Year 4 - Ancient Greece WebQuest
Click on the
links below to find out the answers to the following questions and learn
more about Ancient Greece:
Question 1. Go
here to find out about some of the differences between the lives of
men, women and children
a) What did Ancient Greek
men wear?
b) What did Greek women wear on special occasions?
c) What were some things that young Greek girls did?
d) What were some things that young Greek boys did?
Question 2. Did you know that the Ancient Greeks created the Olympics? Go to Greek Sports and answer the following questions:
a) How often were the
Olympics held?
b) What happened if you were caught cheating?
c) What were some of the sports they played?
d) What happened if you won?
Question 3. Religion was very important to the people of Ancient Greece. Find out more here.
a)
What does 'polytheistic'
mean?
b) Where was it believed that the gods lived?
c) Each of the gods was thought to control different aspects of people's
lives, find out which god was responsible for which area.
d) What were the two places where people could go to play?
Question 4. Going to the theatre was popular. Work through the following presentation (click on the button to 'begin') and write down four facts about ancient greek theatre.
Question 5. What kinds of food did the ancient greeks eat? Find out more here.
a) Which god was thought
about when drinking wine?
b) What happened to animals before they would eat their
meat?
c) Which food were Demeter and Persephone linked with?
Question 6. Read through the following pages about the war between Athens and Sparta and write five questions for another group to find answers to. Click here for the information about the war.
Question 7. Click here to find out more about Greek Government
a) Read through the information
on 'city-states', then write what 'democracy' means.
b) What were the three different groups of people in Athens?
c) Write down what happened at the public assembly meetings.
Question 8. What did houses look like in Ancient Greece? Go to Ancient Greek Houses and write down:
a) What were all Greek houses built of?
b) How were pebbles used in rich peoples' houses?
c) Click on the link 'Rich Man's House' to see what a rich man's house
looked like.
Write down how it is the same or different to your house.
Congratulations! You've now completed your exploration of Ancient Greece. Good job! Make sure your answers are presented neatly then hand your work to your teacher.
For more information about the Ancient Greeks try these links.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/
http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/
http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/greece/eg_greece_menu1.html