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6th Grade History
Ancient Greece
Presearch Two: Athens, Sparta and the Persian Wars
Objectives:
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Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures
of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.
o Discuss the connections between geography and the development of city-states in
the region of the Aegean Sea, including patterns of trade and commerce among
Greek city-states and within the wider Mediterranean region.
o Trace the transition from tyranny and oligarchy to early democratic forms of
government and back to dictatorship in ancient Greece, including the significance of
the invention of the idea of citizenship (e.g., from Pericles’ Funeral Oration).
o State the key differences between Athenian, or direct, democracy and representative
democracy.
o Explain the significance of Greek mythology to the everyday life of people in the
region and how Greek literature continues to permeate our literature and language
today, drawing from Greek mythology and epics, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey,
and from Aesop’s Fables.
o Outline the founding, expansion, and political organization of the Persian Empire.
o Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, with emphasis on their roles in the
Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
o Trace the rise of Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture eastward and
into Egypt.
o Describe the enduring contributions of important Greek figures in the arts and sciences (e.g., Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Thucydides).
Essential questions:
1. How did geography affect the development of Athens as a city-state? How did
geography affect the development of Sparta as a city-state? What was the
relationship between the two city-states for most of their histories?
2. Describe Athenian government. In what ways was Sparta’s government
different?
3. How did the economies of Athens and Sparta differ from one another? Be
sure to comment on the role of trade.
4. Was daily life similar in Athens and Sparta? Describe the education and role
of women in each city-state.
5. What role did slavery play in Athens? How did this compare and contrast to
the role of slavery in Sparta?
6. Who were the Persians? How did they build their empire? At its height, what
regions did the Persian Empire control?
7. How was the Persian Empire organized?
8. Why did Athens and Sparta join forces to fight the Persians?
9. What tactics did the Greeks use to defeat the Persians at the Battle of
Salamis?
10. What was the significance of the Battle of Plataea?
All work should be recorded and filed in your ISN: Ancient Greece.
Due
Points
In ISN
5/1
100
1. Read Chapter 27 & 28 and take two-column notes OR Essential
Questions 1-10 above.
5/5
10
2. Quiz on Chapters 27 & 28 – Open Note