Ancient Greece Adventure

Introduction

Ancient Greece - Government, Facts & Timeline | HISTORY

Hello young explorers today we will explore Ancient Greece. Why Ancient Greece you may ask? Greece laid the foundation for many aspects of today's world. They gave is democracy and the olympics! Their art and architecture still inspires us today. Its amazing to see how their ideas and achievements continue to shape our society today.

Task

Start your journey by gaining an overview of Ancient Greece's geographic features and their impact on today's civilization. Your task is to search a few ancient Greek websites that are provided to search for geographic features and their impact. Once you are done researching you will select three geographic features and describe them as well as locate them on your map handout.

Geographic Features 

Mediterranean Sea

Mount Olympus

Crete Island

Rhodes Island 

Acropolis 

Temple of Apollo 

Epidaurus

Process

In this web quest, you will research different  Ancient Greece geographic features 

Part 1 

Students will click on the links provided to gather information about Greece's geographic features 

https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Greece

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/greece/10-facts-about-the-ancient-greeks/

 https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greece.html

 https://greece.mrdonn.org/maps.html

 

Part 2 

Pick three Greece geography features that interest you and write on the back of your map what you learned 

Part 3 

Now that you have three features picked decide on one and share it with a classmate for peer discussion.

 

Evaluation

Make sure to submit your map at the end of class as an exit ticket!

Conclusion

Congratulations young explorer you have completed your first adventure can't wait to see what we explore next!

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