The Examined Life - Greek Studies in the Schools

Information and Registration

Examined Life Program and GreeceOnline Graduate Course

“The program, in all aspects, is a
profound intellectual and personal experience.”

— Bob McCarthy, Greek Study Fellow

Apply for the 2022 GreeceOnline Program

For a full description of The Examined Life program, the GreeceOnline graduate course and its requirements, and all associated costs and fees, please read the entire page below.

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Kemper, ExL administrative associate, at mary_kemper@teachgreece.org.

Instructions

Note: Upon receipt of your application, you will receive a response within two business days.

An acknowledgement letter with further instructions will be sent to you. If you do not receive a response from ExL within two business days, please contact Mary Kemper at 914-806-1679 or email her mkemper119@aol.com.

There is an non-refundable application fee of $300 due within two weeks of the date of your acknowledgement letter.

In addition to the acknowledgement letter, a Commitment Agreement, liability waivers and emergency information forms will be sent to you. These documents must be signed and returned with your application fee. Also, a clear photocopy of the picture page of your passport is required by the Greek Embassy in order to secure free admission to the classical sites.

Forms and instructions for additional payment for graduate credit will be included in this e-mail message.

The first Study Tour payment will be due in November 1, 2021, and final payment of the balance will be due February 1, 2022.

Please note there are a limited number of stipends available to eligible educators that will be awarded to qualified candidates after registration. Educators must be currently employed in a school, library or other educational facility. Please note stipends will be awarded first come, first served.

About the ExL Program and the GreeceOnline Graduate Course

The Examined Life/GreeceOnline is an online graduate humanities program, developed by The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools (ExL). The program includes a course of study featuring webinars, videotaped lectures, and a study tour of Greece. Participants are named Greek Study Fellows and become members of a Leadership Corps of Fellows that numbers in the hundreds.

“The Examined Life is the best kind of
teacher development...It is ultimately my students
who gain the most.”

— Cathy O'Flaherty, Greek Study Fellow

ExL/GreeceOnline is open to educators, school and public librarians, museum specialists, authors, illustrators, publishers, and editors, and all those working with young people, as well as individuals committed to the program’s mission to strengthen Greek studies in the schools and to raise public consciousness and knowledge of ancient (and modern) Greece. ExL/GreeceOnline provides a time for reflection and renewal, and a time to explore the quality of our own lives and the legacy we choose to leave to our children.

ExL/GreeceOnline provides an exciting journey to ancient (and modern) Greece through the eyes of world-class scholars. Literature, history, philosophy, art, culture, government, and politics are explored in lectures and readings that include The Iliad and The Odyssey; the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus; the comedies of Aristophanes; the writings of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato. In addition, the influence of ancient Greece is examined in modern renderings of myth and epic by such modern writers and illustrators as Barbara Cooney, Warwick Hutton, Rosemary Sutcliff, Padraic Colum, Adele Geras. Lecturers take up several themes in the literature including democracy and the obligations of citizenship, war and peace, anger and reconciliation, the meaning of life, the ideal of heroism.

2022 Highlights

CLNE
The Examined Life welcomes the collaboration of Children’s Literature New England, Inc. ExL and CLNE are brought together by their common vision and mission to raise public consciousness and knowledge of subjects vital to the survival of a humane and literate society.

American Farm School
In 2022, we will continue our support for AFS’s Eva Kanellis and students in their outreach programs to children and young adults in Greek refugee camps.

2022 Study Tour of Greece
From the crowning glory of the architecturally perfect Parthenon atop Athens Acropolis to the shining Aegean Sea, along the way we plan to visit Olympia; the Oracle at Delphi; Mycenae; and the ancient theater at Epidauros. We will kick up our heels with music and dance at a local taverna in the lovely seaside town of Nafplion where we will also visit the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. The first weekend of the tour is Greek Easter, and we will have the pleasure of spending it at our guide's family hotel right on the beach on the island of Evia. All in all, this tour is a breathtaking pilgrimage that includes seminars, writing or art workshops, book discussions, and much much more.

