Exploring Ancient Greece

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Exploring Ancient Greece

• Its All Greek to Me!
• Student Web-based Lesson on the Geography of
  Ancient Greece

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The Geography of Ancient GreeceIntroductory
Activity

• As a class, discussed the 2000 Summer Olympics in
  Australia
• The students located modern-day Greece in their
  atlases

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The Geography of Ancient GreeceIntroductory
Activity

• The students researched the Olympics held in
  ancient Greece, using on-line links
• Each student will complete a teacher created
  handout on the ancient Greek Olympics

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Geography of Ancient GreeceGrouping and
Resources

• In heterogeneous groups of 4-6 students, the
  class will research the geography of ancient
  Greece, using a variety of resources, including
  textbook, A Message of Ancient Days,
  teacher-created handouts and maps, teacher
  lecture, and the Web

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Geography of Ancient GreeceEnabling Activity

• Students hypothesized and then discussed the
  meaning of the terms city-state and polis

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Geography of Ancient GreeceEnabling Activity,
continued

• Students used textbooks and the web to research
  the geography and climate of the region and how
  the geography led to the formation of the Greek
  city-states. They successfully completed maps
  and handouts.

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Greek Poleis

• The students used the web to research 5 ancient
  Greek Poleis (Athens, Sparta, Megara, Argos, and
  Corinth) and completed a Polis question sheet.

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Ancient GreeceCulminating Activity

• Each polis created a poster sized,
  three-dimensional map of ancient Greece, which
  included major geographical features and
  city-states

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Student AssessmentStudents were assessed using a
written unit test, covering the areas of the
Ancient Olympics, the Geography of Greece, and
Ancient Greek City-States.