Greeks

As an introduction, we are going to start talking about Greece in general.

We will use a map of Europe to locate some important places. We will locate: Greece,
the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, and Crete, the Balkan Peninsula, Albania,
Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey (Greeces borders), the Peloponnesus
peninsula and the Black Sea.

I will mention some important facts about Greece:

Greece is a parliamentary republic, the head of state, is the President of the

republic, who is elected by the Parliament for a five-year term. The current
President of Greece is Karolos Papoulias.
Administratively, Greece consists of thirteen peripheries. There is also an
autonomous area, called Mount Athos.
The capital city is called Athens.
The constitution of Greece recognizes the Greek Orthodox faith as the
"prevailing" religion of the country, while guaranteeing freedom of religious
belief for all.
Greece is today relatively homogeneous in linguistic terms, with a large majority
of the native population using Greek as their first or only language.
An important percentage of Greece's income comes from tourism.

Kids will copy this information in their folders as an introduction to the study of
Greece.

We will start working on our booklet on Greeks. Some activities will be carried out
every class.

We will always work on:

Reading aloud.
Discussing what has been read for comprehension.
Oral questions to check understanding.
Vocabulary. We will look for certain words which are necessary and important
for the topics we are developing. (Key words).
Oral revision of the topics discussed in the previous classes.
Questionnaires.
Mind maps.

Topics to be developed by the students:

Location in a map of Greece. Mark in a map different items related to it.

Borders, rivers, oceans, continent, country, etc.

The Trojan War.

 Sparta.

Athens.

Important gods and goddesses.

Alexander the Great.

Scientists and inventors.

Medicine.

Architecture.