Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Today’s Objective: SWBAT explain the lasting impacts of ancient Greece on our culture today in the areas of: government, art and architecture, science, math, written language, and theater and sports. DO NOW! Directions: Answer the question below in the space provided. How have the Greeks affected life in the United States? 1. __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ These are known as LEGACIES of ancient Greece! Vocabulary LEGACY In your own words! Name: ANSWER KEY Today’s Objective: SWBAT explain the lasting impacts of ancient Greece on our culture today in the areas of: government, art and architecture, science, math, written language, and theater and sports. DO NOW! Directions: Answer the question below in the space provided. How have the Greeks affected life in the United States? ANSWERS: Answers will vary. They may include any of the following: 1. _Giving us the Olympics_ 2. __Giving us democracy_ 3. _Inspiring books like the Percy Jackson Books and the Hunger Games. __ 4. __Influencing architecture/art in the US_ 5. __Introducing the ideas of Philosophy_ _Documenting history__ 6. These are known as LEGACIES of ancient Greece! Vocabulary LEGACY In your own words! Answers will vary. Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Station 1: Greek Government Directions: 1. Pass out the role cards 2. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question (Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Answer My Answer: In what kind of societies would a direct democracy and a representative democracy work best? Other’s Answers: Directions: Using information from the reading and the map to answer the questions below. 2012 Map of Democracies in the World 1. What two continents shown on the map have the most non-democratic countries? 2. Name a country where people choose their government through voting 3. Name a country where people do not get to vote or their vote does not count. 4. Name two ways that Athenian democracy and democracy in the United States are similar. Name: ANSWER KEY Station 1: Greek Government Directions: Pass out role cards As the reader reads students should box proper nouns and circle numbers AND Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question In what kind of societies would a direct democracy and a representative democracy work best? Answer ANSWER: Direct democracies work best with a small group of people. Representative democracies work best with a large group of people because it would be very difficult to get everyone in the US to debate and vote on every bill becoming a law. Representative democracies also work well in societies where people cannot leave their job frequently to participate in the government. Directions: Using information from the reading and the map to answer the questions below. 2012 Map of Democracies in the World 1. What two continents have the most non-democratic countries? ANSWER: Africa and Asia 2. Name a country where people choose their government through voting ANSWER: Answers will vary. Students can choose any country with a blue dot on it. 3. Name a country where people do not get to vote or their vote does not count. ANSWER: Answers will vary. Students can choose any country that does NOT have a blue dot on it. 4. Name two ways that Athenian democracy and democracy in the United States are similar. ANSWER: Answers will vary. Answers may include 1. There were juries in both Athens and the US. 2. People voted. 3. Men over the age of 18 who were citizens could vote. 4. The people have a say in how the government is run. Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Station 2: Greek Architecture Directions: 1. Pass out the role cards 2. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question (Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question The Athenians decided to rebuild the My Answer: Parthenon after the Persian Wars. If you had lived in ancient Greece would you have supported the decision to rebuild the Parthenon? WHY or WHY Not? Other’s Answers: (Hint: think about time, money, favor or the gods, strength of Athens) Answer Pictures: Directions: Look at each picture and decide if the American building shown has been influenced by Greek Architecture. - Circle the correct description - If the building has been influenced by the Greeks explain in a sentence how you know! Name: ANSWER KEY Station 2: Greek Architecture Directions: Pass out role cards As the reader reads students should box proper nouns and circle numbers AND Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about Art and Architecture Reading Comprehension Question (Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Answer The Athenians decided to rebuild the Parthenon after the Persian Wars. If you had lived in ancient Greece would you have supported the decision to rebuild the Parthenon? WHY or WHY Not? ANSWER: Answers will vary. Reasons to rebuild Athens: 1. It showed that the Athenians had money and strength enough to rebuild. 2. The Parthenon was a temple built to honor Athena. The people would want Athena to continue to bless their city. Reasons to NOT rebuild Athens: It would cost a huge amount of money to rebuild. That money would be better spent defending the Athenians from their enemies. The ruins are a memorial to those who died in the war. (Hint: think about time, money, favor or the gods, strength of Athens) Pictures Directions: Look at each picture and decide if the American building shown has been influenced by Greek Architecture. - Circle the correct description - If the building has been influenced by the Greeks explain in a sentence how you know! Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Station 3: Greek Contributions to Science Directions: 1. Pass out the role cards 2. