| Web
Based Learning |
| Grade 8 Social Studies Classes |
| GREECE |
Instructions:
Follow the sequence of the web based learning resources
below. Click and hold down for a second on the underlined
phrases or words. Use the 'back' button to get back to
this web page. Follow the instructions you are given for
note taking and for making references.
Go to at Emroy University: Greece
- Emroy University Odyssey Online.
To guide you,
follow the numbers: |
First, where in the
world was Greece?
Let's find out on the
map around 800 BC. Find the details for Crete and
Mycenaean.
|
| The People
of Ancient Greece has links to war and democracy as
well as their art. |
| Find out the connections between
Religion and Myths on this Myths
link. |
| 4 questions are probed on this link for Daily
Life. What do you think of life in this civilization?
Could you go 'Back to the Future' here? |
What would you do if you died young as
these people often did?
Find out more at the Death
and Burial link. |
| Pictographs and Hieroglyphs have a
connection for the alphabet in Greece
Writing. |
Mythology
Assignment #1 - Web Resources
The Pantheon
- The Encyclopedia Mythica of Mythology, folklore and legend using Flash
Technology. The
Greek Mythology is very extensive with 601 online articles. The Greek heroic legend
has 448 articles online.
Greek Mythology - Iliad to the Fall of the Last
Tyrant
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/index.html
The Immortals
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/immortals.html
Olympians
http://www.loggia.com/myth/olympians.html
Greek Gods and Goddesses
http://www.loggia.com/myth/gods.html
Greek Mythology - main page
http://www.loggia.com/myth/content.html
Greek Images - Aphrodite
http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/aphrodite_i.html
Aphrodite - text and images, by James W. Jackson
http://jcccnet.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/aphr.html
The Olympians - by James W. Jackson
http://jcccnet.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/oly.html
The University of Haifa Library - Aphrodite
http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/mythology_westart_aphrodite.htm
A List of Greek Gods and Goddesses by Frederick
John Kluth of Kent, Ohio
http://apk.net/~fjk/glist.html
Aphrodite in Ancient Greek Art
http://apk.net/~fjk/aphro.htm
The University of Haifa Library - Mythology and
Images of Western Art
http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/Mythology_westart.html
MSN Encarta Reference - Aphrodite
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=036CF000
The
Ancient Greek World - University of Pennsylvania Museum's web
exhibit features an outline covering 5 main topics:
- Land and Archeological Time
with topics of The Land, Time Line, and Greek Pottery;
- Daily life with topics of The
Greek House, Women's Life and Men's Life;
- the Economy with topics of
coinage, pottery, bronze;
- Religion and Death with
topics of Greek Religion, Greek Games and Greek view of
Death;
- and some extra topics on
Women and Goddesses, Gods and Heroes, pottery, chariots
and vases.
Grose Educational Media has a web site for
Greek Gods that gives nice images and a crossword for
Mythology.
The Perseus Project has four links listed below:
- The main page is found here: Perseus Project Main Web Page - Tufts U.
- Related web sites are found
here: Perseus Related Web sties
- Try this web site for
information on Hercules: Perseus Hercules - Greece's
Greatest Hero
- Next, you can look at Perseus The 12 Labors of Hercules
CSUN California State University - Northridge
This website has a chart and
links for Hercules and the Rulers of Greece has interesting web links lower down
on the main page "some . It is part of Prof. John Adams site that links and other materials".
Try out Roman History for many links and scroll down for Greek History and Civilization.
Check out the Archaeology links for Greece and Greeco-Roman links.
Prof. Adams has Art and Archaeology has visuals for Greece.
A list of 35 handouts for the Classics 315 class that contain details for you to read
under the topic of Greek Mythology.
If you want just the extra various links, they are here and they have no descriptions, so
discover for yourself.
More Web Based Learning resources
The University of Victoria Web Based Learning
Advanced Searching Web Based Learning
For the Greek Geek, The University of Evansville has an
excellent overview of Greece at the Exploring Ancient
World Cultures web page. This one web based learning resource
will do 7 wonders for you. The Chronology
of Greece provides web based links to sites starting at 3300
BCE and has a hot spot for searching. The Image Index
is arranged for handy accessing to major web based image banks.
The Site
Index gives many new web based outside links on many topics.
The University of Evansville has an Associated
Sites. Search the site at Argos Search Site -
University of Evansville or follow some of their links.
For the advanced stuff and for the do your own searching on
the web, look at Ancient
World Web, this may give the extra spice you need in ancient
life - pure virgin Olive Oil!
This special web based learning site is in Greece. The Ancient Gods
have information on The Olympians are a group of 12 Gods,
The Titans, other Gods and Semi-Gods and the Gods Family Tree. Then, you can start on your essential briefing of
the Philosophy of Aristotle.
Mount Olympus - Greece
(satellite shot)

Created March 15, 2001, revision date:
April 13, 2005