1. Ancient Greece Contributions

2. Overview Ancient Greece has left the world an amazing legacy of art, architecture, poetry, drama, athletics, philosophy, and science.

3. Time to Think Off the top of your head, what do we have in our lives today that comes from Ancient Greece?

4. Need Some Help? Use the documents (images) provided to determine some of the amazing things that Ancient Greece contributed to our world.

5. What is it? What is it used for?

6. The Alarm Clock ThenNow

7. What is it? What is it used for?

8. The Odometer An instrument used for measuring distance Then Now

9. What is it?

10. The Olympics Started in 776 B.C.E., the Greece held the Olympic games every four year to have the best athletes from each city-state compete against each other. Then Now

11. What is it?

12. Greek Architecture The most common features used in Greek architecture were grand pillars, rows of columns, decorative moldings and oblong designs. Then

13. What is it?

14. Democracy A political system where people share power and participate in decision making. Then

16. The Peer Jury Ancient Greek courts used peer juries to decide important cases and give opinions on potential laws.

18. Geometry The Greeks insisted that geometric facts must be established by deductive reasoning, much like how it is done these days. Before them, geometric rules were not explained and rules were not created.

20. Practice of Medicine Before ancient Greek times, diseases were explained through superstitions and punishment for sins. Hippocrates was a physician who determined that they were caused by the body’s reactions. He also set out a code for doctors to follow. One of those was doctor-patient confidentiality.

21. Follow-Up Activity PART 1: In small groups, use your devices to find five other inventions/ideas that originated in Ancient Greece.

22. PART 2: Each group will share their findings with the class.

23. PART 3: On your own, write a paragraph about the one contribution made by ancient Greece that you feel was the most important.

24. Structure for Paragraph: Accordion Fold (8 Sentences) 1.Topic sentence 2.Reason/Detail/Fact 3.Explanation/Example 4.Reason/Detail/Fact 5.Explanation/Example 6.Reason/Detail/Fact 7.Explanation/Example 8.Conclusion