Greek Golden Age

Objectives

 

·         Students will be able to label the various parts of a theater

·         Students will be able to explain the key ideas of Socrates, Aristotle and Plato

·         Students will look at and understand the different elements of Greek art

Standards

 

Social Studies Standard II

Anticipatory Set

 

This lesson will not have an anticipatory set. The previous two days will act as the anticipatory set.

 

Teaching: Input

 

Students will be rotating at stations. At one station they will be using the SMART board interactive functionality to go through a virtual Greek theater. They will be able to touch and move the entire theater to view the various parts and then label them.

Teaching: Modeling

 

I will model each station once before the stations begin.

Teaching: Checking for Understanding

 

Student work will be collected and checked for understanding.

Guided Practice

 

Activities will be presented at each station. Students will need to complete a variety of activities including reading, writing, drawing and use of computers.

Closure

At the conclusion of the lesson I will illicit responses from each student about the main ideas of the lesson. 

Independent Practice

 

Students will be assigned reading and a “show me that you read” activity to reinforce learning.

Materials

 

1.     Handouts

2.     SMARTboard and all computers

3.     Pen

Duration

3 Class Days.