Ancient Greece:
Who, What, When Where, Why?
What do we already know?
What do you want to learn?
Timeline
Minoan, Mycenaean, Dorian, Lyrical, Classical, Hellenistic, Modern
Modern Maps; where is Greece, where did it begin, what countries were touched
Greek Language
handout, noticed not all letters were represented, said out loud forward and backwards.
Spelled out our names in Greek letters.
Greek numbers
They use the alphabet for their numbers! Went over the numbers, expressed several 2 and 3 digit numbers in Greek, wrote out our age.
Discussed Greek education from the earlier years. Athens vs Sparta (Athens private, Sparta public; Athens boys only, Sparta boys and girls equally educated; Sparta more Warrior and physical emphasis.)
Watched and discussed:
Who, What, When Where, Why?
What do we already know?
- it's old
- people live there
- olympics
- zuess
- gods
- myths
- monsters
- sparta
- naked people
- south greece most populated
What do you want to learn?
- Architecture
- Sparta
- Northern (Epirus)
- Weapons and Armour
Timeline
Minoan, Mycenaean, Dorian, Lyrical, Classical, Hellenistic, Modern
Modern Maps; where is Greece, where did it begin, what countries were touched
Greek Language
handout, noticed not all letters were represented, said out loud forward and backwards.
Spelled out our names in Greek letters.
Greek numbers
They use the alphabet for their numbers! Went over the numbers, expressed several 2 and 3 digit numbers in Greek, wrote out our age.
Discussed Greek education from the earlier years. Athens vs Sparta (Athens private, Sparta public; Athens boys only, Sparta boys and girls equally educated; Sparta more Warrior and physical emphasis.)
Watched and discussed:
Discussed the slant of a perspective and shared examples of Greece vs Persia. Talked about how Persia generally portrayed in the west yet those that took Ancient Persia a few years back remembered the great aspects of them and noticed the slant more.
Discussed end of session presentation, coming debates (Athens vs Sparta and Greeks vs Persians)
Assignment due April 16th:
Research your assigned time period and share your findings with the group (you can talk to the time, share some pictures, maps, diagrams, share some culture, draw, whatever creative way you would like to present)
Leif - Minoan civilization
Ren - Mycenaean civilization
Open -Dorian,
Zander - Lyrical Age
Kai -Classical Age
Hannah -Hellenistic Civilization
Ayden - Greece in WW1
Taro - Modern Greece
Discussed end of session presentation, coming debates (Athens vs Sparta and Greeks vs Persians)
Assignment due April 16th:
Research your assigned time period and share your findings with the group (you can talk to the time, share some pictures, maps, diagrams, share some culture, draw, whatever creative way you would like to present)
Leif - Minoan civilization
Ren - Mycenaean civilization
Open -Dorian,
Zander - Lyrical Age
Kai -Classical Age
Hannah -Hellenistic Civilization
Ayden - Greece in WW1
Taro - Modern Greece
Look Ahead:
Iliad by Homer
http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliad1.htm
The Odyssey by Homer
http://www.online-literature.com/homer/odyssey/
Iliad by Homer
http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliad1.htm
The Odyssey by Homer
http://www.online-literature.com/homer/odyssey/