Another project that I did two years ago, this dovetails with the 5th-6th study of ancient Greece. The kids viewed some examples of the...
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It is Ancient Greece overload in my classroom this week! Here are two fun activities that my kids LOVED! I also played traditional Greek music while they did these activities in attempt to keep the noise level down. My room sounded like a Greek wedding. These activities are simple, free, and an easy display to […]
While studying the ancient civilizations, grab these 3 ideas for an Ancient Greece hands-on science unit study. Your middleschooled kids will love them.
Find out how to get students interested in Greek Mythology gods and goddesses analysis excercise by using the biography project. This is an engaging and memorable student-collaboration activity. You can use this for The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief, Hercules, ancient history, Greek theater, Greek civilization, or for a fun mythology unit.
When I explained to my eight year old son that ancient peoples didn't have clocks like we do today, he was surprised. I don't think the thought had ever occurred to him that without batteries or electricity, the hands of a clock simply couldn't move. In Ancient Greece, they used a water clock to time short events. It was called a clepsydra (KLEP-sye-druh). I thought it would be fun to make our own version of these ancient clocks. What You Need masking tape fine-tip permanent marker two of the same empty plastic beverage bottles thumbtack pitcher of water timer (we used a stopwatch app on the iPad) craft knife (to be used by an adult only) funnel to make pouring easier How to Make It Remove the labels from the beverage bottles for clear viewing to the inside. An adult should cut one of the tops off the bottle with a craft knife. Recycle the top; you won't need it. With the top cut off, the bottom of the other bottle should fit snuggly down into it. Label the bottles if you'd like (bottle A is the complete bottle and bottle B is the one you've cut). Turn the complete bottle over (bottle A) and put a thumbtack through the center of the bottom of the bottle to make a small hole. (This is the hardest part of the whole project.) Mark on this bottle where the full line is (figure this out by nesting bottle A inside the bottle B; the distance from the bottom of bottle B up to the bottom of bottle A or slightly below is where you should draw the line on bottle A). Note: We botched this up but it's important to know how full to fill your bottle each time. You'll want to be consistent. Grab a length of masking tape and adhere it vertically to the side of the cut bottle (bottle B). Now get your timer and the pitcher of water ready. Pour the water, using a funnel if desired, into the neck of bottle A (your bottles should be nested) and immediately start the timer. Pour up to the fill line on bottle A. When one minute passes, make a small mark at the water line on the masking tape on bottle B. Continue to mark the minutes until the water has completely emptied from the top bottle into the bottom one. We only marked the first 10 minutes, but you can mark as many minutes as you'd like. Now you can dump out the water and put the timer aside. Another pour of the pitcher and you can calculate how long something takes with just your water clock! This great activity was adapted from instructions in the book Spend the Day in Ancient Greece.
Montessori-inspired, multi-part cards can be used for independent study or a multiplayer game. Features vocabulary such as labyrinth, chimera, and Olympics
I love studying ancient Greece! I really do. The only bad part about it I can think of is there is SO much you can study, it can feel overwhelming. I could sit for hours watching documentaries on G…
Logan and I first attempted to make a Greek-style pot by covering a glass vase with air-dry clay, which worked years ago for his older ...
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You do not have to wait until middle school to begin your units on ancient civilizations. Children in first grade, second grade, and third grade love learning about how different things used to be in history and compare them to the way things are now. My interactive notebooks are a great way for young learners to be introduced to Ancient Greece while still having fun! They learn things about daily life in ancient greece (like what they used to eat and a woman's role in society), they learn about city-states, the different Greek gods and goddesses, and MORE in this pack! It can be used for multiple ages at once. **This is meant as an supplement to a unit study, not a complete unit study. All that is included is the notebook pages (check out the preview to see the exact pages), I recommend getting books on Ancient Greece and reading as a family and filling out information as you go** This product includes: Cover Page K/W/L Chart Ancient Greece on the Map Vocabulary with easy answers Life in Greece Then and Now The Birth of Democracy with easy answers What is a City-State? with easy answers Greek gods with easy answers Greek goddesses with easy answers What Did they Eat in Ancient Greece? with easy answers Ancient Greek Women with easy answers This product includes both a black and white version for your kiddos who like to color, or a color version for someone who just wants to make the notebook and work on the answers. Easy answers are sheets that make it so all your little learner has to do to complete the page is color, cut, trace, and glue. If you have older learner's who may want to do more of their own research simply print the covers and have them write or dictate their own answers. This makes it easier for multiple age groups to use this resource. You might also be interested in my Interactive Notebook All About Ancient Egypt! ************************************************************ FOLLOW COFFEE AND CRAYONS CREATIONS WEBSITE FACEBOOK ************************************************************ Want to earn free money on TpT? Leave a review on this product after purchasing and it will count towards your TpT credits. For every dollar you spend, you get 1 TpT credit. But it only counts if you provide fair and honest feedback on items. Remember, this feedback helps other customers make decisions on if they would like the product, and helps me (the seller) figure out ways to improve if needed!
