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Summit Hill Elementary
Art EDventures
“Ancient Greece”
3rd Grade
Political Roots of Modern Democracy in the USA
Greek Art & Architecture
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Democracy
What is Democracy?
Government by the people
Where did it come from?
 The origins of democracy (roots) come from Ancient
Greece.
 The English word democracy comes from the Greek
word: dēmokratia,
dēmos = people + -kratos = power
Types of Democracy
Direct democracy
People govern themselves
 Ancient Greece
Representative democracy
People grant others the power to govern
United States of America
Locate Greece
Greek Architecture
Doric Column
Most simple Greek column
Capital (top or crown) is made
of a circle topped by a square
Shaft (tall part of the column)
is plain and has 20 sides.
No base
Plain, yet powerful design
Frieze has simple designs
The Parthenon in Athens is the
most famous example of a
building with Doric columns.
The Parthenon
Ionic Column
More decorative Greek column
Capital (top or crown) consists
of scrolls above the shaft
Shaft (tall part of the column)
is tall and slender-looking
Base is large & looks like a set
of stacked rings
Frieze is plain
The Temple of Athena Nike in
Athens is the most famous
example of an Ionic building.
The Temple of Athena Nike
Corinthian Column
Most decorative Greek column
Capital (top or crown) consists
of flowers and leaves below a
small scroll
Shaft (tall part of the column)
has flutes
Base is large & looks like a set
of stacked rings
Very ornate design
A great example of a Corinthian
building happens to be in the
USA!
The U.S. Supreme Court
Greek Art
 In addition to architecture, Greek Art can be
found in other forms:
– Sculpture
– Paintings
– Painted pottery
– Music
Winged Victory of
Samothrace – The
Louvre, Paris
Round Bottom Bowl
(needs a stand for
display purposes)
Athenian Vase
Paintings
 The earliest
paintings can be
found on the
Greek island of
Crete.
 The paintings
were not on
canvases but
“frescos” painted
on the walls of
palaces where
the rulers lived.
Dolphins – Minoan
Palace at Knossos
(Crete, 1500 BC)
Paintings
 Few Ancient
Greek
paintings still
exist today.
 The paintings
often told
stories.
 Many paintings
were of young
adults and
depicted
athletic ability.
Toreador Fresco,
painted around
1550-1450 BC
Painted Pottery
 Painted pottery was
very popular and
included various forms:
 Geometric designs
 Black Figure
 Red Figure
 The pottery clay varied
in color depending
upon where it came
from:
 Athens = reddish-orange
 Corinth = creamy white
Black Figure Painted Pottery
 This type of
pottery was
popular in Athens.
 The people were
painted in
silhouette and in
black.
 Many of the pots
had mythological
scenes painted on
them.
Red Figure Painted Pottery
 After painting in the
black-figure method,
the potters became a
little frustrated with
it.
 They wanted to show
people overlapping
and also show
muscles in the
figures.
 As a result, red-figure
painted pottery
emerged.
Mosaics
 A mosaic is art created by assembling small pieces of glass, stone or other
material.
Mosaics
 Mosaics have been found on the
island of Delos in Greece – used
as floors in ancient times
 Delos is the birthplace of Greek
mythology twins: Apollo &
Artemis
Curriculum
Georgia Education Standards – Grade Three
Historical Understandings
SS3H1 The student will explain the political roots of our modern democracy in the United
States of America.
a.
b.
c.
Identify the influence of Greek architecture (columns on the Parthenon, U. S. Supreme Court
building), law, and the Olympic Games on the present.
Explain the ancient Athenians’ idea that a community should choose its own leaders.
Compare and contrast Athens as a direct democracy with the United States as a representative
democracy.
Geographic Understandings
SS3G1 - The student will locate major topographical features of the United States of
America.
a.
Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado,
Hudson.
b. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.
c. Locate the equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe.
d. Locate Greece on a world map.
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