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Chapter 9 Section 4
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ORGANIZER! TopicsKey Ideas Greek Philosophy History and Politics Science and Technology Mathematics and Medicine Hellenistic Learning
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GREEK PHILOSOPHY Socrates Socrates Plato Zeno (Stoicism)
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GREEK PHILOSOPHY
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HISTORY Herodotus, “the father of history” wrote about the Persian Wars Herodotus, “the father of history” wrote about the Persian Wars The Histories The Histories Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War Xenophon wrote the first autobiography in history Xenophon wrote the first autobiography in history Herodotus, “the father of history” wrote about the Persian Wars Herodotus, “the father of history” wrote about the Persian Wars The Histories The Histories Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War Xenophon wrote the first autobiography in history Xenophon wrote the first autobiography in history
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POLITICS
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SCIENCE
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TECHNOLOGY Antikythera mechanism oldest analog computer
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MATHEMATICS
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MEDICINE
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HELLENISTIC LEARNING Alexandria, Egypt was a rich center of learning in ancient Greece The Great Library in Alexandria had about 500,000 books or scrolls Many scholars studied there, like Euclid, a mathematician who wrote Elements (geometry book)
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ACTIVITY: GROUPS Group A: Vocabulary Chart: Create a chart using the vocabulary words we learned today. Define the word, write a sentence using it, and draw a picture to help you remember it. Group B: Create a chart that shows the major achievements of the following famous ancient Greeks: Herodotus, Hippocrates, Euclid, Archimedes, Aristarchus, Aristotle, Thucydides, Plato, Pythagoras, Democritus Group C: Greek artifact: Research a Greek statue, painting, building, or artifact and write two full paragraphs describing what it is, where it’s from, and what it is used for/what it is showing
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