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GH1.2.6
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Materials: PowerPoint, Handout “Classical Greece” HW#2.6: Read pp116-119 Writing Activity p 119 Vocabulary: aristocracy, Parthenon, pantheon, comedy, tragedy, drama Do Now: Why do you think we refer to ancient Greece as “Classical”?
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Source Analysis On your own close read the reading on Classical Greece
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Rational argument Intellectual Thermopylae Delian Legue Parthenon Bosphorus Neutral Peloponesse
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Pair Activity With a partner list the achievements of Classical Greece
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Architecture Mathematics Government Medicine Literature Sports
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Architecture -Greeks used stone columns to support heavy stone roofs in their temples (Ionic & Doric styles). Many government buildings still use these styles today. Mathematics -Pythagoras & Euclid helped to develop geometry – the study of angles Government -Athens, a Greek city-state, developed an early form of democracy. The U.S. has imitated this government of for the people by the people. Medicine -Hippocrates showed that diseases had natural rather than magical or religious causes. Literature Sports -Greek authors, such as Homer, wrote lengthy stories about heroes that continue to inspire books & movies today. -Authors like Euripides, developed tragedies (sad stories), that later influenced writers like William Shakespeare. The Olympic games began in ancient Greece around 776 B.C.E and continue to our present
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Which contribution do you think was most important to the world?
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Promoted Cultural Diffusion (rivers, Mediterranean sea,) Developed trade, farming and technology (boats) -Spoke the same language- Led Barriers (Mountains, Med Sea, Archipelago) -developed different city states with different culture and government
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Government Education Social Structure Allies Military Strength Lifestyle Cultural Achievement
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AthensSparta Population Government Social Structure Allies/Military Lifestyle/Values Education Role of Women Cultural Achievement Food
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Athens Approximately 140,000 By 432 B.C. largest city- state 150,000 Athenians 50,000 aliens and 100,000 slaves Sparta 8,000 adult males Over 100,000 slaves and semi-enslaved people
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Athens Direct democracy Elected officials including 10 generals, magistrates Council of 500: administer decision made by Assembly Assembly: all male citizens; passed laws Trial by jury Sparta Oligarchy: rule by few Combination of different forms of gov. Two kings: led army 5 Overseers: ran day-to-day operations of Sparta; had veto power Senate: 28 men over 60; elected for life; acted as judges; proposed legislation Assembly: all Spartan males
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Athens Freemen: all male citizens Upper: Aristocrats Land owners Naval captains and military leaders Middle: small farmers Lower: craftsman Metics: foreigners Slaves: treated less harshly than other Greek city-states Sparta Spartiates: Land owning military professionals Perioeci: foreigners who were craftsman, artisans Helots: serfs (farmers) who worked on the Spartiates land Gave 1/2 of all their produce to Spartiates / military
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Athens Delian League: collection of city-states that pledged loyalty to Athens Athens taxed them for protection Athens had very strong navy Sparta Peloponnesian League: Superior army on land Entire culture was focused on the art of war
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Athens Democratic values Participation in government a civic responsibility Many religious holidays Theatre / sporting events Trading empire brought contact with many other cultures Sparta Militaristic values Citizens were not permitted to own luxuries Children were taught to respect elderly, women, and warriors
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Athens Schools taught reading, writing and mathematics, music, poetry, sport and gymnastics Ages 5-14 (wealthy went until 18) Academies were set up to study philosophy, rhetoric, and ethics Girls were taught homemaking skills Sparta Boys: at age 7 they were taken from their parents and taught the art of war Had to steal to survive At age 20 they entered the military At age 30 they were able to marry Girls: at age 7 they were reading and writing, gymnastics, athletics and survival skills
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Athens Women were kept at home Could not participate in athletics Some women held high posts at religious ceremonies Sparta Girls were educated Could participate in sports Goal was to produce healthy babies Married at 18 Enjoyed a great deal of freedom Could own and control their property Expected to protect land while husband was at war
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Athens Art Sculptures Pottery Architecture Drama Literature Philosophy Science Medicine Mathematics Democracy Sparta Military supremacy Simple lifestyle “ideal” community
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Athens Enjoyed food from all over the empire Trade brought goods from all over the Mediterranean region Sparta Spartan Broth: pork, blood, salt, vinegar Trained to dislike luxuries and fancy food Men lived separate from wives for much of the time
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If you were a young teenage girl of the citizen class, in which city-state would you rather live? Why? If you were a slave, in which would you rather live? Why? If you were a boy of the citizen class, in which would you rather live? Why? If you were a young soldier, in which would you rather live? Why? If you were a very wealthy person of the citizen class, in which would you rather live? Why?
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