History of the Ancient World Weekly

Co-op Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Topic: The Greeks – Athens

Snack: Uliana

Core Material

  • Lesson Focus
    1. The city-state of Athens and what made it such an extraordinary place.
    2. Comparing Athens with Sparta and both with our world today.
    3. Understanding the origins of democracy and freedom in society.
    4. Gaining further practice in writing a literary critique.
  • Bible Study
  • Timeline – mark these items
  • Biography-by noon Wednesday

Draco – Lauren

Solon – Ben

Pericles – Elizabeth

Xenophon – Aaron

Demosthenes – Shannon

Themistocles - Dorothy

  • Map Study
  • Vocabulary
  • Resources – Streams of Civilization, pages 115-119.

Co-op Assignments

2. Be prepared to do a comparison of Sparta and Athens in class either in the form of a quiz or a class discussion. It may help to make a chart.

21. Write your final draft of your literary critique to be turned in for a grade. You should refer to Writers, Inc. or an equivalent handbook for instructions on writing a literary critique.

Turn in your finished Bibliography or Works Cited page for your Greek project. Include web sites.

Continue to memorize the Greek alphabet and Greek roots. Fill in the next 10 roots on the handout.

Continue the memorize the Greek alphabet.

Student Research Assignments

1. Athenian democracy_____________

5. Citizenship ____________________

7. Political power _________________

8. Immigration ___________________

11. Funeral oration_________________

15. Democracy-Republic____________

16. VA government________________

19. Campaigns ____________________

Bring to class

  • Literary critique
  • Bibliography
  • Student research assignment
  • KONOS text
  • Notes on Sparta and Athens