Here are some helpful resources!
Greece:
Greek Geography
Greek Government
Key Ideas: What is a City State? What is a democracy? What is an oligarchy?
Athens and Sparta
Key Ideas: How are Athens and Sparta compared?
Persian Wars
Key Ideas: What cause the war? What was the result of the war?
- Persian Wars Readings
Peloponnesian War
Key Ideas: What cause the war? What was the result of the war?
Greek Religion
- Greek Religion Overview
- Greek Gods and Myths (Lots of myths!)
- Arachne Myth TEDed
- Hercules TEDed
The Oddesy and the Illiad
- The Illiad ( This tells you what the Illiad is)
- The Illiad Video ( This tells the story of the Illiad)
- The Oddesy (
- The Oddesy Video ( This tells the story of the Oddesy)
Greek Philosophers
Key Idea: How did Greek philosophers influence education and society?
- Greek Philosophers Video
- Greek Philosophers Reading
- Another Greek Philsophers Reading
- Click on the Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato links in this reading
Greek Architecture
Key Idea: What was the purpose of these buildings? What were the key parts of Greek architectue
Alexander the Great
- Alexander The Great Biography Video
- Alexander the Great Reading (this is a pretty long one)
The Olympics
Other Greek Topics
Ancient Rome:
Ancient Rome Overview
- TEDed Rome's Most Notorious Doctor
- TEDed Life of a Roman Teenager
- Four Sisters in Ancient Rome
- Roman Empire Overview Video
- Traces of Ancient Rome in the Modern World- National Geographic Article
- Ancient Rome Song
Roman Mythology
- Roman Mythology Overview
- Roman Mythology Overview Video
- Roman Gods and Goddesses Reading- National Geographic
- Roman Myths
Roman Geography
Roman Government
- The Roman Republic - Government
- Roman Government and Social Structure Video
- The Government of the Roman Republic Reading
Social Structure
Julius Caesar
Constantinople