the essay test asssignment

All three sections will submit an idea for an essay for your test on ancient Greece, along with an outline for what the completed five-paragraph essay should cover. What you put in your blog for tonight should look something like this (but don’t use Pericles yourself):

“My essay question would be this: Describe the rule of Pericles during the “Golden Age” of Athens. In the first paragraph, this essay would mention Pericles’ three goals for Athens – to strengthen Athenian democracy, to hold and strengthen the empire, and to glorify Athens. The next paragraph would focus on how he paid public officials, introduced direct democracy, and how that form of government worked. The third paragraph would cover Pericles’ formation of the Delian League, and how he waged war against Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. The next paragraph would tell about how he ordered the Parthenon to be built, paid sculptors to create numerous statues in the “classical” style, and helped popularize the art form of drama. The final paragraph would tie all these concepts together and explain why Pericles was – and wasn’t – a great leader.”

Also, here is how the test will be given. On Thursday (B Day), each Honors section will meet during regular class time to take the objective part of the test on NoRedInk.com (log in details to follow). The SupWestCiv section will take their objective test on Friday morning during regular C Day time. Your essay will be emailed to me by midnight Sunday night, for all three sections. More details on all of this will follow – keep your eyes on Veracross and my blog (https://westernciv2020.blogspot.com/).