Webquest-Ancient+Greece


 * Ancient Greece Webquest**

Using a website from The British Museum, you will complete many activities within this webquest. Much of the website is interactive, but you will also be responsible for answering questions and completing activities on your Webquest sheet. Questions should be answered in complete sentences. Activities that require you to do something on your Webquest sheet are colored in red. Read your tasks carefully and organize your Webquest paper.
 * Remember...**

=**Task #1**=
 * Acropolis**
 * Read the main page, then click on** story.

Answer the following questions: 1. A. Why did the Parthenon have to be rebuilt? B. Who ordered it to be rebuilt? C. Why do you think it was important to rebuild it?
 * Frieze are horizontal carvings.**

2. What does the frieze inform you about the lives of the ancient Greeks? List two examples from the frieze in the story and explain what this tell you about their life. 3. What significance did winning a jar of olive oil have for the ancient Greeks?


 * Click on** Explore.

Answer the following questions: 4. Why were temples placed on the acropolis? 5. What purpose did the temple serve?

While still in Explore, choose one of the structures from the center of the city to draw. After you have drawn it, be sure to give label it’s name and provide important facts about the structure.


 * Click on** challenge and **build a temple.**

=**Task #2**= Read the main page, then **click on** Story. Choose a character and read about the day in the life of that person. Write a brief journal entry about realistic things the character you chose might do in Athens.
 * Athens**


 * Click** Explore to explore the city of Athens. **Stop by the lawcourts and learn how members of the jury were selected**.

Answer: 1. How did Athenians select jurors for trials? Do you think this was a fair way to select jurors? Explain.


 * After clicking on the prison, Answer:**

2. How is the use of a prison in Athens different from the use of a prison in America? Choose one other place from the Athens map. Draw it and explain its purpose.

=Task #3= Daily Life

Read the main page, then click Story.

Select 2 characters and create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the lives of the two characters. *In order for the character to "grow", you must move it down the arrows.*


 * Click on** Explore and read about Ancient Greeks pots.


 * Click on** the Pot Shapes and read about many different pot types.

Choose 3 pot shapes to draw. Label each drawing and tell about the function that pot had in Greek life.


 * Click** Challenge and read about the home. After you have learned about the rooms in the house, start the challenge.

For the remainder of time, explore topics that are of interest to you by using the home page.