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Domain Vocabulary: city-state, nectar, ambrosia, trident, journey, shipwreck, underworld, lyre, foam, cleverness, wisdom, merchants, cleverest, involved, responsible, banquet
hall, fairest, honored, affairs, feast, discord, narrow down, deadlock, lookout post, patrol, approach, sacrifice, sell into slavery, enormous, inspect, offering, celebrate,
magnificent, mythology, butcher, recite, column, festival, compete, advice
democracy, tunic, citizen, agora, familiar, purify, approve, defeat, public affairs, fig, freeman, tradesman, stream, opinion, vote, come to power, ordinary, memorize, section,
rights, property, survival skill, soft, dishonorable, observe, declare, emphasis, competition, heat, wreath,
anchor, retreat, get the advantage, exhaustion, pass, ram, round up, put into, bargain, simplicity, jury, generation, draw up to, escort, exclaim, philosopher, symposium,
entertainer, chant, comment, recital, justice, conversation, idea, panic
Mythology Vocabulary: semi- wild, barbaric, seize, woe, miserable, forge, hope, doom, youths, maidens, Labyrinth, opponent, exile, cunning, devised, corridors, betrayed,
pallets, bemoaning, coaxed, abandon, singe, nova, pride, humility, pity, swift, pomegranate, bid farewell, bare, bandits, oracle, stag, labor, betrayed, ogre
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Lesson Title
Content Objectives
Higher Order Questioning
Read Aloud
Thinking
Framework
Pre-unit
n/a
1
Introducing
Ancient
Greece: The
Geography of
Greece
Students will be able
to identify Greece on
a world map.
2
Mythology;
Overview
(Greek use
mythology to
explain what
they didn’t
understand)
The Greek
Gods: The
Greek Gods,
Part One
Students will be able
to relate how the
Greeks used myths
to explain their
world.
3
CK Language
Objectives
Students will be able
to identify the home
of the gods and
goddesses.
Distinguish the
following genres of
literature: fiction,
What continent is Greece a
part of? What was a city
state? What would be the
advantages to living in a
city state versus living in a
big country like the United
States? What would be the
drawbacks?
How do people use stories
to explain things they don’t
understand? What other
civilizations have we
studied that have used
myths to explain their
world?
Who was the King of the
gods? Who was his wife?
What rules did the gods
and goddesses not have to
Read Aloud:
Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, The Greek
World, page 4
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Read Aloud: D’Aulaires’
Book of Greek Myths, In
Olden Times and Gaea,
Mother Earth, pgs 9-15
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Read Aloud:
The Gods and Goddesses of
Olympus by Aliki
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Patterns
4
The Greek
Gods: The
Greek Gods,
Part Two
Students will be able
to name the gods
and goddesses of
Mount Olympus.
5
The Trojan
War: “For the
Fairest”
Students will be able
to retell the fictional
beginning of the
Trojan War.
6
The Trojan
War: The
Trojan Horse
Students will be able
to sequence the
major events of the
Trojan War.
7
Athena’s
City: Athena
and the Olive
Tree
Students will be able
to identify the gift of
Athena and the
reasons that she was
chosen as the patron
goddess.
nonfiction and drama. follow that we do? Explain
the creation of the world
according to Greek
Mythology. Where did the
Greeks believe their gods
lived?
Name as many gods and
their symbols/powers as
you can. Why did the
Greeks believe in these
gods? What is mythology?
Listen to and
Why did Hera and Athena
understand a variety
side with the Greeks while
of texts read aloud,
Aphrodite sided with the
including fictional
Trojans. How are these
stories, fairy tales,
“divine teams” connected
fables, historical
to the outcome of the
narratives, drama,
Trojan War? Who was
informational text,
Helen? How did the
and poems.
Trojans keep the Greeks
out of their city?
It was not superior strength
Summarize in one’s
that helped the Greeks win.
own words selected
What was it? What are
parts of a read-aloud. more important, brains or
Ask questions to
brawn? Why? Who won
clarify information in the Trojan War? How did
a read- aloud.
they win? What happened
to Helen after the war?
Why do we call Athens
Athena’s city? Why did
the people of Athens pick
her as their goddess? What
is the Parthenon? Why did
Athenians give thanks to
Athena when something
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Read Aloud:
Kids Discover, Ancient
Greece, The Trojan Horse
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Read Aloud:
Kids Discover, Ancient
Greece, Awesome Athens
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Patterns
Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, City States, page
8
good happened to them?
8
Athenian
Students will be able
Democracy:
to identify the main
The Assembly components of a
democracy.
9
Athenian
Democracy:
How Athens
Became a
Democracy
Athenian
Children: An
Athenian Boy
10
11
Athenian
Children: An
Athenian Girl
12
Sparta:
Growing Up
in Sparta
13
Sparta: Sparta
and Athens
Students will be able
to describe the
events at the
Athenian assembly.
Students will be able
to compare the life
of an Athenian boy
to the life of an
Athenian girl
Students will be able
to compare the life
of Athenian children
to the life of a child
in Fort Collins.
