World History
- The Real Story Of The Ancient Olympic Games
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? From...
- Fakebook And Greek Gods
I have used Fakebook for a few years with my WHI kids to have them make comments between the gods. Fakebook lets students create comments and posts, upload pictures (or have them chosen from the Internet) and even add in video. If you watch...
- Fakebook & Greek Gods
I have used Fakebook for a few years with my WHI kids to have them make comments between the gods. Fakebook lets students create comments and posts, upload pictures (or have them chosen from the Internet) and even add in video. If you watch...
- Ancient Greek Vases Made By Modern Artists
The Art Institute of Chicago released a series of videos showing how artists still use ancient methods to create products. Above, modern artists show the similar methods they use to make a Greek vase. You can find more of the series on Open Culture. ...
- Greek Mythology Encyclopedia
The Theoi Project is an awesome site that explores Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. It is a very comprehensive and well-organized site with more than 1500 pages profiling Greek gods and would be great for a web quest....
World History
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods
I like (as I am sure you do) to relate our content to what my students are doing in their own lives. The Percy Jackson series are a very popular series read by elementary and middle school kids. So to start the Greek gods of my teaching, I like to show the above clip to help the kids remember what the gods each do.
- The Real Story Of The Ancient Olympic Games
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? From...
- Fakebook And Greek Gods
I have used Fakebook for a few years with my WHI kids to have them make comments between the gods. Fakebook lets students create comments and posts, upload pictures (or have them chosen from the Internet) and even add in video. If you watch...
- Fakebook & Greek Gods
I have used Fakebook for a few years with my WHI kids to have them make comments between the gods. Fakebook lets students create comments and posts, upload pictures (or have them chosen from the Internet) and even add in video. If you watch...
- Ancient Greek Vases Made By Modern Artists
The Art Institute of Chicago released a series of videos showing how artists still use ancient methods to create products. Above, modern artists show the similar methods they use to make a Greek vase. You can find more of the series on Open Culture. ...
- Greek Mythology Encyclopedia
The Theoi Project is an awesome site that explores Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. It is a very comprehensive and well-organized site with more than 1500 pages profiling Greek gods and would be great for a web quest....