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Van Le
Essential Question Unit Questions
How had different cultures and nationalities coexisted peacefully together? How did the Greeks fit into historical timeline? Who are the Greeks?
Content Questions
Unit Title Unit Summary
What are the lifestyles of the Greeks like? What have they contributed to the development of human kind? The World of Greeks
The students will learn how previous cultures are like and what they did to contribute to the today society. The students will learn the way the Greeks did math and how they survive in the land without such technological progress as today. Furthermore, they will learn what a great influence the Greeks had on us and how we incorporate the information we learned from them into our daily lives.
Subject Area(s) (List all subjects that apply)
Math, Technology, History, Science
Grade Level [Click box(es) of all grade level(s) that your Unit targets]
K2 35
Approximate Time Needed
68 912
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5 50minute class periods
Prerequisite Skills
The students before beginning this lesson will already contain basic knowledge of computer use and internet searching
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B. Obtain historical data from a variety of sources, including: library and museum collections, historic sites, historical photos, journals, diaries, eyewitness accounts, newspapers, and the like; documentary films, oral testimony from living witnesses, censuses, tax records, city directories, statistical compilations, and economic indicators. 1 Basic operations and concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems. Students are proficient in the use of technology.
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Students will use and practice their knowledge on computer skills and use it to find information on the given unit
Students are instructed to search on the net for historical information on the Greeks. While searching, students will also learn the appropriate way to search the net in order to not waste time. Questions will be given to the students in order for them to answer while searching. They will be finding everything they can about the Greeks. This is a 20 minutes session. Before starting, they will brainstorm a list of what they already know and what they want to know about the Greeks. That way, they will be more focus during internet searching.
This activity will be located in the computer lab. The teacher will help them in the brainstorming process but will only be there to make sure the students are on the right track. The students will be paired up in teams in order to save time.
Students along with teacher will search online using computer and put all the information found together.
The questions given out will get picked up at the end of the class. There will also be an overview at the end of the searching activity. Students will voice their opinion on how productive the activity was and if they learn anything. There will also be opinion as to what site is resourceful for other students to go view.
Standard 1: The major characteristics
Students will identify the major characteristics of the
In this activity, the students
Part of the class period will be in the computer room and
Students are to go to library
Students will have a process
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of civilization and how civilizations emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus valley 2 Technology research tools Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
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Greeks by using the internet for part of their research. They will also be able to collect information from variety of sources.
will already have a number of information they already found from the first activity. They will organize the information and find the major characteristics of the Greeks. There are given homework assignment where they will have to go to the library to check out books to give them more information. The students will have a final project in the end in their team that they will work on gradually. This is the first part of the final project and they will use the different programs on the computer to create presentation activity such as PowerPoint or slide shows.
the other part of the class period will be in the classroom. Teacher is there to help the students and guide them in the right direction. The students are to work diligently on their project.
as well as go online to find the type of information they need. They will also use different Microsoft software to work on their final project which will be present to the class.
journal which they will write about their process, their opinion, and their advice on the project. This will help the process of assessment on how well the students are learning and where they are at in the project and activity.
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Standard 1: The biological and cultural processes that gave rise to the earliest human communities Standard 2: The processes that led to the emergence of agricultural societies around the world
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2 Technology
The students are going to learn the ways of life and how the Greeks fit into the communities around them. The students will find the relationship the Greeks had with other societies during that time (similarities and differeneces). They will also learn to be creative using technology.
productivity tools Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative
In this activity, the students are to use what they had found before and what they are going to find out now in order to make their final presentation more richly elaborated. The students would first find out about other civilizations around the time of the ancient Greeks and do a compare and contrast paper on the two or more civilizations. When they are done with this paper, they will then add this onto their project. This will be the second addition or part in their project. Since the students already choose the type of presentation they will present, they will be ask to be creative in trying to make this part of the addition appealing to the audience and to promote learning among their peers.
Majority of time for this activity will be at home work. The students are to work together in their teams at home when writing the paper. But there will be time set aside for them to go to the library and go to computer lab to work on their presentation or research. The teacher's role is to make sure that all students are where they are suppose to be and are working together cooperatively.
The students are still using Microsoft programs but they are also using outside resources such as videos, books, magazines, etc. in order to attain more information.
The students are to have a response entry in their journal where will they write their progress and explain what they are doing, then they will pass the entry to two other people who will give them advice and comments.
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works.
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(7) Solving problems. The student uses appropriate computer based productivity tools to create and modify solutions to problems. The student is expected to: (D) demonstrate proficiency in the use of multimedia authoring programs by creating linear or nonlinear projects incorporating text, audio, video, and graphics; (16) Culture. The student understands that certain institutions are basic to all societies, but characteristics of these institutions may vary from one society to another. The student is expected to: (A) identify institutions basic to all societies,
The students main objective in this activity is to learn about what the Greeks contributed mathematically, socially, psychologically, scientifically, etc.
The students are still adding more information and graphics or other media to their final projects. The students are to go out and find information on what they Greeks contributed to the world in the many areas such as mathematics, psychology, and many more. They are still using the internet to find information but they will also be doing something different which is find a professional in the many areas and interview them to get more information on the contribution and what the affects they have on us.
The teacher is there for the students to ask questions. The teacher will first model for the students what she wants them to do in order for them not to get lost.
Still using the various types of presentations, the students are also interviewing live people along with books in order to have every perpectives there are.
The students are to turn in their references by the end of this activity in order to let the teacher knows where all the information are taken from.
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including government, economic, educational, and religious institutions; and (B) Compare characteristics of institutions in selected contemporary societies.
(8) Solving problems. The student uses research skills and electronic communication, with appropriate supervision, to create new knowledge. The student is expected to: (D) use technology in selfdirected activities by sharing products for defined audiences; and (A) use productivity tools to create effective document files for defined audiences such as slide shows, posters, multimedia presentations, newsletters, brochures, or
In this activity, the final project is almost done. The students are able to present their final products to the class with the right technological tools with appropriate multimedia to enhance the presentation. The students will also thoroughly understand the Greeks' culture and the influence they have on the world and vice versa.
The studnets are almost completely done with their final project. They are to evaluate all their information and write a reponse on what they think the Greeks are, how their lifestyles are, their major characteristics, and the impact they have on societies around them and how we are affected by it. The students also need to compare and contrast the Greeks and other civilizations explaining the advancement of the Greeks compare to others. Once done with the paper, they will put this in the end of their project. The students are to find one or two people
The teacher will check over the stduents' projects to make sure that there is no one behind. Give them advice or comments in order to help them on their projects. The students are to make sure that their projects are steer in the right direction and make final touches to them to make it presentable.
Students will have their viewers' comments on their presentation as a resource for them to make it better or any changes. Still, the students are using techonology as part of their project.
The comments and advice given to the students are to be turned in to the teacher and the teacher will use that to assess the students's work. There will also be a private turn in from each student stating what they like and not like about the team work on the project.
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reports; (17) Culture. The student understands relationships that exist among world cultur...