Use Popplet.com to learn Ancient Greek Architecture in social studies

Popplet.com is a free online tool that allows users to visualize ideas. Teacher and students can create graphic organizers and many other forms of visual organization.

Some of the advantage of using Popplet.com are:

               

·         Graphical organizer help students to visualize and organize all the information.

·         In each Popplet created (within the graphic organizer), students have the options to write, draw, or simply insert an images to depict the design characteristics of the three schools of architecture.

·         ELL learners will benefit from the additional options other than writing the descriptions of each architectural design characteristics.

·         Popple.com is a fun way to engage students and it is very easy to learn.

In my lesson, I created an activity using Popplet.com as follows:

Name:__________________

Use Popplet.com (or paper and pencil) to fill in the below graphic organizer as follows:

For each Greek architecture design (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian )

a)  In the Popple labeled a, describe (in complete sentences), or draw , or find image (using Google or other search engine) which has all the characteristics of the design

b)  Find an image of the design column

c) Find a building or architecture with the design columns, provide name of the building

Figure 1.  Ancient Greek Architecture Graphic Organizer

A sample of what student produce: