
Ancient Greece Free Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities
For Teachers
Free Lesson Plans, Activities and Projects:
Ancient Greek Olympics for the Classroom 3-4 days mini-unit with student role handouts and games
Socrates, Mock Trial, Classroom Activity (2-3 class periods, 55 minutes each)
Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians, & the Greek Dark Ages - group activity
Question what you read on the web! - critical thinking, computer lab, small group activity
Early & Classical Greece Units
Ask Mr. Donn (unit review, quiz with answers, interactive)
Geography Lesson Plans and activities
Vocabulary Lesson Plans and activities
Early History - Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek Dark Ages, lesson plans
City-States & Government - Athens, Sparta, lesson plans
Greek Wars - Trojan, Persian, Peloponnesian lesson plans
Gods, Goddesses, Myths, lesson plans and activities
Daily Life, Homes, Women, School, lesson plans and activities
Art & Architecture, lesson plans and activities
Ancient Greek Drama and Theatre, lesson plans and activities
Ancient Greece Philosophy, lesson plans and activities
Ancient Greek Olympics, lesson plans and activities
Achievements, Inventions, lesson plans
Welcome to Ancient Greece, Overviews & Units
Vocabulary words for ancient Greece, lesson plans, activities
7 Wonders of the Ancient World (as selected by the ancient Greeks)

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
For Kids: Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek Myths for Kids, retold by Lin Donn
- 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
Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses
For Kids: Ancient Greek Daily Life
NEW: From the Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency: Join Herc and his friends as they solve daily life problems of the ancient Greeks
- 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, original short stories by Lin and Don Donn - learn about the ancient Greeks the easy way, through the case files of the Hercules Detective Agency!
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