Huddleston Elementary School 3 rd Grade

A. Hair product Hair product B. Yucky stuff that’s sticky and nasty Yucky stuff that’s sticky and nasty C. Name of a country Name of a country D. Food Food

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 A country in Europe ◦ Can you locate North America and Europe on this map? U.S Europe

 The country of Greece is a penninsula. ◦ Penninsula: a landmass surrounded by water except for one side.

Choose the star that is covering Greece.

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We are going to learn a lot more about Greece; specifically Ancient Greece. What is Ancient Greece???

 Ancient means very old OR times and events that happened long ago.  Just like the United States, the country of Greece has a long, old history. ◦ The U.S. is only 237 years old, but Greece is over 4,000 years old!  When we talk about Greece’s old history, we are talking about, Ancient Greece. (These are things that happened a long time ago in Greece.)

May be you’ve seen something similar before!

These are some images of the buildings from Ancient Greece and how they look today. Do they look old or new? Do they look like other buildings you’ve seen before?

 Our idea of how our government is run came from Ancient Greece!  It is the MOST important part of their culture we got from them.  Our country is a republic (STOP! What does that word mean?).  Instead of having one person making the rules for us, WE, the people, make decisions together. ◦ This is called: Democracy

A) Democracy is when ONE person makes all the rules.Democracy is when ONE person makes all the rules. B) Democracy is when the people govern themselves.Democracy is when the people govern themselves. C) Democracy is when a King rules over his subjects.Democracy is when a King rules over his subjects.

A Democracy is when the people govern themselves. The United States is a Democracy.

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 Ancient Greece was the FIRST to have a system of government based on a democracy. **This means the people of the country were the one who made the decisions. There was NO dictator or king. **

 While with Democracy, the people of the country were allowed to have a say in what happened, this was also very limited. In order to vote in Ancient Greece, one must have been: A male An adult AND a free citizen! (Or a free adult male citizen). Based on this who was NOT allowed to vote?

 Direct Democracy Direct Democracy  Representative Democracy Representative Democracy

 Example #1: When we vote for our WOW card winner reward (free ice cream, homework pass, or extra recess)  Example #2: When we voted to take the test, then recess, or recess first then test.  From these examples, what do you think direct democracy means?

 Direct Democracy: people directly vote on a law or decision  So what is representative democracy?

 Example #1: When you voted for your student council representative and ambassador.  Example #2: Adults vote on mayors, governors, representatives, and senators.  From these examples, what do you think representative democracy means? President Obama Governor Nathan Deal

 Representative Democracy: people vote on the election of the representatives. Then the representatives makes the decisions and votes on the laws.  Our different representatives (governors, senators, president) were elected into their jobs, because we voted for them. Votes for Votes on

 They had the direct democracy.  If they were allowed to vote (adult, male, AND free), then they HAD to vote.

 We have the representative democracy.  Think Critically: Why do you think we have the representative democracy and not the direct democracy?

 How is the government in Ancient Greece different and similar to the government in the United States today? Ancient GreeceUnited States Direct democracy Representative democracy Only males could vote 18 or older and born in US to vote More than 1 person makes decision We both have a government. Children can’t vote

Democracy 1. Architecture Architecture 2. The Olympics The Olympics

Architecture is…  The art, method, and style of a building. The way a building is designed.  Or the action or process of building.

They look so familiar… Where have we seen them???

This is the Parthenon build in Ancient Greece. This is the US Supreme Court Building found in Washington D.C.

 Two things in particular are similar between these two buildings. The use of columns and white marble.  The arrows are pointing to the columns.  The white marble is a type of rock used to build these two buildings.  Do you remember what type of rock marble is? (igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic)

1. Doric Doric 2. Ionic Ionic 3. Corinthian Corinthian

 The most simple and plain out of the 3. This modern house has Doric columns!

 It has scrolls (like a curl) at the top. Ionic columns are used in the U.S. Capitol building and the Supreme Court.

 This is the most fancy type of column. These modern architecture has Corinthian columns

 Acropolis means upper city.  The one in Athens, Greece is the most famous acropolis.  In times of war or invasion the people of Athens would go to the Acropolis as a place of refuge. This is where the Parthenon is found. Parthenon

Map of the Acropolis

Democracy Architecture 1. The Olympics The Olympics

 The Ancient Greeks created the Olympics.  The first Olympic games took place in Olympia, Greece.  These games were held every 4 years just like today!

Only males were allowed to compete or play in the Ancient Olympic Games. (Married women were not even allowed to attend the games!) Unmarried females were allowed to attended the games, but were not allowed to compete.

Anyone can compete in the Olympic Games, the events are however separated by male and female.

Ancient Greece Different city-states (which were a like today’s cities) would compete against each other. The competition was fierce between the different city-states, everyone wanted their city-state to win! Here are some of the most powerful city- states

 Athletes from different COUNTRIES compete against each other.  People come from all over the world to compete or watch the Olympics.

Ancient Greece Winners received a crown made from olive leaves, and were allowed to have a statue of himself set up at Olympia.  To win, an event, was a great victory for both you and your city-state. Olive Trees

Winners receive either a gold, silver, or bronze medal based on whether they came in first, second, or third place. Winning is still considered a great victory for both you and your country.

Some different sports in the Ancient Greece Olympics include,  Wrestling Wrestling  Running Running  BoxingBoxing  Long jump, Long jump  Throwing the javelin javelin  and discusdiscus  Chariot racing Chariot racing (Click on the event to discover more!)

Just like today’s wrestling except, there were hardly any rules! (Biting and poking people's eyes were officially banned, but some people did both!) This was probably the nastiest event in the Olympics!

There were four different types of races. Each being measured by the length of the stadium.

There were few rules  Boxers fought until the other man was knocked out or had admitted to being beaten.  There was no rule against hitting your opponent while he was down!

Athletes used lead or stone jump weights shaped like telephones to increase the length of their jump. The longest jump won!

A light, long spear that is thrown by hand. Longest throw wins!

A flat disk shaped object that is thrown by an athlete, it is a bit like the modern Frisbee only smaller and heavier. Longest throw wins!

There were both 2-horse chariot and 4-horse chariot races. Riders would race horses with a cart attached.

 There are 26 different sports in the modern Olympics.  Some of these include,  Athletics (track and field events [running, throwing, jumping])  Baseball  Diving  Gymnastics  Swimming  Table Tennis  and Wresting.

1. Democracy 2. Architecture 3. The Olympics

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