critical thinking, computer lab, small group activity

Using case files from the Hercules Detective Agency in your classroom

Alexander the Great and Johnny Appleseed (classroom activity and lesson idea to transition 6th grade units, from Greece to Rome)

Over 90 Ancient Greece Activities for elementary and middle school Kids and Teachers - some ours, some sent to us

Early & Classical Greece Units    

Ask Mr. Donn (unit review, quiz with answers, interactive)

Geography Lesson Plans - several

Government:

Early History - Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek Dark Ages

City-States & Government - Athens, Sparta

Greek Wars - Trojan, Persian, Peloponnesian

Gods, Goddesses, Myths -many, include projects and classroom activities

Daily Life, Homes, Women, School - many, include projects and classroom activities

Achievements/Inventions

Art & Architecture - Vases, Columns, Theatre

Ancient Greek Olympics

Achievements, Inventions

Stories, Overviews, People, Special and Concluding Activities, and Quizzes

Ancient Greece for Kids and Teachers (Mrs. Masters) – Review, Activity and Game

Activity: TV Interviews with the Great Greeks

Choose Your Own Adventure (from a long and creative list of Classroom Activities and Possible Assignments)

Aesop's Fables

Famous People - Pericles, Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Alexander the Great, lesson plans, Great Greeks

7 Wonders of the Ancient World (as selected by the ancient Greeks)

Lesson Ideas for Ancient Greece (some ours, some sent to us)

Welcome to Ancient Greece, Overviews & Units

Webquests & Resources

Interactive Games Online for Ancient Greece for Kids (flash games have been removed)

Explore Ancient Greece

For kids: overview.

Geography & Maps

Early Greece: Minoans , Mycenaeans , Dorians

Greek Dark Ages

Rise of Greek City-States

• On Land: Greek Warriors
• At Sea: Greek Ships
• Persian Wars
• The Delian League
• Peloponnesian War

Alexander the Great

• The League of Corinth

Hellenistic Greece

Decline and Fall

Achievements & Contributions

Inventions & Discoveries

Interactive Timelines

Investigate Real Life Artifacts

Play Greek Games! Interactive

For Kids: Art, Culture, Government

Greek Drama and Theatre

Greek Dance

Types of Government

Roots of Democracy

Greek Alphabet

Greek Vases Tell a Story

Greek Columns and Architecture

Elgin Marbles

For Kids: Greek Mythology

Ancient Greek Myths for Kids, retold by Lin Donn

• Zeus, Hera, and Little Io
• The Competition, Athena and Poseidon
• Theseus, the Minotaur, and the Maze
• Dionysus and Ariadne
• Icarus and Daedalus, Wings
• The 12 Labors of Hercules
• Demeter and Persephone, Reason for the Seasons
• Apollo's Oracle at Delphi
• Perseus, Andromeda, and the sea god, Poseidon
• King Midas and the Donkey Ears
• And Many More

Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses

The 12 Olympians

Mount Olympus

Greek God Family Tree

Religion, Gods

Acropolis & Parthenon

For Kids: Ancient Greek Daily Life

Greek Women

Greek Slaves

Pets & Toys

Hair Styles

Education, School

Wedding Customs

For Kids: People

Famous People

Pericles Funeral Oration

Greek Philosophies

Greek Legends

Greek Fables

Homer's Iliad & Homer's Odyssey

For Kids: Interactive Quizzes

Greece Geography

Early Greece

Greek Government

Greek Olympics

Alexander the Great & Gifts from the Greeks

For Teachers

Activities and Projects

Lesson Plans & Units

PowerPoints

Jeopardy Games

Interactive Games

For Kids and Teachers: Other Ancient Civilizations

See Also: Early Humans for Kids and Teachers

Archaeology for Kids and Teachers

Lessons and resources for primary history

Lessons & Resources

Ancient Greece Lessons Pack

A complete 10-lesson history unit of work for Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11), with detailed lesson plans, Powerpoint slides, teacher guides and printable activity sheets.

FREE: 'Who were the Ancient Greeks?' Lesson

A free lesson introducing the Ancient Greeks, including powerpoint, lesson plan and pupil resources

Greek Myths Teacher Pack

A book and Read & Respond Guide for teachers planning around an illustrated Greek Myths collection.

Recommended Books

Visit BooksForTopics for a full range of ks2 Ancient Greeks books.

1. Who were the Ancient Greeks? (FREE)

2. Why Were Athens and Sparta so different?

4. Why did a small Greek army win the Battle of Marathon?

3. What was Alexander the Great’s impact on the Greek empire?

5. What were the Ancient Greek gods known for?

7. What were the Ancient Greek philosophers famous for?

6. What happened at the Ancient Greek Olympic Games?

8. Did the events of the Trojan Horse story really happen?

9. What was daily life like for children in Ancient Greece?

10. How significant is the legacy of Ancient Greece for life today?

Free Downloadable Lesson 

Info Guides

Video Links

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zx67xnb 

A video from BBC Bitesize about Greek theatre.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z9kmhv4 

A video exploring the question 'What did the Greeks do for us?'

