B.+Unit+Calendar


 * Unit Goals: **

**Students will understand:** 1. The geography of Greece 2. Greek society 3. The history or Greece

1. Final Project: Secret Roman Mission 2. Comprehensive Unit Test, both Multiple Choice and Short Answer
 * Major Assessments of Student Understanding: **


 * Ancient and Classical Greece Unit Calendar: **


 * ** Day One: **

Where was Greece?

text pages 328-333

// Geography, climate, trade items, and resources of oceans of Ancient Greece // // ** *Lang/Arts Included ** //
 * // [|Lesson Plan] // ** || ** Day Two: **

Who did the Greeks worship and how?

text pages 345-350

// Myths, legends, and Gods of Ancient Greece //

// Research for groups presentations // || ** Day Three: **

God/Goddess Presentations

// Oral presentations on their mythology research // || ** Day Four: **

Who are the Greeks and What is a “polis”?

// How Greece’s geography affected society, where the major settlements were, an agora, and daily life. // Final Project Handout, “Secret Roman Mission” || ** Day Five: **

What is Democracy?

text pages 338-343

// Democracy’s birth, define City-States, Athens and Sparta comparison and contrast. // // *Lang/Arts Included //

// [|Lesson Plan] // ||
 * ** Day Six: **

What did the Persian Wars mean for the Greeks?

Text pages

// How the Greeks fought and won their much larger opponent, the Delian Leauge and its comparison to American’s Pentagon or Secretary of Defense, and why we run marathons today. // || ** Day Seven: **

What did the Greek’s Create?

Text pages 383-387

// Art appreciation, recreate Greek art // // *Art Included // ** // [|Lesson Plan] // ** || ** Day Eight: **

Who was Pericles and what did he do for Classical Greece?

Text Pages 362-368

// How the democracy grew under Pericles, how he expanded the wealth and power of Athens, Classical Greece’s reign. // || ** Day Nine: **

What was the Peloponnesian War?

Text pages 369-373

// The war between Athens and Sparta, why Athens lost, what 25 years of war did to the Greek city-states. // || ** Day Ten: **

Create a Story board based on the Peloponnesian War.

Text Page 373

// Students will use the information they learned in lesson 9 to create a Storyboard. // // *Art Included // ||
 * ** Day Eleven: **

How did the Macedonians Influence Greece?

Text pages 374-381

// The Geography of Macedonia, Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Alexander’s significance on Europe //

[|Lesson Plan] || ** Day Twelve: **

What is the Legacy of Greece?

Text pages 383-387

// Arts and Architecture, history, philosophy, democracy, science and technology. // || ** Day Thirteen: **

Secret Roman Mission Presentations

// Chapter 11 & 12 Review // || ** Day Fourteen: **

Secret Roman Mission Presentations

// Chapter 11 & 12 Review // || **Day Fifteen:**

Chapter 11 and 12 Multiple Choice Test ||


 * Daily Lesson Overview: **

Where was Greece? || See Lesson Plan: “Where was Greece?” ||||  ||   ||   ||   || Who did the Greeks worship and how? || Learn about myth and legend in Ancient Greece. Recognize the different Greek gods. Prepare a presentation that they will deliver to the class. |||| Define history, legend, myth and religion. Read a few different legends. Start a cartoon strip on a myth. Break class into groups, use designated internet site to research assigned god. Students will present in groups tomorrow on why their God is the best. || Internet sites: [] [|Interactive Greek God site]
 * ** Lesson Title ** ||  ** Specific Objectives **  ||||  ** Activities **  ||  ** Resources **  ||  ** Assessment **  ||  ** Homework **  ||
 * Lesson 1:
 * Lesson 2:

Text pages 360-365

Power Point: || Cartoon strip || Cartoon Strip

God Presentation

Review given internet site. || God/Goddess Presentations || Work on presentation skills |||| Presentations ||  || God Presentations ||   || Who are the Greeks and what is a “polis”?
 * Lesson 3:
 * Lesson 4:

Also…Handout on Final Project, “Secret Roman Mission” |||| How the geography of Greece affected society and its development. Where major settlements were. Daily life of men, women and children, work, family structures and gender roles. Discuss Final Project || Discuss: Why travel would be difficult for the Greeks, advantages and disadvantages of the geography, how did the Greeks live, the agora.

Take Cornell Notes on Internet site and lecture.

Venn Diagram on Agora vs. Modern Mall || Text pages 384-385

Internet Site on LCD Projector: [|Daily Life of Ancient Greeks]

Final Project handout || Cornell notes on internet site

Venn Diagram comparing Athen's Agora to today's mall || Complete a Venn Diagram, comparing today’s modern mall and the Athenian Agora.

