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Ancient Greek Architecture
Ancient Greek Architecture
Did you know our system of democracy, our constitution and even our capitals architecture was all inspired by Ancient Greece? That's right, America’s early leaders modeled America’s modern Democracy on the ancient Greece Democracy. Democracy, means the ultimate power rests with the people, through voting for elected representatives. Power to the people!
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Architecture in Washington DC was also influenced by the Greeks. This week we're going to look at Ancient Greek Architecture and the three types of greek colums, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian. See if you can spot them in our capitals buildings . Grab your art supplies and lets get started!
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Paper
pencil
watercolors
water color paper
cup of water
ruler
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