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Which of the Greek advances in science do you think is most important in the United States today, why? Answer My Answer: Other ideas from teammates: Directions: 1. The partners closest to the door will make a model of the place of the sun and earth according to Aristarchus using the play dough and toothpicks. Then present the model to your group and give a brief explanation of why he thought this. 2. The other set of partners will make a model of the universe that the Greeks believed to be right before Aristarchus with the play dough and toothpick. Then present model to your group and give a brief explanation of why they thought this. Fill in the tables below: Pre-Aristarchus Model Draw a picture of the Model in the box to the right. Why did people believe this model was right? Aristarchus Model Draw a picture of the Model in the box to the right. Why did people believe this model was right? Name: ANSWER KEY Station 3: Greek Contributions to Science Directions: 1. Pass out the role cards 2. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Which of the Greek advances in Science do you think is most important in the U.S.A. today, why? Answer ANSWER: Answers will vary Directions: 1. The partners closest to the door will make a model of the place of the sun and earth according to Aristarchus using the play dough and toothpicks. Then present the model to your group and give a brief explanation of why he thought this. 2. The other set of partners will make a model of the universe that the Greeks believed to be right before Aristarchus with the play dough and toothpick. Then present model to your group and give a brief explanation of why they thought this. Fill in the tables below: Pre-Aristarchus Model Draw a picture of the Model in the box to the right. Why did people believe this model was right? People believed that the gods would have put the Earth in the center of the universe because it was the most important planet. Aristarchus Model Draw a picture of the Model in the box to the right. Why did Aristarchus believe this model was right? Through observations of the sky, planets, and sun Aristarchus believed that he saw the earth rotating around the sun. Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Station 4: Math Experiment Directions: 1. Pass out Role Cards 2. The Monitor should draw a line (with Expo Marker) where the water measures up to on the bowl. 3. The Leader should drop the wooden block into the water. 4. Next the Monitor should use the Expo Marker to mark where the water measures up to on the bowl with the block in it. 5. Reader should read the question below and then time should give 30 seconds to the group to answer the question. 6. Leader should lead the group to share answers. 7. Timer should give group 2 minutes to share. Question Answer Using any math vocabulary that you know explain what happened when you put the block into the water. Underline math vocabulary that you used. Directions: 1. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Note: Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Which of the Greek advances in Math do you think is most important in the U.S.A. today, why? Answer My answer Other teammate’s answers Name: ANSWER KEY Station 4: Math Experiment Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. Pass out Role Cards The Monitor should draw a line (with Expo Marker) where the water measures up to on the bowl. The Leader should drop the wooden block into the water. Next the Monitor should use the Expo Marker to mark where the water measures up to on the bowl with the block in it. 5. Reader should read the question below and then time should give 30 seconds to the group to answer the question. 6. Leader should lead the group to share answers. 7. Timer should give group 2 minutes to share. Question Answer Using any math vocabulary that you know explain what happened when you put the block into the water. Underline math vocabulary that you used. ANSWER: Answers will vary. Students should ideally notice that the volume of an object can be measured by the amount of water that is displaced when the object is put into the water. Directions: 1. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Note: Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Which of the Greek advances in Math do you think is most important in the U.S.A. today, why? Answer ANSWER: Answers will vary. Look to make sure students have answered the “why” part of the question. Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Station 5: Greek Theater and Sport Directions: 1. Pass out the role cards 2. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Note: Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Why do you think that the Greeks believed that schooling must include reading, writing, math, music poetry, and sports? Answer My Answer Other teammate’s answers: Directions: - Divide your group into two teams of two people. Shoulder partners should become a team. - Take 2 minutes to decide whether you will act out a short (30 seconds) comedy or a tragedy for your teammates. - Act out your comedy or tragedy for your teammates - The teammates should guess whether you are acting out a tragedy or comedy. - After you have acted fill out the table below the section titled Actors - After you have been the audience, fill out the table in section titled Audience. Actors Question Your Answer How long did it take for the audience to guess correctly? Did you perform a comedy or a tragedy? How did you make the choice between performing a comedy or a tragedy? Audience Question How long did it take you to guess correctly? What clues led you to correctly guess whether the group was performing a tragedy or a comedy? Did the pair performing act out a comedy or a tragedy? Your Answer Name: ANSWER KEY Station 5: Greek Theater and Sport Directions: Pass out role cards As the reader reads students should box proper nouns and circle numbers AND Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about theater and sport \ Reading Comprehension Question ( Note: Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Why do you think that the Greeks believed that schooling must include reading, writing, math, music poetry, and sports? Answer ANSWER: Answers will vary. Students should reference their study of Athens and Sparta. In Athens especially it was very important that boys were