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- 8th
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Students study the Greek and Latin origins of vocabulary words they use today. They develop an understanding for how word usage affects pieces of literature by completing the activities in this unit. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine Greek and Latin root words. They research the history of the English language, solve word games and puzzles, write paragraphs about the impact of Greek and Latin on the English language, and create flip chart study guides. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work together to gather information from the internet and print sources about the Ancient Greeks. They discover what everyday life was like in Ancient Greece. They develop a newspaper to share the information they gathered. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze the political and economic structures of the Ancient Hebrews and Greeks. They identify the beliefs of Judaism and the signficance of different people in the development of the religion. Examining Ancient Greece, they state the differences between direct democracy and representative democracy. They also outline the expanison of the Persian Empire. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the impact of the Ancient Greeks and Romans on democratic and republican ideas. They read and discuss text, complete a class chart on the development of Greek Democracy, and create a magazine advertisement advertising the virtues of either the Roman or Greek government. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students discuss the word democracy and trace the history of related political terms. They read the descriptions of democracy from the provided reproducible and identify similarities within them. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students compare the characteristics of different types of government developed by ancient European civilizations. Students conduct research on Greek democracies, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, and compare these to the United States government today. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze the major events of the wars between Persians and the Greeks, the reasons the Persians failed to conquer the Greeks, and the consequences of the wars on Greek civilization. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the role of Greek mythology in ancient Greek life. They discuss the origins of the Greek gods and goddesses, conduct Internet research, and present a project in the form of a dialogue between a Greek god and a human parent, puppet show, or a written list of behavior rules for mortals and gods. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students describe which segments of society were included in the original Athenian democracy. They compare and contrast early Greek democracy to democracy as it is exercised in the United States today. Full Review »
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