Students will be able
to identify the main
goals of the Spartan
people.
Students will be able
to compare life in
Athens with life in
Sparta.
How is Athenian
Democracy similar and
difference from American
democracy. Who was
allowed to vote in Athens?
Do people in the United
States vote on every issue
the way the Greeks did?
What is a democracy?
Why didn’t all the citizens
of Athens always vote?
How was Athens governed
before it was a democracy?
What was the Assembly?
Who would take a young
boy to school each day?
What are some subjects
that boys studied in
school?
Did girls go to school?
What did girls do?
How did Spartan boys live
after they left home? What
was the most important
thing to a Spartan man?
How was life different for
Spartan women than it was
for Athenian women?
What were some of the
The Greek News by Anton
Powell, “Pride of Athens”
p24
Read Aloud:
Kids Discover, Ancient
Greece, Lasting
Achievements, Democracy
p13
Read Aloud:
Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, Government,
page 11
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The Greek News by Anton
Powell, “The Land of the
Brave: Sparta” and “Our
Ways Win Wars” pp12-13
Knowledge
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14
The Olympic
Games:
Theodorus the
Runner, Part
One
Students will be able
to identify the
importance of
athletics in ancient
Greece.
15
The Olympic
Games:
Theodorus the
Runner, Part
Two
Students will be able
to describe events
that were held in the
ancient Olympics.
16
The Persian
Wars: Victory
at Marathon
Students will be able
to identify the
strategy used during
the battle of
Marathon. Students
will be able to relate
the story of the
battle to the present
day definition of a
marathon.
17
The Persian
Wars:
Thermopylae
and Salamis
Students will be able
to identify the
strategies used
during the battles of
other differences between
Athens and Sparta?
Why were the skills tested
at the Olympics considered
valuable by the men of
Greece? Who was allowed
to compete in the ancient
Olympics?
Read Aloud:
Kids Discover, Ancient
Greece, The Sporting Life
Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, The Olympic
Games page 15
Name some of the events
Read Aloud:
held in the ancient
The Greek News by Anton
Olympics. Where were the Powell, pp 16-17 “Olympic
ancient Olympics held?
Games Spoiled”, “Program
What would happen
of Events”, and “Guide to
between fighting city-states Events”
during the Olympics?
What was the prize for
winning an event?
How were the odds stacked
against the Greeks? How
would you feel if you had
to face something “against
the odds”? How would
you feel beforehand? How
would you feel if you
actually won? Do you
suppose that this gave the
Greeks energy and
excitement and confidence
to move forward? Why are
long races today called
marathons?
Who was expected to win
the Persian Wars? Who
actually won? How did the
Persians beat the Greeks at
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Thermopylae and
Salamis. Students
will be able to utilize
strategy in a simple
game.
Students will be able Describe illustrations.
to identify the leader
of Athens during its
Golden Age.
18
A Tour of
Athens: The
Visitors
Arrive
19
A
Symposium:
An Athenian
Dinner Party
Students will be able
to identify activities
commonly held at
Greek social
gatherings.
20
Three Great
Thinkers:
Socrates
Students will be able
to identify the
method Socrates
used to teach his
students.
Thermopylae? Why were
the Greeks proud of the
men who were defeated at
Thermopylae?
Who was the leader of
Athens during the golden
age? What kind of
governments did Athens
have during this time?
How did Athens protect
itself during this time?
Who did the grandest
buildings of Athens belong
to?
What was a symposium?
What kinds of things were
painted on ancient Greek
pottery? What was the
entertainment at
symposiums? Who were
Homer and Achilles?
How did Socrates Teach?
Read Aloud:
Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, The Parthenon,
page 23
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Read Aloud:
Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, Food, page 20
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Read Aloud:
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Ancient Greece by Robert
Nicholson, Philosophers and
Scientists, page 12
The Greek News by Anton
Powell, “Death by Poison”
p 27
21
Three Great
Thinkers:
Plato
Students will be able
to relate Plato’s
writing to the fame
of his teacher.
Retell key details.
What would it be like if
Plato had never written
about his teacher? Have
you ever known someone
so well you could guess
what they might say? Who
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22
Three Great
Thinkers:
Aristotle
23
Alexander the
Great:
Bucephalus
24
Alexander the
Great:
Alexander
and Aristotle
Alexander the
Great: The
Gordian Knot
25
was it?
Why were Socrates, Plato,
and Aristotle important to
history? Who was
Aristotle’s most famous
student?
Students will be able
to identify the school
established by
Aristotle. Students
will identify
Aristotle’s most
famous student.
Students will be able
to identify the
significance of
Bucephalus to
Alexander.
Students will be able
to identify
Alexander’s teacher.
26
Alexander the
Great:
Alexander’s
Conquests
Students will be able
to explain the saying
“cut the Gordian
knot”.
Students will be able
to recognize
Alexander’s use of
strategy.
27
Alexander the
Great: The
End of the
Road
Students will explain
why Alexander’s
conquests came to
an end.
28
Review
Students will be able
to independently
complete a review.
Use narrative
language to describe
people, places,
things, locations,
events, actions, a
scene or facts in a
read-aloud.
Read Aloud:
Kids Discover, Ancient
Greece, Lasting
Achievements, Philosophy
p12
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Why was Alexander able
to handle Bucephalus when
the more experienced men
could not? Did he use his
strength? What did he use?
What ideas do you think
Aristotle may have given
Alexander?
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What does it mean to have
“cut the Gordian knot”?
Knowledge
Retell the story of the
elephants. What does it
mean to think cleverly?
What was another way he
could have handled the
situation?
Why was Alexander called
“Alexander the Great”?
What made Alexander
decide to stop marching
east?
Knowledge
Read Aloud; Alexander the
Great by J.K. Anderson. P.
46-48
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29
Test
29L
The gods and
goddesses of
Mount
Olympus
30L
Hercules- Part
1: Intro and
Tasks 1-3
31L
HerculesPart 2: tasks
4-6
32L
Hercules- Part
3: tasks 7-9
33L
Hercules- Part
4: tasks 10-12
and
conclusion
32L
“Prometheus
and Pandora”
Students will be able
to answer questions
about Ancient
Greece.
Students will
correctly identify the
12 Olympian gods
and goddesses and
their symbols.
Knowledge
What are the names of the
gods? What are their
symbols?
Answer questions
requiring literal recall
and understanding of
the details and/or
facts of a read-aloud,
i.e., who, what,
where, when, etc.
Students will be able
to describe the
character of
Prometheus using
Liberty Common
Answer questions
requiring literal recall
and understanding of
the details and/or
facts of a read-aloud,
Knowledge
What kinds of things
would make a suitable
punishment? Why didn’t
Hercules kill the stag with
the golden antlers?
The Twelve Labors of
Hercules by Marc Cerasini
Knowledge,
Patterns
If you were in charge of
giving Hercules his
punishment, what kinds of
things would you have him
do? Did Hercules use
something other than
strength to complete his
tasks? What?
What foundation stones is
Hercules representing with
these tasks?
How did Hercules trick
Atlas into holding the
world for him?
The Twelve Labors of
Hercules by Marc Cerasini
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Patterns
The Twelve Labors of
Hercules by Marc Cerasini
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The Twelve Labors of
Hercules by Marc Cerasini
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What things do you know
about the character of
Zeus? How would these
things affect your decision
to make him angry? Why is
Core Knowledge Grade 2
Language Arts Resources,
student comprehension
packet Core Knowledge
Grade 2 Language Arts
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32L
”Oedipus and
the Sphinx”
33L
”Theseus and
the Minotaur”
35L
”Daedalus
and Icarus”
36L
” Arachne”
School Foundation
i.e., who, what,
Stones. Students will where, when, etc.
be able to explain
why curiosity can be
a good thing OR a
bad thing.
Students will be able
to identify and
discuss the riddle in
this story.
Students will be able
utilize prediction to
discuss the possible
outcome of the
story.
Students will be able
to discuss the value
of listening to
warnings given by
parents.
Students will be able
to identify how this
myth relates to the
spider.
Answer questions
requiring literal recall
and understanding of
the details and/or
facts of a read-aloud,
i.e., who, what,
where, when, etc.
“hope” an important thing
for mankind to have?
Resources, student
comprehension questions
Oedipus is another
example of a Greek hero
that uses something other
than physical strength to
solve a problem. What is
it? What other heroes have
acted in a similar way?
How did Theseus use
strategy to solve the
problem?
Core Knowledge Grade 2
Language Arts Resources
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Language Arts Resources,
student comprehension
questions
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Write down at least one
reason parents give us
warnings and/or why it is
important to listen.
Wings by Jane Yolen and
Dennis Nolan, student
comprehension questions
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What are the dangers of
becoming too prideful?
Core Knowledge Grade 2
Language Arts Resources,
student comprehension
questions
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37L
”Atalanta”
38L
”Demeter and
Persephone”
41L
Saying: Two
heads are
better than
one.
42
Greek Agora
Project
Listen to and
understand a variety
of texts read aloud,
including fictional
stories, fairy tales,
fables, historical
narratives, drama,
informational text,
and poems.
Students will be able
to relate this saying
to a certain
mythological
creature.
Students will create
a product which
relates to their
assigned god or
goddess. Students
will learn about the
principles of buying
and selling goods.
Why did Atalanta choose
to let Hippomenes win the
race?
Story Tape of Atalanta the
Runner retold by Jim Weiss
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How does this apply to
another unit of study
(seasonal cycles)? In what
ways did the Greeks use
mythology as science?
How does this saying relate
to Cerberus? How was
Cerberus better able to do
his job because he had
more than one head?
Persephone Retold and
illustrated by Warwick
Hutton or Core Knowledge
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Resources
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