Foundations+of+Democracy+Greece,+Rome,+JC,+Magna+Carta

= = =Rise of Democracy in Europe (Greece, Rome, Judeo-Christian/Magna Carta influences) =

Supplemental Web Sites
[|Perseus- Tufts University] [|Exploring Ancient Greece]- Evansville University [|Daily Life in Greece]- Find out what the Greeks did all day! [|Plato's Republic]- MIT (Massachusettes Institute Technology) [|Daily Life in Rome]- Find out what the Romans did all day! [|History of the Olympics]

=Lesson Plans =

Unit – Rise of Democracy  __DATE__: 9/23/09  __TOPIC:__ Intro to Government __Standards: Intro 10.1.1__  __BIG QUESTION__: No BQ- Quiz!  __Homework- PROJECT DUE TOMORROW!__  __ACTIVITIES__:  a. Review answers for Quiz b. Complete Self Assessment!  c. Island Simulation: Students receive the handout with the following info on it: "Plane has crashed and all class stranded on deserted island. Teacher has died. The class has 20 minutes to come up with the following (pre-written on butcher-block paper:_ Name of Island-  Flag Design-  Who will perform the following duties: Hunting for food, Cooking food, Fishing, Exploring the rest of the island, Caring for the sick  What three rules will you need?  How will you enforce the rules?  Who will be responsible for creating new rules in the future? Teacher moves back to computer and begins typing all observations (see tomorrow's activity) d. Students elect reps (or not!) and create rules and consequences for governing the island. __Review Homework Instructions__  __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Quiz results, Island participation.  __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

 Unit – Rise of Democracy __DATE__:9/24/10 TIMELINE PROJECT DUE TODAY! 20% off score on Monday <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Government systems and Assessment __Standards: 10.1__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUEST__ION: Read all comments on your self-assessment and throughout your composition book carefully. Discuss what you would try to improve upon in the next three weeks. What will you differently (try to come up with a sentence about each change you would make!) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: NO HW (Friday) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> a. Discussion of BQ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> b. Reading of Ms. Anders' perspective about what happened on the Island Sim. yesterday." <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">c. Debrief the ESTABLISHING GOV. simulation (Island Control activity) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 1. Write answers to reflections in Comp. Book. Click this for the PROMPT! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 2. Class discussion and sharing of various responses <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Making connections and definitions for "anarchy", "autocratic", democratic" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Written responses to Island reflection. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Unit – Rise of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:9/27 9/28 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Greece __Standards: 10.1__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: 9/27 Explain in your own words what you think //government// is and what it does. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: 9/27 Describe whether you believe the government that you created on Thursday was autocratic or democratic. Explain why. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __9/28 HW- Begin your reading on your assigned historical character! Take notes in your comp. book.__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> a. Study the Map on p.137 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> b. Review the term "philosophy". Illustration of AUTOCRACY and examples c. Definition of Autocratic and Democratic as students draw the gov. diagram in comp. books. 9/28 BQ Illustrate DEMOCRACY <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Terms: Central Powers Review: Autocracy,**Tyranny**, Dictatorship,Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy d. REVIEW OF HW d. Sign A or D if they think various examples given by teacher are autocratic or democratic. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">e. Discuss what it means to "trust the people to lead". <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, summaries, COMP.BOOK CHECK <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit – Rise of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__DATE__:9/29 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Greece __Standards: 10.1__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Look through the images on p. 140-141. What can you learn about Gr. culture from reading these captions? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. Complete Study Guide for Friday's test <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Practice drawing the diagrams of AUTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. TEST FRIDAY! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. Pericles Quote: Extra Credit Due Monday! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ACTIVITIES__: > __Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, presentations, Comp.book. quadrant notes. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) Review BQ
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review Homework
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review of terms Practice on Overhead
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reading of Pericles (20 Extra credit to memorize Pericles' Speech and read it to the class)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review Website (show LESSON PLANS)
 * 6) Begin Slide Show- set up of notes only.

9/30/2010- Power Outage- too hot in classroom- Sat outside in the rain with students. :) No class.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit – Rise of Democracy in Greece <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:10/1/10 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Greece __Standards: 10.1__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Due to power outage yesterday, no BQ- Immediate movement to notes and slide show. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: Study your diagrams and all vocabulary! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: > ===[|Rise of Dem slide show].=== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Complete notes on Greece section of slide show above. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) Review Big Question
 * 2) Show Film of Socrates' death and the four slides on Greek government from
 * 1) Study Guide for Tuesday's test

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Unit__- Rise of Democracy- <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Topic__- Greece- Assessment <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Date 10/4__ BQ- Read about Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato in your text. Who were the, what did they do and why are they important figures? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> HW- QUIZ tomorrow! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES:__ > **EXTRA CREDIT For presenting a memorized theatrical Pericle's speech** (link below) > **Pericles Quote** > <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation__: Notes and BQ discussion
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review BQ- Q-A
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Pericles' quote: " Here in Athens each individual is interested not only own affairs, but in the affairs of the state as well; even those who are mostly occupied by own their own business are extremely well-informed on general politics- we do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business at all." Pericles (student handout)- (extra credit for those who orate it to the class by Fri.)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete notes on historical figures. Partners secured with new seats.
 * 1) Review for Quiz- think,pair,share activity.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Closure__: Review HW

