40 hands-on activities to experience this wondrous age
Hart, Avery
1999
Introduces the places, people, historical events, myths, culture, and philosophy of ancient Greece. Includes forty hands-on activities, such as making an early Greek theater, building an Ionic temple, and pressing olives for oil.
Uses a newspaper format to present articles on the military, trade, religion, education, recreation, philosophy, food, fashion, and other elements of ancient Greek culture.
Presents the life of a young girl on the island of Mykonos describing her family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of her country.
Traces the life of the warrior king of Macedonia who conquered and unified the known world and even led his army into unexplored areas in his quest for new lands to conquer. Also discusses the history and culture of Ancient Greece and describes the impact of its civilization on the Western world.
An exploration of ancient Greece, providing information about its importance, discussing the birth of democracy, and covering everyday life, gods and religion, art, architecture, literature, science, philosophy, technology, and the Hellenistic age.
When her mother suddenly decides to marry a near-stranger, Phoebe, whose passion is running, soon finds herself living on a remote Greek island, completing her senior year at an ancient high school where the students and teachers are all descended from gods or goddesses.
A collection of full-color 3-D models, maps, fact boxes, and photographs that describe ancient Greece including city states, Greek art and architecture, the Hellenistic Age, customs, and science.
When slaves rebel in ancient Sparta, twelve-year-old Lysander, guarded by an heirloom amulet, the Fire of Ares, is caught between the Spartan ruling class, with whom he has been training as a warrior since his noble heritage was revealed, and those among whom he was recently laboring as a slave.