Dear Parents,



Dear Parents,

During our study of Greece your child may wish to continue his/her learning by doing some special extension activities. These tasks are meant to expand their understanding of Ancient Greece while integrating Social Studies, Reading and Writing standards. These are extensions to our classroom topics of study and are not going to be directly covered in class.

The work for this project is a choice board. Therefore students may complete as many activities as they wish to be presented to the class. Since these topics will not be covered elsewhere the students will become the teachers for each activity. The choice board activities also incorporate Gardner’s Styles of Learning to help reach every child.

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After reviewing the activities please return this page so I am aware your child will be working on this project. I will help provide resources as needed to support their learning.

I would like to do these activities: ________________________________

(Student Signature)

I will support my child during these activities: ____________________________

(Parent Signature)

Ancient Greece Choice Board

|Visual- Art was important to ancient |Natural-Along the coastline, the soil was not|Musical- Dance was very important to the |

|Greeks, they created elaborate mosaics|very fertile, but the ancient Greeks used |ancient Greeks. They believed that dance |

|for decoration as well as flooring. |systems of irrigation and crop rotation to |improved both physical and emotional health. |

| |help solve that problem. They grew olives, |There were more than 200 ancient Greek dances.|

|Online or in books look at pictures of|grapes, and figs. They also grew wheat to |Dance was accompanied by music played on |

|their art. Then create your own mosaic|make bread. Fish, seafood, and home-made wine|lyres, flutes, and a wide variety of |

|using either: tile, beads or paper. |were very popular food items.  |percussion instruments such as tambourines, |

|Also write two to four sentences | |cymbals and castanets. |

|describing your artwork. |Find a traditional Greek recipe. Copy it down|Research these instruments, then recreate one |

| |for the class to see, then prepare the food. |of them the best you can. Bring it in to |

|[pic] |Write a quick review of what you thought |share with the class and tell us how it was |

| |about it. NOTE- you MUST make the food, you |used. Do we still use this instrument or is |

| |may not buy it at a restaurant. |there another one similar? |

|Verbal Linguistic- |Student Choice- Find out something else you |Bodily Kinesthetic – Kids in Ancient Greece |

|Ancient Greeks often did not write |think sounds interesting. Research it during|didn’t have TVs or Video games to play with. |

|down their stories. Even Aesop’s |this time. Figure out some way to depict or |Therefore games were very important for |

|Fables were told through word of mouth|demonstrate it and share it with the class. |entertainment. |

|and not written down till much later. | | |

| | |Research the different games they played |

| | |either through books or at |

|Read through either myths or stories | |

|that the Ancient Greeks told. Then try| |t_greece/online_activities.htm . Learn how to |

|to be the story teller by telling one | |play one of the games then come teach the |

|to the class without reading the | |class. Do we still play this game or |

|words- Don’t forget the moral! | |something like it? |

|Interpersonal- How different was Greek|Spatial- The Acropolis and Parthenon were |Mathematical/ Logical- |

|life? Create a double bubble chart to |major structures in Ancient Greece. Their |The Ancient Greeks were strong warriors and |

|compare life back then to today’s |construction was monolithic and the ruins |often fought many battles amongst the |

|society. Would you rather live then |still remain today. |different polis. |

|or now and why? | | |

| |Research what these structures looked like |Research some of the wars and chart who was |

|[pic] |and create a 3-D model of one of them. This |involved and who won. From this decide who |

| |should be as accurate as possible. |you personally believe was the best polis. |

| | |Write a paragraph why you think they were the |

| |[pic] |best; use your chart as evidence. |

To ease the research- all information may be found at . However there are MANY websites for children about Ancient Greece, some more are posted on our class website.

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