Customer Reviews

The Greek News

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This was a great book. I used it along with my studying of Greek History in school. I would read out of my textbook and other books then find a section in this book to read about. It helped me understand Greece a lot better. I enjoy the little cartoons and fake advertisements put in. The articles are written in many different forms including: interviews, traveling reporters and submitted articles. It is a fun book to read and I really loved it. This book is great for anyone either studying Greece or just interested in the subject. Age 13

This book has been the greatest help for my greek projects. In this book you get an easy explanation of the greeek culture with out a lot of dry information. It's an easy read and something one can get the best info from. Especially culture and war though it does an article on both dsacrifices to the god and the oracles. Easy and fun IF YOU ARE A TEACHER PLEASE PICK THIS BOOK! Your students will enjoy it! :)

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this book because it tells what the Greeks did in battle, how people cheated in the olympics and gives a special report on warriors in Sparta. It also tells non-fiction events in newspaper form. I think kids who don't know that much about ancient Greece would enjoy this book and learn a lot about Greece.

Michael,Age 9

This book was truly helpful in the classroom. It is a great intoduction to the Greek world. It is an ancient times new paper filled with a lot of factful information about Greek life in today's modern langauge. Kids learn about what the Greeks ate, what they wore, who went to school and who did not, about their government, religion, every day customs and even every day utensils used back then. I found myself being fascinated by this book the first time I saw it because it is a great fountain of information in just one small book. I learned a lot too!! It is not a text book, but it has just what you need to introduce the Ancient Greeks to your students.

The Greek News is a fun book which clarifies Ancient Greek history and makes it clearer. It is a great supplement to another more dense book on the history. I think reluctant readers would get more information from this book and I enjoyed it myself.

Basically, by claiming the Macedonian King Alexander on the front cover, the authors try to pull a fast one on the readers. It's common historical knowledge that ancient Macedonia was a separate nation from Greece, indeed the Macedonians subjugated the Greeks for many years, although they eventually adopted the Greek language, culture and religion.