Showing 7 entries for tag: Polis
Anna K. Baker
A View of The Odyssey. Curriculum Unit 83.02.02
The purpose of this resource is for the teachers to use the epic poem as a tool to help the students in their own self-discovery and path to adulthood. The complexity of the Odyssey is meant to mirror challenges within the students’ own lives, as well as making them more familiar with a literary masterpiece. As the creator writes: “Students can be asked to see in the experience of Odysseus, the archetypal traveler, and his son Telemachus, a vision of t(...)
EDSITEment
This lesson enables students to conduct “live interviews’ with ancient athletes. The students and teacher can use the online exhibit “"The Ancient Olympics," developed for the EDSITEment-reviewed Perseus Project.” This online exhibition was created in 1996 and features various themes: Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports, A Tour of Ancient Olympia, Athletes’ stori(...)
Mark Warner
This resource instructs how to use fact cards on ancient Greece in the classroom. There are 20 facts cards and two empty cards. They include short facts on the geography of ancient Greece, democracy, literature, religion, army, education, art, slaves, home, theater, Olympic games, writing, Pythagoras, Alexander the Great, Homer.
(...)Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 3. Rough, Tough Sparta
The aim of this lesson plan is to introduce the city-state of Sparta and its tough military regime
(...)Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 5. Marathon and Thermopylae
After learning about the Persian wars, this lesson focuses on two battles, one representing Athenian might and one Spartan heroism. The battles refer to the Persian invasion of 490 and 480 B.C.E. the students are asked to fill in a news article about Marathon and Thermopylae. They can write also a poem if they wish.
(...)Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 4. The Persian Wars
After the previous lessons discussed Athens and Sparta, the present lesson focuses on the students’ engagement with the Persians during the 5th century B.C.E. the students learn about the Persian wars and also how the Athenians and Spartans worked together for the salvation of Greece. The lesson offers activities on Cyrus cylinder and a summary of the Persian empire in order to provide students with some background on the Persian empire.
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National Geographic Kids
This website accompanies the “Zeus the Mighty” book series by Crispin Boyer. It provides interactive activities as well as information on the book and its main characters.
The website includes the following: