Ancient Greece WebQuest
A ten-question WebQuest sends students to external articles and videos to research Ancient Greek topics — the Acropolis, gender roles, democracy, the Olympics, Sparta, geography, religion, and mythology — with both a student copy and a teacher copy containing a full written answer key.
- Year groups
- Years 8–11
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Social Studies, History, History: Ancient
- Topic
- Ancient Greece, Webquest
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
This resource is an Ancient Greece WebQuest.
Students will do their independent investigation to better understand the culture, geography, and ideologies of Ancient Greece.
There are 10 tasks that will take students to the internet and then bring them back to the worksheet to complete graphic organizers, comprehension questions and more.
Answer key included.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Research and summarize key facts about Ancient Greek culture, government, religion, and geography from external sources.
- Compare and contrast gender roles for boys and girls in Ancient Greece using a Venn diagram.
- Distinguish between myths, legends, and folktales.
- Explain how geography and religion shaped daily life in Ancient Greece.
- Synthesize research findings into a personal reflection (new facts, surprises, and remaining questions).
Teaching tips
- Test every external link before assigning this WebQuest - several use goo.gl short links, a service Google has discontinued, so those redirects may no longer work and would need replacement with direct URLs.
- The task numbering skips from Task #7 to Task #9 (there's no Task #8 label on the student-facing numbering, though the answer key refers to "Task #8: Mythology") - clarify this mismatch with students before assigning so they don't think they're missing a task.
- Because the teacher copy's answer key includes full opinion-based model answers (e.g., for why Greek democracy evolved into an aristocracy), use it as a benchmark for depth rather than a single "correct" answer, since several questions are interpretive.
- The Venn diagram task requires at least five points per section from two full articles - budget more class time for Task #2 than the single-question tasks.
Skills covered
- Research skills
- Reading comprehension
- Compare and contrast
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Are the external links still expected to work, given how old some of the URL formats are?
Not guaranteed - several links use goo.gl short URLs, a Google service that has been discontinued, so those specific links are likely broken and would need to be replaced with direct URLs before assigning this WebQuest.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Ancient Greek culture and government
- Greek mythology
- Spartan warfare
- The Acropolis and Olympics
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