Bell Work: Greek Name This is the Write Your Name in Greek Activity – p. 41 of Ancient Greece! Book. Need to make desk copies.
Ancient Greece Part 2 Ppt slides 8-11, Greek literature and examples
Animations on the Sappho slide. Upon clicking, picture will disappear, revealing a poem underneath along with instructions. More clicks show answers and reveal a second poem.
Read the Aesop’s Fable readings as groups. Have students take turns reading a story aloud to group members, and then coming up with what they think the moral of each story is. Groups will need one student to act as scribe and write down these morals.
You will learn about different forms of Greek literature.
Thurs.
3/15
Bell Work: Greek Stems
Aesop’s Fables – Have groups read their fable to the class and then share the moral they came up with before displaying the actual written moral.
Ancient Greece Part 2 Ppt slide 12-14, Greek Influence on Modern Language With slide 14, print out the Greek Influence on Language and cut them apart and hand out to the class to be read (like Sunday school . . . “Who has #1?”)
HH Words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXpS62orsyI
Review for countries and capitals quiz #4
You will learn about the Greek influence on language.
Fri.
3/16
Allow 20 minutes for students to research Hercules and make a bulleted list of facts. Then watch Disney version and write down at least 3 differences between what they had found and the movie.
You will contrast the movie of Hercules with the myth.
Date
Activities and Assignments
Daily Objectives and Standards
Mon.
3/19
PTC Comp Day – No School
Tues.
3/20
Spring Break
Wed.
3/21
Spring Break
Thurs.
3/22
Spring Break
Fri.
3/23
Spring Break
Date
Activities and Assignments
Daily Objectives and Standards
Mon.
3/26
Bell Work: Study for quiz
Countries and capitals list #4 quiz
Research what life was like for a boy or girl as well as what life was like for teenagers (adolescents) in ancient Greece using the website www.mythologyteacher.com Pretend that you live in Ancient Greece and write a 5 day journal telling about your life. Each day’s entry should be at least 7 quality sentences long. Chrome lab #2 scheduled.
You will learn what life was like for children and teens in ancient Greece.
Tues.
3/27
Bell Work: Government (should have gone with Government lesson)
Ancient Greece Part 3 Ppt on Government (HH Draco video, but has been removed from youtube)
(In the future may want to use Government Grab Bag (Vocabulary Activity) from Ancient Civilizations Brain Teasers book p. 27.)
You will learn about the development of government in ancient Athens.
Persian Empire Ppt slides 1-6, Cyrus the Great, Darius I
Includes videos:
Cyrus the Great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xveGzQsAIXs
Ruins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4T5nz-I06Q
3D Reconstruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L4E9m27aKY
You will learn about the Persian War.
Thurs.
3/29
Persian Empire Ppt slides 7-12
Includes videos:
HH Battle of Marathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geR3BrcWSt0
Thermopylae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzfQzTcAGDc (Preview this one first. Maybe only show to end of words before it shows some of the battle scenes.)
Time filler - Preview this first: Which Greek God Are You? Quiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIjPTlCEAXc
Time filler – Preview this first: Which Greek Goddess Are You? Quiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Ip0M09KS4
You will learn about the Persian War.
Fri.
3/30
Bell Work: Sparta or Athens?
Ancient Greece Ppt Part 4 – Sparta & Athens slides 1-7 on Sparta
Includes videos:
(removed from youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEItBM1dc9o)
Other Sparta HH?
HH Spartan School Musical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhnlgHKEMA
Ancient Greece Ppt Part 4 – Sparta & Athens slides 8-11
Ancient Greece Ppt Part 5 – Peloponnesian War slides 1-2
You will learn about the differences between Spartan and Athenian cultures.