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Pbs: The Daily Athenia: A Greek Newspaper Project Lesson PlanPbs: The Daily Athenia: A Greek Newspaper Project Lesson Plan
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Pbs: The Daily Athenia: A Greek Newspaper Project

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Lesson designed to help students research daily life in Ancient Greece. Working in groups, students produce sections of an Athenian newspaper.

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classical period, athens, pericles

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