Ancient Greece Part I

Stinger1. What

Vocabulary do you need to know to understand the map?

2. What is the purpose of the map?

3. What information does the map provide?

4. Identify patterns in the map.

5. Explain why those patterns might exist.

6. How did geography affect Greek life?

Thoughts about the map• Troy is real!!

• Evidence for some of the (non-mystical) events in the Iliad and the Odyssey has been discovered

• Why would the Greeks remember those real events by embedding them in a story?

• Trade throughout the Mediterranean would have connected the Greeks to everyone else in the ancient world

• Greeks would have had a great deal of influence on Romans, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Persians, etc

• Greeks would have been influenced by those same cultures

• Did you notice all the mountains? Why would they have been important?

• Protection from invasion by indo-European tribes

• Protective positions to view anyone coming from the sea

Important geographical features of Mycenaean culture

• Sea

• All parts of Greece linked by a network of seas

• Greece linked with the rest of the known, civilized world via seas

• Land

• Mountains provided natural regional division

• Mountains provided protective features small populations in tiny fertile valleys

• Climate

• Mild temperatures

• Outdoor public life

Troy video

• Answer: How did archaeologists and historians come to the conclusion that the Battle of Troy was real?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtzNby7PB9k

Oral Traditions and Myths

• Dorian period less advanced, so knowledge was passed orally for most

• Epics of Homer

• Iliad and Odyssey

• Homer was a traveling poet who told the stories orally and in a series

• Myths

• Stories about gods with very human qualities

• Meant to teach a system of uniform ethics

• Even Socrates, accused of Atheism, claimed gods were important for creating uniformity of ethics

Activity

• Pick one classroom rule and quickly write a greek style myth involving interaction between gods and humans in order to illustrate the importance of that rule!

• You have ten minutes to write!

• Be Prepared to share!

Pair Share

• Share your myth with the person next to you.

• Youngest goes first

• Be prepared to share out

• You have five minutes

Best of the Best…Share your myths

• Volunteer or be drafted!

• Share out myths for ten minutes!

City-States

• Small, uniform communities

• Different gods for different cities

• Different societies, ethics, values, etc for different cities

• Different forms of rule

• Monarchy- rule by one

• Aristocracy- oligarchy (rule by few) of landowning nobles

• Tyrants- powerful rulers who seized control

Athens1. Why do you think Athens had two

walls? 2. Why are there so many roads that

lead to and from Athens? 3. What is at the heart of the city?

What would you guess happens there?

4. What clues exist in the map to tell you what kind of government Athens had?

5. What clues in the map tell you how Athenians felt about art?

6. Why do you think archaeologists and historians know so much about ancient Athens? (Hint, look at the map and think about what kinds of things might have survived into modern times.)

7. How did ancient Athenians gain access to fresh water? How id this different from other ancient cities?

Ancient Athens• Democracy

• Every citizen expected to fully participate in self-governance (citizenship was limited, however)

• Civic virtue = putting the needs of the community ahead of the needs of the individual

• Education

• Philosophy

• Arts

• Sciences

• Gymnastics

• Importance of training body, mind, and spirit

• Women

• Not citizens

• Not educated

Ancient Sparta• MILITARISTIC!

• Oligarchic rule

• Military junta

• Military leadership= government

• Limited democracy

• Hierarchical society

• Men lived in barracks

• Women raised warrior children at home

• Girls had military and sports training as well

• Wars between Sparta and Athens

Persian Wars/ Exit Ticket

1. According to the map, who was the aggressor? How can you tell?

2. How were most of the battles fought? Why do you think that most of the battles were fought that way?

3. Which side seems to have been more successful?

4. Which areas were most effected ? Why?

5. Why would the Persians have avoided Sparta?

6. What effects would you expect an 11 year war to have on Greece? On Persia?

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