Students dig uncovering artifacts in this archaeology inspired history game that takes them to Athens, Sparta, Delphi and Olympia. Join our archaeological expedition where history education and fun come together. Perfect for Grade levels 4-8.

Official Website and Game Download: https://dig-itgames.com/portfolio/excavate-greece-world-history-greek/ (includes learning standards)

The Greek civilization is well known for the origins of democracy, the Olympics and the warrior society of Sparta. Excavate! Greece™ is a world history educational game for social studies teachers and parents that include the ancient culture of Greece in their lesson plans. Thousands are playing our Excavate series that includes six world history cultures and your students would love to play it too.

The Greece history game features four excavations site for the student's archaeological journey. Explore Athens and Sparta, city-states that highlight very different lifestyles and social differences. Investigate Delphi, a religious temple to the god Apollo. Examine the stadium in Olympia to gain a deeper understanding of the ancient Olympic games. Visit the sites in any order (when fully unlocked); your progress will be recorded in journals that log collected artifacts, field notes and achievements. At each location, make meaning of how artifacts were used through a series of analysis questions and reports that help you consider the historical context of the primary source artifacts to make connections.

Excavate! Greece™ is the perfect way to reinforce your lesson plans for Ancient Greece. Educators have used the game before, during and after their unit on Greece with great success. Are your students ready to excavate and analyze 56 Greek artifacts?

Parents, if you are planning a trip to Greece this is a wonderful way to introduce your children to the ancient culture. Traveling to Athens and other area with monuments and ruins will have a deeper meaning for your children.

** New Content for 2021:

A word search puzzle game has been added that includes words related to archaeology and all the current game civilizations (Rome, Greece, Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Byzantine, and Egypt)

**Featured Learning Goals:

Explore the significance of Apollo’s Temple in Delphi

Gain a new perspective on the Olympic Games

Distinguish the roles of women and men in ancient Greek society

Compare and contrast the lifestyles of Athens and Sparta

Piece together daily life

Describe the lifestyle and role of gods and goddesses in Roman society

Explain architectural innovations that were used to build temples and stadiums

** Education Quality
Independently reviewed and certified for pedagogy, learning goals and educational quality (Education Alliance Finland https://kokoa.io/products/excavate-series ) The game was designed to support common core and social studies C3 framework.

**Additional Ancient Greece Lesson Plans and Worksheets (Free to Download)

*Teacher’s Guide – A guide for game-play that also contains all the content and answers. (2 Files – Excavate Overview & Greece Content uide) Feel free to use it to supplement your ancient Greek lesson plans.

*Inquiry-Based Analysis Lesson Create student interest before studying the Greek civilization unit by inviting students to describe our artifacts and hypothesize their use in ancient Greece. Use the D-I-E lesson worksheets to record observations with or without game-play and to check their hypotheses for accuracy. It is a fun way to prepare and engage with content while playing Excavate! Greece. (Answer sheet included)

*Artifact-Based Questionnaire – Athens, Delphi, Olympia and Sparta cultures are beautifully portrayed in an illustration scene that incorporates excavated artifacts in an historically accurate scene. Use this scene combined with artifacts from the game to have your students answer a DBQ assignment that will demonstrate their learning. (rubric included)

OUR STUDIO & ARCHAEOLOGY GAMING

DiG-iT! Games® is a women-owned game studio that is a leader in social studies/world history game-based learning products. We are the world leader in developing archaeology based educational game products. When not making educational games, the team develops award winning casual games including the highly ranked Roterra (https://playroterra.com) puzzle game series.