Transcript Contributions of Greek Culture to Western Civilization

Greek Contributions
Aim/Goals: How have contributions of the
ancient Greeks affected the world?
Do Now: What would you like to contribute
(give) to the world before you die? Explain
in a few sentences.
Homework : Today we discussed many
contributions the Greeks gave to civilization.
In a paragraph, explain which one you feel is
most important and why?
What would you contribute to the
world?
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What have Greeks Contributed?
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The idea of Democracy (freedom)
Theater (Drama)
Poetry
Philosophy (an attitude of belief that affects
how a person lives.)
Architecture
Sculpture
Mathematics
Science
Name:________________
Period: _______
Contributions of Greek Culture
to Western Civilization
Drama
Poetry
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* _________: The
and
– great play
great blind ________
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writer of
teller of Greece
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•His stories later
Great play
were ________ in
writers of
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two ______:
1.Iliad
History
* Herodotus – Greek ________ who
is known as the “_________
___ __________”
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* ____________ – A Greek historian
who wrote __________ of the
___________________ War.
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2. __________
Sculpture
* _________ – He is known
as the _________
Greek ____________
– He designed the
____________
(the temple of
the Goddess
__________)
– Sculpted the
huge Statue of
Zeus at
Olympus
Science
•
Archimedes – Considered the
Discovered the
principles of _________
and ___________
•
__________ – is the founder
of ____________ and the
greatest physician of his time
He wrote about the conflict
between ________ and ______
Mathematics
•
greatest _____________
–
He wrote ___________ which
was about the conflict between
__________ and __________
Euclid – the father of
_____________
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Pythagoras – the father of
____________, he founded
the Pythagorean theory
Drama
–Aeschylus and
Sophocles –
Great play
writers of
TRAGEDY
• Aristophanes
– Great play
writer of
COMEDY
Poetry
• Homer: The great
blind story teller
of Greece
–His stories later
were written in
two epics:
• 1. Iliad
• 2. Odyssey
HEROES
Activity:
Turn handout over to Document #2. Answer questions #4-5 in full
sentences in your notebooks.
“No one could have stood up against him
And stopped him
Except the Gods
When he burst into the gates
And his eyes flashed tired (exhausted; worn out).”
---The Iliad by Homer (800 B.C.)
4. I think
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
will happen next in this scene.
5. This character compares to Rambo, the Terminator, and Superman
because ______________________________________________
________________________________________________________.
history
• Herodotus – Greek historian who
is known as the “father of history”
–He wrote Histories which was about
the conflict between Persia and
Greece
• Thucydides – A Greek historian
who wrote History of the
Peloponnesian War.
–He wrote about the conflict between
Athens and Sparta
sculpture
• Phidias – He is
known as the
Greatest Greek
Sculptor
– He designed the
Parthenon (the
temple of the
Goddess Athena)
– Sculpted the huge
Statue of Zeus at
Olympus
architecture
Doric
Column
• Very plain
and
simple
• Has no
base
Ionic
Column
• Capital has
scrolls
• Has a base
• More
decorative
Corinthian
Column
• The most
decorative
capital
• Roofs are
flat
Activity:
Turn handout over to Document #1.
Answer questions #1-3 in full sentences in your
notebook.
1. __________________is generally regarded as
the fanciest column of all Greek styles.
2. __________________ is the simplest column
of all Greek styles.
3. __________________ has rounded edges and
is widely copied throughout the world.
science
• Archimedes – Considered the
greatest mathematician
–Discovered the principles of
density and buoyancy
• Hippocrates – is the founder of
medicine and the greatest
physician of his time
mathematics
• Euclid – the father of geometry
• Pythagoras – the father of numbers,
he founded the Pythagorean theory
REGENTS REVIEW
• The Ancient Athenians are credited with
1. inventing and using the wheel
2. eliminating slavery
3. establishing governments that had
democratic elements
4. inventing the printing press