To Do List:

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To Do List

• Please take out your homework from last night
• Write down Homework
• Read Section 2 (pages 5-11)
• Answer Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Take out paper for notes and start jotting down
  notes on the following question
• What do you know about Greece?

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Section One Cultures of the Mountains and the
Sea

• Western Humanities
• Ms. Hernandez

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Todays Objective

• Analyze and identify the ways geography and
  climate shaped Greek life
• Explain the importance of studying Greece
• List and identify the different time periods in
  Ancient Greece

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A Short Tour of Greece
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Welcome! Before we start our tour...

• What do you know about Greece already?

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Why study Greece?

• Despite its relatively small size, Greece
  developed ideas about government, philosophy,
  science, and the arts that are still enormously
  influential today.
• Athenian democracy was an important model for the
  establishment of a democracy in the U.S.
• Olympics originated in ancient Greece and is
  still a major international sporting event

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Also

• Work of Greek philosophers, such as Socrates,
  Plato, and Aristotle, continue to be relevant to
  modern thought and society
• Inspired architecture- building such as
  courthouses and banks have traditionally relied
  heavily on Greek forms
• Literary works such as epic poems of Homer and
  The Odyssey

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Where is Greece?
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Guiding Question

• What are the 3 important environmental influences
  on Greek civilization?

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Because its a peninsula
Greece has an extensive coastline
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As well as great harbors
What do these features suggest about Greece?
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1. The Sea

• Transportation
• Trade
• Trade w/ each other (way to connect islands) AND
  other societies
• Trade important because lacked natural resources
  (such as timber, precious metal, usable farm
  land)
• Crucial for advancing Greek civilization

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SCATTERED ISLANDS
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A land of many islands
Whats good about that?
Whats bad about it?
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MOUNTAINOUS MAINLAND
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What impact will the mountains have on
Everyday life?
The economy?
The political system?
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2. The Land

• Greek mainland is largely a peninsula
• 2,000 islands
• Very mountainous. Impact on
• Everyday life Made travel and farming on land
  difficult
• Economy relied on trade
• Politics Instead of a single government
  developed small independent communities

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Two things youll see a lot of in Greece
GOATS
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and OLIVE TREES
Thats about all that grows there!
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3. The Climate

• Moderate temperature supported outdoor life and
  social atmosphere
• Inspired communal environment

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Geography Review Questions

• Land Why did most Greeks identify with their
  local community instead of Greece as a whole?
• Sea How did proximity to the sea help alleviate
  Greek resource shortages?
• Climate How might a moderate climate foster
  civic life?

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Ancient Greece is divided into various time
periods.
The ones that are relevant to our first unit are
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The MYCENAEAN Age (1600-1100 BCE)
During this period the Trojan War occurred. This
is the subject of The Odyssey, which you will
read in your English class.
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The HOMERIC Age (800- 500 BCE)
During this period, Homer
Whoops, not that one!
Created his epics about the Trojan War
675 BCE
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The CLASSICAL Age (500-300 BCE)
This is the period well focus on
The height of Greek culture
Of Athenian supremacy
Of Pericles, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
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The HELLENISTIC Period (300s BCE)
Were not studying this, but this is when
Alexander the Great did his
conquer-the-world thing!
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Time to look at some Greek art
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Kouros-6th century BCE
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Peplos Kore, c. 530 BCE
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Aphrodite and Pan
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APOLLO
Sculpture Temples Were Originally Painted
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Odysseus Blinding Polyphemus
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Odysseus Blinding Cyclops
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Socrates Hot Shot Greek Philosopher
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The Death of Socrates by Jacques
Louis David,1787
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UNIT ONE CONTENT GUIDE aImpact of
Geography on Greek society aGreek Ideals
aThe Arts of Ancient Greece aAthenian
Democracy aSocrates and the Socratic Method
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