Teacher Name Mr.

Stevens

Date/Day of week Friday November 11, 2022

Subject Social Studies

Grade Level 7th

Student Learning Target How, what, why

I will be able to summarize the major achievements of Ancient Greece using the
different stations to show the influence of Greek culture throughout the world

Success Criteria Detailed “what” into checkpoints

● Identify the major philosophers
● Identify the major literature
● Explain the olympics
● Explain greek language and alphabet

Colorado Academic 1.1: Use a variety of primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives to
Standards formulate an appropriate thesis supported by evidence.
b: Examine primary and secondary sources to identify points of view while
formulating historical claims and questions. For example: art, eyewitness
accounts, letters and diaries, artifacts, historical sites, charts, graphs, diagrams,
and written texts
1.2. The historical context of significant current events, individuals, groups, ideas, and
themes within regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and their relationships with one
another.
a. Identify and explain the historical context of key people, regions, events,
and ideas; including the roots of current issues. For example: Mansa
Musa, the conflicts in the Middle East, the Black Death, and
Confucianism.
b. Investigate and evaluate the social, political, cultural and technological
development of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere. For example: the
river valley civilizations, Hammurabi’s Code, the Hellenistic period, and
the printing press

Do Now (5-7 minutes) ● Agenda/Planner

● Warm-ups: Friday check in (5-10 min)

**Homeroom = Spirit Store (15 mins) **

Launch (7-15 minutes) Build background knowledge/connect to previous learning.

I Do/We Do ● Students will move to the station they left off with the day before (5 min)
Exploration (15-25 Actively monitor student work.
minutes) Students will be allowed 8 min per station
You Do ○ Art - sculptures
■
○ Architecture - columns, Parthenon
■ Short vocab section with STEM activity
○ Literature - Homer Iliad and Odyssey
■ Primary source short readings of Iliad and Odyssey with necessary info
on Homer
○ Philosophy - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
■ Exerts of each philosopher and their beliefs reading and corresponding
info with each
○ Olympics
■ Reading on the table with corresponding info
○ Greek language - roots
■ Primary source pictures of the 3 types of language with necessary info.
Greek alphabet comparison to english source
○ History -Thucydides and Herodotus
■
○ Math/Science - Euclid Geometry & Archimedes inventions
■ Students will make an Archimedes screw
● Students will maneuver around the different stations to complete their research on the
different major achievements of Ancient Greece
○ Each group will have a list of websites and guiding questions to answer to assist
in background and everyone gaining correct information. Have examples of
good credible websites for each group (35 min)

Summary (7-10 minutes) Use of Collaborative Structures to share/summarize student learning.

● Students will return to their normal tables
○ One rep from each table group is to turn in answer sheets to class bin (5 min)

Closing (2-3 minutes) Ticket out the Door

● Table groups will split one piece of paper between everyone at their table
○ In 3-5 words, students will write what THEY believe was the greatest
achievement by the Ancient Greek.
○ Have students put a check mark to signify yes or an x to signify no next to their
answer if they achieved the learning target of understanding influence of Greek
culture. (5 min)

Differentiation planning for various learning styles, EL, IEP, GT, etc.
Materials & Resources needed:

Teacher: Students:
● projector ● Writing utensil
● Chromebooks
●

Assessment:

Formative: Finished group presentation

Summative: Begins 12/5

Additional planning notes, homework, etc.