Essential questions:

How did the ancient greek civilization influence our lives today?

How do you predict it wll influence us in the future?

Introduction: We will research specific aspects of life in ancient Greece, making a correlation to life today and predicting the future of your topic.

Process:

1. You will be assigned to a small group.

2. Your group will randomly choose a topic: Education Government Theater Sports

3. Your group will create a PowerPoint presentation answering the following questions: How did it start? Give background. How did it exist in ancient Greece? Tell about it. Why did it exist? How did it evolve from 550 B.C. to the present? What changes does your group predict will occur in the future?

Links: Greek education Education-At this site, go to New Book of Knowledge, quick search Ancient Greece education, click on education, go to Ancient Greece education Specific government facts - At this site, go to New Book of Knowledge, quick search-Ancient Greece government, click find "Ancient Greece", go to forms of government Government Theater Infoplease That's Greece Theater Sports in Greece Olympic sports

 

Credits

Picture of Parthenon: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/ pics/parthenon.jpg

Picture of masks: http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_arts.htm

Picture of books: http://www.teacherfiles.com/

Picture of flying baseball: © 1999-2002 www.barrysclipart.com

Picture of scale: http://www.inki.com/clipart/images/thumbnails/SCALE2S.gif