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DRAFT For Review Purposes Only These draft materials are intended to provide teachers with insight into the content and structure of the Listening & Learning strand of Core Knowledge Language Arts materials. Revised materials produced specifically for NYSED, including materials from the Skills Strand, will be posted on this site in 2013. These new materials will include explicit alignment with Common Core State Standards, additional support for English Language Learners, and images and texts compliant with Creative Commons Licensing. For more information on how to explore these materials, please see the Getting Started resources posted alongside these files on EnagageNY.org. The Core Knowledge Language Arts Program Grade 2 Listening & Learning Strand Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology The Ancient Greek Civilization Version 2.0 Published by the Core Knowledge Foundation www.coreknowledge.org Pilot Edition Version 2.0 Copyright © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation, with the exception of the read-aloud selections written solely by James Weiss (noted on the credits page), which are copyrighted by James Weiss. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks and trade names are shown in this book strictly for illustrative and educational purposes and are the property of their respective owners. References herein should not be regarded as affecting the validity of said trademarks and trade names. No part of this work may be photocopied or recorded, added to an information storage or retrieval system, posted to the Web, or otherwise reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the Core Knowledge Foundation, unless said reproduction or transmission is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. 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High Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902. © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation © 2010 Core TABLE OF CONTENTS The Core Knowledge Language Arts Program The Ancient Greek Civilization Version 2.0 Introduction to The Ancient Greek Civilization. iv Lesson 1 The Ancient Greeks . 1 Lesson 2 Mount Olympus, Part I . 13 Lesson 3 Mount Olympus, Part II . 26 Lesson 4 The Olympic Games . 38 Lesson 5 All for Sparta . 52 Lesson 6 Athens and the Olive Tree . 64 Lesson 7 Athens: The Birthplace of Democracy. 75 Pausing Point 1. 87 Lesson 8 Marathon . 95 Lesson 9 Thermopylae: The Persians Strike Again . .108 Lesson 10 The Great Thinkers of Greece . .120 Lesson 11 Alexander the Great, Part I . .134 Lesson 12 Alexander the Great, Part II . .146 Pausing Point 2. .159 Domain Assessment . .166 Appendix . .169 © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation The Ancient Greek Civilization | Introduction iii Introduction to The Ancient Greek Civilization This introduction includes the necessary background information to be used in teaching The Ancient Greek Civilization domain. The Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology for The Ancient Greek Civilization contains twelve daily lessons, each of which is composed of two distinct parts, so that the lesson may be divided into smaller chunks of time and presented at different intervals during the day. The entire lesson will require a total of 60 minutes. We have included two Pausing Points in this domain, one after Lesson 7, and another after Lesson 12. You may wish to pause and spend one to two days reviewing, reinforcing, or extending the material taught prior to the Pausing Point. You should spend no more than sixteen days total on this domain. Along with this anthology, you will need: • Tell It Again! Media Disk or the Tell It Again! Flip Book for The Ancient Greek Civilization • Tell It Again! Image Cards for The Ancient Greek Civilization • Tell It Again! Workbook for The Ancient Greek Civilization • Tell It Again! Posters for The Ancient Greek Civilization You will fi nd the Instructional Objectives and Core Vocabulary for this domain below. The lessons that include Student Choice/ Domain-Related Trade Book Extensions, Image Cards, Parent Letters, Instructional Masters, and Assessments are also listed in the information below. Why The Ancient Greek Civilization Is Important This domain will introduce your students to an ancient civilization whose contributions can be seen in many areas of our lives today. Students will be introduced to the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greeks, to the city-states of Sparta and Athens, and to the philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They will learn about iv The Ancient Greek Civilization | Introduction © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation the fi rst Olympic Games held in honor of Zeus, the signifi cance of the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae, and the conquests of Alexander the Great. Students will also learn about the Greek contribution of democracy and how those ideas are used today in many governments, including our own. In addition, students will work together to write a fi ctional narrative paragraph describing a character’s life in the days of ancient Greece. This domain will lay the foundation for review and further study of ancient Greece in later grades and will help students better understand world history and American history in later years. What Students Have Already Learned in Core Knowledge Language Arts During Kindergarten and Grade 1 The following Kindergarten and Grade 1 domains are particularly relevant to the read-alouds your students will hear in The Ancient Greek Civilization: • Kings and Queens (Kindergarten) • Early World Civilizations (Grade 1) • Early American Civilizations (Grade 1) Listed below are the specifi c content objectives your students targeted in these domains. This background knowledge will greatly enhance your students’ understanding of the read-alouds they are about to enjoy. Students will: • Describe what a king or queen does • Describe a royal family • Identify important factors (children, partnerships, arranged marriages) that ensured a royal family’s success • Describe appropriate dress and manners used in meeting and/or talking with kings and queens • Explain that proper dress and manners in the presence of a member of the royal family is a sign of respect for the importance of that person © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation The Ancient Greek Civilization | Introduction v • Understand that kings usually possess gold and other treasures • Describe the behaviors that reinforce that kings and queens are royal • Discuss the difference between valuing relationships with people and valuing wealth • Explain the importance of rivers, canals, and fl ooding to support farming in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt • Explain why writing is important to a civilization • Explain why rules and laws are important to the development of a civilization • Recognize how a leader is important to the development of a civilization • Understand that a civilization evolves and changes over time • Locate Egypt on a world map or globe, and identify it as a part of Africa • Describe key components of a civilization • Identify and describe the signifi cance of structures built in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt • Describe aspects of religion in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt • Identify Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as major monotheistic world religions • Locate the continents of Asia and North America on a world map or globe • Understand that the Maya, Aztec, and Inca had a religion, leaders, towns, and farming • Understand that the Aztec established a vast empire in central Mexico many, many years ago • Recognize by name the emperor of the Aztec, Moctezuma • Understand that the Inca established a far-ranging empire in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Chile many, many years ago vi The Ancient Greek Civilization | Introduction © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation Instructional Objectives for The Ancient Greek Civilization The following chart contains all of the Core Content Objectives and Language Arts Objectives for this domain, broken down by lesson. The Ancient Greek Civilization Overview Lessons Objectives 123456789101112 Core Content Identify the area of ancient Greece on a map Describe the terrain of ancient Greece and how it affected its development Locate Crete, the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea on a map Defi ne the term civilization Defi ne the term city-state Understand that the ancient Greeks worshipped many gods and goddesses Identify Mount Olympus as the place the ancient Greeks believed was the home of the gods Identify ancient Greece as the site of the original Olympic Games Describe the Olympic Games of ancient Greece Describe how the contributions of the ancient Greek civilization have infl uenced the present Describe the city-state Sparta and the Spartan way of life Understand that Athens is named after the goddess Athena Describe the city-state Athens Describe how the Athenians worshipped Athena Be familiar with the Parthenon Defi ne the term democracy Identify Athens as the birthplace of democracy Understand how Athenian boys and girls were educated © 2010 Core Knowledge Foundation The Ancient Greek Civilization | Introduction vii Lessons Objectives 123456789101112 Core Content Recognize that women did not have as many rights as men in Greek society Compare/contrast life in Sparta and Athens Understand the signifi cance of the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae Identify Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle as famous philosophers of ancient Greece Describe the accomplishments of Alexander the Great Language Arts Use agreed-upon rules for group discussions . (L.2.1) Carry on and participate