Ancient Greece for Kids

Children are often surprised to find just how much impact the Ancient Greeks had on our lives today - in the arts, mathematics, philosophy, science, literature, theatre and politics (democracy). And of course the Olympics, coming up again in 2008, provide a perfect excuse to explore Ancient Greece and the first Olympics, held in the city of Olympia in 776 BC. We have many ideas to help you in your explorations below, including crafts with an Ancient Greek theme, Greek myths, puzzles based on the Greek gods and myths, and themed printables to use in your school projects and notebooks.

Ancient Greece crafts
We have a fantastic collection of Ancient Greece crafts to inspire you - including a Medusa headband and wig, hoplite shields, Greek vases, and Olympic crafts!

Greek myths for kids
The Greek Myths rewritten just for kids, to read online or print

Ancient Greece printables
Writing paper and frames to use in your school and home projects and for notebooking. We also have some Ancient Greek coins to color in and cut out.

Ancient Greece puzzles and word searches
Try these word searches on Greek gods, mythical creatures and the ancient Olympic games

Ancient Greece coloring pages
A collection of 16 coloring pages of Greek gods, Greek myths and everyday life in Ancient Greece.

The first "games" were held at Olympia in Ancient Greece. If you are interested in the modern Olympic games,  have a look at the pages below:

Summer Olympics NEW!

Winter Olympics

More Ancient Greece Activities

General

Excellent website, lots of nicely presented information together with stories and challenges
>http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/

Fun website with lots of cartoons, resources section is very useful especially the ‘Sounds’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/index.shtml

A site dedicated to the Ancient Olympics, lots of photographs
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html 

Make

Try making these Greek story vases – a very simple and effective craft
http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/greekvase.shtml

Make a Greek vase using paper mache
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/makedo2.htm

Have fun making this Ancient Greek costume
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/makedo3.htm

Or try this more detailed costume
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11536

Have fun making and playing this knucklebone game (NB. need to register on site)
http://www.crayola.com/coloringcraft/craft/detail.cfm?id=887

Have fun making an assortment of Greek characters from toilet roll tubes (scroll down)
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/greece/index.htm

Print

Print this set of Ancient Greek character cards, great for playing memory games
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/make_do/playercards.pdf

Print and Make 

Print and make this wonderful mask of Medusa
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/art/mask/index.html

Print and make a fabulous Medusa shield and mask
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/makedo1c.htm

Print and make this super model of the Parthenon (suitable for older children)
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/building/parthenon_e.html  

Do

Try this superb maze based on the statue of Zeus at Olympia
http://www.amazeingart.com/img/mazes/statue-zeus-maze.pdf

An Ancient Greek-themed word search puzzle
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/Data/best/history/
ancient.greece.01.html

A Greek mythology word search and quiz
http://www.tlsbooks.com/greekgods.pdf

Can you draw this Ancient Greek symbol with one continuous line?
http://www.puzzles.com/PuzzlePlayground/InAncientGreece/
InAncientGreecePrintPlay.pdf

Ancient Greece crossword
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/crosswords/
xword_stu/ch11.pdf

Answers to above crossword puzzle
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/crosswords/
xword_ans/ch11_ans.pdf

Classical Greece crossword puzzle
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/crosswords/
xword_stu/ch12.pdf

Answer key to classical Greece crossword puzzle above
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/crosswords/
xword_ans/ch12_ans.pdf

Learn

Find out about various Greek gods in this colorful website
http://www.mythweb.com/

Learn about various aspects of life in Ancient Greece with this interactive website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/classics.shtml

Use this worksheet to help you find out about Greek pottery
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/siteactivities/greekvase.pdf

Who were the Greeks?  Use this set of 4 worksheets to find out
http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_490703.pdf

Find out more about the Greek alphabet in this fun worksheet
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/ancientgreeceresources/greece17.pdf

Learn about Cretan mazes
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/maze/cretan.htm

Find out about the Olympic Games

Enjoy

A huge collection of Ancient Greek clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/Ancient_Civilizations/Ancient_Greece

More free clipart
http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/greece.htm

Send some fun Ancient Greek e-cards
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/goodies/

A huge collection of Aesop’s Fables, includes some audio
http://www.aesopfables.com/

Enjoy these animated retellings of Ancient Greek myths and legends
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/storytime/

More Greek myths, fun retellings and lots of information and graphics
http://mythman.com/

And more Greek myths, lots of info about various Greek gods and heroes
http://www.mythweb.com/ 

Play

This is a fun collection of on-line games inspired by famous Ancient Greek characters
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/games/

An on-line Greek mythology word search puzzle
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/wordsearch/
greekmythologywordsearch.html

Try your hand at archery with this fun Hercules game
http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/
games/hercules_archery_game/index.html

Can you match the Greek characters to their symbols?
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/interactive/arcade.htm 

Download

Download a “virtual Socrates” screensaver (scroll down for link)
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/educational/

A huge collection of wallpaper and screensavers to download
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/goodies/ 

Color

Our Ancient Greece Coloring Pages

More Ancient Greece Coloring Pages (links)

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