American Luminaries
Well-known graphic artist Gareth Hinds will be joining us for the tour. Gregory Maguire, head of our Honorary Board will join the tour as well.

Webinars
Mary Lefkowitz, winner of the 2006 National Humanities Medal and one of the best known and most highly regarded classical scholars in the nation, will lead a webinar as well as Loren Samons, Boston University Professor, and Tony Vrame, Director of Religious Education at Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary, among others.

IBBY/Greece
If schedules allow, while in Athens, the group will meet with members of the International Board on Books for Young People, including Vagelis Iliopoulos, author of the best-selling Triangle-Fish books; Eva Kaliskami, IBBY/Greece liaison, educator, and member of the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Committee; and Vasso Nika, President, IBBY/Greece.

Schedule

The schedule includes videotaped lectures (videos), live online lectures (webinars), and the dates for the study tour of Greece. . Webinars are scheduled for some Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Videos are released in one or two-week intervals to be viewed at your convenience.

Dates	Topics	Lecturers
January 4	Webinar: Welcome, Introductions, and Greek History Timeline	Kemper/Scotto/Guerriero
January 4	Video: "Overview"
January 11	Video: "Seeds of Myth"	Lefkowitz
January 18	Webinar: Dr. Mary Lefkowitz answers questions about "Seeds of Myth"	Lefkowitz
January 18	Video: "The Iliad"	Muellner
February 1	Video: "The Odyssey"	Nagy
February 15	Video: “Tragedy"
February 17-21	Winter Break
February 22	Video: "Inventors of History"	Walker
February 29	Video: "History of Greece"	Samons
March 7	Webinar: Dr. Loren Samons answers questions about "History of Greece"	Samons
March 7	Video: "Byzantine Iconography"	Vrame
March 14	Webinar: Dr. Anton Vrame answers questions about "Byzantine Icongraphy"	Vrame
March 14	Video: "Women in Antiquity"	Visvardi
March 21	Video: "Philosophy"	Teuber
March 28	Video: "Comedy and Democracy"	Rothwell
April 17-26	Study Tour of Greece
May 2	Video: Mythic Patterns: Picture Books" or "Illustrations of Books for the Young"	Horning or Long
May 9	Webinar: Curriculum Projects 2019	Scotto/2019 Fellows
May 16	Webinar: Interview with 2020 Artist-in-Residence Gareth Hinds	Scotto/Hinds

Optional videos available on request:

“African American Mythic Patterns,” Ashley Bryan
“Biblical Patterns,” Katherine Paterson
“Chinese Mythology,” Margaret Chang
“Persian Mythology,” Suzanne Fisher Staples

Noncredit/Credit Expectations

Noncredit Participants must . . .

Be present at all webinars
Write and post an introduction of himself or herself online
At a minimum, read Greek Gods, Human Lives, The Iliad (Books 1-12), The Odyssey, and Agamemnon
View several of the assigned videos
Start a topic on the discussion board a minimum of three times, and respond to someone else a minimum of three times.

PDP and/or CEU Participants — 45 PDPS 3 CEUS — must . . .

Be present and actively participate in all webinars
Write and post an introduction of himself or herself online
Do the assigned reading each week
View all assigned videos
Start a topic and on the discussion board every session and respond to another participant every session
Create a video with narration related to your teaching or another project approved by the professor.

Graduate Credit Participants — 3 credits — must . . .

Take the GreeceOnline graduate course — Dates TBD
Be present and actively participate in all webinars
Write and post an introduction of himself or herself online
Complete all required reading
View all assigned videos
Start a topic on the discussion board every session and respond to someone else's topic every session
Travel to Greece on the study tour
Develop a study guide/unit for classroom use

Costs

Application Fee — $300 (nonrefundable)

Massachusetts Professional Development Points (PDPs) as well as Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to noncredit students who complete the program. Noncredit students will not receive a grade.

Graduate Credit for GreeceOnline — $225

3 graduate credits will be awarded by Framingham State University. Students taking GreeceOnline for credit will receive a grade. This fee is payable to Framingham State University (details forthcoming).

