Download Grade 3 2nd Nine Weeks

Gifted and Talented AIM Learning Outcomes Framework
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Grade: 3 grade
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Nine Weeks: 2
nine weeks
Subject: Ancient Greece
Big Ideas: (Topics/Concepts) Ancient Greek religion, gods and goddesses, and myths
Enduring Understanding (What we want students to come to understand about the “big ideas.”)
To understand Ancient Greeks used mythology (made up stories passed down from generations) to help explain natural events, the world
around them, and how it affected their daily lives.
Essential Questions (Open ended to guide student inquiry and focus on “uncovering” “big ideas.”)
How did gods and goddesses impact the philosophies of Ancient Greek civilization?
How do myths continue to influence life today?
Students will know…a variety of myths, major
gods and goddesses
Students will be able to…remember and apply the various influences of gods and goddesses in
mythology.
Gifted Goals
1. To develop understanding of the concept of cause and effect and its relationship to events and eras in history.
2. To develop reasoning skills with application to social studies.
3. To develop interpersonal and social group process skills.
4. To develop skills in historical analysis and primary source interpretation.
5. To develop understanding of major events and influential individuals of the period.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand Greek religion/mythology (gods and goddesses) and how it influenced the Greek society.
Apply understanding of Greek myths to create original myth.
Associate the relationship between Greek gods and goddesses in nature, their powers they held, and their symbols.
Priority TEK Support:
SS 3.17B Sequence and categorize information
3.1A Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present,
3.2B Identify ways people meet their need for government, education, communication, transportation and recreation in their communities.
ELA 5A Understand the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths
Connect ideas and themes to compare/contrast, ideas, events, and themes
Sequence plot’s main events
1 Identify the importance of the setting to a story’s meaning
Plan for Learning:
Lesson/Activity/Subject
“What” Content
“How” Process/Strategies
“Do” Performance/Evaluation
Understand Greek
religion/mythology (gods and
goddesses) and how it
influenced the Greek society
Ancient societies believed in
different gods to explain
nature. Differentiate myth
and legend. Compare to
China and Egyptian
civilizations.
Discuss need to explain
nature in ancient Greece.
Teacher will read and let
students read various myths
to discover traits and common
characteristic of Greek myths.
Students will read 6 myths from family tree.
There is a complex structure
to myths that is supported
by a family tree of gods and
goddesses.
Have students read several
myths from packets. Distribute
gods chart, p. 37.
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the
Trojan War was waged
against the city of Troy by
the Achaeans (Greeks) after
Paris of Troy took Helen
from her husband
Memelaus, king of Sparta.
The war is one of the most
important events in Greek
mythology – most notably
through Homer’s Iliad and
the Odyssey.
Episodes from the war
provided material for Greek
tragedy and other works of
Literature.
http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/mountolympus.html
Summarize and illustrate each myth into bare book or
journals. Make note of common characteristics.
Create a “museum box” , Prezi etc., to represent god or
goddess
Assign tic-tac-toe menu for myths. (In notebook.)
Read aloud Jane Yolan’s
book, Wings.
ISBN 0-15-297850.
Read D’Aulaires’ Book of
Greek Myths. Read
introduction where gods came
from.
Set the stage for the Trojan
war. Break class into two
groups and have them be
either from the Greeks or
Troy.
Read book or share Power
Point on timeline of events
and power players etc.
Begin writing on myths-optional piece
Be a reporter on the scene: Assign news crews to
cover the Trojan War. Your task is to research
information on the Trojan war and then write a
newspaper in which you accurately describe the events
that led to the downfall of Troy.
Read The Odyssey from Readers Theater book.
Assign parts and act out. Make a shield out of poster
board and divide into sections. See title picture of
Odysseus.
SCAMPER the Trojan War Horse – in today’s world,
how would you sneak into a city? What trickery could
you employ. Build a model of your own “Trojan Horse”.