1. Ancient Greece
FSMS

2. Happy Friday! GET OUT YOUR WORKSHEET FROM YESTERDAY & FINISH YOUR
ENDING.

3. Bell ringer #1: 1/30/18 A push/pull factor is __________.
With your seat partners, list as many PULL factors as you can for ancient Greece
With your seat partners, list as many PUSH factors as you can for ancient Greece

4. Bell ringer #1: 1/30/18
A push/pull factor is something that causes people to move to (pull) or away from a location (push).
With your seat partners, list as many PULL factors as you can for ancient Greece
With your seat partners, list as many PUSH factors as you can for ancient Greece

5. Bell Ringer #2: 2/1/18
Q1: WHY DID MRS. BALLARD play a short video about a tsunami that hit Japan?
A1: This video is relevant because ________
Q2: HOW DID THE MINOANS EARN THEIR LIVING?
building ships & trading b) building ships & farming
c) farming & mining gold d) mining gold & trading
Q3: SOMETHING IS CONSIDERED PREHISTORIC WHEN…
It is older than 5,000 years
it is older than the first forms of writing
It is from the BC or BCE time periods

6. Bell Ringer #3: 2/5/18
Q1: NAME ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE FROM YOUR READING, AND IDENTIFY IF IT SUPPORTS THAT THE TROJAN WAR DID OCCUR, OR DID NOT ACTUALLY OCCUR:
Q2: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CORRECTLY LISTS THE STONE AGES IN ORDER FROM FIRST TO LAST?
Neolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic
Mesolithic, Paleolithic, Neolithic
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

7. Bell Ringer #4: 2/6/18
Please remind Mrs. Ballard to announce missing work :)
Q1:
Q2: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CORRECTLY LISTS THE STONE AGES IN ORDER FROM FIRST TO LAST?
Neolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic
Mesolithic, Paleolithic, Neolithic
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

8. Evidence hunt! Agenda: Finish finding evidence in your reading
Complete your graphic organizer
Draw your own conclusion about the Trojan War
*You will be turning in the piece of writing that YOU like the best today for a grade, as well as your graphic organizer

9. Hollywood needs YOU The True Story of Troy
There has been much debate in Hollywood about the TRUE story of Troy. A top filmmaker has advertised that they want to make a movie titled The True Story of Troy. Using your research, write a section of the movie script that shows your opinion regarding whether or not the Trojan War actually occurred.

10. Q: WHY DID MRS. BALLARD play a short video about a tsunami that hit Japan?
A: This video is relevant because the destruction of the island Crete is what causes the Minoans to move to Greece.

11. Draw Northern border for Greece & color ONLY Greece
BELL RINGER
Get a map
Get your textbook
Look at pages (229, 231 & 270) to find the following locations & label them on your map
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Asia Minor
Crete
Rhodes
Sparta
Mycenae
Athens
Draw Northern border for Greece & color ONLY Greece

12. ANCIENT GREECE

13. NATURAL DISASTER
Write a paragraph describing one natural disaster you have heard of in the past:
What kind of disaster was it?
Where in the world did it happen?
What kind of damage did it do?

14. BELL RINGER #3 1) Use the back of bell ringer #2
2) Read textbook page
3) Draw these 3 events from left to right, then label them
1) Volcano eruption
2) Tsunami is created
3) Tsunami hits Crete

15. NATURAL BARRIERS 1) Med. Sea = S 2) Aegean Sea = E 3) Ionian Sea = W
4) Mountains
All over Greece
Separated city-states
Formed rivalries

16. MINOANS 1600 B.C. 1st ppl of Aegean Sea
Traded w/ Egypt & Meso to get ideas
Disappeared (?)
1)Mycenaeans
2)volcano
NOT Greek (language)

17. Two theories that explain the demise of the Minoans:
1: The Minoans were destroyed by the tsunami waves caused by the eruption of the Santorini volcano
2. The Minoans were left vulnerable from the tsunami waves, and were killed off by the Mycenaeans

