The Minoans and Mycenaeans

This week, the 6th graders are learning about the people who lived in ancient Greece, the Minoans and Mycenaeans.  Today, they learned all about ancient Greek city-states, which were also called a polis.  The 6th graders are now working on their first menu project of the year, where they get to choose a project from a list of options.  Later in the week, students will learn about government in ancient Greece and will get to experience an assembly simulation that will give them an idea about how the Athenian democracy really worked.

Questions for your 6th grader:

• Would you rather have lived with the Minoans or the Mycenaeans?  Why?
• What Greek polis menu project are you going to work on?