Schedule for Unit 2: Greece and Rome
Sept. 27th/28th:
Finish Map Work
Hand out Student Packet and Explain
Complete #1 Ch. 4 Assessment and Begin #2 Definitions
Oct. 1st/2nd:
World History Final Pre-test
Finish #2 Definitions
Read #3 “Legacy of Athenian Democracy” and Answer Questions
Begin Lecture Material—Ch. 4, Section 1 and 2
Oct. 3rd/4th:
Map Quiz!
#4 Sparta and Athens Comparison
#5 Greece Video and Worksheet—Bring your Headphones!!
Lecture Material—Ch. 4, Section 3 and 4 and begin Section 5
Oct. 5th/9th:
#6 Read Ch. 5 and Create Christianity Circle Map
Vocabulary Quiz
Lecture Material—Begin Ch. 5
Oct. 10th/11th:
#7 Timeline
#8 Real Estate Advertisement
Hand out Test Review
Oct. 12th/15th:
#9 Fall of Rome Chart and Legacy of Rome Video—Bring your Headphones!!
Finish Lecture Material
Oct. 16th/17th:
Greece and Rome Unit Test
Turn in Student Notebook (Test Grade) with Rubric
Special Notes: We might do a few Brainpop Videos throughout the unit. We will be
doing daily warm-up activities throughout the unit as well. The Warm-ups and your
Notes are to be included in your Student Folder. The schedule is NOT set in stone. It is
flexible and might change depending on the lesson.
Honors: On your own, you must complete 2 Primary Source Readings and their
Analysis. I have 7 Options for you to choose from. You must come to me, pick
two and complete them on your own time. This will be included in your Folder.
World History
Unit 2—Empires of the Ancient World:
Greece and Rome (Ch. 4 and 5)
Introduction:
At first glance, it might seem puzzling that the people of the
early Mediterranean area, the ancient Greeks and Romans, created
two very important civilizations. Quarrelsome peoples, they could
never agree among themselves for any length of time. The Greeks
were not even great empire-builders, until the Age of Alexander. We take a special interest
in them, however, because much of Western civilization had its foundations in early Greece
and the Republic of Rome. For example, the early Greeks were the first people to
experiment successfully with the idea that citizens could govern themselves, an idea that he
United States and many other countries have since adopted and refined.
Greek culture reached new heights during the 400s BC, a period so magnificent we
call it the Golden Age. It may seem astonishing that in such a short time one group of
people created so many enduring contributions in art, thought, and politics.
In the 300s BC, an outside power, Macedonia, conquered the Greek city-states.
Alexander the Great established a vast empire. By creating a much larger area within which
Greek ideas and thought could thrive, Alexander made possible the development of the
Hellenistic culture. Remarkable advances in philosophy, science, mathematics, medicine,
and astronomy dramatically changed the way people thought. These achievements molded
ideas about the physical universe and influenced Western civilization for centuries.
In a sense, this Unit is also an exploration of over one thousand years of conquest and
a comparison of two very different kinds of weapons: the military conquests of Rome and
Greece versus the conquest of the world by religion, specifically Christianity.
The date 146 BC is often given as the end of the Hellenistic Age because by that
year the Romans had extended their power over a large part of the eastern Mediterranean.
But who were the Greeks and the Romans? How did they each in turn become powerful
enough to gain control of the entire Mediterranean region and much of Europe as well? And
why are they important to us today?
To answer these questions, you will look west of Greece to the settlement that would
in time become the imperial city of Rome. In contrast to the genius of the Greeks, which lay
in the development of philosophy, the genius of the Romans lay in politics and law. Even
today we trace the origins of many of our legal and political institutions to those of ancient
Rome.
Almost side by side with Rome’s military conquest of the world, two of the world’s
greatest religions – Judaism and Christianity – were conquering the world in their own way.
As part of your look at world conquest, we will discuss these two great religions of the world.
Requirements for Earning Credit for Unit 2:
Read all of the instructions first and only then proceed to complete the
learning activities in the order in which they are listed.
To complete Unit 2, you must complete all of the learning activities in this
Student Folder, as well as take notes during the seminars. You will also take a test
at the end of the unit work and complete a map and a map quiz.
Seminars and Daily Work:
 Empires of the Ancient World –Greece and Rome (PowerPoints and Lecture
notes)
 Student Notebook
 Warm-ups and Journal Activities
Quizzes
 Map Quiz
 Vocabulary Quiz
Tests and Performance Tasks
 Student Project/Presentation—Timeline
 Test: Chapters 4 and 5
 Student Folder—Counts as a Test Grade
Learning Activities:
A. Map: The Map requires that you fill in countries, bodies of water, civilizations,
and cities. You must completely follow the directions and fill-in the map
100%! You will be graded on following directions and then again later you
will be graded on the Map Test!
B. Create the Student Notebook Cover Page for this Unit (Unit 2).
a. Add the information called for in the illustration below.
b. Illustrate the cover using words and pictures that explain the forms
of republic (A republic is a form of democracy where
representatives are elected to make the laws) used in Athens
AND in early Rome. Use pages 120 in Chapter 4 for Athenian
democracy and page 152-153 in Chapter 5 for the Roman Republic.
