Athens & Sparta
Name:
Katherine Yaksich
Section ADO 595
Time: Wed. 12:30
#: 2
Educational Task: The will study and be able to compare and contrast between the two city-states
of Athens and Sparta.
Grade Level, approximate number of students, types of students:
* 9th grade Global Studies classes
* Approximately 17-20 students
Materials and Sources: World History text, Elmo Projector, handouts, story, assignment
instructions
NYS Performance Indicator(s):
Key Ideas: SS2.1, SS2.2, SS2.3, ELA2. LR1, ELA3.SW2
Performance Objectives:
1. The students will be able to locate and identify city-states in Greece by completing
accompanying handout.
2. Students will be able to improve reading and listening skills by following online story and the
character worksheet.
3. Students will be able to distinguish between Athens and Sparta by completing the T-Chart
graphic organizer.
4. The students will be able to organize their ideas and improve writing skills by developing a
compare and contrast essay.
Safety Precautions: N/A
Part of Lesson
Teacher and Student Actions
Questions.
Launch/Anticipatory
Set/Before
Teacher Actions:
* Teacher will review key concepts from
the previous lesson.
* Teacher will preview the lesson
activities.
* Hand out the map and information
handout about each city-state
* Teacher will present information about
city-states via the websites over the
Elmo projector.
* This is a gradual note taking skill, and
this step is still basically holding the
students hand in note taking.
1. Can anyone tell me what we are going to
be doing today?
Student Actions:
* Students will respond to prompts given
by teacher.
* Students will repeat what we are going
to be doing that day.
* students will take brief notes on all citystates.
* students will directed the teacher at
what speed they are comfortable at
proceeding.
These can repeat for different parts
of the lesson if appropriate. Include both lower order
and higher order questions for each lesson. Include
questions that indicate you have checked for
understanding for both procedures and content.
2. What are some of the topics or themes
that we have discussed in this unit so
far?
3. How do we use the Elmo projector?
4. Who can tell me what city is farthest
North?South?East?West?
5. Who can tell me what basic note taking
skills involve?
Explore/During
Teacher Actions:
* Teacher will hand out the Athens and
Sparta story and the character
worksheets.
* Teacher will lead the class in a read
aloud of the story.
* Hand out the T-Charts for Athens and
Sparta & discuss directions via the
PowerPoint.
* Talk to the students about how all of
the work we do in each lessons build
on one another for higher order
thinking skills.
* Break students into strength based
pairs.
* Walk around the class to make sure
everyone is working and participating.
1. Can anyone tell me why we use a TChart?
2. Why do we do many smaller activities
within a lesson?
3. What are some of the differences
between Athens and Sparta?
4. What did you find most interesting about
these two city-states.
5. Do you think the way Spartan children
were raised was a good thing or a bad
thing?
Student Actions:
* students will participate in a read
aloud, about the citizens of Athens and
Sparta.
* students will fill out character
worksheets with information about the roles
of people on both city-states.
* students will begin to fill out T-Charts
form the notes that they have gather so far
in class.
Summary/Closure/After
Teacher Actions:
* Bring the class back together for a
review session.
* Talk about the similarities and
differences between Athens and
Sparta.
* Hand out the assignment and go over it
together.
Student Actions:
* Students will come back to the whole
class focus and go over many of the
similarities and differences between
Athens & Sparta.
* Students will receive assignment and
go over it with the teacher.
1. Can anyone answer me what the 6 key
points of note taking are and relate them to
the T-Chart that you have just created?
2. Can you defend your position about
which city-state was better than the other?
3. Can anyone repeat to me what the
directions for the assignment are?
4. Does anyone have any questions about
today’s lesson?
Assessment
* The students will receive a certain amount of points for each of the worksheets that
they receive. These worksheets will be directly related to the learning objectives
stated at the beginning of the lesson. Homework will be weighted more heavily than
class work because it requires more creativity/higher level thinking questions and
concepts.
* Students will receive participation points for class that day.
* Sparta & Athens were the main city-states in Ancient Greece and they were very different
from each other, the compare and contrast essay will reflect whether or not the students
understand this concept.
* The student’s notebooks are checked weekly to make sure that all work is done and
accounted for.
* The T-Charts will be able to tell me if the students are improving on their note-taking
skills.
Modification for
Advanced Learners
These students would write their compare and contrast essay using the cities of Megara,
Corinth, and Argos. This would require them to do more outside research than the
information given during the class notes. The students will also add in one paragraph
concerning a comparison to Athens and Sparta.
Modifications for two
types of disabilitiesstate the name of the
disability here. You
may include a
modification for ELL.
* ADD/ADHD
- These students will be given specific tasks while working in pairs or groups because it
will make them accountable to the whole operation. These students will have a sense
of value and focus if the know other people are depending on them.
* ELL
- These students would receive information already given to them from the website
because we may be going to quickly in class to fully understand all of the material on
the website. This will give them a head start on the types of information we are
looking for.