Greek Sites

for Churchill Road Fifth Graders

• Portland State University Greek Civilization Home Page -- College students designed this web site for middle school students to learn all about Greek civilization in the Classic Period. This site includes information on many different topics.
• The Ancient Greek World -- This site includes sections on Land and Archaeological Time, Daily Life, Economy, and Religion and Death in Ancient Greece. The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania maintains this site.
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Terms -- Illustrated descriptions of characters from Greek myth, art and architectural terms, also maps and place names. This site is from Oxford University.
• Virtual Classroom on Greece -- Mr. Dowing, a sixth and seventh grade teacher in Florida, created a site on lessons he teaches his students.
• Ancient Mediterranean History -- Maps, timeline and brief history for Greece, Rome, and Egypt developed by students in Omaha, Nebraska for Think Quest.
• Greek Art and Architecture --Examples of art and architecture with information about the sites from the Cretian, Mycenaean, Archaic Greek, Classic, and Late Classic Greek periods.
• Basic Chronology of Ancient Greece -- Timeline of important events in the history of Greece.
• Life in Ancient Greece Reflected in the Coinage of Corinth -- The coins used in the city state of Corinth from 7th century B.C.
• The Ancient Greeks --Information about the warriors of Sparta. Includes pictures from the film "Ancient Warriors" on the Learning Channel.
• Learning in Ancient Greece -- Information about the teachers and scholars of Ancient Greece.
• Maecenas Images of Ancient Greece and Rome -- Photographs of sites still standing from ancient Greece and Rome. Some of the Roman sites are in France and England.
• The Olympian Gods -- This web site links to pictures of statues and paintings showing different gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. The text files are written for college students.
• The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games -- The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania asks and answers questions about the first Olympic Games and also looks at how the games are run today.
• The Atrium -- "This Day in Ancient History" information about the Greek and Roman calendar. "Commentarium" articles from different newspapers on ancient subjects. Look for topics about Byzantine, Greek and Roman Empires.
• The Ancient City of Athens -- Pictures of sites throughout Athens of ancient architecture by the University of Indiana.
• Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome on the Web -- Other possible sites to look at for information. This was developed by a social studies teacher and her students and all the sites have been checked recently.