Ancient Greece

The Parthenon.

SUNY Oneonta,  http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH209/Parthenon_gallery.html, 29 March 2014.

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars - Upcoming Activities:
       * Greece Map Quiz - 4/1/14
       * Ongoing work on Ancient History Timeline Project - Greece Unit dates due 4/7/14
       * Mock Trial of Socrates & Mediterranean Feast - 4/10/14
                      Come to school in costume 4/10/14
                      Major Speaking Roles - speech due 4/10/14
                      Non-Major Speaking Roles - essay due 4/14/14
                      Major Speaking Roles - summary due 4/14/14
       * Greece Unit Test - Objective portion (no essay) - 4/15/14
                      Specific study materials:
                              1) Greece Main Ideas and Timeline (See Resources 3/24/14)
                              2) Textbook Notes (See Resources 3/26/14)
                              3) Democracy and Greece - Teacher's Lecture Notes (See Resources 3/31/14)
                              4) Greek City-States Review - Teacher's Outline (Resources - top of page)
                               5) Socrates Research (See Resources 4/2/14)
 Pericles

Death of Socrates

    Socrates

Pericles. Bio.True Story, http://www.biography.com/people/pericles-9437722, 29 March 2014.

Death of Socrates. Boston College, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/neocl_dav_soc.html. 29 March 2014..                                       

Socrates. Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551948/Socrates, 29 March 2014.

In the Spotlight!

Please check out these amazing Ancient History Blogs.  This is a year-long project for the 8th grade scholars.

Lakelin's Blog                                                                Anna's Blog                                                      

Thompson's Blog                                                          Ashlyn's Blog

Mac's Blog                                                                     Katherine's Blog

Emma's Blog                                                                 Maeve's Blog

Celia's Blog                                                                   Ender's Blog

Joey's Blog                                                                    Sydni's Blog  

Laura's Blog                                                                  Colin's Blog
Will's Blog                                                                      Austin's Blog 
Tiffany's Blog                                                                 Jackson's Blog
Lauren T.'s Blog

The Refrigerator - The students post work they are proud of as their "Refrigerator" - what you would hang on your fridge at home. 

Unit Pages - They also create a page for each unit of study for this class.  On this page they display examples of their writing, what they think about what they are learning, research, or projects they created during the unit.

The Ancient History Timeline Project - This ongoing project is designed to help the students see and understand the correlation of events in history.  They can compare what was going on concurrently in different places and cultures, recognize the interaction and transfer of ideas across civilizations, find catalysts causing specific effects, as well as registering events which affect the history of the ancient world.

Take a Break!

See in-class list of things we did in class today.  If you completed all of these items, you have

 NO HOMEWORK!  HAVE A HAPPY SPRING BREAK!

If you didn't:
1)- must have Timeline corrected by 3:00 Fri. 3/14 for chance at 100% - or you get the grade on grading sheet. (Can make arrangements to finish over Spring Break for less than 100%.) These dates were due Feb. 24.
2) - must have Bronze Age Aegean page w/essays and images
3) - must have new post on blog (don't delete old posts, just add new if yours is really old)

Myth Puppet Shows

Orion Myth - 1st Hr.