Ancient Athens: A Travelers Guide

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Ancient Athens A Travelers Guide

• Teacher Pages
• Alicia V. Multer

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Introduction

• The teacher pages will help you to
• Integrate the webquest into the Massachusetts
  social studies state curriculum frameworks for
  6th grade
• Evaluate student work with the rubric provided

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Purpose of the Webquest

• To introduce a unit on the study of the Golden
  Age in ancient Greece.
• To provide a starting point for the study of
  daily life during the Golden Age.
• To provide links to appropriate websites and
  print materials.

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How to Use the Webquest

• Designed for a 2 or 3 day introductory lesson to
  the Golden Age of Ancient Greece.
• Assigned after the study of the Early Greek
  Period.

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Massachusetts Frameworks Curriculum Standards

• This webquest aligns with the state of
  Massachusetts curriculum frameworks for grades
  5-6 social studies of world cultures

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Massachusetts Frameworks

• 61HSS B5. They map the growth and decline of
  empires.
• 199HSS D5. Students trace the development of
  the idea of citizenship, with a focus on ancient
  Greece and Rome
• 204HSS E2. Drawing on Core Knowledge in History
  for this and earlier grade spans, students
  identify the characteristics of a democratic
  government.

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Students Will Learn

• Location of major cities during the Golden Age in
  Ancient Greece
• Geography of Ancient Greece
• Types of homes
• Daily life of people
• Transportation during the Golden Age in Ancient
  Greece

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Students Should Be Able to

• Log ON and OFF computer
• Use keyboard
• Access files

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Prior Knowledge of Greece

• Early Greece
• The city-state of Athens
• Peloponnesian War
• Alexander the Great and his influences

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Task

• The student will create a travel brochure for
  Ancient Greece.
• Using the links and print materials provided,
  they will gather data regarding daily life in
  Ancient Greece.

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Task

• All information will be incorporated into the
  brochure.
• Instructor to use the rubric provided to assess
  student work.

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Webquest Materials

• Photographs, illustrations, graphics
• Links to helpful related sites
• References to print materials
• Rubrics

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Evaluation

• Student will refer to rubric during creation of
  travel brochure.
• Teacher will use the rubric to assess student
  work.

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Webquest Links

• http//www.ancientgreece.com/
• http//www.historyforkids.org/
• http//oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/educatio
  n/projects/webunits/greecerome/
• http//www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/graphics/hella
  s2.gif

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Webquest Links

• http//www.indiana.edu/kglowack/athens/sites.html
  
• http//www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/greek.h
  tml
• http//www.isd196.k12.mn.us/Schools/gl/Greece/trad
  e.html
• http//www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

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More Resources

• A Message of Ancient Days Houghton
  Mifflin Company 1999
• Early Times The Story of Ancient Greece by
  Suzanne Strauss Art
• Eyewitness Books Ancient Greece Dorling
  Kindersley 1992 by Anne Pearson
• History of Ancient Greece
  By Nathaniel Harris

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A Travel Brochure Will

• Allow the student to research data in an
  organized fashion.
• Allow the student to understand daily life during
  Golden Age of Greece.
• Allow the student to creatively display the
  research data.

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Webquest Feedback

• Send all feedback to the following
• multera_at_holliston.k12.ma.us