Ancient Greece Free Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities

For Kids: Overview

Geography & Maps

Early Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians

Greek Dark Ages

Rise of Greek City-States

Athens

Sparta

Greek Wars

• On Land: Greek Warriors
• At Sea: Greek Ships
• Trojan War
• Persian Wars
• The Delian League
• Peloponnesian War
• Alexander the Great
• The League of Corinth

Hellenistic Greece

Decline and Fall

Achievements & Contributions

Inventions & Discoveries

Interactive Timelines

Investigate Real Life Artifacts

Play Greek Games! Interactive

For Kids: Art, Culture, Government

Greek Art

Greek Drama and Theatre

Greek Dance

Ancient Greek Olympics

Types of Government

Roots of Democracy

Greek Alphabet

Greek Vases Tell a Story

Greek Columns and Architecture

Elgin Marbles

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

The 12 Olympians

Mount Olympus

Greek God Family Tree

Religion, Gods

Temples

Acropolis & Parthenon

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!

Greek Men

Greek Women

Greek Kids

Greek Slaves

Pets & Toys

Houses

Food

Clothing

Hair Styles

Education, School

Wedding Customs

For Kids: People

Famous People

Pericles Funeral Oration

Greek Philosophies

Aristotle

Socrates

Greek Legends

Greek Fables

Aesop's Fables

Alexander the Great

Homer's Iliad & Homer's Odyssey

For Kids: Interactive Quizzes

Greece Geography

Greek Gods

Early Greece

Greek Government

Daily Life

Greek Olympics

Greek Wars

Greek Arts

Alexander the Great &
Gifts from the Greeks

For Teachers

Activities and Projects

Lesson Plans & Units

PowerPoints

Jeopardy Games

Interactive Games

For Kids and Teachers: Other Ancient Civilizations

See Also: Early Humans for Kids and Teachers

Archaeology for Kids and Teachers