Grade 2 - The Ancient Greek Civilization

The Ancient Greek Civilization | Domain Review 167

Riddles for Core Content

Ask students riddles such as the following to review core content:

• I am the location of a battle during which Pheidippides ran as
  fast as he could to get help from the people of Sparta, and then
  he ran from me another twenty-six miles to announce victory in
  Athens. What am I? (Marathon, or Plain of Marathon)


• I was used to help King Xerxes transport thousands of Persian
  soldiers into Greece. What am I? (fl oating ship bridge)


• I was a great philosopher who lived very simply and always
  asked questions. Who am I? (Socrates)


• I was a great philosopher who opened a school called “The
  Academy.” Who am I? (Plato)


• I was a great philosopher who believed in balance and whose
  studies in science are still used today. Who am I? (Aristotle)


• I was tamed by Alexander the Great when he was a young boy.
  What am I? (a horse named Bucephalus)


• I became famous for the many areas I conquered. Who am I?
  (Alexander the Great)


• We are very large animals that confronted Alexander the Great
  and his men in India. What are we? (elephants)

Class Book: The Ancient Greek Civilization

Materials: Drawing paper, drawing tools

Tell the class or a group of students that they are going to add

to the class book they started previously to help them remember

what they have learned in this domain. Have the students

brainstorm important information about the Battles of Marathon and

Thermopylae, the Greek philosophers, and Alexander the Great.

Have each student choose one idea to draw a picture of, and ask

each to write a caption for the picture. Bind the pages to make a

book to put in the class library for students to read again and again.