Grade 2 - The Ancient Greek Civilization

46 The Ancient Greek Civilization 4 | The Olympic Games

 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Identify ancient Greece as the site of the original Olympic

Games

 Describe the Olympic Games of ancient Greece

 Describe how the contributions of the ancient Greek civilization

have infl uenced the present

 Defi ne the term civilization

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this

lesson. Objectives aligning with the Common Core State

Standards are noted with the corresponding standard in

parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart for additional standards

addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Compare and contrast orally the contributions from other

civilizations they have previously learned about that are still in

our lives today (RI.2.9)

 Discuss personal responses to watching the Olympics and/or

competing in a sport, and connect those to the Olympic Games

in the story “The Olympic Games” (W.2.8)

 With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information

on the ancient Greek civilization (W.2.8)

 Recount a personal experience involving the saying “where

there’s a will, there’s a way” with appropriate facts and relevant,

descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences

(SL.2.4)

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