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Interactive Map

This is an interactive resource that highlights the different regions and notable places within Ancient Greece.

Your children can select a icon on the map and learn more about that particular place.

This is a super resource that allows your children to learn key terms and information about the Ancient Greek civilisation.

This resource highlights the key events in the Ancient Greek civilisation.

It gives key date to the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, Inventions, Kings and Leaders and the Romans.

Myths and Legends

Check out our Myths and Legends page linked to Ancient Greece. These resource include stories, animations and video clips for your children to grasp some key myths and characters.

Peloponnesian War

Q: How do Ancient Greeks want to be remembered?

In Ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta were the most powerful and influential Greek city-states. At this time, the leader of the Athenians was Pericles. As Xerxes and his Persian army retreated,  Athens grew more powerful and tensions rose, escalating into nearly three decades of war. Sparta emerged victorious, while the constant fighting left Athens bankrupt, exhausted and demoralized. Neither city-state regained the military strength they once had.

A: Ancient Greeks want to be remembered as brave warriors and heroes. Most notably, the Spartans.

Ancient Greek Stories

This is a collection of ancient greek stories. The stories are read to your children which is a great listening exercise. The resource explores stories of

• 1: Persephone and Hades
• 2: Orpheus and Eurydice
• 3: Theseus and the Minotaur
• 4: King Midas and the golden touch
• 5: Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa
• 6: Odysseus and the Trojan Horse
• 7: Odysseus and the Cyclops
• 8: Odysseus and Penelope

Peloponnesian War - Video Clip

This video clip is a fantastic overview of the Peloponnesian War. The story is read/sang by a musician and artist which makes an interesting watch.

Spartans and Athenians

The Spartan and Athenian civilisations were both very different in their cultures. Spartans were fundamentally professional soldiers, which differs immensely from Athenians, who boast the birthplace of the educational classroom. The list of key figures each left behind as a legacy: Spartans are remembered for Leonidas and the 300, Athenians boast key figures of a varying nature, from Socrates (philosopher and teacher) to Alexander the Great (created one of the largest empire in ancient history).

Athens was the most developed city in Greece, having introduced laws, formal education, sport, democracy and politics. However it has to be noted that in contrast to Spartans, these areas mattered most to Athenians.

Spartans were illiterate (for the most part), they were educated in the art of war, and seeing as how slaves outnumbered the Spartans 10:1 this is hardly surprising. Due to “in-house” wars constantly unfolding in Sparta, the idea of expansion to new lands was not a dream of Spartans.

It could be argued that Athens was a city before its time in many respects due to its multi-dimensional cultural and political achievements. Other than the marginally increased prestige of women in comparison to other Greek cities, Sparta arguably is famous on a more one dimensional level, Fighting.

In any case, both cities achieved in abundance, and although very different, both landmark their place in history.

Athens and Athenians

Athens was the largest city in Greece, and controlled a region called Attica. Between the many mountains were fertile valleys, with many farms. Athens became rich because Attica also had valuable sources of silver, lead and marble. Athens also had the biggest navy in Greece.

Athens was a beautiful and busy city. People came to the city from all over Greece, and from other countries, to study and to trade. The city’s most famous building was the temple called the Parthenon. It stood on a rocky hill called the Acropolis. Inside the Parthenon stood a statue of the city’s protector-goddess Athena.

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This PowerPoint explores the nature of the Athenians (the people who lived in Athens). It mentions a few key Athenians, how the city was named, myths, key buildings which gives an insight to the city and culture at that time.

The Olympics

Another great interactive resource that highlights the different events of the Ancient Olympics.

Each event has a short description and the children can also take part in fun activities and a quiz once they have finished.

The Ancient Olympics

This PowerPoint explores the origins of the games, Zeus, competitors, judges and more.

The first Olympics had only the footrace. Over time longer races and new events were added. The games were held at Olympia, in the Peloponnesus, on the site of a major temple. The aim of the games was to honour Zeus.

Quick Facts:

• Greeks came from all over the Mediterranean to compete in the games.
• A truce was declared a month before the games to allow people to travel. This meant wars and battles were postponed.

A: They want to be remembered as being athletic, powerful, strong and most importantly, as winners.

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games originated over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, a location in southwest Greece. The Games were part of a religious festival and people from all over the Greek world came to watch and take part. The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, inspired the modern Olympic Games, which was introduced by Pierre de Coubertin in 1896. The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis.

