Welcome back, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab a fresh student log and your notebook from the crates. Draw an X through today’s homework box. Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Open your notebook and respond to the following prompt: Describe what is happening in this picture in at least three sentences:

Describe what is happening in this picture in at least three sentences.

World History with Mr. Golden __________________________________________________________ Troy and the founding of Ancient Rome

Quiz Scores: Breakdown - 2 nd Period ____________________________________________________ Class average: 75.06% A’sB’sC’sD’sE’s High: 93% Low: 38%

Objective: ________________________________________________________ FLWBAT describe the influence of Greek culture on the development of Roman culture

Agenda: ________________________________________________________ - Review/quiz scores - Troy reading - Intro to Ancient Rome notes - Cultural diffusion - We’re done!

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ Classic Greek culture had one serious author: Wrote an epic poem, detailing a battle that took place over 3000 years ago. Woohoo!

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ 1.How does the war start? 2.Who were the greatest soldiers for Troy and the Greeks? What happened when they battled each other? 3.How did the Greeks get past Troy’s walls? 4.What happened after the Greeks invaded? Respond to each of the following prompts in your notebook: MAKE EFFORT, NOT EXCUSES!

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: Helen (of Sparta) and Paris (of Troy) fall in love and run away together.

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: …but she’s already married. It’s okay, I’m sure that your hubby is very well adjusted and calm. Errrrr…

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: Helen’s husband (Sparta’s king) comes after her… …with an insanely large army. Are we there yet?

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: Greek king Agamemnon is eager to get into the war so he can expand his empire. Helen who?

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: A ten-year battle ensues as Agamemnon just throws soldiers at Troy trying to take over the city.

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: The battle rages on, but Troy has some HUGE walls. WHO IS THIS?

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: Odysseus, (Greek king of Ithaca and star of his own epic), develops a plan to get past the walls of Troy.

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: The Greeks build a huge wooden horse, pretend that it’s an offering to the gods, and hide soldiers in it while the rest of the army pretends to sail away. Shhhh…

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: The Trojans bring the horse into the city and start to celebrate their “victory.” Seriously, shhh!

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: You can guess where it goes from here, can’t you?

The Trojan War: ________________________________________________________ The short, short version – as told through the movie Troy: And, we’re back to where we started! Troy is soooo played out. Time to make a new home on that boot shaped place.

Cornell Notes: ________________________________________________________ Keywords go on the left side Notes/definitions go on the right side

Ancient Rome: ________________________________________________________ ROME o Built on a peninsula with the Apennine Mountains running along the center, and the Alps bordering the north o Rivers flow from the mountains, Rome (the capital city) is on the Tiber River

Ancient Rome: ________________________________________________________ A Roman poet named Virgil writes the full story of Aeneas fleeing Troy, settling in Rome, and starting a new empire there. Why write your own history when you can just steal someone else’s?

Ancient Rome: ________________________________________________________ When one culture’s ideas, customs or beliefs spread to another.

Ancient Rome: ________________________________________________________ Roman gods are almost identical to the Greek gods, just with different names! Dionysus or Bacchus?Hermes or Mercury?Poseidon or Neptune? ROMAN RIP-OFF!

Cultural diffusion: ________________________________________________________ Take some time with your partner and create a list of examples of cultural diffusion in Baltimore! I’m the French General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Need an example?

We’re done! ________________________________________________________ Thank you for all your hard work today! Make sure to put your notebooks in the crate and your folders in folders, please!