Hellenistic Greece Lesson Plans

Second graders research Ancient Greece. In this Ancient Greece lesson, 2nd graders survey the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Greece. Students discover stories of Greek mythology and explore the beginning of the Olympic games.

Eighth graders describe, analyze and evaluate the history of ancient Greece from 2000 to 300 B.C. They explore the influence of geography on Greek economical, social, and political development.

Young scholars engage in a lesson that is about the Hellenistic influence from ancient Greece. The information is presented in a video format and they find information on the internet. Students use the information to find facts to create writing projects.

Sixth graders read about ancient Greece and its many contributions to modern societies. They read and summarize myths, highlighting the morals of the story. They compare and contrast Athenians and Spartans using a Venn diagram.

Students evaluate which works of sculpture, architecture, and landscaping that postdate ancient Greece and Rome merit the label wonder of the world. They figure out what starting date they should select to indicate "the period after ancient Greece and Rome" probably around A.D. 476, when Emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed.

Students in a Latin class focus on archeology and trade from the Hellenistic period through the Middle Ages. In groups, they read various stages of a primary source documents in which they discuss and answer questions. To end the lesson plan, they examine objects found in the ashes of the Mt. Vesuvius.

Students discuss Alexander the Great and his empire as well as examine a map of his empire and answer questions. Following a lecture, groups of two or three choose one of three scenarios to dramatize. They write scripts for their scenarios with each group member writing their own lines to demonstrate equal participation.

Students investigate the reign of Alexander The Great while conducting research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a context for class discussion. They create a map of Alexander's empire.

Students discuss the ancient city of Alexandria, the importance of its intellectual life and the history of making books. The class designs a survey about the future of books and conduct their survey among family and friends. After reviewing the results of their polling, students make predictions about the state of books 10 years from now.

Students recognize that in the book The Republic, Plato described the ideal society. They adopt, modify, or reject Plato's views as they describe another, smaller ideal society: Utopia High School. In addition, they summarize the description of Utopia High School that has emerged from the small-group and whole-class discussions.