Ancient Greece
7th Grade
Leestown Middle School
Developed by: Teresa Simpson, Sharma Nachlinger, and Peter Amato-von Hemert
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Ancient Greece 7th Grade Leestown Middle School Developed by: Teresa Simpson, Sharma Nachlinger, and Peter Amato-von Hemert |
Organizer:
How has Ancient Greece impacted us today?
Academic Expectations and Demonstrators
1.2 Students make sense of the variety of materials they read.
Relate reading experiences to life situations.
1.11 Students write using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.
Write for a variety of purposes and forms to a variety of audiences.
1.12 Students speak using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.
Refine formal presentations for a variety of audiences and purposes (e.g., entertainment, imagination, information, persuasion).
2.20 Students understand, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, trends, and issues to develop historical perspective.
Evaluate the impact of historical factors on the development of current issues.
6.1 Students connect knowledge and experiences from different subject areas.
Analyze facts or information from a variety of subject areas to make a decision.
6.3 Students expand their understanding of existing knowledge by making connections with new knowledge, skills, and experiences.
Discover relationships among existing knowledge and new ideas, objects, and actions.
Essential Questions:
Math
Science
Social Studies
Language Arts
Culminating Performance:
You and your teammates will choose an aspect of Ancient Greek culture listed below and will create a booth representing how that contribution has affected our society today. You will set up and operate the booth at the Greek Expo.
Teachers who visit and bring their classes in will be given the scoring rubric and be asked to evaluate a booth. Two teachers will evaluate each booth and the scores will be averaged to determine the score for the group.
Scoring Guide/Rubric:
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CATEGORY |
20 points |
15 points |
10 points |
5 points |
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Display
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The booth is attractive and well-organized. The items are neatly and securely attached. Makes the visitor say "Wow!" |
The booth is attractive and well-organized. The items are neatly and securely attached. |
The booth is somewhat organized. The items are securely attached. |
The booth is not organized OR the items are not securely attached. |
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Number of items |
The booth has 5 or more different, but related, items in good condition. |
The booth has 4 different, but related items. At least 3 of these items are in good condition. |
The booth has at least 3 different, but related, items. At least 2 of these items are in good condition. |
The booth has less than 3 items OR the items are all the same OR are in poor condition. |
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Participation |
The team showed great enthusiasm and focused on the task. All students were helpful to others, if asked. |
The team showed some enthusiasm and focused on the task. Most students were helpful to others, if asked. |
The team did the task, but lost focus or became frustrated. Did not distract others. |
The team often lost focus or became frustrated and distracted others. |
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Accuracy |
All information in the booth was accurate to the content presented. |
Most of the information in the booth was accurate to the content presented. |
Some of the information in the booth was accurate to the content presented. |
Very little of the information is accurate. |
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Knowledge |
All team members accurately verbalize a thorough knowledge of the content. |
Most team members accurately verbalize a thorough knowledge of the content. |
Some team members accurately verbalize knowledge of the content. |
At least one team member has some knowledge of content. |
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Column totals |
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Total Points (100 possible) |
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Evaluation Component:
The students will be given the guiding question as an open response question before and after the unit. This will be how we measure the success of the students and the unit.
Knowledge (Core Content):
RD-M-x.0.10 Connect information from a passage to students' lives and/or real world issues.
WR-M-1 Purpose/Audience--The writer establishes and maintains a focused purpose to communicate with an audience by: narrowing the topic to establish a focus; analyzing and addressing the needs of the intended audience; adhering to the characteristics of the form; employing a suitable tone; allowing voice to emerge when appropriate
WR-M-1 Organization--The writer creates unity and coherence to accomplish the focused purpose by: engaging the audience and establishing a context for reading; placing ideas and support in a meaningful order; guiding the reader through the piece with transitions and transitional elements; providing effective closure
WR-M-1.4 Characteristics of transactive writing may include information to engage/orient the reader to clarify and justify purposes
SS-M-1.1.1 Governments may take different forms (e.g., constitutional, totalitarian, democratic, republic).
SS-M-5.1.3 History is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause-and-effect relationships, tying the past to the present.
SS-M-5.3.2 The rise of classical civilizations and empires, and the development of major religions had lasting impacts on the world in government, philosophy, architecture, art, drama, and literature.
Writing process
Mathematical thinking
Reading
Effective writing and speaking techniques
Functions of a city-state
Scientific method
Various forms of government
Mythology
Greek thinkers
Greek culture (i.e. food, clothing, lifestyle)
Greek architecture
Greek theatre
Knowledge of research tools
Technology Standards
T1.1.2 Determine best resource for gaining information (electronic, print, personal, etc.)
T2.1 Extract information appropriately and record citations
T4.4.1 Determine when Internet search may be effective
T5.2.3 Scan for relevant information
T5.3.3 Distinguish between fact and opinion
T5.6 Enter and edit word processing information
T6.5 Create a presentation or product using application software.
Secondary Expectations, Demonstrators and Knowledge:
2.1 Students understand scientific ways of thinking and working and use those methods to solve real-life problems.
Construct operational definitions to explain concepts or facilitate experiments/investigations.
2.9 Students understand space and dimensionality concepts and use them appropriately and accurately.
Investigate symmetry, similarity, and congruence using concrete models and drawing.
2.15 Students can accurately describe various forms of government and analyze issues that relate to the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.
Compare democratic and non- democratic political systems (e.g., American constitutional government, parliamentary government, dictatorship, monarchy).
2.25 In the products they make and the performances they present, students show that they understand how time, place, and society influence the arts and humanities such as languages, literature, and history.
Assess the contributions of various cultures to the expression of various art forms.
5.3 Students organize information to develop or change their understanding of a concept.
Analyze the connections between new information and prior knowledge.
MA-M-2.1.2 Two-dimensional shapes including circles, regular polygons, quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid), and triangles (acute, obtuse, right, equilateral, scalene, isosceles)
Students will demonstrate the role science plays in everyday life: past, present, and future. Science is a human endeavor. Men and women of various social and ethnic backgrounds engage in activities of science (to include careers in science). Scientists formulate and test their explanations of nature using observations, experiments, and theoretical and mathematical models. It is part of scientific inquiry to evaluate the results of scientific investigations, experiments, observations, theoretical models, and the explanations proposed by other scientists.
Skills/Abilities:
Instructional/Assessment Activities:
Lesson Goals
Lesson 1 Goal: To introduce Ancient Greece we will start with Greek Thinkers/Famous people by dressing as person and presenting that person and their contributions to the students.
Description:
Math: Pythagoras
Science: Archimedes
Social Studies: Plato, Socrates
Language Arts: Venus-mythology
Lesson 2 Goal: Understanding the geography of Ancient Greece.
Description:
Math: Mapping skills (scales)
Science: Landforms
Social Studies: Birds-Eye view of a city/state
Language Arts: read a book/internet (reading for information)
Lesson 3 Goal: Introduction to Greek culture.
Description:
Math: Geometry, Greek Code
Science: Agriculture
Social Studies: Clothing, food, education, music, drama, art, raising of children
Language Arts: Poetry, Waxed Greek Alphabet activity
Lesson 4 Goal: Introduction to the Golden Age.
Description:
Math: Architecture
Science: Health-Hippocrates
Social Studies: Democracy/Pericles
Language Arts: Tragedies/Comedies
Lesson 5 Goal: The workings of a city/state
Description:
Math: Statistics
Science: Archimedes-simple machines, astronomy
Social Studies: Military
Language Arts: Diorama of a city/state
Critical Resources