very well rounded and could be successful in the arts, sports, academics, and in the military. Directions: - Divide your group into two teams of two people. Shoulder partners should become a team. - Take 2 minutes to decide whether you will act out a short (30 seconds) comedy or a tragedy for your teammates. - Act out your comedy or tragedy for your teammates - After you have acted fill out the table below the section titled Actors - After you have been the audience , fill out the table in section titled Audience. Actors Question Your Answer ANSWER: Answers will vary How long did it take for the audience to guess correctly? ANSWER: Answers will vary Did you perform a comedy or a tragedy? ANSWER: Answers will vary How did you make the choice between performing a comedy or a tragedy? Audience Question Your Answer How long did it take you to guess correctly? What clues led you to correctly guess whether the group was performing a tragedy or a comedy? Did the pair performing act out a comedy or a tragedy? ANSWER: Answers will vary ANSWER: Answers will vary ANSWER: Answers will vary Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Station 6: Greek Written Language and History Directions: 1. Pass out the role cards 2. As the reader reads, students should: a. Box proper nouns b. Circle numbers AND c. Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about how to run a government Reading Comprehension Question ( Note: Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Describe how the creation of their own alphabet helped the Greeks? Answer My answer: Other teammate’s answers Directions: Using the Greek alphabet matched with English letters or sounds, solve the code written in Greek below or translate the name of a Greek god into Greek! A B G D E EE TH I K L N KS O P R T U PH CH PS GREEK: ΨΙΔΟΝ ENGLISH Solution: ___________________________________________________ ENGLISH: APOLLO GREEK Translation: ___________________________________________________ ENGLISH: ARES GREEK Translation: ___________________________________________________ Name: ANSWER KEY Station 6: Greek Written Language and History Directions: Pass out role cards As the reader reads students should box proper nouns and circle numbers AND Underline ways the Greeks helped to advance ideas about history and language. Reading Comprehension Question ( Note: Timer should give everyone 1 minute to write) Question Describe how the creation of their own alphabet helped the Greeks? Answer ANSWER: Answers will vary. Students should note that having an alphabet made a written language possible. Having a written language made things like trade easier because sailors/merchants could write down records of what was traded. Directions: Using the Greek alphabet matched with English letters or sounds, solve the code written in Greek below or translate the name of a Greek god into Greek! A B G D E EE TH I K L N KS O P R T U PH CH PS GREEK: ΨΙΔΟΝ ENGLISH Solution: The god Poseidon ENGLISH: APOLLO GREEK Translation: Ο Ο ENGLISH: ARES GREEK Translation: ___________________________________________________ Name ________________________________________ Date ___________________________ Ready Set DEBATE! As a team, agree on your top three legacies of ancient Greece that you would like to represent as you prepare for your debate! Choose from the 6 you studied today and list them below: 1. __________________________________ 2. __________________________________ 3. __________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXIT TICKET Directions: Answer the questions below in 2-3 sentences. 1. What do you think was the least important legacy of ancient Greece and why? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do you think was the most important legacy of ancient Greece and why? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Turn the page over for a Bonus Activity! BONUS!! Use the word bank below to answer the questions for BONUS points! 1. The _______________ on the White House show the influence of Greek architecture. 2. The United States form of government is very similar to the _______________, but in our government is a ________________ democracy and ______________ government was a _____________________ democracy 3. The first person in ancient Greece to bring science into medicine and insist that his students observe the symptoms a sick person to decide the proper treatment was _______________. He is known as the father of medicine. 4. Herodotus wrote about the origins of the Persian War and described the battles in great detail after interviewing many people. He is known as the Father of ___________. Name: ANSWER KEY Ready Set DEBATE! As a team, agree on your top three legacies of ancient Greece that you would like to represent as you prepare for your debate! Choose from the 6 you studied today and list them below: 1. __________________________________ 2. __________________________________ 3. __________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXIT TICKET Directions: Answer the questions below in 2-3 sentences. 1. What do you think was the least important legacy of ancient Greece and why? ANSWER: Answer will vary. Look for a well explained answer to the “why.” 2. What do you think was the most important legacy of ancient Greece and why? ANSWER: Answer will vary. Look for a well explained answer to the “why.” Turn the page over for a Bonus Activity! BONUS!! Use the word bank below to answer the questions for BONUS points! 1. The __ Columns __ on the White House show the influence of Greek architecture. 2. The United States form of government is very similar to the __ Athenians __, but in our government is a _representative_ democracy and _Athen’s__ government was a _direct_ democracy 3. The first person in ancient Greece to bring science into medicine and insist that his students observe the symptoms a sick person to decide the proper treatment was _ Hippocrates _. He is known as the father of medicine. 4. Herodotus wrote about the origins of the Persian War and described the battles in great detail after interviewing many people. He is known as the Father of _ History _.
