1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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*Philosophers: Greek Thinkers
*Olympic Games
*Fashion/Food
*Religion, Ritual, Worship
*Politics/Government
*Greek Architecture
*Greek Art
*Education in Ancient Times
*Trip To Theater
*Vocabulary:
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Symposia, Oracle, Miasma, Agora, Council
of 500, Ostracism, Sherd, Stade, Symposia, Parthenon, Colonnade |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Give students a knowledge of Greek Mythology.
2. Compare past to present.
3. Transfer knowledge to real-life application. |
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4. Objectives-
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1. Students will be able to recognize Greek culture in people, fashion,
food, religion, architecture, government, theater, and art.
2. Students will be able to compare and contrast past civilizations
to present.
3. Students will be able to transfer their knowledge of Greek Mythology
into a 5 paragraph Research Paper. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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Laptops
Art supplies
Internet access
White Board
Books
Various Printed Materials
Photographs
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1.Who's Who (Internet site)
2.Survey: Which God Are You? |
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B. Development-
| Teacher walks students through Who's Who by taking his/her own survey. |
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C. Practice-
1. Have students individually walk through "Who's Who" and become
familiar with Greek gods and philosophers we will be discussing throughout
the unit.
2. After becoming familiar with some, have students take survey "Which
God are You?"
3. Read and discuss Philosophy: Greek Thinkers. After discussing quotes,
have students create a quote of their own.
4. Storytime.
5. Read and discuss "Olympic Games." Compare to today's games and
have students work in pairs to create their own Olympic game. If possible:Go
outside and try to play some of them.
6. Discuss "Fashion/Food." Have students choose between 3 projects:1)
Research and draw samples of Greek fashion. 2) Research and come up
with Greek recipe from the past. Bring to share. 3) Research and make
a costume of your own resembling Greek fashion. Wear to class to share.
7. Read and discuss "Religion, Ritual, and Worship." Talk about the
differences we see from then to now. Watch "Apollo and his Oracle.
Have students play "Ask The Oracle."
8. Read and discuss "Politics and Government." Review vocabulary with
students.
9. Storytime.
10. Read and discuss "Greek Agriculture." Have visuals available for
students to see examples.
11.Greek Art Project: Make masks.
12. Storytime.
13. Read and discuss "Education in Ancient Times." Have students compare
and contrast education of past and present.
14. Read and discuss Trip to Theater. "Have students research and
choose a Greek play to act out in class. Write a paragraph about what
the experience was like. How was the play different from those who
have seen or heard?
15. As a fun ending and before the culminating project, allow students
a day to play games from the website.
16. Students use the knowledge they have acquired, and research they
gather from the Internet, books, etc. to write a 5-paragraph Research
paper on a Greek topic of their choice. Can be person, place, philosophy,
etc.
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Vocabulary Quiz
2. Art Projects
3. Olympic Games
4. Participation in Greek play.
5. Research Paper.
6. Assessment. |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Modify 5 paragraph paper to 2 paragraph.
2. Draw pictures from visuals.
3. Cooperative learning activities. |
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F. Checking for understanding-
1. End-of-unit assessment
2. Research Paper
3. Rubrics
4. Projects |
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G. Closure-
1. Play Interactive Games
2. Watch "Clash of The Titans."
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Research Paper
2. Quiz and Test
3. Participation in activities.
4. Projects |
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