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Date:September 23, 2008Objective:SWBAT describe Greek geography, and explain how it impacted the civilization; SWBAT place dates on a timeline, and answer questions using the information on the timeline.GLE:3b.G-describe the dominant characteristics, contributions of, and interactions among major civilizations of Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East in ancient and medieval times.5.C-describe physical characteristics and human characteristics that make specific places uniqueOpening:Ask students to look at the map of Greece. What do they notice about it? (hopefully they will mention water). Remind them how water was so important to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations.INM: Take notes on the geography of Ancient Greece, and how it affected different aspects of the civilization.GP: Have students complete the ‘quick-write’ at the bottom of the notes.Look at the Ancient Greece Timeline. As a class, fill in the missing dates (400BC, 200 and 600BC). Draw lines by hand into the timeline to represent the 50s (ie 450, 350, 250, etc). Remind students that since we are on the BC side of the map, it is like a negative numberline, and we go from the ‘largest’ number to the ‘smallest’ one.As a class, fill in the first several dates with events from the list. Then have students fill in the rest of the dates on their own.IP: worksheet.
Geography of Ancient GreeceMap of Ancient GreeceDate:Topic:What is the Geography of Ancient Greece like?How does its Geography impact (affect) how Ancient Greece developed?-small in size(about the size of Louisiana)-lots of islands-many miles of seacoast-many Mountains, which separate Greece into small parts-mountains separateddifferent cities, causing each city to be isolated. Each city developed a unique culture. This also led to warfare between the cities-Lots of water encouraged the Greek people to be fishermen. It also allowed them to sail away from Greece and make contact with the outside world.