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Classical Greek Society and Culture

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Title:

 Classical Greek Society and Culture

URL:

 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/ancient-medieval/classical-greece/v/golden-age-of-athens-pericles-and-greek-culture

Content Source:

 Other
Khan Academy
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This is a video from Khan Academy about Classical Greece and its cultural contributions.  This video can be used to introduce a lesson on the cultural contributions of Classical Greece.  The video is 10 minutes and 9 seconds in length.

Content Standard(s):
Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 8
World History to 1500
4 ) Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.

Unpacked Content
Strand: History, Civics and Government
Course Title: World History to 1500
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • Analyze and compare cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, architecture, and science
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • cultural contributions
  • Classical Greece
  • politics
  • intellectual life
  • oligarchy
  • democracy
  • representative democracy
  • direct democracy
  • philosophy
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • The cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including the areas of politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.
  • The social and political structures of various city-states throughout Greece's Classical Era.
  • The contribution of Greek democracy to the American system of government.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Analyze textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
  • Locate places on a map.
  • Describe how geography influenced Greek culture.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • There were many cultural contributions of Classical Greece, in government, politics, arts, history, philosophy, drama, literature, architecture, math, and science.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.8.4- Locate the ancient Greek peninsula on a map; identify at least one significant contribution from ancient Greece in the fields of politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, or science.
Tags: Aristotle, Classical Greece, Euclid, Plato, Pythagoras
License Type: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses
AccessibilityVideo resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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