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Greece Project Old News

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​To wrap up your Greek Unit, you will work with classmates to write and produce a newscast about ancient Greece. As with all of your projects, success will depend on combining creativity with good 6th grade research. This project allows you to both work independently to discover even more about ancient Greece and to collaborate with classmates. Just like the Greeks did, you will need to discuss your ideas with other members of your group. Once your group establishes a plan for success, you must work together to make your project great.  

There will be six news segments, each 3-5 minutes long. By the end of the project, your class should have a polished 20-30 minute news program.

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After you find out which news segment your group is responsible for, the first thing you should do is carefully read the instructions and expectations for your "news segment." You should then delegate responsibilities for completing the work.

Remember, your teammates are depending on you. When you have a responsibility, you should take full ownership of the responsibility and complete the task on time and to the best of your ability. You will be graded for individual contributions and for the overall quality of your group’s project.

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Field Report From the Front Lines - The War Report: File a report from a battlefield. Do a live report from Troy during the Trojan War or from the scene of one of the great battles of either the Persian or Peloponnesian Wars. Report on the preparation, progress, or outcome of one of the world’s epic battles. Talk with commanders and soldiers on the ground during the Persian War to record their first ­hand accounts of the action at Marathon, Thermopylae, or Salamis. Talk with Athenians and members of smaller Greek city­-states after the war as Athens establishes the Delian League and then loots its treasury to finance the rebuilding of Athens. Or, while Sparta has the city under siege during the Peloponnesian War , go inside the walls of Athens as the plague begins to consume Athenian Lives.

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From the Politics Desk - The Political Report: Follow the"Road to Democracy," 500 BCE. Cover an election or period of transition from one government to another. Compare the governments of different city­-states. Go to Athens as it reaches the height of democratic rule under Pericles. Go to Sparta and sit in on a meeting of their elders. Show the political process at work in either city­-state.

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Interview a Great Greek: Conduct an interview with one of the “Great” Greeks. Bring your hardball questions to a military hero, a ruler, or a statesman. Find out everything there is to know about a mathematician, an astronomer, or an inventor. Ask them about their latest world­-changing breakthrough. Talk with a famous playwright to discover where they find their inspiration. Or, probe the mind of one of the great philosophers to get answers to all of those unanswerable questions nagging at the back of your mind.

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From the Culture Desk - Critic’s Corner: As an art critic, produce a news feature about Greek art. Your team might explore Minoan murals or the opening of the Parthenon. Or, you could broadcast a review of Greek temples, vases, sculpture, architecture, drama, or poetry.

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From the Sports Desk - An Olympics Update: Live from Olympia, the Olympic Games! Capture the stories of Greek athletes as they compete for glory and honor and, all too often, suffer the agony of defeat in the great festival that honors Zeus. Take us from the action in the Olympic arena to talk with spectators who are there to pay tribute to Zeus and to rally the proud athletes from their homeland. Let your viewers know how it feels to be a part of one of the ancient world’s great celebrations, one of the few occasions where numerous Greek city-states would meet for something other than war.

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From the Science Desk - The Technology Report: Greek inventions, Math, Science and More: Take us behind the scenes of the Greek thinkers and inventors who made fundamental discoveries about physics, astronomy, and engineering. Show us the latest creations from the world of science and explain how those creations work. Visit an inventor's workshop and explore the ways the Greeks helped shape our relationship to the natural world.

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​Goals:
• Practice good 6th grade research.
• Collaborate with others.
• Teach classmates about ancient Greece.



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Group Instructions:
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1) Once your group has been assigned a news topic, review the requirements for your news story and divide responsibilities equally among team members. While everyone will need to appear in front of the camera, you should think about the roles that each team member will play both in front of and behind the camera. You will need to share research, writing, filming, and “on-air” duties. Work together to produce a top quality “professional” news program.

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2) Conduct good research. Research begins with questions. Begin your research with a review of your reading packets. You may also go online and use books to complete your research. With limited time, it’s super important that you stay on task and focus on the most important things about your topic.

3) Help one another write a good script for your news segment. A good script includes both good questions and good answers. A good script for your news segments has to deliver your main research points about the topic that you are covering.


4) Set aside time to film. I can keep my room open before school, after school, and even clear it at lunch to accommodate filming. Talk with me to schedule a time.

5) Have fun!

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Get Started:
The web has thousands of sites filled with information about ancient Greece. Here are just a few to get you started:

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Art/

http://cp.c­ij.com/en/contents/3154/03362/index.html

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

http://people.hsc.edu/drjclassics/lectures/history/history.shtm

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index2.htm

http://www.ancient­greece.org/resources/slides.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/educational/research_links.html
  links to several topics
FIELD REPORT
SPORTS REPORT
POLITICAL REPORT
CULTURE REPORT
INTERVIEW
TECHNOLOGY REPORT
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