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The Ancient Greece Unit Bundle is perfect for middle school social studies classes. It includes over 195 pages of resources to use in your classroom along with 19 days of detailed lesson plans! In this unit, students will learn about the geography of Ancient Greece, the history of early Greece and the Minoan, Mycenaean and Dorian civilizations, the characteristics of life in Athens and Sparta and Athenian democracy along with the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, Greek culture, daily life, the philosophers, Alexander the Great and so much more! Students will examine the geography of the region, take notes in an interactive notebook, read informational text, perform a skit to learn about the conquests of Alexander the Great, create a booklet to learn about daily life in ancient Greece, and complete vocabulary activities, just to name a few.
Resources include a paper (printable) interactive notebook, a digital interactive notebook for Google Drive, an interactive PowerPoint full of informational text for students to use to complete the interactive notebooks, a Daily Life in Ancient Greece Booklet Foldable, Alexander the Great Skit, task cards, vocabulary activities, a word wall and a final assessment! The detailed lesson plans in the bundle also exclusively has an Ancient Greece Geography Activity, The Iliad and the Trojan War activity, and Athens or Sparta? writing activity. This bundle is a comprehensive way to learn about the historical significance of ancient Greece.
I know how busy your teaching days are throughout the school year. The Ancient Greece Complete Unit Bundle includes a file with 19 days of detailed lesson plans already completed for you. This bundle is designed to save you valuable time, increase student engagement and bring history to life through a wide variety of activities that prompt students to think critically and creatively in their Social Studies class.
Please read the detailed descriptions below and check out the preview to learn more!
Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook (paper and digital version for Google Drive included)
These interactive notebook activities will help students organize information about the ancient Greeks!
Interactive notebooks are an effective tool in the classroom. Not only can they assist students in keeping their work organized, but they are also an easy-to-access resource for reference throughout the year.
The Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook is intended as a resource for late-elementary into middle school ages.
It includes 13 different interactive activities and an answer key to help students organize the information you teach!
The file also includes pictures of every page in use!
1. Cover Page
2. Two vocabulary activities
3. The Geography of Greece (tabs for land features and water features)
4. Early Greece (tabs for Minoan, Mycenaean, and Dorian)
5. Athens (tabs to record information about the military, education, the role of women, and the government of Athens)
6. Sparta (tabs for recording information about the military, education, the role of women, and the government of Sparta)
7. Athens vs. Sparta (a Venn Diagram to compare life in Athens and Sparta)
8. Cause and Effect (foldables for the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War)
9. Greek Culture (an accordion foldable with space to record information about religion, sports, art, and theater)
10. Greek Mythology Flipbook (A flipbook with 11 major gods and goddesses PLUS a blank page to add more)
12. Greek Thinkers (record information about Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Thucydides, and Hippocrates)
13. Alexander the Great (an accordion timeline of his life and a pocket folder to stash index cards or other notes)
14. Two maps of ancient Greece (one map has major cities and water bodies labeled, while the other is blank!)
Ancient Greece Interactive PowerPoint Notes
Interactive PowerPoint Notes are a great way to engage your students in content related to your curriculum. This resource is aligned with the Ancient Greece unit in The Teacher's Prep store but can be used independently, as well. It's a great option for classrooms utilizing technology or off-campus remote distance learning.
When using this interactive PowerPoint, students can click on elements of the slides to reveal important information about a variety of topics related to the study of Ancient Greece. (See a comprehensive list of topics included below!)
There's also a version compatible with Google Slides included! It's not interactive, due to the way Google Slides is designed, but has all the information that your students need to complete the interactive notebooks.
The Ancient Greece Interactive PowerPoint is intended as a resource for late-elementary and middle school ages. It is not editable.
The file was created using PowerPoint 2013. The animations may not play properly on older versions.
Topics Included:
1. Vocabulary
2. The Geography of Greece (land features and water features)
3. Early Greece (Minoan, Mycenaean, and Dorian)
4. Athens (the military, education, the role of women, and the government of Athens)
5. Sparta (the military, education, the role of women, and the government of Sparta)
6. Cause and Effect (the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War)
7. Greek Culture (Greek religion, sports, art, and theater)
8. Greek Mythology (notes about 11 major Greek gods and goddesses)
9. Greek Thinkers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Thucydides, and Hippocrates)
10. Alexander the Great
This resource includes 20 task cards related to the study of the ancient Greeks!
Task cards are an effective resource in the classroom. These task cards can be used as part of group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, or as work for centers. The possibilities are truly endless!
Included in this resource:
1. A Note for the Teacher
2. 20 different task cards
3. Teacher answer key
4. Blank cards for the teacher to write additional questions
The Ancient Greece Task Cards are intended as a resource for late-elementary into middle school ages.
To make the cards last longer, please consider printing them on cardstock and laminating them. You can keep them in plastic baggies or punch a hole in the corner and add string or a round clip to keep them together.
Ancient Greece Daily Life Booklet Foldable
Engage your students in learning about ancient Greece when they create a booklet foldable filled with information about the daily lives of the Greeks!
The resource includes paper pages for printing. There are two foldables: one in black and white for student use and one in color (with all notes included) for teacher use.
Topics and Resources Included:
-Topics:
1. The City-State
2. The Home
3. Food
4. Fashion
5. Making a Living
6. Education
7. Music and Entertainment
-Answer keys for every page in the form of a completed, color booklet foldable
-An editable PowerPoint with information for the foldable. The images (background) are not editable but the notes section can be altered for classroom use. The notes are already filled in for you to use right away with your students.
Take a peek at the preview for a better look at what is included in this resource.
Alexander the Great Reader's Theater Skit
Ancient History can come alive in your classroom with the Alexander the Great and Ancient Greece Reader's Theater Skit! This approximately 11-13 minute skit will get students moving and acting as they reenact Alexander the Great's journey across Europe, Africa and Asia. The central question that students will be answering: How did Alexander the Great become "Great"?
Included in this resource:
1. 6 page script for 10 students (estimated time: 11 - 13 minutes)
2. 5 discussion prompts
Ancient Greece Vocabulary Activities
The Ancient Greece Vocabulary Activities resource is full of fantastic activities for middle school students to enhance their understanding of content vocabulary for the Ancient Greece Unit. This resource includes four activities - a matching game, crossword puzzle, matching one-page activity and a graphic organizer to define words and write a corresponding sentence for each term - a perfect resource for student binders!
Inside this resource you will find:
1. Matching Tiles (cut out the pieces and match the word with the definition)
2. Matching Activity
3. Crossword Puzzle
4. Definitions and Sentences Graphic Organizer
What words are included?
- peninsula
- polis
- agora
- phalanx
- oligarchy
- democracy
- myth
- philosopher
- Sophists
- city-state
- assembly
- polytheism
The Ancient Greece Word Wall is a must-have resource for any middle school Social Studies classroom. This visually engaging set includes 12 key vocabulary terms related to the study of Ancient Greece, such as phalanx, agora, philosopher and polis. Each term is accompanied by a clear and concise definition, as well as a colorful image to aid in retention. With the Ancient Greece Word Wall, students will be able to deepen their understanding of this fascinating period in human history.
This resource makes it easy to give students an opportunity to visually review vocabulary terms and definitions every time they walk into your classroom. Just print and go!
What words are included in the word wall?
- peninsula
- polis
- agora
- phalanx
- oligarchy
- democracy
- myth
- philosopher
- Sophists
- city-state
- assembly
- polytheism
The Ancient Greece Test consists of 35 questions:
-Vocabulary
-Multiple Choice
-True/False
-Fill in the Blank
-Map Identification
-Written Response
(An answer key is included, too!)
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