World Civilizations  Take out Alexander homework and turn in.  Take out notepaper

World Civilizations Do Now – 5 minutes  Get a textbook and take out homework on the Persian and Pelopponesian Wars. I will collect.  Pick up handout, “Alexander the Great” (green sheet). Turn to page 215 and begin taking notes for the vocabulary words and people. Today’s Agenda  Discuss the Peloponnesian War  The Life of Alexander – Independent reading work. Complete the rest of the handout.  HOMEWORK: Finish reding Ch. 7-3 and completing the handout – worth a QUIZ grade.  Test on Tuesday – Bring your notebook to class.

What generalizations can we make about this war from looking at this map?

Pelopponesian War  War between Athens and Sparta and their allies – Delian League and Pelopponesian League  Tensions always existed between the two very powerful but also very different poli (polises)  27-year war that Sparta won  Athens and ALL Greek city states were devastated militarily, culturally and economically by the long war  The war made Greece vulnerable to invaders.  Conquered by its neighbor to the north.

Alexander the Great

Alexander’s Empire

World Civilizations  Get a textbook and take out homework on Sparta and Athens. I will collect.  Pick up a Do-Now, “The Greek Wars,” (green sheet). Read quietly and answer questions 1 and 2 ONLY on white sheet. AGENDA  Who said it? Spartan or Athenian  Greece United and Divided  Alexander the Great – was he really that Great?

Spartan or Athenian? Who said it?

 Male children are of great value to the city-state. Females are of little use.  Our beautiful Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis.  Our military power is our most important asset!  Art, music, and drama – these are the beauties of life.  We must take time to ask questions about our world, to wonder about good and evil.  A baby boy born with something wrong will only weaken our society and has no reason to live.  Our constitution will give all free men the rights of citizenship.  We will use our strength to cut off our enemy’s supplies and starve their people.

Persian Wars

The Persian and Pelopponesian War  499 BCE – War begins with Persia  490 BCE Battle of Marathon  479 BCE Greeks drive Persians from Greece  460 BCE Pericles becomes leader of Athens  432 BCE Parthenon completed  431 BCE Pelopponesian War begins  404 BCE Athens surrenders to Sparta  Alexander’s conquest begins