Study Tour — TBD (Approximate land costs. Participants must book and pay for their own roundtrip flights.)

Land Portion

Land costs includes all hotel accommodations, tourist taxes and porterage, land travel by coach in Greece, round trip airfare to Santorini, all breakfasts and many other meals, all museum and site fees, our wonderful licensed Greek tour guide, the Artist or Writer-in-Residence, informal discussions, possible meetings with members of IBBY/Greece (International Board on Books for Young People, K-12)

Air Portion

Participants must book and pay for their own roundtrip flights.

There will be a group airfare available (round trip economy from Boston Logan), which will also include ground transfers to and from the Athens airport. Please let us know if you are interested - more details forthcoming.

The earlier you book, the cheaper the fare and the more options are available. Right now there is one non-stop from Newark (Emirates) and another from JFK New York (Delta). Otherwise, there are a variety of airlines that connect with major cities in Europe. Also, the program's travel company will happy to assist you in making flight arrangements.

Application Form

Please complete and submit the application form. Each registrant will receive a prompt registration confirmation and letter of welcome to the program as a Greek Study Fellow. In ExL/GreeceOnline, ExL strives to create a sense of community and commonality in its efforts to strengthen Greek Studies in the schools and to raise public consciousness and knowledge of the importance of Greek ideas and achievements to the very fabric of American life.

Further Information
(Click a topic to see full details.)

Study Tour — The Study Tour is optional but highly recommended.

Reading

Required Reading
The following readings are required of all participants:

Greek Gods and Human Lives (Lefkowitz)
The Iliad, Bks 1-12 (Homeric epic)
The Odyssey (Homeric epic)
Tragedy - Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Women in Antiquity – Antigone (Sophocles)

In addition, those participants who are taking the course for graduate credit, PDPs or CEUs will need to complete the following readings before viewing each lecture:

The Iliad, Bks 12 - 24 (Homeric epic)
Tragedy — Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides (Aeschylus), Electra (Sophocles), and Electra (Euripides)
Women in Antiquity — Medea (Euripides)
Philosophy — Apology and Crito (Plato)
Comedy and Democracy — Acharnians, Lysistrata, Clouds (Aristophanes)
Inventors of History — Herodotus: The Histories (selected readings) and The History of the Peloponessian War (Thucydides) (selected readings)

Videos

Run times vary between approx. 1.5 - 2.5 hours per video.

Introduction and Overview, runtime: 56 minutes
In a slide-lecture, Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, ExL program humanist and Chair of the Brandeis University Classics Department, demonstrates interconnections between ancient Greek material culture (painting, architecture, sculpture) and the literary tradition (oral and written). She considers how the cultural ideals set forth in the Homeric tradition, The Iliad and The Odyssey, and in Athenian tragedy had a far-reaching impact on many aspects of Greek (particularly Athenian) life and art. The discussion considers the power of art in ancient and modern society and asks what exactly a “text” is to us and to the ancient Greeks.

The Iliad, runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes
Professor Leonard Muellner, Department of Classics, Brandeis University, lectures on how to read The Iliad, how not to read it, and what is in it, including friendship, anger, and the meaning of life. Professor Muellner also talks about what Achilles himself learns and what he teaches us. The discussion considers comparisons between our Judeo-Christian world view and that of the pagan world.

The Odyssey, runtime: 2 hours 33 minutes
Professor Nagy introduces some of the complexities of the epic poem, and selects a passage for close reading and discussion. Odysseus’ fantastic journey home (‘nostos’) and the struggle he faces when he reaches home raises questions about the meaning of “home,” growing up and leaving home, our inherent need ultimately to return home, and what life is like when one is truly home-less.

Tragedy, runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
Eirene Visvardi, Assistant Professor of Classics, Weslyan University and 08-09 Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ancient Greek Theater, Brandeis University, pursues the interplay between ancient Athenian drama and religion in plays by the Athenian tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Dr. Visvardi’s discussion considers such questions as What was the experience of going to the theater in Athens? How do the three Athenian playwrights vary the story of the House of Atreus? What are the literary techniques of all three? What do we today hope to get from our theatrical entertainment? Is our “worship” of movie stars different from Greek hero worship? If so, How?

