1. Warm-ups  1. What made the Golden Age of Athens possible?  2. Greek People Matching Daily Announcements

2. Agenda – Review Day 1. Greek Religion 2. Persian War 3. Golden Age of Athens 4. Pericles 5. Peloponnesian War 6. Alexander the Great & Hellenism 2/15/11

3. Objectives Students will be able to… 38. Evaluate the forms of government in Athens, especially the Athenian democracy. 39. Identify key cultural contributions and individuals from the Golden Age of Athens. 40. Summarize the major battles and outcomes of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. 2/15/11

4. Announcements  Final Greece Quiz NEXT Class  Monday/ Tuesday, January 11/12  Religion  Persian War  Golden Age of Greece  Peloponnesian War  Alexander the Great & Hellenism

5. What kind of religion did the Greeks practice?  Polytheistic  Worshipped the gods through:  Prayer  Sacrifice of animals, wine and olive oil  Festivals in honor of the gods

6. Greek Mythology  Stories about the gods and humans  Explained events in nature, in life and the behavior/qualities of human beings

7. Major Gods & Goddesses GREEKGOD OF...SYMBOL 1. ZeusKing of the GodsThunderbolt, eagle and oak tree 2. HeraQueen of the GodsPeacock, cow, wedding ring 3. PoseidonThe SeaSea, trident, horse, dolphin 4. HadesThe UnderworldPomegranate, cap of invisibility 5. HestiaHearth/HomeFireplace 6 AthenaWisdom/WarOwl, olive, tree, plow, loom 7. ArtemisMoon/HuntMoon, deer, silver bow and arrows 8. ApolloLight/Music/ProphecyLyre, sun, mice, Laurel tree 9. AphroditeLove/BeautyDove, swan, roses 10. HephaestusFire/ForgeHammer, quail 11. AresWarDog, wild boar, vulture 12. HermesMessenger/Divine HeraldCaduceus, crane

8. Greek religion today  Architecture:  Government buildings in Washington D.C  Literature:  Percy Jackson and the Olympians  Movies:  Clash of the Titans  Wrath of the Titans

9. Persian War Objective #40

10. Persian War  Why did the war start?  Two separate invasions

11. Geography and the War  Marathon  Thermopylae  A mountain pass (water and rock)  Salamis  A narrow strait

12. Persian War Outcomes  Benefit for Athens?  Benefit for all of Greece?

13. Delian League

14. Golden Age of Athens Objective #39

15. History Herodotus  Father of history  Wrote “The Histories” about Greece’s neighbors and the Persian War Thucydides  Wrote “The History of the Peloponnesian War”  Athenian during the war

16. Pericles  Long time political leader in Athens, guided the Golden Age  Changed laws  Include more (poor) people in the democracy  Allow generals to be re-elected

18. Drama  Tragedies  Aeschylus  Sophocles  Euripides  Comedies  Aristophanes

20. Greek Drama  Subjects  What happens to Greek warriors when they come home  Exploring characters from other myths  Contemporary political situations

21. Columns

22. The Parthenon

24. Philosophers SocratesPlatoAristotleAlexande r the Great taught

25. Math and Science  Archimedes  Math, physics, engineering  Designed machines  Archimedes’ screw

26. Math and Science  Hippocrates  Founder of medicine  “Hippocratic Oath”

27. Math and Science  Euclid  Created geometry  Pythagoras  Math…a theorem?  Philosophy of math and music

28. Peloponnesian War Objective #40

29. The War  Fear of Athens  Delian League and Naxos  Delian League and money  Who?  Corinth, Athens, and Sparta

31. Peloponnesian War

32. The Plague  Strikes Athens at the start  Sparta blocking the walls  Pericles dies  Could he have changed the outcome?

33. The Outcome  Winner: Sparta  Loser: all the Greeks  Real winner: Philip II

34. Alexander the Great  How could Philip II conquer Greece?  Divided, you fall  Good tactics  Experienced army  How did Alexander become the ruler of Greece?  His father was assassinated Objective #41

35. Alexander the Great  Trained in military by Philip, everything else by Aristotle  Loved by his troops  Brave, ambitious, inspiring

36. Alexander’s Conquests  Persia, Egypt, into India

37. Hellenistic Culture  Alexander’s conquests spread Hellenistic Culture  Alexandria (Egypt) – center of trade and culture  Lighthouse  Library

38. Alexander Activities  Complete/Review the map

39. Your Homework  Study – Study – Study !!!!!