Center 1: article answering questions

Center 2 looking at poverty in Greece

Center 3 finishing columns/coloring columns

Center 4 matching game

Center of looking at Poverty in Modern Greece: Students analyzed pictures and graphs and answered questions

Eurostat: Almost Two in Five Greek Children Face Poverty – April 2016

People walk past a homeless man asleep on a sidewalk still holding the cup he uses to beg for money, on April 8, 2016 in Athens, Greece.

Roberto, sits with his son (7 years old) homeless on a sidewalk in Athens, Greece

Deprivation: lacking, This chart shows the amount of people in Greece compared to other countries in Europe that are lacking (missing, don’t have) the basic things people need.

Homeless man on streets of Athens, 2016

Stephanos became homeless in late 2012 when the clothes shop, where he had worked for over a decade, closed down and he had no income to pay for his flat. He now lives next to a church in central Athens and eats in soup kitchens.

Homeless people sleep outdoors in central Athens April 14, 2013.

Mrs. G. lives on the streets of Athens. Like many others, she found herself homeless after losing her job.

May 2016

Medical costs from EU: European Union which includes countries such as Belgium, Finland, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain and Netherlands.

Students read the following article and answered questions about the article. Greece needs help to pay back other countries, report saysBy Associated Press, adapted by Newsela staff

07.15.15

Demonstrators gather near the Greek Parliament in Athens during a rally against the government's agreement with its creditors, July 14, 2015. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

LONDON — The country of Greece has borrowed a lot of money from many countries. Now it has to pay those countries back.

A new report says Greece should get help with the money it has to pay. This money is called debt. The report says that the other countries should forgive Greece's debt. The report says Greece should pay back only some of the money.

Germany has loaned Greece more money than any other country. It does not want to forgive Greece's debt.

When Greece Helped Germany

That is odd because Germany knows it would help Greece. After World War II, Germany got help with its debt.

Who helped Germany then? Greece.

In 1953, Greece and about 20 other countries that won the war forgave much of Germany's debt.

They brought down the amount of money Germany owed. They gave Germany more time to pay them back.

Germany was able to pay when it had money. Other countries bought things from Germany. This way, Germany had money to pay them back.

Germany recovered. Now it is a rich country.

Will Greece Get The Same Help?

It has been different for Greece. Greece has had to pay even though it has not had money. Its economy is weak.

Greece borrowed money from other countries. Now those countries cannot agree what to do about Greece's debts. Countries want all the money that was borrowed.

But now there are signs of change. On Sunday, there will be a meeting of European countries. They will try to decide how to help Greece. Maybe Greece will get the same help Germany got in 1953.

Questions:

Quiz 1 In what ways did the other countries help Germany with its debt?

(A) The other countries forgot that Germany owed them money.

(B) The other countries paid the money for the debt on behalf of Germany.

(C) The other countries reduced the amount of money Germany needed to pay back.

(D) The other countries gave Germany some more money to help clear their debt.

2 According to the article, why should Germany help Greece with its debt?

(A) because other countries are helping Greece

(B) because Greece forgave a lot of Germany's debt

(C) because Germany has a lot of money to lend out

(D) because Greece is asking Germany to lend it some money

3 Read the following sentence from the section “Will Greece Get The Same Help?”

Its economy is weak.

Which of the answer choices explains the meaning of the sentence above?

(A) It has been different for Greece.

(B) Greece borrowed money from other countries.

(C) Countries want all the money that was borrowed.

(D) But now there are signs of change.

4 Read the section “When Greece Helped Germany.” What is the meaning of the following sentence?

Germany recovered.

(A) It became a rich country.

(B) It got support from Greece.

(C) It was able to sell its goods.

(D) It was able to buy more goods

Matching station Students matched the following terms with the definition:

Polis:

City-state

Athens:

Sparta:

Greco-Persian Wars:

Miltiades

King Leonitus

Phalanx

Battle of Marathon

Battle of Thermopylae

Battle of Salamis

Triremes

Socrates

Post and Lintel system