1. How have ancient cultures influenced modern ones?
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How have ancient cultures influenced modern ones?
Democracy, trade and the arts were predominant aspects of culture in Athens. What are predominant aspects of our culture?
In ancient Greece, farms and villages joined to form city-states. What places today are similar to the city-states of ancient Greece?

2. Columns – slender, upright, cylindrical structures or posts
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Amazing Words
Columns – slender, upright, cylindrical structures or posts
What function do columns serve? What are columns made of?
Give examples of places were you might find columns
Pavilion – a building, often somewhat open, that is used for shelter
The swimmers took shelter from the sudden storm in the beach pavilion.
Compare a pavilion with an acropolis.

3. What does military mean on page 366?
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Comprehension Check
Why do you think the author provides chapter titles and section headings?
The author includes numerous graphic sources, such as photos of artifacts and ruins, captions, and a map of ancient Greece. How do these features affect your reading of the selection?
Pericles planned to make Athens a model for other cities. Do you think he was successful?
What does military mean on page 366?
What other expository texts about an ancient civilization have you read?

4. As you read pages 368-369, think about:
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As you read pages , think about:
Use context clues to determine the meaning of rivals on page Give a synonym and an antonym for it.
Summarize the accomplishments of Alexander the Great.
Why do you think the colonies adopted Greek culture as their own?

5. As you read pages 370-371, think about:
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As you read pages , think about:
Why do you think Greek pottery was considered the most valuable of the ancient Western world?
Do you think the photograph at the top of page 370 is a good choice for the text on this page?
How might the last paragraph on page 371 be different if Hippocrates had written it in the first person point of view?

6. As you read pages 372-373, think about:
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As you read pages , think about:
What do you learn from the photograph on page 372?
What do you think is important about the contribution of Herodotus and other Greek writers of history?
What is the Socratic method of teaching?

7. As you read pages 374-375, think about:
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As you read pages , think about:
Do you think the photograph of the Supreme Court building on page 375 is a good example of the lasting influence of Greek culture?
Why did children bring their toys to the temple when they reached a certain age?
Change this opinion into an opinion: He became known as Alexander the Great.
What do you think the Hellenistic Age was?
Answer the critical thinking questions

8. Read and Comprehend
Fluency Practice

9. Research and Study Skills
Read and Comprehend
Research and Study Skills
Time Line
A time line is a graph that shows events in the order in which they take place
Often looks like a ruler
Date span on a timeline depends on the information covered
Dates or times are show in proportional distance to one another
A break or gap shows that a span of time has been omitted

10. Joins words, phrases and sentences
Language Arts
Conjunctions
Joins words, phrases and sentences
Coordinating and correlating conjunctions combine two or more subjects, predicates or sentences
Subordinating conjunctions like independent and dependent clauses in sentences
Use a conjunction to join the following:
They learned Greek dances. They ate Greek food.
The games are called the Olympics. They took place in Olympia.
Pericles came to power. Greece became a democracy.

11. Practice your spelling words.
Language Arts
Practice your spelling words.
Begin with the words you missed on the pre-test

12. Language Arts
Look at page 379.
Take out your topic list. You will use the organizer to start taking notes on the section you chose.
You’ll revise them tomorrow, so today, just get the information on paper.