Women of Antiquity, runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
In her lecture, Mary Lefkowitz, Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Wellesley College, tackles the contention that the Greeks were notoriously harsh in their treatment of women. Discussion centers on Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripides’ Medea. In a slide-presentation, Professor Lefkowitz discusses the contributions of women in ancient Greek society and asks how myths inform ancient reality and perceptions about women in today’s society.

Comedy and Democracy, runtime: 2 hours
Professor Kenneth Rothwell, Chair, Department of Classics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, explores Athenian comedy through the works of Aristophanes, including The Archarnians, Lysistrata, and The Clouds. He discusses the concept of comedy, the likenesses and differences between ancient and modern comedy, the politics reflected in the comedies, and the nature of the Athenian democracy compared to our own.

The Inventors of History, runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes
Professor Cheryl Walker, Department of Classical Studies, Brandeis University, introduces us to an overview of Greek history. Through selected passages from the works of Herodotus and Thucydides, Greek historians, she explores the invention of history. Professor Walker asks such questions as Who were the Greeks? What is worthy of the historical record? How can we judge historical accuracy? Who are history makers today and in the ancient Greek city-state?

Philosophy, runtime: 1 hour 17 minutes
Professor Andreas Teuber, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Brandeis University, guides Fellows through Plato’s Apology and Crito with several fascinating questions: Why did the Athenian democracy condemn Socrates, its most famous citizen, to death? What did Socrates say or do that prompted the charges against him in the first place? What was the relationship between Socrates and Plato and their philosophies? Professor Teuber asks how Socrates’ views in the Crito and the Apology can be reconciled. In the Crito, Socrates seems to say that a citizen must always obey the laws of the city, no matter what it commands, but in the Apology, he seems to leave room for justified disobedience. What are Socrates’ arguments in the Crito for a citizen’s obligation to obey? Are his arguments still applicable today?

Lecturers

Kathleen T. Horning
MA (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Kathleen T. Horning directs the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books, the quintessential guide for anyone interested in the field of children's literature. She has served as president of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) of the American Library Association (ALA), and is also a past president of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY). She has chaired many book award committees including the 1995 Newbery Committee and the Hans Christian Andersen Award Committee, selecting U.S. nominees for the international award in 1992. She has served as a member on many other award committees as well. KT is a longtime friend of Children's Literature New England where she has often presented outstanding programs on a variety of topics.

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
PhD (University of Michigan)
Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow is Chair of the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, where she teaches courses in Greek and Roman art and archaeology, Latin, and ancient literature in translation. She is the winner of several teaching awards and the author of the forthcoming Pompeii and Herculaneum: Roman Daily Life in the Shadow of Vesuvius (Cambridge University Press, 2009); The Sarno Bath Complex: Architecture in Pompeii's Last Years (Rome,1990); and co-editor with Claire Lyons of Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality, and Gender (Routledge 1997); she is also the author of reviews and articles on a variety of topics in Greek and Roman social history and archaeology.

Mary Lefkowitz
PhD (Radcliffe College)
Mary Lefkowitz is Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Wellesley College. She holds honorary degrees from Trinity College/Hartford (1996), the University of Patras in Greece (1999), and Grinnell College (2000). She is the recipient of a 2006 National Humanities Medal for her distinguished work in helping the nation understand the importance of the humanities in American life. Her books include Greek Gods, Human Lives (Yale 2003, pb 2005) and Women in Greek Myth (Johns Hopkins 1990); her articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic and The New York Review of Books.

Joanna Rudge Long
MA (Rutgers University)
Joanna Rudge Long is a principal reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine and former editor of Kirkus Reviews. She is a frequent lecturer on topics in children’s literature and has been a core lecturer at several Children’s Literature New England conferences, including Let the Wild Rumpus Start: Play in Children’s Books (Newnham College, Cambridge University), Pathfinders (Radcliffe College, Harvard University), and The Green Prehuman Earth at Silver Bay, New York. She holds degrees from Swarthmore College and Rutgers University and has served as a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library, among other libraries; she has taught children’s literature at Rutgers University and Trenton State College and has served on many award committees, including the Newbery and Caldecott committees. Joanna is on the advisory board of the Children’s Literacy Foundation and lives in Pomfret, Vermont.

