Architecture - The Parthenon

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

8

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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Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 8

SS10.8.4

Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.

UP:SS10.8.4

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.

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