Milo of Kroton

One of the most legendary athletes in the ancient world, Milo of Kroton, wore the victor’s crown at Olympia no less than six times. Born in southern Italy, where Greece had many colonies, Milo won the boys’ wrestling contest in 540 BCE.

He returned eight years later to win the first of five consecutive wrestling titles, a feat that seems incredible by modern standards. Rarely do modern-day Olympians compete in more than two or three Olympiads over the course of a career. Much like the boxer George Foreman, Milo resisted retirement: By the time of the 67th Olympiad in 512 BCE, Milo was probably forty or more years old but he competed anyhow. The challenger won not by overpowering Milo, but by avoiding the older wrestler and wearing him out.

According to our ancient sources, Milo enjoyed showing off his unrivaled strength. For instance, he would clasp a pomegranate in his hand and have others try to take it away from him. Even though he was holding it so tightly that no one could remove it, he never damaged the fruit. Sometimes, he would stand on a greased iron disk and challenge others to push him off of it. Another of his favorite exhibitions was tying a cord around his forehead, holding his breath, and breaking the cord with his bulging forehead veins. Other times, the wrestler would stand with his right arm at his side, his elbow against him, and hold out his hand with thumb pointed upwards and fingers spread. No one could successfully bend even his little finger.

Greeks and Gods

The Ancient Greeks believed that gods and goddesses watched over them. There were many popular gods and goddesses during this time.  The gods were believed to be immortal and powerful beyond measure. So powerful that they could control the weather.

Just like the Christian God’s heaven, a family of gods and goddesses lived in a cloud-palace above Mount Olympus. Mountain Olympus was the highest mountain in Greece. The gods looked down to watch what people were doing, and from time to time, interfered with what went on.

A list of Gods:

Zeus was king of the gods. He threw thunderbolts to punish anyone who disobeyed him. His brother Poseidon was god of the sea. Another brother, Pluto (also called Hades), ruled the underworld.

Apollo (Zeus’s son) was the sun god, and the god of the arts, medicine, music and poetry.

Artemis (Apollo’s twin sister) was goddess of the moon, and goddess of childbirth, and of all natural things. She is often shown as a hunter with a bow and arrow.

Athena was goddess of wisdom, and of crafts such as spinning, weaving and pottery.

Ares was the bad-tempered god of war.

Weather Gods

This resource is all about the different gods of weather.

Picture Sources

This link guides you to a variety of resources relating to Ancient Greece.

Alexander the Great

Alexander, known as the Great Greek, was not Greek. He was a Macedonian prince. Macedonia was an empire located to the north of Greece.

Alexander had many teachers, one of which was Aristotle. Aristotle was also born in Macedonia. However, Aristotle lived in Greece for a really long time. He loved the Greeks. He believed in the Greek gods. He knew Greek history and the Greek language and Greek theatre. Aristotle thought the Greeks were clever and interesting and talented, and he spoke of his admiration for the Greeks many times to his student, the young prince, Alexander.

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10 Facts about Ancient Greece

Explore 10 informative facts about Ancient Greece in bite size chunks. The facts enlighten the reader, giving them an insight to life in Ancient Greece and Greek Culture.

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Subject: History

Age range: 11-14

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Verbal-linguistic project ideas (focused on words and language).

• Write an acrostic poem using Ancient Greece, Geography of Greece, or some similar starter.  Each line should say something about the geography of Greece and/or how it affected the ancient Greeks.
• Imagine you are a traveler in Ancient Greece.  Write a letter to a fellow traveler about the challenges that you must face because of Greece's geography.  Make recommendations to your fellow traveler on things he or she could do to make the journey easier.
• Imagine you are trying to persuade the leaders of Greek city-states to come together and pay for public projects that would help make life in Ancient Greece better for all people.  Brainstorm a list of these projects.  Write and / or deliver a speech to convince your fellow Greek citizens that they should support these projects.  Consider how your project would alter and / or help the environment and include that information in your speech.
• Pick a physical geographical feature of Ancient Greece.  (Examples: Sea of Salamis, Aegean Sea, Crete, Isthmus of Corinth, the Peloponnesus, the pass at Thermopylae, etc...) Write a report or speech about that feature.  One option would be to use the 5 Themes of Geography as a framework .
• Read an Ancient Greek myth.  Describe how the geography of the places in the story affected the story.  Do the think the storyteller or author of the myth considered geography when they told or wrote the myth?  Should the story be different based on the geography that's in it or should be in it?
• Pick an event in Ancient Greek history.  Read about the event.  How did geography affect the event?  Consider changing the geography and rewriting the event.  How would it change?  Example: The Persian Wars ...They'd have turned out a lot different if the geography was different!
• Write a play. Make the characters in your play different geographical features of Greece and see what happens.  For example, how would the Aegean Sea interact in a play with a particular island?  What would they say to each other?  What would they do together?  How could they work together to solve a problem? 
•  Write a Top Ten List (or top seven, five, three, whatever...) Focus your list on geography.  Examples:  "Top Ten Most Epic Natural Disasters for Ancient Greece" or "Top Ten Most Important Places in Ancient Greece."  Make your list, in order of your choosing.  For each item on the list, write a short description of it and why it made the top ten.
•  Ancient Greek Tweets...Write a series of tweets about the geography of Ancient Greece.  Remember, only 140 characters, including spaces and skipped lines!  Tweets can be from real ancient Greek people or made up. (Example:  @KingLeonidasOfSparta Pass at #Thermopylae AWESOME for defending Persian attack.They must squeeze a few through at a time. #neversurrender)  For extra fun, tweet using the Greek alphabet! (Make sure to give your teacher an English copy also...)
• Label a blank map of Greece and the Aegean but write the names using the Greek alphabet.  I'd probably write them in English too...

