{
"week": 9,
"day": "Wednesday",
"topic": "Greek Theater",
"subtitle": "Masks, Plays, and Big Crowds",
"icon": "🎭",
"pages": [
{
"title": "🎭 Greek Theater",
"sections": [
{
"type": "reading",
"title": "Reading Time",
"icon": "📖",
"paragraphs": [
"Do you like movies and shows? Then thank the ancient Greeks — they invented <strong>theater</strong>! Huge outdoor theaters were carved into hillsides, shaped like giant half-circles. The theater in Athens could hold more than 15,000 people!",
"Actors wore big <strong>masks</strong> with wide-open mouths so their voices carried far and everyone could see if the character was happy or sad. There were two main kinds of plays: <strong>comedy</strong> (funny plays that made people laugh) and <strong>tragedy</strong> (sad, serious plays). Our happy-and-sad mask symbols come from these!",
"The hillside shape made sound bounce perfectly — in some ancient theaters, you can still hear a whisper from the stage all the way in the back row. Clever building AND great stories: that's why theater has lasted 2,500 years."
]
},
{
"type": "questions",
"title": "Reading Questions",
"icon": "✏️",
"questions": [
{"text": "Why did Greek actors wear big masks?", "lines": "single"},
{"text": "What are the two main kinds of Greek plays?", "lines": "single"},
{"text": "Why were theaters built into hillsides in a half-circle shape?", "lines": "triple"}
]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "vocab_grid",
"title": "Vocabulary Grid",
"icon": "📝",
"instruction": "Write what each word means in your own words.",
"words": ["theater", "actor", "mask", "comedy", "tragedy", "stage"]
},
{
"type": "sort_table",
"title": "Comedy or Tragedy?",
"icon": "📊",
"instruction": "Write COMEDY or TRAGEDY for each story idea.",
"header": ["Story idea", "Comedy or Tragedy?"],
"rows": [
["A silly farmer's donkey keeps eating his hat", ""],
["A brave king loses everything he loves", ""],
["Two friends get mixed up and swap houses by mistake", ""],
["A hero says a sad goodbye before a great battle", ""]
]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "activity",
"title": "Hands-On: Make a Theater Mask",
"icon": "🔍",
"content": [
"<strong>You need:</strong> a paper plate or cardboard, crayons, scissors (grown-up help!), and string or a craft stick.",
"Make a Greek theater mask! Choose comedy (big smile) or tragedy (big frown). Cut eye holes, decorate it, and then act out a tiny play for your family using your mask voice — nice and LOUD like a Greek actor."
]
},
{
"type": "draw_grid",
"title": "Draw It!",
"icon": "🎨",
"instruction": "Draw a Greek hillside theater with the stage at the bottom and rows of seats curving up the hill.",
"boxes": 1
},
{
"type": "think",
"title": "Think About It",
"icon": "🧠",
"questions": [
{"text": "How is Greek theater like the movies and shows you watch today?", "lines": "triple"}
]
}
]
}
]
}