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Ancient Greece Unit

25 complete lessons

suitable for Grades 3 - 8

By Carolyn O'Reilly

Contents

This unit of work involves students exploring the rich history of the Ancient Greek civilization, and examining the impact this culture has had on our

lives today.

This unit includes:

Unit planner (5wks or 25lessons) An immersion /introductory lesson Detailed lesson plans Reading and comprehension tasks Comparison tasks Creative writing Independent inquiry project Assessment rubrics

Unit Planner

All lessons below are hyperlinked ? just click on the lesson title to go to the appropriate slide.

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Immersion Lesson

Where in the

Timeline

World is Ancient

Greece?

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Social Classes Vocab 1a

Two Great City-States: Athens and Sparta

Two Great CityStates: Athens and Sparta

Jobs

Famous Greeks Vocab 1b Famous Greeks

Vocab 2a

Gods

Gods

Olympics

Olympics

Wk 1

Wk 2

Wk 3

Wk 5 Wk 4

Classroom Olympic Games!

Vocab 2b

Writing

Inventions

Inquiry Projects

Inquiry Projects Inquiry Projects

Vocab 3b Inquiry Projects

Vocab 3a

Inquiry Project Presentations

Immersion Lesson

Activity

What have the Greeks done for us? ? Ask students to rule up the table in their workbooks (see next

page) or hand out as a worksheet to fill in ? In Table Groups, rotate the Fact Sheets around the room for each

group to read and add information to their tables from.

Time Resources

30 mins

Table / worksheets

Fact Sheets (slides 6 - 13)

Wall of Wonder ? Hand students sticky notes and ask them to write 3 questions they

have about Ancient Greece that they would like to research further ? When they have their 3 questions, come up and stick them onto

the Wall of Wonder (tip: I make a large sign "Wall of Wonder: What do we want to know about Ancient Greece?" ? to stick students sticky notes to, then laminate it and stick to the wall for inspiration or later activities)

10 mins

Sticky Notes Wall of Wonder sign

True or False Quiz ? Ask students to write 1-10 in their books and answer TRUE or FALSE

to each of these questions: 1. Women were not allowed to be seen in public in ancient Athens 2. At the Ancient Olympic Games, the athletes played naked. 3. Ancient Greeks (Athenians) invented democracy (every person

has a vote) 4. The Ancient Greeks invented theatre, and the genres of comedy

and tragedy 5. The two most influential Ancient Greek societies were the

Athenians and the Spartans. 6. Ancient Greek children slept in wicker baskets until they were

seven years old 7. Ancient Greeks ate dinner while lying on their sides 8. The Ancient Greeks invented the yoyo which is the 2nd oldest toy

in history. 9. Almost every word with the letters `ph' in it is Greek. 10. A popular Ancient Greek superstition was to not eat beans as they

contained the souls of the dead.

15 mins

Correct as group (they are all TRUE!)

What do I already know How are we the SAME or

about these things in Ancient DIFFERENT to Ancient

Greece?

Greeks?

What do I want to find out more about?

Government and Laws: Similarities: 1.

1.

2.

Arts and Entertainment:

2.

3.

3. 4.

4.

Great Structures:

5.

5.

6.

7.

Beliefs/Values/Religion:

Differences:

8.

9.

1.

Writing:

2.

10.

3.

4.

Social Structure:

5.

Trade:

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