Greece

After eating our way through Italy, we are cruising to the beautiful country of Greece and exploring it’s many islands.  Besides Italian, I just love Greek food too…. so looking forward to this learning journey.

PASSPORT and MAPPING

• Stamped their passports with date, country, capitol, flag and languages noted.
• Print out and label Greek map with National Geographic MapMaker
• Greek Flag and Coat of Arms meanings, colors
• cruise around Greece mainland and islands with Google Map

LANDFORMS

• islets
• 2,000 islands!
• volcano
• seas
• Mt. Olympus

ABOUT GREECE

• Greece – World Atlas
• Visit Greece
• link to all UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece (there are LOTS of them!!)

ART & CRAFT PROJECTS

• Greek pottery scratch art / Paper Mache Vases
• coloring sheet of Amphora
• Labyrinth Craft
• Greek Columns with Vases on top
• Paper collage pictures
• Parthenon Craft Model
• Toilet Roll Ancient Greek Citizen
• Paper Plate Theatre Masks
• Phaistos Disc painting with icons
• Minoan Sealife Fresco

CULTURE

• Greek Mythology (Unit Study)
• Greek Mythology Family Tree
• origin of the Olympic Games

LANGUAGE

• compare Art History painting of Phaistos Disc with photo in Greece book
• look at Greek letters (on our Math U See books too!)
• compare Greek letters with Phoenician and Hebrew

FOOD

• Greek Salad
• Tzatsiki
• Gyros
• Spanakopita (Spinach Pie)
• Greek yogurt
• Baklava
• Moussaka
• Greek Potatoes
• Tsoureki – Greek Easter Sweet Bread