Ancient Greece Art Game
Ready to liven up your middle school art curriculum with an engaging, no prep Ancient Greece art lesson? This Greek vase project will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by the durability of their pottery which featured athletes from the ancient Olympics. Moreover, they’ll enjoy the roll a Greek vase game to make their own!
And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on Ancient Greece.
During this art project, your class will learn about black figure and red figure pottery styles. Use it to discuss Greek vase forms, hand-building techniques, and the potter’s wheel. Students will draw and paint a Greek vase using the step-by-step guide and PowerPoint.
Plan lessons for students about Ancient Greek art history and art appreciation in a way that excites them. Finally feel confident in your art curriculum and be organized and prepared to teach art!
What’s Included In My Ancient Greece Art Lesson
Can I be honest with you? Art history can sometimes be boring for kids. There, I said it. Teaching about artists and cultures doesn’t have to be a snoozer, though!
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this Greek vase art project. All will engage kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a Greek vase dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” idea worksheet for kids to choose their own elements
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick elements and you can integrate technology in the art room
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- 5 Printable Vase Templates, Pelike, Volute Krater, Bell Krater, Calyx Krater, and Stamnos, to differentiate the project
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Drawing practice worksheet, for kids who want to sketch out their ideas
- Ancient Greece Pottery handout about the history of Greek vase painting beginning in the Archaic Period
- “Big Ideas” reflection worksheet where students write about their art process
- Self-assessment worksheet so kids can think about how they performed during the project
- Art grading rubric which assesses expectations, craftsmanship, work habits, creativity, and clean-up
- 8 “I CAN” Statements aligned to the Studio Habits of Mind to use during instruction or post on your bulletin board
- 4 Art exit tickets with quick, thought-provoking prompts
- Art history coloring pages to keep kids inspired by the history of Greek vase painting outside of the art room
Ways to Use This Ancient Greece Art Vase Project
This art history project is flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your art room and beyond. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, and even for virtual art class or an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Ancient Greece Vase Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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This is just a super fun activity with so many choices on the vases and designs! I ended up using it for scratch art and the integrated some drawings to trace of heroes and god/goddesses and mythological creatures. Worth every penny!
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I used this resource as is for upper elementary and adapted it for use with lower elementary. It was a perfect quick project to introduce ancient Greek art styles. As it happened, a sub implemented the lesson and it went beautifully.
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My students loved creating Greek pottery at the close of our Ancient Greek unit. I loved how the activity was set up with some options for exactly HOW to be used. We hung our finished pottery above our students lockers, and the other 6th grade classes were jealous! Fun and easy. We completed these in a couple of 30-min social studies blocks.
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JoAnna E. –
Used this as a substitute resource on a day I was out. What an easy lesson to put together and so engaging for the students. Thanks for a great product!
Teresa O. –
This is a great resource to use with your students, either in the classroom or at home for homeschool or review skills.
Crystal G. –
This activity was fun and engaging for all students!
Mrs Dorams Class (Teacher-Author) –
Students loved this art work, we connected it with Alberta’s grade 6 Social curriculum for Ancient Athens. We didn’t roll for the shapes but chose whatever they preferred.
Mœinteoir K M. –
My students absolutely loved designing their own Vases and the results were truly brilliant.
Samantha W. –
My students loved this activity! They liked creating their own vases for our Ancient Greece Unit.
emma A. –
My students loved this activity, very creative and easy to follow
Social in Sixth (Teacher-Author) –
Great, engaging activity! My kids loved it! Thank you!
Joelynn F. –
Used this as an early finishers activity for my 6th graders and they had so much fun with it! They really enjoyed the ability to be creative and saw it as a game, which added to the fun of it.
Roxanne P. –
This was a great activity to use as a center for my Ancient Greece Choice Board.
Joye R. –
This resource was used as a supplement and the students found it easy to read and informative.
Sylvia Rua –
My students really enjoyed this activity. Because a roll of the dice determined what they included in their object, we ended up with a lot of variation in design.
ChristineVGK –
I really enjoyed using this resource. Thank you so much!
christine K. –
Used this in my 9th grade Related Arts classes. They loved it! Every student was able to create something amazing regardless of individual artistic talents.
Giselle R. –
My students loved creating Greek pottery at the close of our Ancient Greek unit. I loved how the activity was set up with some options for exactly HOW to be used. We hung out finished pottery above our students lockers, and the other 6th grade classes were jealous! Fun and easy. We completed these in a couple of 30-min social studies blocks.
Tammy M. –
This is just a super fun activity with so many choices on the vases and designs! I ended up using it for scratch art and the integrated some drawings to trace of heroes and god/goddesses and mythological creatures. Worth every penny!
Carma H. –
My students loved this resource, they were engaged and enjoying their learning experience.
Mary D. –
Students loved this project
Joanne C. –
Great resource!
Jeni Howell –
I used this resource as is for upper elementary and adapted it for use with lower elementary. It was a perfect quick project to introduce ancient Greek art styles. As it happened, a sub implemented the lesson and it went beautifully.
Stephanie Culbertson –
Great Resource! Thank you!
Ashley K. –
SO fun!!!
Angela Bournous –
The students learned a lot. Thank you.
CelticTeacher (Teacher-Author) –
Great resource! Thanks!