The tiles for this fun Ancient Greece mural project are cut from slabs of terracotta clay and the students transformed the clay to create the tiles.
Ancient Crete shoebox craft for learning terms such as Theseus, Minotaur, Labyrinth, Knossos, and King Minus. Great for Ancient Greece unit study.
Resources and Ideas for teaching an Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook unit, Strategies and teaching tips for social studies or history.
This has got to be one of my favorite papier mache projects ever! It took a while to complete but was so worth it. Besides, I love long projects and think it’s a great opportunity for kids to…
Fun ancient-Greece-inspired pottery craft for preschool and older! Art + History + Geography!!
As a kid in school I loved when my teachers celebrated creativity in the classroom. In fact, when I reflect on my own education, the moment...
It is Ancient Greece overload in my classroom this week! Here are two fun activities that my kids LOVED! I also played traditional Greek music while they did these activities in attempt to keep the noise level down. My room sounded like a Greek wedding. These activities are simple, free, and an easy display to […]
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Third graders made these awesome Greek vases and columns. We began by looking at many examples of pottery from Ancient Greece. Many of the pictures on the pots and vessels told stories about life in Ancient Greece. They also had beautiful patterns and designs. Third graders made styrofoam prints of their vases and finished their work with a Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian column.
Miss Oetken's scratchtastic Greek Vase with Achilles from Greek Mythology We've moved on in our art history time line to Greek and Roman art and we're concentrating on Black Figure Greek pots and vases! We learned about some of the popular basic shapes of pottery and their functions for what they were used for back in Greek and Roman times. I made two types of hand outs and worksheets for students. One that explained the basic shape of the popular vases we were looking at and another that show different examples of popular patterns found on Greek pottery. I also found the link to this website (http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/preload.htm ) a wonderful tool for showing students via projector the types of pottery that existed, how it was made, and ancient history. They also had amazing, easy, and fun printable worksheets I photocopied on the back of the 'how to draw vases' hand out! I also explained that they would apply pigmented/colored slips to decorate with pattern and to create scenes of daily life events or scences from greek mythology. They would also use a 'sgrafitto' 'SCRah-Feet-oh' or scratch with a fine sharp tool to draw detail in the painted on slip. We also learned what 'slip' was, clay mixed with water and minerals to color it. We also wanted to scratch into art history so we made our own scratch board vases to draw into. I painted my vase with black acrylic paint after I colored it in and coated it with warm colored oil pastels. Ready to scratch a design into! Example of an ancient Greek Black figure Hydra vase We also talked how important patterns were in the culture and the process of making the vase and looked at where it was usually applied, around the neck, handles, and base of the vase. Our first step after drawing the vase/pot was to choose a warm colors or cool colors oil pastels and totally COAT the entire vase, pressing hard. If you don't, the black paint will stick and absorb to those areas and won't easily be scratched away. Then after oil pastel fully colored and coated the entire vase, I had students use black acrylic paint to paint over wherever they colored in oil pastel. Next time it would be ready for scratching! We used paper clip ends and wooden styluses to scratch away gently into vases and just remove the black paint exposing the colored oil pastel underneath. Check out some of the finished products! Greek Mythology scene scenes from daily life from our civilization for another civilization to discover! Soldiers resting Popular patterns soldiers in battle
Ancient Greece has been a topic of conversation in our home for many moons now. Incorporating an Ancient Greece homeschool unit has been so much fun.
Use these free Greek printables to write down what you learn all about the Ancient Greece civilization for elementary age kids.
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Chapter Twenty-Two: Athens vs. Sparta Still working on Greece. This week, we study the differences between Sparta and Athens… and the best way to compare/contrast the two city-states is to …
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After ending a fabulous Egypt Unit, we have moved to the next era of ancient history...GREECE! Since Grecian life and culture was heavily influenced by the people of Crete, we began there. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) Some of the resources we have used in the first few weeks of our study include the following: They Lived Like This in Ancient Crete Digging Into Yesterday, chapter 4 I Wonder Why Greeks Built Temples: and Other Questions about Ancient Greece Growing Up In Ancient Greece Throughout our initial reading, it was evident that most of what is known about Grecian "everyday life" came from the excavation of ancient Grecian urns. These urns, made from terra cotta clay were made almost exclusively from master craftsmen in Athens. They depicted everyday life as well as religious beliefs. Since urns were such a major element of Grecian society, I thought it would be worthwhile to recreate some together using this fun seventh grade art class project as inspiration. I knew this was going to be a multi-step art project that would have to be completed over the course of several days. But, I was anxious to give my children the opportunity to work on a more complicated project that would challenge their ability and stretch their commitment to "get the job done." Before we began, we learned a few of the secrets of ancient Grecian artists from Drawing History: Ancient Greece. We read that Greek painters liked to use wave border patterns in their work and rarely ever painted a person's full face. Side profiles were preferred. Next, we did a google image search of Grecian Urns and used some of these pictures as inspiration in order to sketch out a plan for our own urns. Then, it was time to create... To Make a Paper Mache Grecian Urn You will need: one large balloon (not pictured) an empty oatmeal cylinder duct tape newspaper cut vertically into one inch strips paper mache paste (recipe below) heave cardboard (We used a diaper box.) an exacto knife or heave scissors a ruler paint paintbrushes extra newspaper for covering your work surface Before my children began this project, I prepped our work space by blowing up all the balloons, cutting 8 strips of duct tape per person, cutting the oatmeal containers into three large "rings", and ladling paste into small containers so that everyone had their own paste bucket. As this project was done in several phases due to drying time, I will list the directions accordingly. Phase 1 Place a blown-up balloon on top of the bottom section of the oatmeal carton. (You could also use the top section with the lid still attached.) Tape it securely in place with duct tape. (Make sure the balloon remains completely upright and does not tilt as you tape it in place. Otherwise, you will end up with a lopsided urn. Such was the case with one of ours.) Now, place the top section...or a middle section...of the oatmeal container on the top of the balloon and tape in place. This is the initial skeleton of the urn. Dip a strip of newspaper into the paste and squeeze off the excess paste between your fingers. (You want the strips to be wet but not soaking or dripping.) Beginning at the very top of the urn, press the strip onto the sides of the skeleton. Repeat this until the entire urn has been covered with 2-3 layers of paper mache. Be sure to stagger the strips so that you get an even surface. Don't forget to cover the inside ridge by pressing strips up and over the top so that they nearly touch the top of the balloon. Although it is not necessary, I'd also recommend pressing strips on the bottom of the urn. It will make for a durable frame. Before finishing this phase, I'd suggest you wet your hands with paste and use them to smooth out any wrinkles. Use firm and fast strokes so that you don't tear the wet layers. The tighter and smoother the paper mache, the stronger and prettier the urn. Set the urns in a well-ventalated area or outside to dry for at least 24 hours. If you have extra paste, put it in a sealed container to save for the next phase of the process. (If the paste gets a bit clumpy after a few days, slowly add water until it gets to the desired consistency.) Phase 2 Repeat the above steps once again adding 2-3 more layers of paper mache. Try to keep all the strips vertical. They are easier to attach that way and look much nicer than horizontal ones. Phase 3 Using an exacto knife, cut two, one inch strips of heavy cardboard. (This should be done by an adult or an older teen.) Our strips were about 8 inches in length, but yours will need to be adjusted to fit the size urn skeleton you have created. Bend each strip so that the top and bottom inch remains flat, while the middle rounds over...creating a handle. Secure the handle to the top "lip" portion of the urn with a horizontal strip of duct tape. Then arch the cardboard to your desired handle size and secure the bottom to the urn with another horizontal strip of duct tape. Make adjustments as needed. Once the handle is in the desired position, put another strip of duct tape over the original pieces for extra stability. If you are creating an urn with TWO handles, repeat this entire process. Be sure to line up the handles so that they attach at a similar height on each side. (Otherwise, your urn will look lopsided.) Using small strips of paper mache, secure the top and bottom of the handles to the rest of the paper mache. (I'd suggest doing a few horizontal pieces and then a few vertical ones.) Now, wrap strips of paper mache around the handle. Overlap them as needed. Again, fill your hand with paste and smooth out the finished handles. Dry completely. Phase 4 Using a needle or a pin, pop the balloon and remove the pieces. Your urn should be hollow and quite sturdy. Using acrylic paint in terra cotta shades, paint the urn. (Although we did NOT paint the entire inside, we did paint the inside top ridge.) Depending upon the paint, you may need to paint several coats. Let dry completely. Phase 5 Using black paint, add Grecian-themed designs to the urn. Remember, less is best. Although REAL urns were quite elaborate, depicting many scenes of everyday life, we found it easier to keep to simple designs. To Make Paper Mache Paste You will need: 1 c. all purpose flour 8 cups water 6 tbsp. sugar Combine flour and four cups of cold water. In a large pot, bring the remaining four cups of water to a boil. Add the flour/water combination and return to a boil. Remove from heat and add the sugar. Cool completely. This will make enough paste to complete one urn with a bit left over. (As I did not have a pot large enough to double or triple this recipe, I divided one recipe's worth into three containers and had to repeat the paste recipe in phase two. There was enough left over paste to save in a covered container for phase three) *While my kindergartener has been learning about ancient Greece, this project was a bit too involved for him. I gave him the option to HELP me create one, but he quickly lost interest after a few minutes. I would recommend this project for middle elementary aged kids and older...or for younger children with artistic passion. Set your homeschool day on autopilot! Thank you! Your task cards will be sent to your inbox shortly. Set your homeschool day on autopilot! No more nagging your kids to do their work. Grab my free Task Cards today. Yes, send me the Task Cards!
Greek mythology inspired labyrinth craft to go along with the app Basileo and the Labyrinth. Educational art project for an Ancient Greece theme or unit
Fun ancient-Greece-inspired pottery craft for preschool and older! Art + History + Geography!!
Montessori-inspired, multi-part cards can be used for independent study or a multiplayer game. Features vocabulary such as labyrinth, chimera, and Olympics
Use this worksheet to teach your children about the Greek Alphabet.