Gregory Maguire
PhD (Tufts University)
Gregory Maguire’s works include adult novels and children's stories that derive from existing tales and legends: Wicked from The Wizard of Oz, Matchless from "The Little Match Girl," Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister from the story of Cinderella, among others. In CHAMBERS OF THE SUN: A NOVELIST’S REFLECTIONS ON MYTH, a webinar hosted by The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools, he considered his own experience writing in the light---and in the shadow----of the great story cycles and myths that constitute one of the most lasting testimonies of ancient human wisdom and wonder. Gregory Maguire holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Tufts University and an honorary degree from the State University of New York in Albany. His teaching experience includes young children and university graduate students. He is a founding board member and codirector emeritus of Children’s Literature New England; and the recipient of several awards, among them artist-in-residence at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and fellowship residencies at Blue Mountain Center, Hambridge Center, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. He is an honorary board member of The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools.

Leonard Muellner
PhD (Harvard University)
Leonard Muellner is Professor of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, where he teaches Greek and Latin language and literature. He served for several years as chair of the Brandeis Classics Department. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies and the author of The Anger of Achilles: Menis in Greek Epic (2004), and The Meaning of Homeric EYXOMAI through its Formulas (Innsbruck, 1976, second edition forthcoming).

Gregory Nagy
PhD (Harvard University)
Gregory Nagy is Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University and he is the director of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry (1979,1999) and Greek Mythology and Poetics (1990), among other books, and over 100 articles. He coedited with Stephen Mitchell the 40th anniversary edition of Albert Lord’s The Singer of Tales (2000). His interests include integrating archaic Greek literature and oral poetics (special research interests) with teaching in a course for Harvard’s Core Curriculum, “The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization.”

Kenneth Sprague Rothwell.
PhD (Columbia University)
Kenneth Sprague Rothwell is Associate Professor and Chair of the Classics Department, University of Massachusetts/Boston. He teaches courses in Greek Comedy, Greek Vase-Painting, and Athenian Democracy. He is the author of Politics and Persuasion in Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae (1990) and most recently Nature, Culture, and the Origins of Greek Comedy: A Study of Animal Choruses (2006).

Andreas Teuber
PhD (Harvard University)
Andreas Teuber is Chair of the Philosophy Department and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University. He is the recipient of several honors, among them, a Fullbright Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. He has served as a Member and Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and has received a Harvard Graduate Prize Fellowship. He is the founder of the New Poets’ Theater and its artistic director from 1987-1995. He also founded the Cambridge Theater Company. He is the author of many articles in philosophy, politics, and law.

Eirene Visvardi
PhD (Stanford University)
Eirene Visvardi is Assistant Professor of Classics at Wesleyan University and 2007-2009 Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Classical Studies and Theater Arts at Brandeis University. While at Brandeis, Professor Visvardi taught such courses as The Performance and Politics of Greek Tragedy: Gender and the Emotions; The Greeks and Their Dances; and Euripides’ Hecuba in Performance. With Leonard Muellner, she translated Euripides’ Hecuba which was adapted for the stage by Prof. Visvardi and Eric Hill and produced in April 2009 at Brandeis’ Spingold Theater.

Cheryl L. Walker
PhD (University of North Carolina)
Cheryl L. Walker is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. Her expertise is Roman and Greek history. In the ExL program she lectures on Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides. Her publications include Hostages in Republican Rome (online at chs.harvard.edu), the first online publication of Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies.

Curriculum Project

It is the responsibility of each Greek Fellow taking the program for credit to develop a curriculum project that meets common core standards — based on his/her discipline or area of interest. Serious consideration should be given to this project as the year progresses. The curriculum projects will be presented by their teachers at a webinar the following year. Each project will be considered for publication on this website.

