1. Rise of Greek City-States
Aim: What was life like in the ancient Greek city-states?
Do Now: How did the geography of ancient Greece create a suitable region for civilization?
Take out homework - Athens Sparta Chart

2. Polis Powerful men made decisions for cities
Each community revolved around one city
Polis – Greek word for city-state

3. Polis
Built around acropolis – large hill where people could seek shelter and safety
Agora – clearing that was market and meeting place
Polis looked similar but each had different government

4. Polis Citizens in ancient Greece could only be men
Women and slaves had few rights
Slaves were usually conquered neighbors

6. Greek life and culture Aim: Explain Greek life and culture.
Do Now: What do
You think is a central aspect to ancient Greek life?

7. Shared Culture Days set apart to honor gods and goddesses
Most powerful gods live on Mount Olympus
Mountain in Northern Greece
Temples
Parthenon in Athens

8. Special Festivals Polis honor at least one god as its protector
Athens – honor Athena
Festival – worship gods at sunrise and make sacrifices
Worship Zeus
Athletic competitions
Earliest Olympics

9. Beyond Greece
Colonies – a territory under the control of another civilization
Greek colonies are trading partners with each
other

10. Homer Ancient Greek poet (c. 800-700 B.C.)
Epic poems about wars between Greek city-states and Troy
Iliad and Odyssey

11. Athens
Pericles – statesman – “Athens is ruled by the many, not the few” - democracy
Republic – a government where the people rule by electing representatives to make laws and decisions
Assembly – lawmaking body of a government
Voted on issues
Jury – a group of citizens chosen to hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law

12. GREECE Aim: Explain the importance of philosophy, Socrates, and Plato.
Do Now:
What is philosophy?

13. Philosophy
Philosophy – the search for wisdom and the right way to live
Socrates – famous teacher and philosopher
Put to death for inciting a revolt
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
Plato – Socrates’ student and philosopher

14. The peloponnesian war
Aim: How did the Peloponnesian War affect ancient Greece?
Do Now: Why might Athens and Sparta have disliked one another in ancient times?

15. Athens and Sparta Athens – democracy and focus on learning
Sparta – oligarchy and focus on military
Both of these city-states gain allies over time and become the 2 strongest city-states

16. War and Conflict
Pericles (leader of Athens) refuses to back down to Sparta
War begins when Thebes attacks Plataea
Peloponnesian Wars – conflict in 431 B.C.
Athens and allies vs. Sparta and allies

17. War and Conflict Sparta – Strongest army Athens – strongest navy
Pericles orders all Athenians inside city walls
Plague develops and 1 in 3 die (including Pericles)

18. Battles Athens navy wins key battles at sea Battle at Syracuse, Sicily
Spartans win
Battle at Aegospotami

19. End of the War Sparta surrounds city of Athens
Blocks off food from entering city
Athens surrenders
Control of Greece went back and forth between cities for next 50 years
Greek power decreased as a result of the war
Thucydides
Historian who
Writes about the
war