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit – Rise of democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__: 10/5 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__TOPIC:__ ROME contributions __Standards: 10.1.2__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: __BQ__- Look at the chart (VENN diagram) at the bottom of p. 134. What are the similarities and differences between Athenian and American democracies? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: Sumarize the Peloponnesian War in your own words. P. 137!! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> a. Discussion of BQ c. Test on Greece! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation____:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, homework and quiz results. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">b **. Pass out Notes for Foundations of Democracy unit.**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit – Rise of democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:10/7 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ ROME __Standards: 10.1.2__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Describe Greece's government (use your notes!) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: Read about the Early Republic (p156) and describe the power struggle between the patricians and the plebians. (Paragraph form- SEXI) __Extra Credit: Memorize Virgil’s Aeneid__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, quiz results, homework clarity, notes on Rome <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussion of BQ
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review of Greece terms from test yesterday
 * 3) Introduce Rome and review HW about extent of Roman Empire.
 * 4) Begin Rome slides!

Topic: Introduction to Rome Date: 10/8 HW- Memorize Virgil's Aeneid BQ: Read Virgil's Aeneid and describe in your own words what he is saying about the Greeks and Romans Activities: 1. Review BQ 2. Stamp and Review Rome Map 3. Practice Poem. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. Google Earth from Lakeside to Rome <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 5. Map of world review- Greece, Italy, Israel, Medit. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, map identification of Rome, Italy and Greece <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Unit Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__: 10/11/10 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Rome __Standards: 10.1.3__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Read P. 157 in text- COMPARE and CONTRAST Roman and US branches of government <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework:__ Summarize your notes and what you learned about The Roman Empire (depending on time). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, notes on Rome <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) Review BQ
 * 2) Practice Poem
 * 3) Begin Rome slides- Notes & Discussion- Cornell Notes<span class="wiki_link_ext">__- Slide show-__[| Greece, Rome, and Judeo Christianity]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:10/12- 10/13 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Greek Assessment Review+ Rome __Standards: 10.2.3__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Add detail on your Rome visuals of the //Aeneid// and practice the lines as you draw! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, notes on Rome. Poem performances <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Performances of Aeneid.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete Rome slides (see above link)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Closure summary of slides!

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__: 10/14 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Review of Greece and Rome __Standards: 10.1.3__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Read the chart on page 296 and summarize all the similarities you can among the six major religions. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: Read page 292 and 293 in your textbook and summarize what it means to be Jewish. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: > ===[|Rise of Dem slide show]=== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, notes, quadrant activity <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussion of BQ
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish Poem presentations of Virgil
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Begin Slide show of Judeo-Christianity (Cornell Notes!)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Begin HW

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:10/15 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Judeo-Christian Foundations __Standards: 10.1.3__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Read blue box. p.169 from Luke. What do you think the Apostle Luke was trying to say in your own words? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: Read p. 286-287 Summarize what it means to be Christian. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, notes on Judeo-christian influences and completion of quadrant activity. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Discussion of BQ
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Begin quadrant activity
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review sheet for Fri. test!
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Begin Homework.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Closure- Rapid fire Q-A

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit- Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:10/18 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ How our brains work! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Read the Brainology Article!! Divide your paper in half -two columns "Fixed Mindset" and "Growth Mindset". Take notes on what each one means. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: Read p286-287 (Links to Judaism) Summarize what it means to be Christian.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, homework, complete 1-10 of review sheet? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussion of BQ
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussion
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Summary- Which one are you!

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit - Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__: 10/19 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Review of Judeo- Christian Traditions __Standards: 10.2.2__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Read p.385 Effects of the Crusades- What happened during the crusades and what was their legacy (how are they remembered?) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: p290-291 and summarize what it means to be Muslim. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Discussion of BQ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Short day due to Min. Day <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit - Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:Assessment Judeo-Christian/GR/Rome influences__ __Standards:10.1.3__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Date__ 10/20 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Using the atlas in the back of the book, find the tiny country of Israel, Turkey, France and Spain. Color in all the countries you can point to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review BQ
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Google Earth: Identify: Rome, Greece, Italy, Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Mali, Spain, France, UK
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete [|Rise of Dem slide show]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click this and then [|click for the videos] and watch CH.2 and CH.7 only
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Begin Quadrant Activity

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit - Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:10/21 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Review + King John Play __Standards: 10.2.2__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__HW:__ Complete Study Guide using the text!! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Read the Magna Carta! Look at at R48 (back of your text (primary source)- Read the top of the page and the passages in the Magna Carta. What do you understand the Magna Carta to be? What kind of laws are spelled out? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 1. Discuss BQ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Debrief actors and expectations. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. Begin Study Guide! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 4. Review Study Guide terms <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 5. Self Assessments!!! Comp. book collection. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, play performance! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Unit - Foundations of Democracy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __DATE__:9/22 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __TOPIC:__ Magna Carta- Review of UNIT __Standards: 10.2.2__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __BIG QUESTION__: Look through your notes and readings about your historical character. How do they feer power should be controlled? What is their ideal (perfect) form of government? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Homework__: STUDY FOR UNIT TEST TUES! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __ACTIVITIES__: > <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Review Homework Instructions__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __Evaluation:__ Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, performance of actors! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __CLOSURE:__ Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review Magana Carta Q-A
 * 2) The Magna Carta British Influences- p.394-395 and R48 (see Magna Carta sample in back of the book)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Presentation of play by the actors!
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review game for unit test.