Emily Arbogast –
My kids loved this!! It was great!
JayCee Mclendon –
I used this resource for my art students to complete while I was on maternity leave. It was engaging and easy to implement for a sub!
Lisa E. –
These were so fun to create and the finished projects look great! Thank you 🙂
REBECCA LAWHORN –
Students loved this as a break from traditional book work
Beg – Borrow – Steal (Teacher-Author) –
This was great for GT students.
Michelle M. –
This helped sooo much for my students to understand and plan out their Greek vases that we were decorating after making paper mache ones for art class. So many options to choose from! Thank you for the resource.
Dana I. –
I like to incorporate art with history. This activity aligned with our study of Ancient Greek History. The element of rolling the dice was very engaging.
KJ H. –
Thank you for a great resource! The kids thought this was really fun!
Laura Alonzi –
My students had fun making the vases while learning about Ancient Greece.
Katy W. –
Used this as a morning work activity for our 6th grade Greek Day! Loved that I was able to incorporate art into our day.
Cathy N. –
Thanks for a great product
Lori W. –
My students really liked doing this!
Teaching Grotto (Teacher-Author) –
I love this! Such a creative way to study ancient civilizations!
Melissa S. –
Great project for teaching history.
Holly R. –
This resource was great for including art history concepts easily into my lessons.
Christine G. –
I used this with my grade 4 FI class. I translated the document and put it into a Powerpoint format so it was more suitable for online learning. Lots of fun! The kids really enjoyed it and asked to do it more often.
CopyCats (Teacher-Author) –
Perfect summer school activity!
Julianne D. –
My students created beautiful pieces of art and we got a lot of compliments on the display I made in the hall.
Eva Larabee –
I loved this resource! We did this for my ancient cultures unit and my students really enjoyed it. It was the perfect way to get them thinking of other ideas.
ramneet D. –
My students loved this resource. I used this to have students create a draft for the pottery. Next week we will be using clay to bring their sketches to life! Thank you for the clearly detailed activity.
Kristine Millett –
My students found this so engaging! They wanted to make multiple because they loved the different pots they could come up with!
Jenna G. –
This was a great art project to go along with a novel we were reading. For the kids who did not have access to dice at home, I had them number little pieces of paper and then blindly chose one. They turned out really well!
Tawnicia S. –
My students loved reading the short information article. They really enjoyed have the ideas page to draw & create ideas from. Thank you for the variety of pots available!!
Jennifer T. –
My students could easily draw the figures and patterns.
Lindsay M. –
My students loved this activity. Perfect activity for Ancient Greece.
Dana The –
My students love the roll-and-draw activities
Anya’s PYP Adventures (Teacher-Author) –
Great for integrating art and fine motor skills into our study of ancient civilisations.
Ashley McDowell –
Great activity to go along with our Greek Day celebration.
Zeke’s Happy ART (Teacher-Author) –
I love these! It’s harder with distance learning, just because I’m relying on them to print it and most of them don’t have dice, but I still love these lessons.
Nicole H. –
I used this lesson with my enrichment class while we learned about different cultures and time periods. Students enjoyed this activity and was manageable for all skill levels.
Megan Williams –
This was just what I was looking for! I used this during virtual learning to create an art activity for the students during our ancient Greek unit. Students LOVED making their vases, and they turned out great! I love the variety of vase options you included. Turning it into a dice game added an element of fun. Thank you!
Miss Cabrera’s Corner (Teacher-Author) –
My students really enjoyed making these! They made a great project to hang up 🙂
Patti S. –
Students enjoyed this great activity!
christina white –
Used this project for Ancient Greece Unit during SS class. Students loved it!!
Terry S. –
Great tool to use explain the resources of Ancient Civilizations!
Ashley M. –
Amazing product. I can’t wait to use it during my art history unit. Thank you!
Kayla W. –
fun and easy two day project
Kathleen B. –
Great way to keep my kids busy during themed read-alouds.
Rachel T. –
great resource
Michelle Scott –
This was a fun way for students to create a Greek vase, thanks so much!
Jenoice B. –
I used this resource as an extension project for a clay pot unit. Great resource!
Hemingway in 4th Grade (Teacher-Author) –
This was a perfect art project to go along with our Greek Mythology unit.
Julie W. –
Excellent!
Shayla B. –
Thank you
Jennifer C. –
This was such a great reference for our Greek Pottery Scratch Art Activity during Greek day!
Melissa T. –
Great art activity! My 5th graders loved it!
Margaret H. –
Thanks
Classroom Compulsion (Teacher-Author) –
I appreciated how simple, yet engaging this activity was for my 6th graders. We glued the vases onto black construction paper and hung them in the hallway. Thanks!
Oh For the Love of TeachKing (Teacher-Author) –
great!
Ivy N. –
These were great for our district art show!
Shalon E. –
Students could work independently and at their own pace to create a personalized vase.
Andrea M. –
Exactly what I was looking for!!! Thank you!!!
Managing the Mess (Teacher-Author) –
Perfect for a sub fits well into curriculum
Belt with a Z (Teacher-Author) –
I can’t wait to do these with my classes!
Jaret G. –
Matches perfectly with my Ancient Greek unit. My students enjoyed making a team vase for their group folders.