Core Unit Title: V Ancient Greece Standards For Unit: 1. 8.1.9 - A, B, C, D 2. 8.4.9 B 3. Reading Standards R6.A.2, R6.B. 1, 3 1.2.8 A, B 1.6.8 E, F Content Outline: 1. Geography Challenge Read and interpret a specialty map. (pages 502-505) 2. Experiential Exercise Understand influence of geography on settlement and culture. ( pages 506-512) 3. Experiential Exercise Four forms of government of Ancient Greece. (pages 526-531) 4. Problem Solving Groupwork Life in Athens and Sparta. (pages 538-542) 5. Visual Discovery Wars between Greek city-states and Persia. (pages 570-576) 6. Writing For Understanding Golden Age of Athens (pages 592-596) 7. Response Group Macedonian conquest of Greece (pages 630-633) 8. Social Studies Skill Builder Contributions of the Greeks to the modern world. (pages 648-651) 9. Timeline Challenge - Analyze a historical timeline. (pages 666-667) Essential Questions: Ancient Greece: 1. How did geography impact the development of Greek civilization? 2. What were the main characteristics of Greek civilization? 3. How was the Greek civilization similar to and/or different from other ancient civilizations?
Student Objectives: Students will: 4. What were the lasting contributions of the Greek civilization? Geography Challenge 5 : a) Label and identify the most important Greek city-states, the Persian Empire, and Macedonia. b) Identify the modern countries that comprise the Persian Empire and Macedonia. Lesson 25: a) Identify the key physiographic features of ancient Greece. b) Describe the connections between geography and the development of city-states in the region of the Aegean Sea. c) Explain how rivalries among Greek city-states over control of farmland often led to wars. Lesson 26: a) Trace the transition from tyranny and oligarchy to early democratic forms of government and back to dictatorship in ancient Greece. b) Explain the reasons for failure of monarchy, oligarchy, and tyranny in ancient Greece. c) State the key differences between Athenian, or direct, democracy ad representative democracy. Lesson 27: a) Describe Athenian and Spartan government, economy, education, and treatment of women and slaves b) Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta. Lesson 28: a) Outline the founding, expansion, and political organization of the Persian Empire. b) Explain the cause of the Persian Wars. c) Understand the roles of Athens and Sparta in ther Persian Wars. d) Describe the results of the Persian Wars. e) Summarize key battles of the wars.
Lesson 29: b) Recognize how Greek literature permeates our language today. c) Describe the artistic achievements of Athens in architecture, sculpture, and drama. d) Interpret philosophical statements of Socrates. e) Understand the importance of sports to the Athenians. Lesson 30: a) Explain the roles of Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. b) Speculate about the chances for success of Philip s and Alexander s war plans as they trace the development of each. c) Describe and speculate about the chances for success of Alexander s plan to unite his empire, including his plans to Spread Greek culture eastward. Lesson 31: a) Recognize Greek contributions to modern language and literature. b) Describe the contributions of important Greek figures in medicine, mathematics, and the sciences. c) Describe architectural features of modern buildings that can be traced to the Greeks. d) Recognize Greek contributions to modern enterainment and sports. Timeline Challenge 5: a) Identify additional key information from the unit to add to their timelines. Learning Activities/Student Work: 1. History Alive! Student Interactive Notebook 2. Unit Activities (Geography Challenge, Experiential Exercise, Writing For Understanding, Visual Discovery, Problem Solving Groupwork, Response Group, Social Studies Skill Builder, and Timeline Challenge) 3. Internet Activites 4. Computer projection of DVDs and/or videos.
