1. Bellringer Take out your outline and get ready for your quiz!
BJOTD: How do small people call each other?

2. Objectives The Students will know The Students will understand
What the Golden Age of Athens was including some of the major figures
The major causes and effects of the Peloponnesian War
The Students will understand
The Peloponnesian War will lead Greece into a weakened state, setting the stage for Philip II of Macedonia
The Students will be able to
Work together in order to use historical evidence to identify and defend famous figures from Greek history

3. The Golden Age of Pericles

4. Effects of Persian Wars
Persian Wars united Athens and Sparta against the Persian Empire
Athens became the leader of the Delian League (an alliance of 140 city-states)
Athenian victories over the Persians at Marathon and Salamis left Greeks in control of the Aegean Sea
Athens preserved its independence and continued innovations in government and culture, leading to the rise of the Golden Age of Greece

5. Post Persian War Athens is the leader of the Delian League
Goal: mutual defense group in case of invasion
Other city-states pay money to help fund Athens’ navy and army
Athens is the premier city-state
Sparta has the Peloponnesian League

6. Pericles ( BCE)
Well-liked Athenian statesman who came to power in Athens in 461 BCE
Ruled for 32 years

7. Major Accomplishments
Extension of democracy
Increased the number of paid public officials
Result:
Officials chosen by election OR Lot
Fan of direct democracy

8. Other Accomplishments
Rebuilt Athens after the Persian Wars
Promoted the arts and architecture
Columns
Doric: strong, topped with round capital
Ionic: taller, slender, scroll-shaped capital
Corinthian: Ionic column with intricately carved capitals
Capital=top of column

9. The Parthenon Built by Pericles
Statues created by Phidias (a famous sculptor)
The statue of Athena in the Parthenon
The statue of Zeus at Olympia
Uses of Parthenon
Temple, treasury

11. Processing Take notes on the people on your pages
Working with your group, you must:
Identify who the page belongs to and back up your identification with 3 clues from the yearbook page (1 must be an explanation of the quote)
Label what group the individual was a part of :
Literature/drama
Math/science/medicine
History
Government
Philosophy
Architecture
Come up with your own superlative for that individual
Example: for Cyrus the Great
Nicest Person in the Class

12. The Peloponnesian War (431-401 BCE)
Athens and the
Delian League
Sparta and the
Peloponnesian League
vs.
Competition between Athens and Sparta for the control of Greece was a major cause of the war

13. How did the war start?
What was Pericles’ Funeral Oration about?
How did Athens get supplies when they were isolated inside their walls?
What happened in Athens that killed 1/3 of the population?
Who was the leader of the Spartans that defeated Athens?
How did Lysander defeat the Athenians?
What did Lysander demand that Athens do to their walls? Why?

14. The Effects of the Peloponnesian War
Slowed cultural advances and weakened political power
Ends the Golden Age of Athens, Sparta emerges as the dominant power
Poverty throughout Greece slowed cultural advancement

15. Golden Age: Greek Drama
Aeschylus
1. Playwright
2. Tragedies
3. Pride could bring misfortune/the gods
could bring down even the greatest hero
4. The Oresteia (The Trojan Wars)

16. Sophocles
1. Playwright
2. Oedipus and Antigone

17. Golden Age: Greek Literature
Homer
1. Poet (epics)
2. The Iliad and the Odyssey – journey of
Odysseus coming home after the Trojan
War

18. Golden Age: Historical Writing
Herodotus
1. Father of history
2. Stressed the importance of research and bias
3. Wrote The Persian Wars
Thucydides
1. History of the Peloponnesian War
2. Placed a lot of emphasis on accuracy and precision of facts

19. Golden Age: Science Hippocrates 1. Doctor
2. Hippocratic Oath  do no harm (rule of
ethics for doctors)

20. Archimedes
1. Physicist and inventor
2. Lever and pulley for moving heavy and
large objects
Euclid
1. Mathematician
2. The Elements – basis for modern
geometry

21. Pythagoras
1. Mathematician
2. Pythagorean Theorem

22. Time Magazine’s Most Influential Man of 300 BCE
Magazine Cover and Article that answers the question of “Why should this individual be named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 300 BCE?”
Writing Component: Persuasive Essay with an intro/thesis, body, and conclusion
NO MORE THAN 1 page, single-spaced
Magazine Cover: Picturing your person and hints about their accomplishments that tie in with your paper

23. 2010
Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook

24. 2008
Barack Obama

25. 1938
Adolph Hitler, Chancellor of Germany