Fall Semester Unit I

Greece

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Essential Questions:

1. What are the legacies of the ancient Greeks?

2. In what ways were the lives of the ancient Greeks similar to and different from the lives of modern Americans?

General:

Pictures of Greek and American architecture

Map of Greece

Greece Pictures

Greek Timeline

Greece News Item

Pre-Ionian Greeks:

Minoans (Crete) Article

Images from Minoan Society

Simulation of Santorini Explosion

Maps of Santorini

Images from Mycenaean Society

Lessons Learned from Troy

Trojan Horse Cartoons

Ionian Greeks:

Acropolis Images

Agora Photograph

Influence of Greek Words and Letters

Greek Alphabet

Sparta-Athens Comparison

Myth 1: Pandora

Myth 2: Arachne

Myth 3: Echo

Myth 4: Narcissus

Deities Chart

Persian & Peloponnesian Wars

Greek Wars Categorizing Activity (included in Persian & Peloponnesian Wars worksheet)

Hoplite Drawing

Allegory of the Cave

Video about Philosophical Thought

Images of Plato and Aristotle

Article about Parthenon Marbles

Article about Original Appearance of Parthenon Marbles

Cultural Similarities and Difference Chart

Exam Information

Most-Missed Topics - to be posted in Google Classroom soon after the exam.