Teachers, Thinkers, Tinkerers: teacher key

Ancient Greece, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Meet Greeks who asked questions, taught students and measured the world, from Socrates to Eratosthenes.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did Socrates do in the public places of Athens?
   • Wrote books
   • Asked people questions (answer)
   • Sold coins
2. Which school did Plato found?
   • The Library
   • The Parthenon
   • The Academy (answer)
3. How old was Alexander when his father hired Aristotle to teach him?
   • About 13 (answer)
   • About 30
   • About 5
4. Who was the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth?
   • Euclid
   • Homer
   • Eratosthenes (answer)
5. Why do we know about Socrates from other people?
   • He lived in Sparta
   • He wrote nothing himself (answer)
   • He was a king
6. What does the word tragedy mean in Greek?
   • Goat song (answer)
   • Mask song
   • Sea song

Words

• physician: doctor
• bards: story singers
• Academy: Plato's school
• circumference: distance around
• scrolls: rolled books