1. Bellringer
Directions: Copy down this Venn Diagram.

2. Geography
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3. Weekly Jobs
At the end of each class students are required to make sure their group is clean and everything is turned in.
#1-Turn in all work (Make sure group work is stapled and folded correctly!)
#2-Wipe down all desks in group.
#3 and #4- Clean up ANYTHING around your group’s area (paper, trash, etc.)

4. Before—Guess the Lesson
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Before—Guess the Lesson

5. Guess the Lesson—Possible Answers
Greece
Rome
Colosseum
Philosophers
Spartans

6. Learning Goals
ALCOS #8:Determine political, military, cultural, and economic forces that contribute to cooperation and conflict among people.
Goal: Tell me how ancient civilizations led to the creation of many political ideologies we use today.

7. End Read—Pgs. 256-257 Read through “Roots of Democracy” then STOP.
3’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term defined.)
1’s : Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of our lesson.)
2’s: Topic Illustrator (On your daily work page, draw a picture that relates to the information on page Explain how it relates to what you read.)

8. The roots of democracy can be traced back to Athens in ancient Greece.
People entered present-day Greece around 50,000 BC and civilization started around 1,900 BC.
As time continued on, these civilizations turned into independent city-states; the most important city-states were Athens and Sparta.

10. Earliest forms of government in the city-states were monarchies, but this changed when aristocrats, upper class advisors began to gain influence.
Democracy in Athens was limited to only men, but elections were fair. Sparta was ruled by a group of warriors and was much more of a warrior culture.
Athens and Sparta united to fight the Persian empire, but became enemies after the war.

11. End QARs Where can the roots of democracy be traced to?
What were the two most important Greek city-states?
What were upper-class advisors known as?

12. End Read—Pgs. 258-259 Read through “Classical Greece” then STOP.
2’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term defined.)
3’s : Topic Illustrator (On your daily work page, draw a picture that relates to the information on page Explain how it relates to what you read.)
1’s: Graphic Organizer (Create a KWL chart using our KWL template with the rule.)

13. Pericles, the leader of Athens, inherited a golden age, which is a period of great wealth and power.
Pericles had three goals: Strengthen democracy, spread the empire, and make Athens more beautiful.

14. Many advancements were made in the Greek culture during the golden age and many new teachings were created by philosophers, people who examine questions about the universe.
The Greek golden age ended after the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, which Sparta won.

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QARs
Pericles of Athens inherited what type of period in which his empire was powerful and wealthy?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are examples of what?

16. End Read—Pgs. 260-261 Read through “The Republic of Rome” then STOP.
1’s: Internet Researcher (Using your phone or tablet, find one piece of information regarding Religion and include the website address.)
2’s : Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of our lesson.)
3’s: Questioner (While reading, create three questions that could be used as a test question, include answers.)

17. According to legend, Rome was founded by two brothers that were believed to be sons of a God and raised by a wolf.
It is now believed that a group called the Latins founded Rome around 800 B.C.

18. After living under tyrant rule for nearly a century, Romans finally rebelled and created a republic—a system of government where people elect officials to make laws and conduct politics.

19. After centuries of being a world power, the Roman Republic began to crack under pressure from citizens as well as other politicians.
A general named Julius Caesar took control but was eventually murdered by a group of Senators.
Caesar’s nephew Augustus formed the Roman Empire—government led by an Emperor.

20. End Read—Pg. 262 Read through “The Roman Empire” then STOP.
1’s: Internet Researcher (Search “The Roman Empire” on your phone and write down one key fact you find. Also, write down the website address.)
2’s : Topic Illustrator (On your daily work page, draw a picture that relates to the information on page Explain how it relates to what you read.)
3’s: Questioner (Create three test questions from what you read, and also add the answers.)

21. Rome’s decline continued until a series of poor rulers left Rome in a position to be invaded by Germanic people to the north that the Romans considered to be barbarians.
In 330 A.D. Emperor Constantine moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople.

22. End QARs Who is believed to have founded Rome around 800 B.C.?
What type of political system was established after Roman tyrant rule?
Who moved the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 A.D.?

23. QAR Answers Where can the roots of democracy be traced to?
Athens, Greece
What were the two most important Greek city-states?
Sparta and Athens
What were upper-class advisors known as?
Aristocrats
Pericles of Athens inherited what type of period in which his empire was powerful and wealthy?
A Golden Age
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are examples of what?
Philosophers
Who is believed to have founded Rome around 800 B.C.?
Latins
What type of political system was established after Roman tyrant rule?
Republic
Who moved the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 A.D.?
Constantine

24. End After—3-2-1 3—Things you already knew. 2—Things you learned
1—Question you still have.