Students and Parents to sign Final Project Handout. || What is Democracy? |||| See Lesson Plan: “What is a Democracy?” ||  ||   ||   || Parent and student signature on Final Project due today. || What did the Persian Wars mean for the Greeks? |||| Students will understand the dynamics of the Persian Empire and the Greeks. Students will read maps. Students will understand why this war united the city-states. || Computer lab lesson:
 * Lesson 5:
 * Lesson 6:

Students will be directed to three specific internet sites. There will be discussion after each site’s text is read. The last site has a flow chart that students will explore.

Students will also form groups for their Secret Roman Mission Report. || Computer Lab Internet sites: []

[]

[] || Participation in discussion || Read text, pages 382-383

Contact group members for Final Presentation. Discuss ideas. || What did the Greeks create? |||| See Lesson Plan: “What did the Greeks Create?” ||  ||   ||   || Work on Final Project || Who was Pericles and what did he do for Classical Greece?
 * Lesson 7:
 * Lesson 8:

Also…mention of a study guide internet site for final multiple choice test on day 15. |||| Students will learn key vocabulary terms: Pericles, direct democracy, Delian League, Acropolis, Parthenon. Learn how Pericles expanded the wealth and power of Athens, and how democracy grew under his rule. || Students will watch power point, and discussion will follow.

Students will read Lesson 1, “The Golden Age of Greece” in pairs.

Classroom Debate. One half must defend Pericles and the Athenians’ right to use the Delian Leauge’s money to rebuild Athens. The other half, various league representatives, must argue that that money needs to be spent elsewhere. || Power point: “The Golden Age and Pericles”

Text Pages 392-397

Whiteboard for brainstorming ideas before the Debate

15 minutes to work in groups for Final Project

Study Guide website for multiple choice final on day 15: [] _greeks/greeks_at_war/ || Participation in the Classroom Debate. Each student must contribute at least one thought to the debate for full credit. || Work on Final Project || What was the Peloponnesian War? |||| Understand Greek warfare. Differences between Athens and Sparta. Causes of the war. War strategies and consequences. || KWL on the war, Athens, and Sparta.
 * Lesson 9:

Folded 3-Dimentional Graphic Organizer made during lecture on Peloponnesian War. || Text pages 398-402

Paper, colored pencils || 3-D Graphic Organizer || Work on Final Project || Create a Story board based on the Peloponnesian War
 * Lesson 10:

// And //

Allow time for groups to work on Final Project. |||| Students will use their 3-D Graphic Organizer and the text to create a story board on the Peloponnesian War.

Students will have 20 minutes of group time to work on Secret Roman Mission project. || Create a Story board.

Work in groups on Final Project || Large white papers, markers, crayons

Text pages 398-402

Hallway computer station ready for group work. || Story Board, using rubric. || Work on Final Project

Finish Storyboard if not completed in class. || How did the Macedonians Influence Greece? |||| See Lesson Plan: “How did the Macedonians influence Greece?” ||  ||   ||   ||   || What is the Legacy of Greece: |||| Greeks left behind a new way of thinking for all…philosophers, artists, drama, science, astronomy, and technology. || KWL Chart
 * Lesson 11:
 * Lesson 12:

Note taking on Streaming Video.

Classroom discussion on video and the legacy of Greece.

Final Day to work in Groups for Secret Roman Mission. || Discovery Education Streaming Video: media type="file" key="Greek_Thought.asf" width="300" height="300"

Text pages 410-419 || Notes on Video || Wrap up Final Project, presentations start tomorrow.

Start reviewing chapters 11 and 12 for test. || Secret Roman Mission Presentations And Review for Test |||| Work on their presentation skills. Work on cooperation and organization skills. || Presentations
 * Lesson 13:

Notes on Ppt review || PPt on Ancient Greece Review || Presentation and what they hand in. || Review chapters 11 and 12 for test.

Students can use this game on ppt to help review: || Secret Roman Mission Presentations And Review for Test |||| Work on their presentation skills. Work on cooperation and organization skills || Presentations
 * Lesson 14:

Notes on Ppt Ancient Greece Review || PPt on Ancient Greece Review: || Presentation and what they hand in. || Review chapters 11 and 12 for test.

Students can use this game on ppt to help them review: || Chapter 11 and 12 Multiple Choice Test ||||  || Multiple Choice test with some written answers on Chapters 11 and 12.
 * Lesson 15:

Introduction to next unit, Ancient Rome || Test Packages

Scantrons

Written Answer test forms || Test ||  ||


 * Lessons are designed with the text either incorperated in them, or as a guide to drive the lesson. Students are responsible for reading the text in addition to lessons in class. If text is not read in the classroom, they are required to read the text at home.
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