World History
Assignments and Lesson Plans
Chapter 4, Ancient Greece
Date
11/5-6
11/710
11/1112
11/1314
Lesson
>Lecture 4.1, Early
People of the
Aegean
>work on people
charts
>ancient Greece
video
>make up tests
>Lecture 4.2, Greek
City-States
>work on people
charts
>ancient Greece
video
>Lecture 4.3,
Conflict
>work on people
charts,
>ancient Greece
video
>Lecture 4.4, Greek
Glory
>work on people
charts
Assignment Due
Ø
maps worksheet
Athens vs Sparta
worksheet chart
Wars & Battles
worksheet chart
11/1718
>Lecture 4.5,
Alexander
>Review for test
Student-generated
people chart
(see below)
11/1920
Ch. 4 Test
Review worksheet
Objectives
>Identify the influences on Minoan culture and explain how
the civilization prospered.
>Summarize how Mycenaeans ruled the sea trade and started
the Trojan War.
>Describe the works of Homer and their influence on Greek
culture.
>Organize complex information, create study guides.
>Understand how geography influenced the Greek city-states.
>Define the three types of government that developed in the
Greek city-states.
>Explain how Sparta and Athens differed.
>Describe the culture and values shared by Greeks.
>Organize complex information, create study guides.
>Summarize how the Persian Wars affected Greece.
>Explain how Pericles instituted a direct democracy in Athens.
>Understand the causes and effects of the Peloponnesian War.
>Organize complex information, create study guides.
>Analyze the political and ethical ideas developed by Greek
philosophers.
>Understand how balance and order governed Greek art and
architecture.
>Identify the themes explored by Greek writers and historians.
>Organize complex information, create study guides.
>Explain how Alexander the Great built
an extensive empire.
>Describe the empire’s cultural impact.
>Identify individuals who contributed to
Hellenistic civilization.
>Organize complex information, create study guides.
>Assess learning.
People Chart Instructions
1. Fill in the chart as you go. Don’t list all the people first, since you won’t know how big to make the boxes for
each person.
2. Real people only please – no legendary characters, no gods.
3. You should be able to find at least 34 people in Chapter 4.
Name
Solon
Place
Occupation
Athens Archon, or
reformer
Significance
Outlawed debt slavery, opened high offices to more citizens, gave
citizenship to some foreigners, encouraged export of wine and olive oil