Visual-Spatial Project Ideas

•  Draw a cartoon map of Ancient Greece and the surrounding region.  Illustrate it with cartoon-like characters showing people, events, etc. 
• Create a comic book or comic strip about the geography of Greece. Make up a hero - or I suppose you could use Hercules...The story line of your comic should have the hero interacting in some way with the geography.  For example, perhaps the hero visits various city-states and helps them overcome the obstacles put up by Greece's geography.
•  Make a 3D Map of Greece. Make it in Word!  Make it in Minecraft!  Make it out of pasta or some other material!
•  Create a poster, drawing, painting, etc. that shows examples of the 5 Themes of Geography of Ancient Greece. Use pictures only.  No words!
• Create a PowerPoint, Prezi, or other presentation. Show and discuss the main features of Ancient Greece's geography.  Be sure to include how Greece's geography affected the Ancient Greeks.
• Make a memory card game. You could make the matching cards the same picture...Or, you could have one be a picture and the match be the name, a description, a clue, etc...Use your imagination.  There are lot's of ways you could do this.
• Make a flip book animation. Show whatever you want...Just make sure it focuses on the Geography of Greece in some way.  Example: show a major event in Greek history taking place.  Focus on how geography affected the event.
•  Make a graphic organizer. Show examples of the 5 Themes of Geography of Greece.  Do it in a unique way.  For example, maybe your organizer is the shape of a Greek ship, or maybe it's a 5 Greek gods or goddesses, with each god or goddess representing one of the 5 Themes.

Bodily-Kinesthetic Project Ideas (Focused on movement, working with the hands, etc...)

• Create hand signals for the main geographic features of Ancient Greece (Peloponnesus, Crete, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, etc...)
• Make up dance moves relating to the geography of Greece and perform them in class.
• Build an actual model of Greece. To really make it cool, have an actual "sea", etc...Make it large enough to reenact battles and stuff!
• Maybe you wrote a play...Perform it too!
• Dress up like an Ancient Greek to give a presentation.
• Get a group together a make a map of Greece using the people in your group.  This can get real fun real quick!

Logical-Mathematical Project Ideas

• Create a strategy game that focuses on the advantages and / or disadvantages of Greece's geography. Make sure you give complete rules.  Play test your game.  You could use dice or a spinner to and randomness to the game. 
• Use your favorite programming language to write a computer program, game, etc. that focuses on the Geography of Ancient Greece.  It could be a strategy game, an animated map, a war game, or something else!

Musical-Rythmic Project Ideas

• Write a song that includes the major geographic features of Ancient Greece in the lyrics.
• What about a ballad that tells of the affects of Greece's geography on its people?
• Get together with a classmate who wrote a play.  Turn it into a musical!

Naturalistic Project Ideas

• Research and grow some of the plants the Ancient Greeks used for food. Try to simulate the soil conditions in Greece.  Bring samples!  Bring plants to share with classmates!
• Find out what types of fish and other marine life were common in the Greek seas.  What about wildlife on the Greek mainland? Write a report or make a poster.  Bring some prepared fish in for a tasting!
•  Illustrate a map of Greece and the region showing where particular types of plants and animals were found.

Interpersonal Project Ideas (understanding and working with others - almost any project can be interpersonal...)

• Have a debate...Which geographic feature was most important to Ancient Greece? Why?
• Which was least important? Why?  Which was overrated? Why?  Think of another geography-related debate...
• Create and have a Geography of Ancient Greece Geography Bee!  Have several rounds, with questions getting harder as the rounds progress.  Make and award prizes.

Intrapersonal Project Ideas (knowing yourself)

• What feature of Greece's geography best represents you?  Why? Make a poster, write it up, make a speech, or present in some other unique way...
• If you could go only one place in Ancient Greece, where would you go and why?  Write a report, make a travel brochure, or create some other presentation...

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