For
Teachers
Introduction
Students will be guided on a journey throughout
Ancient Greece.
They will discover political, social, and cultural characteristics of
the Greek citizens during this era. In addition to these social
implications of Greece, mathematics is integrated into the webquest,
and students will be exposed to some geometric principles that are used
even today!
We created this Webquest as
part of the Middle Level Curriculum project over Ancient
Civilizations.
Audience
This Webquest has been constructed for 7th grade
students.
The Webquest is intended for students who have had previous experience
in using computers and navigating on the internet. They are also to
have a minimal understanding of geometric concepts.
Standards
and Benchmarks (from http://www.mcrel.org)
Social Studies Standard 6: Understands how Aegean civilizations emerged
and how
interrelations developed among people of the Eastern Mediterranean
and
Southwest Asia from 600-200 BCE.
Benchmarks
Include:
- Understands the
political framework of Athenian society.
- Understands the
role of art, literature, and mythology in Greek
society.
- Understands the
impact of achievements of the Hellenistic period.
- Understands the
evolution, inherent advantages, and disadvantages
of major governmental systems in Greek city-states in the 6th and 5th
centuries BCE.
Math
Standard
5: Understands the geometric transformations
of figures
(e.g., rotations, translations, dilations)
Benchmarks
Include:
- Understands the
concept of rotations
- Understands the
concept of transformation
- Understands the
concept of translation
- Understands the
concept of dilations
What we want students to
know:
- The differences between
the governmental systems in Athens and
Sparta and what advantages and disadvantages each one
possessed Essential Knowledge
- The impact of
Greek mythology on the everyday lives of the Greek
people Essential Knowledge
- The different
aspects of everyday life for Athenians and
Spartans Highly Desirable Knowledge
- Able
to identify
tessellations Highly Desirable Knowledge
- Understand that
tessellations can be linked back to Ancient
Greece as well as a lot of geometric ideas that are still used
today Desirable Knowledge
What we want students to do:
- Create a journal that accurately identifies
properties of
the Greek political, cultural, and societal
structure Essential Knowledge
- Create a tessellation pattern to demonstrate
their
knowledge of
geometric
properties Essential Knowledge