18. Exit Slip
What push factor likely caused the demise of the Minoan Civilization?

19. MYCENAEANS 1400-1200 B.C. 1st Greek speaking
Lived in separate city- states w/ ruling king
Trojan War happened during this time
Mycenean king goes around trying to control all of the city-states
Wants to control the agean sea, but troy does as well, so there is a conflict.
Trade (money)

20. TROJAN WAR Greeks vs Trojans Paris kidnapped Helen
Agamemnon = power hungry
Achilles helps Greeks
10 year war
Greeks outsmart Trojans
Horse

21. https://www. youtube. com/watch. v=Sq- uMIZGETs = Achilles v
com/watch?v=Sq- uMIZGETs = Achilles v. Hector (2 min)
com/watch?v=r- q6TSQIypg - Achilles in a nutshell (1 min)

22. HOMER (NOT that HOMER) Blind poet
Only written records of the Trojan War
Iliad = Trojan War
Odyssey = Greek hero’s voyage home

23. GREEK VOCAB Persian War - Alliance Odyssey - Direct Democracy
Hellenistic - Socrates
Xerses Aristotle
Phalanx - Plato
Themistocles - Alexander the Great
Darius Peloponnesian War
Acropolis -Iliad
Representative Democracy

24. Exit Slip Read pages (167-173) over the Olympics
Who got to participate?
What’s the purpose of the Olympics?
What are the rewards for the winner?
Why are they called the Olympics?
How did war affect the games?
Draw & explain one event from the ancient games.

25. GREEKS Great sailors & traded with outside world (alphabet)
750 B.C. rapid overpopulation
Greeks spread around Med. Sea
Culture spread

26. CITY-STATES City & surrounding country-side
Didn’t/couldn’t create large empire
Fiercely defended independence
Rivalries were created

27. List of Ancient Greek City-states
Athens (1796–338 BC)
Sparta (900s–192 BC)
Corinth (700 BC–338 BC)
Thebes (? – 338 BC)
Eretria (? – 338 BC)
Chalcis (? – 338 BC)
Syracuse (734–212 BC)
Massalia (600–49 BC
Which ones have you heard of before?

28. Acropolis of Athens

29. POLIS What the Greeks called their city-states Made of 2 levels
1) Agora (marketplace)
2) Acropolis (high city with temples for gods)

30. Point to the Agora:

31. PHALANX Group of soldiers who fight together in a square
Fighting style used by the Greeks (Spartans)
Hard to break through

32. BARBARIANS Greek word for ppl who don’t speak Greek
Develops a bad reputation later in history
Huns, Vandals, Vikings, Mongols

33. Definitions change... Back then... Now…
An uncultured or brutish person
-synonyms: savage, beast, brute, heathen
(in ancient times) a member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations (Greek, Roman, Christian).

34. OLYMPIC GAMES Named after “Olympia” in Greece Dedicated after the gods
Only wealthy could play
City-states stopped fighting to play

35. EXIT SLIP
1) What is the main reason we are learning about the ancient Greeks?
2) Greek mythology is ________, while Christianity is __________.
3) Skip a line & write these 10 names down. Then tell what you know about them
Zeus - Apollo - Hades
Hera - Asclepios -Poseidon
Dionysus - Aphrodite
Demeter - Ares

36. ZEUS Greatest greek god Saved older 5 siblings from father
Mother saved him from father (stone)
Married sister hera
Ladies man (many illegitimate children)

37. HERA Married to Zeus Eaten by father Coronus Goddess of marriage
Sought revenge on Zeus's illegitimate children

38. DIONYSUS Greek god of wine Illegitimate child of Zeus
Mother killed while pregnant by Hera
Saved by Zeus; born from his THIGH

39. DEMETER Goddess of grain & agriculture
Daughter Persephone kidnapped by Hades
Gives 3 fertile seasons & 1 barren (winter)

40. APOLLO God of sun & light Uses bow & arrow
Head cut off by achilles in movie

41. EXIT SLIP
1) Create a quick game/contest for us to play in our Olympics
2) May NOT include more than 4 players at a time
3) Using bullets, describe how the game is played
4) Draw a LARGE example of your game

