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Title: 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

2
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

3
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

4
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

5
Geography of Ancient GreeceEnabling Activity
  • Students hypothesized and then discussed the
    meaning of the terms city-state and polis

6
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.

7
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.

8
Ancient GreeceCulminating Activity
  • Each polis created a poster sized,
    three-dimensional map of ancient Greece, which
    included major geographical features and
    city-states

9
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.
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