Florida Lesson Plans:
The Poli of Ancient Greece

The following lesson plans are aligned with Florida's Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (2008). There are links to printable versions of the lesson at the bottom of the page.

Lesson Title:
The Poli of Ancient Greece
Objective:
The student will be able to understand how ideas developed in ancient Greece continue to influence the way we live today.The student will understand that the Greek city-states shared a similar language and often worked together in the Olympic games and to protect one another against a common enemy.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards:

SS.6.C.1.1  Identify democratic concepts developed in ancient Greece that served as a foundation for American constitutional democracy.

SS.6.C.2.1  Identify principles (civic participation, role of government) from ancient Greek and Roman civilizations which are reflected in the American political process today, and discuss their effect on the American political process.   

SS.6.E.3.3  Describe traditional economies (Egypt, Greece, Rome, Kush) and elements of those economies that led to the rise of a merchant class and trading partners.

SS.6.E.3.4  Describe the relationship among civilizations that engage in trade, including the benefits and drawbacks of voluntary trade.

SS.6.G.3.1  Explain how the physical landscape has affected the development of agriculture and industry in the ancient world.

SS.6.G.3.2  Analyze the impact of human populations on the ancient world's ecosystems.

SS.6.G.5.1  Identify the methods used to compensate for the scarcity of resources in the ancient world.

SS.6.W.1.1  Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.

SS.6.W.1.2  Identify terms (decade, century, epoch, era, millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE) and designations of time periods.

SS.6.W.1.3  Interpret primary and secondary sources.

SS.6.W.1.4  Describe the methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences.
Activities:
  • Locate Greece on Google Earth, identify longitude and latitude, locate the Peloponnesian Peninsula, modern Athens, Macedonia, modern Turkey (ancient Troy), modern Iran (ancient Persia)
  • Complete Ancient Greece assignment on the Cradle of Western Civilization
Materials:
  • Ancient Greece assignment on the Cradle of Western Civilization
  • Google Earth
  • Political Map of modern Greece

Resources:

Download this lesson plan as Microsoft Word file or as an Adobe Acrobat file.

   
 

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