1. Ancient Greece
Famous Greeks

2. Essential Standards
6.H.2 Understand the political, economic and/or social significance of historical events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.
6.C&G.1 Understand the development of government in various civilizations, societies and regions.

3. Clarifying Objectives
6.H.2.4 Explain the role that key historical figures and cultural groups had in transforming society (e.g., Mansa Musa, Confucius, Charlemagne and Qin Shi Huangdi).
6.C&G.1.1 Explain the origins and structures of various governmental systems (e.g., democracy, absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy).

4. Essential Questions
How did the Greek Historical figures make contributions that affected everyone?
What is an OLIGARCHY?

5. Important Greeks
Ancient Greece is known as the place where the Western World got their Ideologies
The Western World has many Ancient Greeks to thank for that
In this lesson we will cover 12 of the most influential Historical Figures (Greeks)

6. Important Greeks
These 12 Greeks were important to both Ancient Greece & the rest of the world for different reasons
Philosophy
Play Write
Historian
Mathematician
Government Figure
Leadership

7. Important Greeks The 12 important Greeks we will cover include….
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Homer
Herodotus
Archimedes
Euclid
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Alexander the Great

8. Ancient Greek Philosophers
Ancient Greek philosophers were masters of the problems of Ancient Greece
Philosophers studied reason, values, knowledge, existence, etc
The 3 most famous philosophers of Ancient Greece were…
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle

9. Socrates Socrates was the first great Greek philosophers
Socrates was famous for promoting CRITICAL THINKING
He would stand out in the Agora and ask a series of very tough questions (interview) about why they believed they existed
He was eventually put to death (Death of Socrates) famous painting

10. Plato Plato was the second great philosopher of Ancient Greece
He was one of the students of Socrates
He taught about JUSTICE to the individual vs. JUSTICE to the country of Greece

11. Aristotle Aristotle was the 3rd great Greek Philosopher
He was a student of Plato
He laid the groundwork for the spread of Christianity by teaching of living a MORAL life
He was the personal teacher to Alexander the Great

12. Ancient Greek Play Writes
A play write is someone who was the author of plays and poetry
The most famous Ancient Greek Play write was Homer

13. Homer Homer was the most famous writer of poetry in history
His two most famous works were the
Iliad (story about the Troy)
Odyssey (story of Odysseus journey home to Ithaca
Ancient city of Troy described in the Iliad has now been unearthed & discovered

14. Ancient Greek Historians
There is one Greek Historian that stands out from the rest
The Greek Historian’s job was to write down key events as they happened in Ancient Greece
Herodotus was the most famous Greek Historian by far

15. Herodotus Herodotus is known as the “Father of History”
He was the first person that we know of to write historical events down
Because of Herodotus we know of the different wars throughout Greek history & why they occurred

16. Ancient Greek Mathematician
There were many great Greek Mathematicians
4 of these Math Geeks standout among the rest….
Archimedes
Euclid
Hippocrates
Pythagoras

17. Archimedes Archimedes was very influential in Math & Science
He developed the first form of Calculus
He discovered the mathematical reasoning behind buoyancy (sinkers & floaters)
Developed the value of Pi & square roots

18. Euclid Euclid was the Father of Geometry
His most famous work was a book called ELEMENTS
It was a book that taught how to write Geometric Proofs

19. Hippocrates “Father of Medicine”
He was the first to believe that diseases were caused naturally & not as a punishment from god
He was the first to set up a medical school to train doctors as a profession

20. Pythagoras
Pythagoras was a mathematician that proved the Pythagorean Theorem
This is the Mathematical Law that states (A squared + B squared = C squared

21. Ancient Greek Government Figure
Ancient Greece is known for shaping the Government of the whole modern Western World
In other words they developed DEMOCRACY
Democracy is the government system where the people make their own decisions by voting
This system was highly influenced by Cleisthenes

22. Cleisthenes
An Aristocrat Oligarchy controlled Athens early in Greek History
Cleisthenes thought this was wrong
Cleisthenes believed that even the common Greek citizens should have the freedom to make their own decisions
DEMOCRACY was born
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23. Essential Question Get with a partner and answer…
What is an OLIGARCHY?

24. Ancient Greek Leaders
There were many, many great leaders of Ancient Greece but two stand out….
Pericles
Alexander the Great

25. Pericles Pericles was the great leader that rebuilt Athens
He rebuilt all the temples of Athens
Gave power to the Philosophers which led to a period in Ancient Greece of great learning and understanding

26. Alexander the Great Great King & Military Leader
He believed he was the Great Greek Warrior Achilles second coming
He defeated the great Persian Empire once & for all

27. Essential Question Get with a partner and answer…
How did the Greek Historical figures make contributions that affected everyone?

28. EOG Questions Order of Ruling Powers in Ancient Greece 1. Monarchy
2. Oligarchy
3. Tyranny
4. Democracy
Which statement explains the list above?
A) Some city-states of Ancient Greece went from being governed by their citizens to being ruled by a king.
B) Some city-states of Ancient Greece went from being ruled by nobility to being governed by their citizens.
C) Some city-states of Ancient Greece went from being ruled by military leaders to being governed by the upper class.
D) Some city-states of Ancient Greece went from being ruled by rich merchants to being governed by men of nobility.

29. EOG Questions
An absolute monarchy is a type of government structure. Which of the statements describes this type of structure?
A) The citizens have an equal say in their government.
B) The citizens elect representatives to run the government.
C) The ruler has complete power over the citizens or inhabitants.
D) The ruler has control of the government, but citizens have rights

30. Important Points
6.H.2.4 (Key Historical Figure) All these people were key historical figures that made Greece so important in history
6.C&G.1.1 (Government Structure) An OLIGARCHY is when a few people have control of EVERYONE