Ancient Greece – Common Core Lessons & Activities

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How to Use the Ancient Greece - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!

Click HERE to view sample pages from this book.

Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click HERE.
• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.

The Ancient Greece - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook includes:
• Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!

Here is the Table of Contents for the Ancient Greece - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
Pericles & Alexander: Reading Informational Text GO1
Ancient Greece Geography: Reading Informational Text
Greek Prefixes and Suffixes: Vocabulary G
History of Ancient Greece: Chronological Events GO12
Trojan War: Reading Informational Text
Athenian vs. U.S. Democracy: Reading Informational Text GO1
Greek Philosophers: Reading Informational Text
Greek Philosopher Quotes: Summarizing Information G
Ancient Greece: Important Elements of Ancient Greece GO4
Athens vs. Sparta: Reading Informational Text GO1
Ancient vs. Modern Olympic Games:Reading Informational Text G
Greek Mythology: Reading Informational Text
Athenian Agora: Graphical Data Analysis
Greek vs. Modern Architecture: Comparison of Primary Sources G
Speeches of Pericles & Lincoln: Comparison of Primary Sources G
Common Core State Standards Correlations

G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8 1/2" x 11" online download HERE.

(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)