Transcript Thursday, October 2, 2008

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Warm-up:
What is a direct democracy?
Absent Wednesday?
Do pages 47-48 and
49-50 in RSG.
Please make sure you have a textbook under your desk!!
Today in World History:
• Background notes on Greece
• Vocabulary
• “Warring City-States” book review & Timeline
(Athens & Sparta)
• Greek Festivals!
• Pass back papers
Extra Credit Problem : Solved!
A
Line AB = 16
Radius = 10
Find X
Ancient Greece
• 2000 islands & mainland – all different
communities
• Sea – Encourage travel & trade due to
proximity (close) – also lack of
resources
• Mountains – slow travel, divide in
regions; land NOT fertile – small
population
Climate
• Moderate climate – outdoor life
• Especially Greek Men!
Mycenaean Civilization
• Indo-Europeans settled in Greece
• Warrior-kings dominate
• Eventually adopt Minoan sea trade &
culture
• Trojan War: Mycenaean
against city of Troy.
Greek Culture declines under Dorian
• Mycenaean replaced by Dorian
• Less advanced! - No written records
• Epics of Homer
– Oral tradition – a blind story teller
– Epic – narrative poem of heroic deeds
– Iliad about the Trojan War shows heroic
ideal
Greek Mythology
• Myth – traditional story about the Gods
• Understand mysteries of life
• Human qualities to gods – love, hate,
jealousy
• Zeus – ruler of Gods (live on Mt. Olympus
•
Hera – Wife
• Athena – Goddess of wisdom & guardian of
cities
The Warring City-States (p. 127)
• Create a double timeline on
your paper. (Fold your paper
Hotdog style. On the left put
ATHENS, on the right
SPARTA)
• List important events related to
the development of Athens and
Sparta respectively (put
Athens events on the left,
Spartan events on the right).
You should have at least
THREE for each.
• *** When finished read p. 130
about Greek festivals & sports.
•
On the back of the timeline,
answer the following:
1. Which event on your timeline
do you think still influences life
today?
2. For both Athens and Sparta,
how does the timeline show
the military build-up of the citystates?
3. Understanding their
background, which city-state is
more prepared for battle?
Festivals & Sports – Greek Style
At the bottom of your paper, please answer the
following:
1. Tie Greek ideals in to how sports and festivals
are viewed today. How do sports promote
community involvement?
2. Why did the sports played change through
time?
3. Why did the Greeks tie religion in with the
Olympics?
4. BONUS : What does the Olympic
Symbol stand for?