42. ASCLEPIUS Half man/ half god God of medicine & healing
Carried snake staff

43. APHRODITE Goddess of love, beauty, & desire
Unfaithful to husband w/ many men
Gives spells to unite gods w/ humans

44. ARES Son of Zeus & Hera God of war & blood thirst
Interferes w/ battles

45. HADES
God of underworld
Brother of Zeus
Kidnapped Demeter’s daughter

46. POSEIDON God of the sea Brother of Zeus
Gives Odysseus trouble after Trojan War
Trident was his weapon

47. BELL RINGER 1) Compare the geography of Greece with Mesopotamia.
2)What is the difference between a Monarchy & a Tyranny?
3)List at least 3 Push or Pull factors for migration.
4) Explain the reason why the Greeks believe we have the 4 seasons.
5)How do you know the “Iliad” came before the “Odyssey?”

48. TROJAN WAR

49. DEMETER

50. OLYMPICS

51. HOMER

52. ACROPOLIS

53. PHALANX

54. POSEIDON

55. ACHILLES

56. GREECE

57. MINOANS

58. PERSIAN WAR Started in 499 B.C.
Persians felt insulted by Greek interference in their homeland
Persian leader wanted revenge on Greeks

59. PERSIA Huge empire from Asia minor to India
Had largest empire world had ever seen
Ruled with compromise
Country today?

60. IONIA Small Greek city-state located in Asia minor
Rebelled against Persian rule
Greek city-states came to their aid
Greeks put differences aside

61. DARIUS I Persian king Put down revolt
Wants revenge on Greeks for helping Ionia
Sends troops to mainland Greece
Starts Persian War

62. BATTLE OF MARATHON Area near Athens were Persians landed
Greeks were outnumbered
Greeks win
Send messenger to Athens
26 mile trip
Yells “Nike” & dies

63. VIDEO REVIEW 1) Why was the Parthenon built?
2) What is Xerses plan to walk on water?
3) Describe what a Pass is.
4) Describe what a Phalanx is.
5) Who is Themistocles & how did he lie to get what he wanted?

64. PARTHENON Building dedicated to the goddess Athena
Built after Marathon
Most famous building in ancient Greece
Represents Greek democracy

65. XERSES Son of Darius I Wants to carry out father’s revenge
Sends troops to Greece 10 years later
Sends NAVY also
“Immortals”

66. IMMORTALS Best Persian fighters A unit of 10,000 soldiers
When one died or injured they were immediately replaced
This is how they got their name

67. LEONIDAS King of Sparta Older 2 brothers died
Hand picked his 300 warriors
Name means “lion- like”

68. BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE A.K.A. battle of 300
Spartans led by King Leonidas
Held off thousands of Persians
Location was the key
Persians eventually won the battle (burn Athens)

69. GREEKS WIN Athens burned after Thermopylae
Greeks win last 2 major battle
Greeks win navy battle
Persians defeated, but empire continues

70. COPY THESE QUESTIONS
1) What factors allowed the Greeks to have early success at Thermopylae?
2) What does Xerses do on day 2 of Thermopylae?
3) What causes Leonidas and his men to get surrounded?
4) Explain Leonidas’s plan once he knew he was surrounded.
5) What do the Persians do after the battle?

71. BELL RINGER #11 Copy down the 3 Persian War questions
Skip 5 lines after copying down question
1) Explain why a LIE might have saved the Greeks in the Persian War
2) How did Themistocles greatly help Leonidas & his men
3) Explain Leonidas’ plan once he knew he was surrounded on both sides

72. BELL RINGER #12 In paragraph form EXPLAIN:
1) Why the Greeks believe we have 3 growing seasons & 1 barren
2) What caused & what happened at the Battle of Marathon
3) What FACTORS allowed the Greeks to have early success at Thermopylae

73. GREEK COLLAGE THEMES 1) Greeks vs. Trojans (Trojan War)
2) Athens vs. Sparta
gov’t, education, women, lifestyle
3) Greeks vs. Persians (Persian War)
4) Olympic games (+ 5 )