Assessments: 1. Interactive Student Notebooks 2. Assessments ( lesson/unit) 3. Teacher created projects. Materials and Technology: 1. History Alive! The Ancient World Textbook/Notebook 2. National Geographic Society Ancient Civilizations Greece 3. Social Science The Greeks Women & Children / Greek Schools 4. History Channel Engineering and Empire Greece 5. Ancient Civilizations Questar Athens and Ancient Greece 6. Time Life Lost Civilizations Greece A Moment Of Excellence Aegan Legacy Of Atlantis 7. Internet Activities: a) The British Museum Ancient Greece Unit Remediation: 1. History Alive! The Ancient World Adapted materials Unit Enrichment: 1. History Alive! The Ancient World Enrichment Activities
Core Unit Title: VI Ancient Rome Lesson 2 Standards For Unit: 1. 8.1.9 A, B, C, D 2. 8.4.9 A, B, C 3. Reading Standards R6.A.2, R6.B.1&3 1.2.8A&B, 1.6.8E&F Content Outline: 1. Geography Challenge Read and interpret a specialty map to learn about key geographic features, territories, and boundaries of the Roman Empire at its height in 117 C.E. (pages 670 673) 2. Visual Discovery Examine an artistic rendition of Roman life and identify Etruscan and Greek influences depicted in the image. (pages 674 683) 3. Experiential Exercise Assume the roles of Pats and Plebs and negotiate how to work together to complete a mosaic project. (pages 684 689) 4. Problem Solving Groupwork Creation of the Roman Empire. (pages 696 700) 5. Social Studies Skill Builder Social history of Roman life during the height of the empire. (pages 712 715) 6. Visual Discovery The development of Christianity and its effect on life in the Roman Empire. (pages 734 739) 7. Response Group Reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire and how Rome s ancient culture affects modern life today. (pages 748 751) 8. Timeline Challenge Analyze a historical timeline. (pages 760 761)
Essential Questions Ancient Rome: 1. How did geography impact the development of Roman Civilization? 2. What were the main characteristics of Roman civilization? 3. How was the Roman civilization similar to and/or different from other ancient civilizations? 4) What are the lasting hallmarks of Roman civilizations? Student Objectives: Students will: Geography Challenge 6: a) Locate the city of Rome and the boundaries of the Roman Empire. b) Identify key geographic features of the Roman Empire. Lesson 32 a) Identify the location of Rome and identify the roles of such legendary. b) Distinguish between the historical and mythological versions of the founding Rome. c) Describe two Etruscan and four Greek aspects of Roman culture. d) Identify ways in which Roman civilization was influenced by Etruscan and Greek cultures. Lesson 33 a) Describe the rise of the Roman Republic. b) Describe the differences between patricians and plebians in the Roman Republic. c) Explain how the government of the Roman Republic was reorganized to become more democratic Lesson 34 a) Describe eight aspects of daily life in the Roman Empire, including the growth of the economy through trade and the use of Roman currency,. b) Explain how a teenager might have experienced each aspect of daily life.
c) Identify key differences between life in ancient Rome and modern times. Lesson 36 a) Describe key events in the development of Christianity and its spread throughout the Roman Empire, including its origins in Jewish Messianic prophecies, the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament, and the role of Paul the Apostle in spreading Christian beliefs. b) Explain why Roman authorities thought Christianity posed a threat to the empire. c) Identify the role of Rome in preserving and transmitting Christianity. Lesson 37 a) Describe the internal weaknesses of the Roman Empire and identify reasons for the fall of the empire in the West. b) Describe the rise of the Byzantine Empire, including the establishment of a new capital in the East by Constantine. c) Describe common Roman art forms and identify items from modern life that utilize similar designs and techniques. d) Explain how Roman engineering achievements in science, technology, architecture, and engineering have been incorporated into modern life. e) Describe the influence of Latin on modern languages and identify examples of English words derived from Latin terms. f) Identify the relationship between Roman law and philosophy and modern thought. Timeline Challenge a) Complete a historical timeline to show how major events are related to one another in time. b) Identify and add key events, people, and periods from the unit to their timelines. Learning Activities/Student Work: 1. History Alive! Student Interactive Notebook 2. Unit Activities (Geography Challenge, Experiential Exercise, Writing for Understanding, Visual
Discovery, Problem Solving Groupwork, Response Group, Social Studies Skill Builder and Timeline Challenge) 3. Internet Activities 4. Computer projection of DVDs and/or videos. Assessments 1. Interactive Student Notebooks 2. Assessments (lesson/unit) 3. Teacher created projects Materials and Technology 1. History Alive! The Ancient World Textbook/Notebook 2. National Geographic Society Ancient Civilizations Rome 3. History Channel Engineering an Empire Rome 4. Ancient Civilizations Questar - Rome/Pompeii - Gladiators: Bloodsport of the Colosseum 5. Time Life s Lost Civilizations - Rome the Ultimate Empire Unit Remediation 1. History Alive! The Ancient World adapted materials Unit Enrichment 1. History Alive! The Ancient World Enrichment Activities