Ancient Greece

Introduction

You are traveling back in time to visit Ancient Greece. You will read information that will tell you how the Greeks lived during this time.

The Task

You will complete a booklet about Ancient Greek that will answer the following questions:

What was the weather like?
What food did they eat?
What did their houses look like?
What did they learn in school?
What were the Olympics like?
What was the theatre like in Ancient Greece?

Resources :

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Greece.html - top

http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page17.htm http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page16.htm

The Process

Session 1: Greek Influences on our lives today.

1. Open up: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Greece.html - top

2. Read this page about the ancient Greeks.

3. Open up the Shared Drive. Go to the second grade folder. Double click to open.

4. Find the ANCIENT GREECE file. Double click to open.

5. Type in the 8 contributions.

6. Click at the bottom of the page to write about which contribution you thought was the most important.

Session 2: Weather in Ancient Greece

1. Go back to the website and scroll down until you find the question, “What is the

weather like in Ancient Greece?”

2. Read about the weather and answer the questions in your packet.

Session 3: Food in Ancient Greece

1. Open up: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page17.htm

2. Read about the food in Ancient Greece and answer the questions in your packet.

Session 4: Houses in Ancient Greece

1. Open up: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page16.htm

2. Read about houses in Ancient Greece and answer the questions in your packet.

3. Click on the “Click here” link to take a look around a Greek house

4. Scroll down until you see the light blue box. Place your cursor on a room and read the information in the blue box.

5. Fill in the table in your packet about the rooms in the house.

Session 5: Women in Ancient Greece

1. Open up: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page18.htm

2. Click to the next page to read women at work

3. Open up the shared drive and click on the second grade folder. Double click on the Greek women file. Compare the Ancient Greece women and your mother in the Venn diagram.

Session 6: Schools in Ancient Greece

1. Open up: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page22.htm

2. Read about school in Ancient Greece and then scroll down until you see the “Greek’s boys day at school” link.

3. After reading the page, click the “next” button and continue reading about schools until you get to the last screen titled. “What else do we learn?”

4. Answer the questions in your booklet about schools.

5. Open up: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/sch03b.htm

6. Use the Greek alphabet to fill in the table.