Leadership Corps

The ExL Leadership Corps is committed to outreach activities aimed at strengthening the teaching of Greece. Those who successfully complete their tenure as Greek Study Fellows join a growing corps of leaders in Greek studies to serve as mentors for others, to lead workshops, and to participate in aspects of outreach and dissemination.

Program Leadership

Working Board

Barbara Harrison, PhD, Founding Director
barbara_harrison@teachgreece.org
Mary Kemper, Executive Director
mary_kemper@teachgreece.org
Barbara Scotto, Adjunct Professor
barbara_scotto@teachgreece.org

FAQs

Who can participate?

Although ExL/GreeceOnline targets the education community, it welcomes all interested learners and those committed to its mission to raise public consciousness and knowledge of ancient (and modern) Greece and to strengthen Greek studies in the schools. We invite students worldwide who are eager to learn more about the Greek epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, mythology, literature, history, philosophy, art, democracy, and politics. The program takes as its theme the Socratic call to the examined life and asks what the Greeks have to teach us about ourselves and our times.

Do I need any special equipment to participate?

No. The requirements for viewing the videos are basic:

High speed Internet connection
Computer with sound capability
Browser with the Flash plugin installed

In addition, students participating in the webinars will need the following:

Phone
Hands-free headset (highly recommended to help minimize static and noise)
Webcam (we encourage you to see and be seen!)

How many professional development points will I earn?

Students will earn 45 professional development points (PDPs), or 3.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) on completion of the Program Requirements. Professional Development Points (PDPs) are earned in MA; and Continuning Education Units (CEUs) are recognized nationally by most educational institutions toward certification and advancement.

Are there assignments?

Yes. Students taking the program for credit need to: complete required reading before viewing each video, write a 250 word response to each video, post the response as a new topic for discussion on the ExL online Discussion Board, and comment on one other student's topic. Once a student has completed viewing all the lectures, the student needs to write a 1,000 word essay and post it to the Discussion Board. Finally, every student needs to develop a Study Guide for classroom use.

Noncredit students are expected to complete reading before viewing each video and to post to the Discussion Board. Noncredit students do not need to write the 1,000 word essay, unless they choose to, and they do not need to develop a Study Guide, unless they choose to.

What is a Study Guide?

A study guide is a curriculum project, a written plan developed to provide guidance and information to students with the ultimate aim of engaging them in a genuine learning experience. Click here for a sample Study Guide.

Is there a program facilitator?

Yes, a program facilitator will welcome students on board, and be available to answer questions, to monitor and assess program assignments and to award grades, PDPs, CEUs, and certificates of participation.

How do I communicate with the program facilitator?

Students will communicate with the program facilitator via the Web Meeting, Discussion Board, and email.

If I need help during the program, how do I get it?

If in doubt about any assignment, students are expected to ask questions by contacting fellow distance learners or the instructor/facilitator.

How do I communicate with my online "classmates"?

Students will communicate with online classmates via the Discussion Board and email.

What’s the connection between GreeceOnline and The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools?

GreeceOnline, the online curriculum of The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools (ExL), is a humanities program for educators and others featuring a graduate course, a lesson plan development opportunity, an optional study tour of Greece, and Leadership Corps membership. GreeceOnline, incorporates all elements of The Examined Life onsite program and is open to educators and all those Interested In furthering its mission. The program has no prerequisites and can be taken for credit or noncredit.

Can I copy and use your videos in my classroom?

No. All materials, including the video lectures, are protected by copyright law and are provided here only for GreeceOnline students to use during the program. No duplication or distribution is permitted.

How can I get more information?

For further information about GreeceOnline, please contact Mary Kemper, Administrative Associate at mary_kemper@teachgreece.org.

Funding Sources

Funding: The ExL Program is made possible by a lead grant from the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation. Additional support is provided by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association National Housing Corporation (AHEPA NHC), the Hellenic Ministry of Education, the AHEPA Educational Foundation, the AHEPA Newport Foundation, the Gerondelis Foundation, the Newton Schools Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Brandeis University’s Rabb School of Graduate Professional Studies, the Newton Public Schools, and participating school systems.