Greek Legacies Part II

Today, students learned about the rest of the Greek legacies (architecture, classification, Hippocratic oath, marathon, Socratic method).  The last three students competed for the championship in thumb wrestling.  Students viewed videos the modern discus and javelin to compare to the Ancient Olympics.  

Greek Legacies!!!

Today, students watched two videos, one about Pankration and the other about Greco-Roman wrestling.  Students discussed the difference between modern and ancient versions. Next, students discussed and created a set of notes for the following legacies: Olympics, Democracy, trial by jury, epics and mythology.  Students competed in the third round of thumb wrestling. The championship is tomorrow!

Map Questions and Greek Legacies

Today, students checked their maps and answered a set of thinking questions to make observations and judgments about the geography.  Next, some students competed in round two of the thumb wrestling tournament.  Finally, we started a discussion on the legacies of Ancient Greece.  Students will be doing test retakes all week.  

Maps of Greece and Olympic Wrestling

Today, students began class by learning about Pankration (boxing and wrestling) and Ancient Olympic wrestling.  Students competed in a thumb wrestling competition. The next round of competition will take place tomorrow, students needed a record of 2-1 or 3-0 to move on.  Finally, students finished their maps of Greece.  During work time, I pulled students to the front of the room for a quiz conference.  Retakes must be done by Friday or students will have a detention.

Late Start and Quiz

ELO 3 - I can describe the dynasty cycle and classify dynasties with their contributions

After some quick instructions students started on their quizzes. If students finished early, students could practice drawing some Chinese characters on the back of their quiz.  Tomorrow students will have quiz conferences and learn about the geography of Ancient Greece.

Chinese Dynasty Kahoot

ELO 3 - I can describe the dynasty cycle and classify dynasties with their contributions

Students finished their study guides and competed in a Kahoot!  Mod 6 had the highest percentage of correct answers.  The quiz is tomorrow!

Silk Road and Review

ELO 3 - I can describe the dynasty cycle and classify dynasties with their contributions

Today, students will watch a short video about the Silk Road.  Students will be expected to fill out a handout while viewing.  Below are the questions for the handout. Next, students will review the dynastic cycle as a class.  Finally, students will have the rest of class time to complete their study guides and review.  The quiz is on Thursday!

1. Approximately, how long was the Silk Road? ______________________________________________

2. True/ False. The Silk Road was a single road that started in Rome and ended in China.

3. What types of goods were traded on the Silk Road? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What did the Chinese trade? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What major ideas or concept did the Silk Road help to spread? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Is the idea of global interconnectedness good for the world? Why or why not? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________