Some websites you can use for pictures and information are:
Athens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml
Rome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romangvt.html
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Article?id=ar474350
The cover page should look like the page in Figure 1. No Clipart, please.
Student Notebook Cover Page
Empires of the Ancient World:
Greece and Rome
An Student Notebook
for
Unit 2: World History
Ms. Rush
Athenian
Democracy
Roman
Republic
By [Your first and last name]
Date: (Deadline Date)
Page 1
Figure 1
C. Student Folder. Complete the Student Folder activities in the following order.
1. Skim read Chapter 4, “Ancient Greece,” pages 109 -143. Complete the Ch. 4
Assessment on page 144, Answer Using Key Terms: #1-11, Reviewing Key Facts
#12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20, Critical Thinking #23.
2. Create Illustrated Dictionary Definitions for the words listed on the Illustrated Dictionary
Definitions Chart. Write the definition in the same square as the word and put the
drawings in the square opposite the definitions. Write a sentence from reading with
the vocabulary word in the 3rd column. In the 4th column, fill in Who did this, why did
they do this, or what did they do. Then add 2 words from Ch. 4 and 2 words from Ch.
5 that you think are important as well. Write the word, definition and draw a picture of
those words.
3. Read “The Legacy of Athenian Democracy” in this unit and answer the questions at
the bottom. Use this reading to help you complete your cover sheet.
4. Complete the chart for Spartan civilization and for Athenian civilization depicting
information about life in each city state. Include information about
a. the form of government and who could vote
b. the military and who became soldiers
c. education
d. slavery
e. attitudes toward art and philosophy
f. the role of women and daily life
i. Use pages 114 and 118-121 as well as your
seminar notes.
5. Watch the video on Greece. Take good notes! Complete a Viewer’s Guide and
complete the Discovering Ancient Greece Video Worksheet. I will give you the
worksheet after you watch the video and take notes! You may use your notes on the
Worksheet.
6. Skim read Chapter 5, Rome and the Rise of Christianity - pages 147-179. Create a
Circle Map on which you label the center circle, “Christianity in the Roman Empire.”
7. Timeline Activity! Follow the directions for the Golden Age of Greece Timeline that
you will find in this unit. This is a project you may work on with a group of two other
students. (Completion time: ½ Class Period)
8. Real Estate Ad—Create a Real Estate Advertisement of Athenian Democracy that
would encourage people to settle in Athens. Your ad is based on the idea that
Athens has a superior government to that of Sparta or Persia and is, therefore a
better place to live. Communicate why Athenian government is desirable. Illustrate
your ad (by hand or on the computer) and be creative!
9. Create 2 Charts. One will discuss the Fall of Rome; the other will discuss the
Legacy of Rome.
a. The Fall of Rome chart should include 4 Sections:
i. Political Causes
ii. Economic Causes
iii. Military Causes
iv. Social Causes
b. The Legacy of Rome—Watch the Rome Video
i. Discuss at least 4 ways in which the legacy of the Roman Empire
influences the community today. Use your book, your notes and the
Rome Video.
10. Put your notes from the seminars in your folder and complete the rubric.
Don’t forget to include your Journal/Warm-up Activities.
Turn in your Student Folder the Day of the Test.
D. Take the test over Chapters 4 and 5. Use the test review sheet you will receive
from me in class to help you study for the test.
11. BONUS!!!! Create a sensory figure for (a sensory figure is a simple drawing or
drawings of prominent historical figures with descriptions of what they might be seeing,
hearing, saying, feeling, or doing—to show the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of
historical figures):
a. Julius Caesar (depicting information about Caesar’s life as a soldier in Gaul
and in Egypt, as ruler of Rome and the reasons for his assassination.)
b. When the sensory figures are complete, you should have 6 sentences.
Use pages 157-158.
c. Include in your Student Folder
Honors: On your own, you must complete 2 Primary Source Readings and their Analysis.
I have 7 Options for you to choose from. You must come to me, pick two and complete
them on your own time. This will be included in your Folder.
Name____________________________
Class period____________________________
Unit 2 Comparison Chart:
Athens and Sparta
Directions: Using the information from your peer tutoring readings in class and the
information in your textbook, complete the comparison chart.
Cultural
Elements
Who could
vote? Who
ran the
government?
Soldiers and
the Military
Slaves
Women
Education
and the Arts
Athens
(Delian League)
Sparta
Timeline: Greece’s Golden Age
Directions: Create a timeline in which you list the dates of the
most important events in the history of ancient Greece. Use the
following events. You will have to find the dates of these
events in Chapter 5 in your textbook and using the reference
links on the world history web site: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Make sure the timeline is drawn to scale and that you include a legend for the scale. These
events are not necessarily in chronological order!
1. Height of Minoan civilization
2. Homer composes the Iliad and the Odyssey
3. Persians conquer Asia Minor
4. Greeks defeat Persia in the Persian Wars.
5. Sparta and Athens fight the Peloponnesian War
6. Trojan War
7. Pericles builds the Parthenon in Athens
8. Alexander becomes king of Greece
9. Alexander defeats the Persian king, Darius
10. Death of Alexander
11. Death of Socrates
12. Defeat of the Greeks by Phillip of Macedonia
13. Alexander’s army reaches the Indus River valley
14. Hellenistic Age