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Architecture - The Parthenon

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Title:

Architecture - The Parthenon

URL:

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Learning Activity

Overview:

In this passage, students will learn about Greek architecture, like painting, literature, and other forms of art that reflect the ideals of the people who build it. The Parthenon is the best example of ancient Greek architecture. The structure, created between 447 B.C.E. and 432 B.C.E., tells us a lot about the Greek way of thinking.

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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.

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architecture, arts, Classical Greece, intellectual life, literature, politics, science

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Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

Architecture - The Parthenon