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7HCC - Historical Inquiry - A Significant Event: Athenian Plague

Athenian Plague

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Sample book information

There will be other small sections in many Ancient Greece books so check the index at the back of the book. Look for 'plague' or 'Athenian plague'. 

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Online encyclopaedias

Online encyclopaedias are great for short, concise and correct information. It may be best to access these articles from the Online encyclopaedias page through the Hale portal. Ready made citations are available.



 
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Suggested searches include:

  • Britannica - Pericles - Weakness of Pericles’ strategy (High school level 3)

Trade routes of Ancient Greece

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Reference Generator

It is important to provide evidence of using a variety of reliable resources. Use the online Reference Generator available through the Portal to create your citations. Make sure you alphabetically sort them afterwards.

A sample bibliography for 3 resources suggested on these pages would look like:

Bury, JB & Meiggs, R 1978, A history of Greece: to the death of Alexander the Great, Macmillan Press, London.

Pericles 2019. Britannica School. Retrieved 20 May 2019, from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/high/article/Pericles/59246

‘The Plague at Athens, 430-427 BCE’ 2016, in Ancient History Encyclopaedia, accessed 20 May 2019, <https://www.ancient.eu/article/939/the-plague-at-athens-430-427-bce/>.