HSS APRIL 8/9, 2010 DO NOW: TAKE OUT JOURNALS/WRITE HW/SET GOALS/BENCHMARK REVIEW QUESTION BENCHMARK REVIEW QUESTION OF THE DAY: The tyrants of Greece led to the development of democracy because: A. They ruled without any interference from outsiders. B. They gave everyone an equal amount of farmland. C. They ruled very harshly and starved their opponents. D. It was the first time people united behind a ruler to force change.

GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS JIGSAW YOU ARE MAKING AN MUSEUM EXHIBIT ABOUT HOW THE ANCIENT GREEKS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SOCIETY. YOUR GROUP WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE AREA. IN YOUR GROUP 1 PERSON WILL BE: -ILLUSTRATOR -RESEARCHER -WRITER

EXPLORE YOUR EXHIBIT YOUR GROUP WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES AT EACH POSTER USE THE POSTERS TO COMPLETE YOUR CORNELL NOTES STARTED ON WEDNESDAY SUMMARIZE THE GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE END

ANSWER EQS FROM MONDAY 1)WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE AGORA? 2)WHAT WERE THE PLAYS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS ABOUT? 3)WHO WAS SOCRATES AND HOW DOES HE CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE US TODAY? 4)HOW IS OUR GOVERNMENT INFLUENCED BY ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT? 5)WHICH ELEMENTS OF OUR G.R.A.P.E.S. ARE INFLUENCED BY THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

ALEXANDER THE GREAT EQS 1)Were Athens and Sparta allies or enemies during the Peloponnesian War? Why? 2) Why was King Phillip the II so easily able to conquer the Greeks? 3) Who was Alexander the Great? 4) Name the 3 parts of Alexander’s plan to create a large empire. 5) How did Alexander spread his influence in his empire?

ALEXANDER THE GREAT NOTES SET UP A PAGE OF CORNELL NOTES TOPIC: ALEXANDER THE GREAT STANDARD 6.4.7

KING PHILIP CONQUERS GREECE THE GREEK CITY STATES ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER FOR POWER -PHILIP IS KING OF MACEDONIA -GREECE IS WEAK FROM FIGHTING SO PHILIP CONQUERS IT IN 338 B.C.E -336 B.C.E. PHILIP IS MURDERED, ALEXANDER INHERITS THE THRONE

ALEXANDER BUILDS AN EMPIRE -20 YEARS OLD -UNIFIES GREEK CITY-STATES BY GIVING THEM A COMMON ENEMY = PERSIA -USES COMBINATION OF TERROR AND KINDESS TO CONQUER EMPIRE -IF CITIES RESIST HIM = DESTROYED -IF CITIES SURRENDER TO HIM = COULD KEEP GOVERNMENT AND GET HELP

PLAN TO UNITE EMPIRE -EMPIRE EXPANDED TO ASIA AND EGYPT -GOAL = BRING ALL CULTURES TOGETHER UNDER ONE GOVERNMENT -PLAN TO UNITE HAD 3 KEY PARTS: 1) SPREAD GREEK CULTURE & IDEAS 2) USE RELIGION TO INSPIRE LOYALTY 3) SHOW RESPECT FOR CULTURES HE CONQUERED

SPREADING GREEK IDEAS -UNIFIED EMPIRE BY SPREADING GREEK CULTURE -BUILT GREEK STYLE CITIES WITH MARKETPLACES, TEMPLES AND THEATERS -GREEK SETTLERS SPREAD LAWS, ART, LITERATURE -ALEXANDRIA MOST FAMOUS CITY 1) IN EGYPT 2) MANY GREEK FEATURES 3) IMPORTANT CENTER OF TRADE AND LEARNING

USING RELIGION TO GET LOYALTY -HONORED EGYPTIAN AND PERSIAN GODS; TREATED THEM EQUALLY TO GREEK GODS -SPREAD THE IDEA THAT HE WAS A GOD -REQUIRED ALL GREEKS TO ACCEPT HIM AS THE SON OF ZEUS

ADOPTING WAYS OF CONQUERED CULTURES -USED PERSIAN STYLE OF GOVERNMENT IN PERSIA -WORE PERSIAN STYLE CLOTHES -MADE VISITORS GREET HIM IN PERSIAN STYLE -ENCOURAGED MARRIAGES BETWEEN PERSIANS AND MACEDONIANS -MARRIED DAUGHTER OF PERSIAN KING

END OF THE EMPIRE -324 ALEXANDER CATCHES SWAMP FEVER AND DIES AT 33 -PEOPLE LEFT HIS GREEK STYLE CITIES -GENERALS FOUGHT FOR CONTROL -EMPIRE DIVIDED INTO THREE KINGDOMS -GREEK CULTURE CONTINUED TO INFLUENCE THE LANDS

SUMMARY SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT ALEXANDER THE GREAT