This WebQuest was written to meet the following standards from the Virginia Standards of Learning.

Literature Standards

Reading

8.6       The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of informational sources.

a) Draw on background knowledge and knowledge of text structure to understand selections.

b) Analyze the author’s credentials, viewpoint, and impact.

c) Analyze the author’s use of text structure and word choice.

d) Analyze details for relevance and accuracy.

e) Read and follow instructions to complete an assigned task.

f) Summarize and critique text.

g) Evaluate and synthesize information to apply in written and oral presentations.

h) Draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information.

i) Make inferences based on explicit and implied information.

8.7       The student will write in a variety of forms, including narrative, expository, persuasive, and informational.

a) Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas.

b) Organize details to elaborate the central idea.

c) Select specific vocabulary and information.

d) Revise writing for word choice, sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs.

e) Use available technology.

History Standards

Era II: Classical Civilizations and Rise of Religious Traditions, 1000 b.c. to 500 a.d.

WHI.5    The student will demonstrate knowledge of ancient Greece in terms of its impact on Western civilization by assessing the influence of geography on Greek economic, social, and political development, including the impact of Greek commerce and colonies;

a.) describing Greek mythology and religion;

b.) identifying the social structure and role of slavery, explaining the significance of citizenship and the development of democracy, and comparing the city-states of Athens and Sparta;

c.) evaluating the significance of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars;

d.) characterizing life in Athens during the Golden Age of Pericles;

e.) citing contributions in drama, poetry, history, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, and philosophy, with emphasis on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle;

f.) explaining the conquest of Greece by Macedonia and the spread of Hellenistic culture by Alexander the Great.