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Ancient Greece Activities Resource Bundle!

This bundled product contains the following 9 Ancient Greece StudentSavvy resources!

Ancient Greece Editable Lesson Plans Templates & Curriculum Map (Digital & Print)

Reading Passages (TpT Digital Activity & Print)

Morning Work | Daily Bell Ringers (Digital Google Slides & Print)

Interactive Notebook (Digital & Print)

Interactive PowerPoint (PPT & Google Slides)

STEM Challenges (TpT Digital Activity & Print)

Google Classroom Student Projects (Google Slides)

Digital Board Game (Digital & Print)

Assessments / Exam / Test

***Updates:

-Daily Bell Ringers now added! 2/22

-5 Reading Passages are now included in the bundle!

- Digital & Print Board Game for Review now included!

-Ancient Civilizations Curriculum Binders & Sample Pacing Guide for the Full School Year

More information on each resource:

- Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook

This product contains interactive cut and paste learning material for students to create an organized social studies interactive notebook.

Answer Key Included!

This resource is designed for an Ancient Greece unit.

Topics covered in this unit include: Minoan & Mycenaean Civilizations, The Dark Ages, Homer, Epic Poetry, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Greek Mythology & Religion, Olympics, Olympia, Theatre, Tragedies, Comedies, Polis (City-States), Athenians, Spartans, The Peloponnesian War, Socratic Method, Greek Philosophers, Democracy, Oligarchy, Geography of Greece, and much more!

-Ancient Greece Reading Passages

Quick overview of topics covered in this resource include:

1.) The Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations of Ancient Greece

-Describes timelines, locations, and a brief overview of history of the two civilizations

Minoan Civilization (2700-1450 BC) on the Island of Crete

-Bronze Age Civilization

Mycenaean Civilization (1600-1100 BC) monarchies built on hills

-Comparison to past civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, China)

-Describes Ancient Greece landscape – located on three bodies of water (Mediterranean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Aegean Sea)

Keywords: Minoan, Mycenaean, monarchies, Bronze Age Civilization

2.) The Dark Ages

Describes daily life during the Dark Ages – Economy and society falling apart after the Bronze Age.

-Describes what might have caused the collapse

-Describes why historians referred to this period as the Dark Ages

3.) Ancient Greek Olympics

-Describes how it was a series of athletic competitions among city-states.

-held every four years, known as an “Olympiad”

-describes the Ancient Greek Olympic sports (chariot racing, discus, javelin, etc.)

-provides a comparison with present day Olympics

Keywords: Olympiad, Olympic Games, chariot

4.) Daily Life in Athens

-Describes daily life and structure of society for Athenians and City-States (Polis)

-Describes Athenian Government in 500 BC

-Describes political ideas and forward ways of thinking

Keywords: Polis, democracy, Athenian Assembly, oligarchy, democracy

5.) Spartan Warriors and the Peloponnesian War

-Description of how Spartans were trained at an early age in the military (taken from their family and sent away to become soldiers)

-Physical fitness seen as highly important

-Forward thinking in some aspects – Spartan women were educated and had rights of owning property.

-Demonstrates contrast, they were also barbaric and had a high slave population

Keywords: helots, ephors

-Ancient Greece Interactive PowerPoint

This teaching resource is quite the virtual experience! This Ancient Civilizations PowerPoint can be used as a powerful classroom presentation or students can click their way through it on individual computers.

Topics covered in this unit include: Minoan & Mycenaean Civilizations, The Dark Ages, Homer, Epic Poetry, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Greek Mythology & Religion, Olympics, Olympia, Theatre, Tragedies, Comedies, Polis (City-States), Athenians, Spartans, The Peloponnesian War, Socratic Method, Greek Philosophers, Democracy, Oligarchy, Geography of Greece, and much more!

***This product was created with the latest version of PowerPoint (2016). The effects and transitions may not display properly on older versions. Please use the Google Slides version if students are using Chromebooks.

- Ancient Greece STEM Challenge

Ancient Greece STEM & STEAM Challenges

Cross-curricular challenges for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations and Ancient Greece!

This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning!

There are 2 Greece STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section.

The STEM Challenges include:

1. Chariot Challenge!

Using a list of supplies, students must engineer a model of a chariot. The chariot must have functioning wheels where the contraption can be pulled around while the wheels spin. They have one hour to complete this challenge. ******Information page and more instructions are found in the resource

2. Catapult Challenge!

Students must design a catapult. Students can to decide to create a cross-bow style catapult or a stone-hurling catapult. The catapult must be able to launch or shoot an object into the air. The group that can create the most effective catapult (shoots the furthest) wins the challenge! Students can only use the items listed below. They have one hour to complete this challenge. ******Information page and more instructions are found in the resource

-Ancient Greece Google Classroom Student Projects

3 digital projects for your students!

6th Grade Ancient Civilizations Series

This product contains 3 digital projects that students can complete using Google Slides! This resource has a brochure project, a timeline project, and a info-graphic / poster project.

Each student-centered project has a sample project, answer key, and detailed project instructions for the students.

This resource is part of the Ancient Civilizations Google Classroom Projects Curriculum Bundle

Info-graphic / Poster Project

Students pick a topic that they would like to research on Ancient Greece. (Ex: Greek philosophers, Greek Olympics, Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations ) All of the elements in the info-graphic must be organized, clearly visible, and well placed. Creativity with color and photos is a must! **More instructions found in the resource

Timeline Project

Using a template, students design a timeline of important Ancient Greek events. Students can add images, text, and other media to their timelines.

It is up to the teacher to add or change time periods that align with school resources.

Brochure Project

Using a template, students design a brochure that highlights important facts and topics of Ancient Greece such as: Greece's Landscape, Greek Mythology, Greek Olympics, the Minoan Civilization, etc.

-Ancient Greece Assessment/Exam

This product contains an assessment that has vocabulary matching, fill in the blank, short answer, essay, and an info-graphic! It has 19 questions total.

It also contains an ANSWER KEY and an EDITABLE PowerPoint file

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