
Ancient Greece Free Lesson Plans for Ancient Greek Art and Architecture
Lesson Plan: First have your students read the stories below. In small groups, or as a whiteboard activity, have them brainstorm a list of the many ancient Greek arts including dance, literature, theatre, and more. Then have them write a story of their own using any of the ancient Greek arts as an important story element. Here are some stories from the Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency:
Art: The Stone Zoo
Music: The Golden Lyre
Poetry: The Rhyming Poet
Theatre: The Awesome Actor
For Teachers: Ancient Greek Art and Architecture lessons and activities
The Architecture of Ancient Greece, lesson plan and classroom activity
Ancient Greece Architecture lesson plan, teaching with primary sources
Going Greek with architecture, lesson plan, 1-2 class periods
Engineer Like an Ancient Greek (STEM, lesson plans, free from teachers pay teachers)
Architecture Lesson Plans - The affect on modern furniture (Utah Ed)
The Acropolis of Athens, handout, important buildings
Lesson Idea: The year is 432 BCE. As dawn breaks over Athens, Pheidias is late for work. He is the chief builder for the Parthenon, Athens’ newest and largest temple. When he arrives onsite, city officials accuse him of embezzling gold from the temple’s sacred central statue. He has until sundown to prove his innocence or face the courts. A Day in the Life of an Ancient Greek Architect (Ted-Ed, lesson plan, video)
The Parthenon lesson plan with free download and assignment
For Teachers: Ancient Greek Pottery, Urns, Vases lessons and activities
Greece Vase Painting Project, complete lesson plan
Greek Vases: Ode to a Grecian Urn, scratch-out project
Greek Pots lesson plan, classroom activity
For Teachers: Ancient Greek Drama, Music, Theatre, Literature lessons and activities
Ancient Greek drama and theatre lesson plans
Explore Greek Myths - lesson plans & myths
Aesop's Fables - lesson plans & fables
For Teachers: Lesson Plans for Ancient Greece and Classroom Activities
For Kids: Ancient Greece

Explore Ancient Greece
For Kids: Overview
Early Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians
Rise of Greek City-States
- On Land: Greek Warriors
- At Sea: Greek Ships
- Trojan War
- Persian Wars
- The Delian League
- Peloponnesian War
- Alexander the Great
- The League of Corinth
Investigate Real Life Artifacts
For Kids: Art, Culture, Government
Greek Columns and Architecture
For Kids: Daily Life
For Kids: Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses
Ancient Greek Myths for Kids
- 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
From the Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency: Learn more about the gods and Greek daily life
- The Misunderstood Minotaur - How Hercules made a best friend
- The Scaredly Fish
- The Tricked Bully
- The Stone Zoo
- The Bad Barber
- The Constant Chatterbox
- The Monster Under the Bridge
- The Festival Arrow
- The Amazing Matchmaker
- And many more!
For Kids: People
For Kids: Interactive Quizzes
Alexander the Great &
Gifts from the Greeks
For Teachers
For Kids and Teachers: Other Ancient Civilizations
See Also: Early Humans for Kids and Teachers