Lesson+Plan

**IDEAL CLASSROOM “LESSSON PLAN” **
**Athens and Sparta: Greeks a World Apart ** __Objective __: In this lesson students will come to understand the differences between totalitarianism and democracy, the roots of democratic tradition. On the technology side, students will be able to utilize their Google Docs accounts and compose filmed interviews to be presented to the class.

Students will be divided into two groups, one Sparta and one Athens. Each group will do research on their city-state. With their research students will compose scripts for the interviews to be filmed including all the different social classes in their city-state: citizens, women, boys, girls, metics/foreigners, and helots/slaves. Students will act the part of inhabitants of Sparta or Athens. Students may play more than one part. The scripts can be composed as a group at the conference table and filming can take place in the small reading “room,” or visa versa.

(The //optional// second part of the lesson is for the students to also create a slide presentation on Google Docs about their city-state and present it to the class combined with the recorded interviews. Ultimately the class will combine the two presentations and create a useful presentation on the similarities and differences of Sparta and Athens and relate how the two city-states create a basis for categorizing future governments through history, which can be posted on [|www.teachertube.com].)

The students’ research will be done using, the library, textbook, along with academic databases and Internet sources linked to the teacher’s website. The scripts (and presentations slide shows) will be created in the students’ Google Docs accounts. The interviews will be recorded digitally and uploaded to the teacher’s account at [|www.teachertube.com]. (Ultimately, if the combined presentations are good enough they can be uploaded and shared on [|www.teachertube.com].)

The teacher will formatively assess the scripts (and slide shows) on Google Docs and the interviews on [|www.teachertube.com] and offer editorial suggestions. The summative assessment will be by the rubric created for this lesson. The script, the technical aspects of the filmed interview and the content of the filmed interview will be assessed with a single holistic grade.

** Athens and Sparta: Greeks a World Apart - Rubric **
Does not use the terms, democracy or totalitarianism. || Use questions that are somewhat factual and appropriate, responses are somewhat factual appropriate and somewhat in character for the social class represented, provides somewhat well-developed examples of life in the city-state, some individuals have a separate personality Uses at least one term, democracy or totalitarianism. || Use questions that are mostly factual and appropriate, responses are mostly factual appropriate and mostly in character for the social class represented, provides fairly well-developed examples of life in the city-state, most individuals have a separate personality Uses terms, democracy and totalitarianism at least once. || Use questions that are factual and appropriate, responses are factual appropriate and in character for the social class represented, provides well-developed examples of life in the city-state, each individual has a separate personality Uses terms, democracy and totalitarianism as often as is possible and appropriate ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">able || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Camera is somewhat stable, scene is somewhat well framed, subject is somewhat visible, sound is somewhat clear and understand-able || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Camera is mostly stable, scene is mostly well framed, subject is mostly clearly visible, sound is mostly clear and understand- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">able || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Camera is stable, scene is well framed, subject is clearly visible, sound is clear and understand- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">able ||  ||
 * || ** Beginning **   ** 1 **  ||  ** Developing **   ** 2 **  ||  ** Accomplished **   ** 3 **  ||  ** Exemplary **   ** 4 **  ||  ** Score **  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Script ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Use questions are not factual and appropriate, responses are not factual appropriate and are not in character for the social class represented, provides poor examples of life in the city-state, individuals, do not show separate personality
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Filmed Interview **  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Content **  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do not present correct and appropriate information, questions are not clear and do not help lead the conversation, students do not behave professionally, students do not demonstrate a thoughtful approach to the subject or individuality || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Present somewhat correct and appropriate information, questions are mostly clear and help lead the conversation, students behave somewhat professionally, students demonstrate a somewhat thoughtful approach to the subject and some individuality || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Present mostly correct and appropriate information, questions are mostly clear and help lead the conversation, students mostly behave professionally, students mostly demonstrate a thoughtful approach to the subject and individuality || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Present correct and appropriate information, questions are clear and help lead the conversation, students behave professionally, students demonstrate a thoughtful approach to the subject and individuality ||   ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Filmed Interview Technical ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Camera is not stable, scene is not well framed, subject is not clearly visible, sound is not clear and understand-
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OPTIONAL __****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Slide Presentation ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Does not contain correct and appropriate information, does not show originality and inventiveness, comes to no logical conclusions about democracy and totalitarianism, provides no citations || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Contains somewhat correct and appropriate information, shows some originality and inventiveness, comes to somewhat logical conclusions about democracy and totalitarianism, provides one citation || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Contains mostly correct and appropriate information, shows mostly originality and inventiveness, comes to mostly logical conclusions about democracy and totalitarianism, provides some citations || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Contains correct and appropriate information, shows originality and inventiveness, comes to logical conclusions about democracy and totalitarianism, provides citations ||   ||