74. EXIT SLIP (must knows about ancient Greece)

75. ALLIANCE Agreement to work together
Created by Greeks after Persian War
Created to protect Greek trade in the Aegean Sea
Each city-state gave $

76. DELIAN LEAGUE Name of the alliance Named after island where $ was kept
Athens leader of league
Athens most powerful city-state after Persian War

77. YOU BIG BULLY Athens began to bully city-states Made some join
Wouldn’t let others leave
Used $ to rebuild city
Other Greeks resented Athens

78. PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE Alliance created in southern Greece
Named after peninsula
Sparta was the leader
Was worried about Athens power

79. PELOPONNESIAN WAR Started in 431 B.C. Lasted 27 years
Sparta attacks Athens
Could be called Greek Civil War
North vs South
Like USA

80. WEAK GREECE Sparta won war Athens declined
City-states continued fighting
Greece became weak against foreign attack

81. FIGURE IT OUT
Mr. Marsh is married (Megan) and has one son (Kane). The ages in the house are 7, 31 & 3.

82. Greek Astronomy Geocentric View Heliocentric View Earth centered
Sun centered

83. Greek Philosophy Socrates Plato Aristotle
Explain world through reason & evidence
Socratic Method?

84. Greek Math Great at geometry Came up with value of Pi?
Pythagorean Theorem

85. Greek Architecture 3 columns Amphitheatres Stadiums Doric Ionic
Corinthian
Amphitheatres
Stadiums

88. Greek Medicine Hippocrates-father of medicine Swear an oath
Used saws for bones
Uses scalpels

89. HERODOTUS Considered to be the “father of history”
Wrote about events from the past
Persian War
Leonidas

90. GREEK ACHIEVEMENTS STEPS: 1) Highlight 3 facts for 6 categories.
2) Choose a symbol for each category.
3) Design a quick blueprint/layout
Show this to Mr. Marsh
4) Begin working on Collage/Poster
* OFF TASK = -5 PTS

91. SOCRATES Athenian Philosopher Socratic Method (questions)
What we know comes from Plato
Corrupting the youth
poisoned

92. PLATO Student of Socrates Wrote book called “the Republic”
Thought society should be ruled by a “philosopher king”

93. ARISTOTLE Student of Plato Tutored Alexander the Great
Studied over 100 city-states & their gov’t
Said: DEMOCRACY was the best

95. MACEDONIA EMPIRE Kingdom just north of Greece
Defeated Greeks in 339 B.C.
Greeks thought they were Barbarians
½ civilized (backwards)

96. PHILLIP II Macedonia king Greatest achievement (defeated Greece)
Greatest dream = defeating Persia
Didn’t happen
Died at daughter’s wedding

97. ALEXANDER THE GREAT King at 20 Shared father’s dream Defeated Persia
Created largest empire in world
Why he’s the great
Crossed Kyber pass

98. ALEXANDER’S DEATH His men wanted to go home
Got fever & died on way home
Died at 32/33
Kingdom divided into 3 parts
Greatest achievement = spreading Greek culture

99. ALEXANDRIA Cultural capital of empire Named after Alexander
Largest city in world
Famous lighthouse
For ship/trade
Great library
burned

100. HELLENISTIC Hel·len·is·tic
of or relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC. During this period Greek culture flourished, spreading through the Mediterranean and into the Near East and Asia and centering on Alexandria in Egypt and Pergamum in Turkey.

102. 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY
This August millions of people from around the world will watch the Olympic games. Most people have very little historical knowledge of these athletic events. In this essay inform the reader by comparing the modern Olympics to the ones created in ancient Greece.
DO NOT use the word “I”
At least 5 sentences per paragraph

103. GREEK REVIEW Minoans - Democracy -Socrates
Alliance - Phalanx Geocentric
Trojan war - Zeus Dionysus - Phillip II -Heliocentric
Achilles - Demeter - Alexander
Herodutus - Poseidon
Hellenistic - Leonidas
Aegean Sea - Themistocles
Iliad - Darius
Monarchy - Xerses