Introduction

•What do governments do?

•Which people (demos) really rule?

•What does it mean to be a “civilization”?

These are a few of the questions that you will answer as you pursue this quest to learn more about ancient Greece and Rome.

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Your Quest

The richest woman in the world, Angelica Drakos, wants to purchase 200 square kilometers of land in Libya which is a country in north Africa situated along the Mediterranean Sea. She plans to develop the land into a city-state residential area based on the history and culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Ms. Drakos can trace her ancestors all the way back to Rome and Athens. As a trained historian of ancient Rome and Greece, Ms. Drakos understands that she will need to be very careful in what aspects of their cultures she adopts for her city-state. The new society will be called Drakanos. Ms. Drakos needs professional consultants to help her design the city-state.

Your Roles

Ms. Drakos’ dream of recreating the best of what both civilizations offered their citizens will soon become a reality. She has hired several consulting teams made up of economists, anthropologists, political scientists, historians and geographers to compete in designing plans for her new community.

Your social studies team of researchers will gather information using the ESPRAT+ G (Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Religion, Arts, Technology and Geography) framework of study.

Your Teams (student names to be listed below organized by city)

Team Rome:

Team Athens:

Team Sparta:

Team Sicily:

Now go to Task

Updated: March 28, 2012

Author: David Carpenter