Study Guides for Teaching Greece in the Classroom

Complete List of Study Guides

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• The Hero's Shield — Heroes and What Makes Them Heroic
  By Al Garnache, Kennedy Middle School, Waltham, MA, Year 5 Greek Study Fellow

• Timeline of Greek History: 40,000 BCE - 1453 CE
  By Diane Holzheimer, Librarian, Memorial Spaulding School, Newton, MA, 2007 Greek Study Fellow

• An Introduction to Greek Theater — Teaching Inference as a Reading Strategy
  By Sheila Dugan, 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher, F.A. Day Middle School, Newton, MA

• Meet the Greek Gods and Goddesses: A Study Guide for Primary Grade Children
  Marcia Lynch, Grades 1 and 2, and Amy Neale, Library Teacher, Michael Driscoll School, Brookline, Massachusetts

• Greek by Design: An Architecture Unit for American Studies
  David Tucker, Stoughton Public Schools

• Minoan Murals (from Knossos, Crete): Recreating Minoan Mural in Your School or Classroom,
  Christine Vaillancourt, Newton Public Schools

• Greek Studies in Elementary Art Rooms: Fables, Figurines, Theater Masks, Architecture,
  Mary Coughlan, Waltham Public Schools

• “Sing in me, Muse”: Homer’s Odyssey: A Book Group Model
  Bonnie Sue Carton, Brookline Public Schools

• Early Greece Resources CD,
  Chuck Bunting, Newton Public Schools

• Introducing Olympian Gods and Goddesses: An Integrated Study,
  Connie Carven, Newton Public Schools

• Mythology Project,
  Geri Belle, Brookline Public Schools

• Socrates: The Movie,
  David Moore, Newton Public Schools

• Impact of Greek Studies Program,
  Haley Blackow, The Pike School, Andover

• A God in the Pocket: Creating an Original and Fun Book,
  Steven Rae, Brookline Public Schools

• The Theater As Social and Moral Commentary,
  Cleo Syph, Newton Public Schools

• Ancient Greek History Coordinated with later Historical Periods,
  Donna J. Fairbank, Waltham Public Schools

• The Greek Labs: Effect of Acid Rain on Marble, and Other Exercises,
  Richard T. McKnight, Waltham Public Schools

• Roman Corinth: Daily Life in a Roman City in Greece,
  Barbara Scotto, Brookline Public Schools

• Ancient Greece: A Power Point Presentation,
  Richard Ballou and Patricia Peck, Newton Public Schools

• The Further Adventures of Megalopolis Man: Making a Comic Book,
  John Hacker Waltham Public Schools, Cleo Syph and Jennifer Landers, Newton Public Schools

• Greek Studies: A Partnership Model Between Public and Charter Schools,
  Catherine C.O’Flaherty, South Boston Harbor
  Sonya McKnight, Waltham, Public Schools

• Teaching the Odyssey, http://www.think2learn.com/odyssey,
  Sondra M. Hamilton, Wellesley Public Schools

• Using the MFA To Read Homer,
  Josh Lawrence, Boston Public Schools

• Apollo’s Point of View: The Study of Greece Through Music,
  Gina DePaoli, Waltham Public Schools

• The Development of the Greek Temple,
  Jack O’Keefe, Newton Public Schools

• Greek Vases: A Fourth Grade Art Curriculum,
  Ronnie Haarmann, Pike School, Andover

• The Olympic Games in Antiquity,
  Nancy Conviser and Kim LeQuire

• Greek Gods and Goddesses: Trading Cards,
  Sandra A. Gardner, Waltham Public Schools

• Making the Odyssey Accessible To All,
  Diane Campbell, Suzanne Chmielinski, Susan Hirsh, Wellesley Public Schools

• A Greek Decathlon,
  Jeanne Penrod, Waltham Public Schools

• Children’s Literature and Greek Mythology,
  Christine Gately, Waltham Public Schools

• Greek Tragedy, “The Spirt of Inquiry Meets the Spirit of Poetry and Tragedy is Born” ,
  Ronna Frick, Wellesley Public Schools

• The Olympics in Ancient Greece,
  Maureen Devlin, Brookline Public Schools

• The Spartans: A Second Look,
  Debbie D’Amico, Brookline Public Schools

• Playing with Homer: A Playwriting Activity Based on Books 9-12 of the Odyssey,
  Annice Kra and Kathe Langberg, Newton Public Schools

• Architecture
  Eleanor Demott, Brookline Public Schools

• The Olympic Games in Antiquity,
  Nancy Conviser, Brookline Public Schools, and Kim LeQuire, Newton Public Schools

• A Site of Sites: An Online Resource of Greek Archaeological Sites,
  Emil Penarubia

• The Trojan War: Images in Art,
  Jennifer Piccioli, Newton Public Schools

• A Feast of Books,
  Barbara Scotto, Brookline Public Schools, and Cathy O’Flaherty, Boston Public Schools

• Greek Mythological Creatures and Art,
  Lauryl Anne Jacobs

• Learning About Ancient Greece: A Greek Festival for Primary Students,
  Johanna Roses

• Greek Revival Architecture in Nineteenth Century America: Using Architecture to RedefineLife and Death in the City,
  Richard Goldberg

• Journey, the Second Grade Odyssey,
  Eris Doorneweerd and Lilia Levitina, Brookline Public Schools

• What Is So Great about Alexander the Great?,
  Michele Karol and David Nichols, Wellesley Public Schools

• Using Technology to Support Teachers to Integrate Greek Studies: Connecting Greek and U.S. Democracy,
  Heather Hurley

• It’s Greek to Me,
  Karen Kosko, Cambridge Public Schools

• Discover the Greeks,
  Kathy May, Waltham Public Schools

• The Examined Life: Excerpts from Three Plays to Illustrate Theories of Freud, Erikson and Kohlberg,
  Elizabeth Collins, Waltham Public Schools

• Biological and Chemical Warfare in Ancient Greece: What Would You Do?,
  Priscilla Leach, Wellesley Public Schools

• Mining the Myths,
  Joan Hamilton and Cheryl Klausner, Brookline Public Schools

• Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Heroines,
  David Lawton, The Park School, Brookline Public Schools

• Ancient Greek Sanctuaries: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ancient Greece,
  Danielle Conway, Phyllis Kalowski, Marjorie Berger, Jane Flynn, Cambridge Public Schools

• Producing and Ancient Greek Play,
  Michael Roth, Brookline Public Schools

• Interpreting Greek Mythology in Roman Epic,
  Madelyn Gonnerman, Brookline Public Schools

• Making Mythology Come to Life,
  Rachel Kramer, Cindy Marchand, Barbara Laites-Collins, Newton Public Schools

• Physics Applied to Classical and Modern Architecture,
  Paul Martenis, Newton Public Schools

• The Logic and Rhetoric of Exposition,
  Carol Mellett and Molly Murphy, Brookline, MA

• Interactive Video Lectures from Greece!,
  Ted Wells, The Park School, Brookline

• International Kid Connection,
  Jonathan Rabinowitz, Wellesley Public Schools

Study Guide Format

• Title page that includes title, author, school and grade taught, year of Fellowship and a one-paragraph overview of the project
• Aims and Objectives in list form
• Assignment for students that includes a description of the assignment, activities and procedures
• Materials needed for successful implementation of the project, including student reading list
• Assessment of student performance (rubric)
• MCAS Curriculum Frameworks addressed
• Bibliography and background information, articles, information for teacher