Ancient Greek Olympics
World history
Date: Wednesday,
11.6.13
TSWBAT describe the Ancient
Olympics and use primary resources
to learn about the lives of some of
the earliest Olympic athletes.
1. Warm up: View PPT images of athletes; describe who they
are; five days of Olympic games.
2. Activity: primary resource stories about Olympic athletes in
Ancient Greece
• The Matrix
worksheet!!
• Pencil
• BINDER
• Book
Past Due
Assignments
Current Assignments
What do I need
for class today?
Who are these people?
Read through page 133
List and describe the Olympic days
in your notes
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Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Who are these people?
How do modern
sports stars
compare to
early Olympic
athletes?
Main Events of the Ancient Olympics
• Boxing
• Equestrian events:
– Chariot racing
– Horse riding
• Pankration ( NO RULES wrestling)
• Pentathlon:
– Discuss throwing
– Javelin
– Jump (long, high)
– Running events
Activity
Group activity: 4 members; we will present
• Read information about your athlete and
list/describe the following:
– 1. Who are they?
– 2. where are they from?
– 3. What are their awards and honors?
– 4. What was their main sporting event(s)?
– 5. Why was he important/ explain 5
interesting characteristics about this person:
Date: Thursday
November 7
TSWBAT analyze and describe the
Hellenistic Era by reading and
explaining it using the Hellenistic
worksheet.
1. Warm up: Who is Alexander the Great? What made him
great? What did he do?—Analyze and brainstorm as a class
2. Hellenistic Worksheet **((Turn in Matrix Worksheets))**
Current Assignments
• The Matrix
worksheet!!
• Pencil
• BINDER
• Book
Past Due
Assignments
What do I need
for class today?
Date: Friday
November 8
TSWBAT analyze and describe the
Hellenistic Era by reading and explaining it
using the Hellenistic worksheet; begin
constructing ideas for Greek Project.
Warm up: How or why was Alexander so prepared to be King?
What were his goals?—write your answers in your notes; we will
discuss.
Activity: Complete Hellenistic Worksheet; explain project
• Hellenistic
worksheet
• Pencil
• BINDER
• Book
Past Due
Assignments
Current Assignments
What do I need
for class today?
Ancient Greek Newspaper
• The year is 328 BCE….. And you will be creating a
newspaper to explain all of the exciting events and changes
that are occurring!
• Options for the newspaper include, but not exclude, the
following:
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sports (Olympics),
current events,
general information about Greece, (weather, gossip..etc)
travel,
culture,
religion (Gods/Goddesses),
science,
philosophy,
government,
art, architecture…..
Newspaper project
• Within the news-team, each person is
responsible for writing SIX articles covering one
of the following choices:
– 1. Editorial Board
– 2. General News
– 3. Technology and Military Arts
– 4. Lifestyles (human interest stories)
– 5. Arts and Entertainment
– 6. Religion, Philosophy, and Science
• About 4 paragraphs per article will be sufficient
• At least ONE image per article!
Computer Lab Days
• You will have THREE FULL computer lab days
next week:
– Tuesday 11.12.13
– Wednesday 11.13.13
– Thursday 11.14.13
– The Project is due MONDAY 11.18.13
– Use the rest of the period to choose and prepare
articles/ ask any questions!!