We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
This is what the website should look like when you click on the resources.
ENRICHMENT:
1. Research one myth and write a summary of the story.
2. Can you write your own myth?
3. Compare Greek mythology to Roman mythology, Egyptian mythology, or another polythesitic religion, like Hinduism. Create a Venn diagram to show similarities and differences.
Go to Who were the Ancient Greeks? and Geography to write down anything you need to record for how geography affected their way of life. Here is additional website (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) if you are looking for more geographic facts.
TASK complete the questions with an answer:
Read about the sea, land, and climate.
TASK: while reading, you need either to write answers to the questions OR by finding FIVE (or more!) ways that geography affected the lives of Greeks. Use the reading below.
Enrichment: What were two benefits of being a peninsula? What were two disadvantages?
Research a city-state and explain how geography played a role in their development, daily lives, or a system of PES (not G since you are reseraching "G").
Enrichment: How does this map explain how the ways Greeks traded? What was important to them while trading?
Conflict/War
We will look at how Greece was affected by war. Answer the questions below by clicking on the link. For instance, in your notes you can write the question and answer beneath it OR write the answers as bullet point information.
What are FIVE things you learned about Greece based on their military and war?
How were the Greeks successful at war? Which battle proves this strategy/technique of the Greeks?
Enrichment:
Choose one of the political topics (2=enrichment)
Types of Government
Ancient Greece laid the foundation for governments that still exist throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
GOVERNMENT: What were the three main types of government?
Democracy in Athens: Write down at least two facts about democracy. What was the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?
Enrichment: Macedonia just voted to change their name. Why? What is Greece's role in this? ARTICLE
Choose one simulation to go through to get a better idea about Ancient Greece. Once finished record your experience. A postcard, journal, editorial, etc. can convey your experience from a first person perspective.
Click on the link and then scroll until you see the Activities box (looks like this image).
Choose ONE of the three choices. Then write about it!
Scroll to the bottom to see these options:
The Olympics - Visit the ancient games!
This is the screenshot for what the simulation will look like for the activities.
You should have your final notes completed on this Google doc after listening to the class presentations on the systems of PEGS. This will be your opportunity to pair-share what you heard, what you wrote down, and what you remember from the PEGS systems.
This Google doc should be on your website completed by the due date for the formative (you only need to complete the Greece side of the table).
Requirements
1. Thesis statement - The most important system of PEGS regarding Ancient Greece's development was __________ because __________(support one), ___________(support two), and ____________(support three).
2. Creation of your work to support or show that one system of PEGS. Choose an option below to focus on to highlight that system of PEGS (you can include other systems but one system should be dominant (and convincing)).