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Presentation and Reflections by UM-St.Louis Student Teacher --Winter 2006

DANIELLE MERRITT

Language and Literature (Station A)
In the first station on Language and Literature, the students work through a packet titled “Our Greek Heritage”. They make connections between our English words and the Greek origins of the words.
Students work in groups at each station to help one another through the tasks asked of them in their directions sheet. Students may use any resource they see fit to help them answer the questions: group members, dictionaries, and help sheets located in the station.
Military Power (Station B)
In the second station students learn about the military power of the ancient Greeks. They learn this information through a reading selection and then use the organizational tool of sticky notes to organize 5 facts on the back of the reading.
Sports and Entertainment (Station C)
In the third station students learn about different sports that the ancient Greeks enjoyed playing and watching. The students read a selection and write down 5 facts about sports and entertainment in ancient Greece.
Students then work on answering an Olympic Games review sheet after they have read the story of the beginning of the Olympic Games. They again work with their group or team to help one another answer the questions. This entire stations project is a student lead activity. At the end of this station students work on creating their own sports news article using one of the sports played during ancient Greece.
Art and Architecture (Station D)
In the fourth station the groups learn about the amazing advances in art and architecture that the ancient Greeks accomplished. The groups will learn about the great architectural styles of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, as well as great buildings such as the Parthenon.
During the station on Greek art and architecture, students attempt to support the weight of a book with just one paper column. Will it work? You'll have to try it and see.
Theater (Station E)
In this fifth station, each group of students will read the play “Antigone” by Sophocles and will answer a worksheet on it.
Science and Math (Station F)
The final station is on the scientific and mathematical achievements the Greeks made. Students will learn and experiment with the Pythagorean Theorem, and the builder's triangle.
Students work to answer some brain teasers, and read what Socrates had to say, and what he did. They also read a part of the Hippocratic Oath and try to answer a few questions about what it means.

 

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