Ancient  Greece  Student  Activity
Fox Mill Elementary School
Third Grade

             This is a third grade social studies student activity.
             Read carefully on each of the web pages to find your answers.
             Use complete sentences and include your name, date and teacher's name at the top of the page.
 

1.  Greece is located on a peninsula. 
     What is a peninsula?  Look at this website to find your answer.
     http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
 
 

2.  Who ruled in the city-states?
      http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecegovt1.html
 
 
 

3.  What does the word democracy mean?
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecegovt1.html
 
 
 

4.  Name 3 crops the Greeks grew (raised themselves).
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceag1.html
 
 
 

5.  What was one food Greeks would have to buy at the marketplace?
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceag1.html
 
 

6.   Name one musical instrument a Greek person might have played.
        http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecemusic1.html 
 
 
 

7.   In ancient Greece you could watch TV.       True     False
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceart1.html
 

8.   Greeks had large outdoor theaters.               True     False
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceart1.html

      What were they used for?
 

9.   Actors in Greek plays wore  _ _ _ _ _ . 
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceart1.html

      Why?
 
 
 

10.  Why did Greeks build temples?
        http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecerelig1.html
 
 
 

11.  What is the name of the Greek temple which still stands today?
        http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecerelig1.html
 
 

12. What are the 3 types of columns? 
       http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecearch1.html

       Look at the pictures on this website. http://www.fcps.edu/FoxMillES/grkarch.html
       Name the building or monument and the type of column. 
             Building                             Column Type
       1.
       2.
       3.
 
 
 

13.  In ancient Greece, sports were very important. 
       Name the sporting event which the Greeks held every 4 years and we still hold today.
        http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecesports1.html
 
 

14.  Write one or two sentences about why it would have been unpleasant to be a woman in ancient Greece.
         http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceroles1.html
 
 

15.  Click on Student Activity at the bottom of the page.   Follow the directions.
         http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceroles1.html