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Curator InformationThis museum was created by Carolyn Fox, Gillian Basedow, and Rebekah Adams. We are in the eight grade in Ms. Karis’ second period class at SOMS. We hope you liked our presentation.

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Everything About Socrates!

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Education in Athens!

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Greek’s Architecture of Columns!

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This is a statue called, The Thinker. However, this whole artifact represents what your about to learn today which includes the philosopher Socrates, education of boys in Athens, and the columns which are dominant in Greek architecture. These are some of the factors that made an influence in the Western Civilization today as well as individuals such as educators, architectures and philosophers. So visit the four rooms to learn more about these factors that were previously mentioned.

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This is Socrates. He was an Ancient Greek philosopher who started a whole new wave of ideas. He taught his students to question the universe, and everything it contained. He taught them that wisdom is gained by knowledge, and knowledge is gained by questioning. Socrates’ philosophy was to question, and if you do not find an answer, than you keep questioning. Socrates contributed many things to Ancient Greek civilization. Walk around the room for more information about Socrates!

Socrates’ main contributions to ancient Athens were his teaching methods, and his philosophical views

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This is Plato. He was one of the many students Socrates taught. If it weren’t for Plato, people today would know nothing about Socrates, because he recorded every move and word Socrates made and said. It is also because of Socrates’ influence that caused Plato to develop the theory of relativity and the system of ethics.

Socrates also influenced many other people. He would ask questions to his students, and have them respond with more questions. This became known as the “Socratic” method, which we still use today, even in our own Social Studies class! Walk around the room for more information about Socrates!

Socrates’ main contributions to ancient Athens were his teaching methods, and his philosophical views

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Accused by the Athenian government of denying the gods and corrupting the young through his teachings, Socrates (469–399 B.C.E.) was offered the choice of renouncing his beliefs or dying by drinking a cup of hemlock, which is a very poisonous liquid. Socrates believed in the peoples right to decide what was best for their community, so he drank the hemlock without putting up a fight because he knew it was what the citizens wanted. This painting depicts the event perfectly. For more about Ancient Greece, visit rooms two, three, or four.

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Boys, who were in rich families, were once educated informally by older mentors, their peers, their slaves, or their nurses. But then in the 5th century (in the Classical Age), schools were organized and formal. Schools at this time were private and they weren’t funded by the state and the government. Therefore, fees were paid by the parents who had a high income. The classes and the schools were small and the range of students in each class ranged from ten to fifteen students.

Athenian boys had to be educated so they can be trained for their roles as citizens in the democratic state.

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Athenian boys started school when they were seven. They were able to continue school as long as their parents could afford it or as long as their parents required them to be educated. This is because there were no laws that required boys to go to school.

In schools, the boys learned how to read and write, to do athletic sports, and music. They practiced on waxed tablets and wrote with a stylus. The students were required to learn and memorize passages from epic, lyric and dramatic poetry, especially epics from Homer. Also, they learned how to play the lyre in music and learn how to sing and they would learn physical fitness, vigorous games and they would prepare for war.

Athenian boys had to be educated so they can be trained for their roles as citizens in the democratic state.

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Even though there were no laws that enforced the requirement for education, there were still proper standards of conduct that were followed. For example, parents had to send out their children to school before dawn and pick them up before sun down. Also adults weren’t allowed to go into the school because it was a capital offence. However, slaves who accompanied boys from rich families were allowed to enter into the school while the student received instructions. Lastly, the class sizes were regulated by law.

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Athenian boys had to be educated so they can be trained for their roles as citizens in the democratic state.

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The temple of Athena is located in Athens, Greece. This temple was built during the classical period using Ionic columns. Ionic columns are the columns in-between Doric and Corinthian. They have a plain base and scrolls at the top. In the Temple of Athena, they are only used in the front of the structure.

The ancient Greeks contributed columns, and their style of architecture to the present western society.

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The Parthenon is a temple built in Ancient Greece to honor all of the Greek gods and goddesses, but mainly Athena. It has Doric columns bordering all sides of the structure. Doric columns are the simplest type of columns, the base and top are the same on every column. The Parthenon is located on top of a large hill known as the Acropolis.

The ancient Greeks contributed columns, and their style of architecture to the present western society.

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The Temple of Hades is located in modern day Turkey. It was built during the classical period to honor the god of the underworld, Hades. It has Corinthian columns, the most elaborate type of column, the bases of the columns are simple but the tops are very detailed.

The ancient Greeks contributed columns, and their style of architecture to the present western society.

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Socrates’ main contributions to ancient Athens were his teaching methods, and philosophical views.

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This image displays a marketplace in which Socrates would sit at a fountain, and teach his students. He would teach them to question their own opinions in order to find the answers. Socrates contributed this method of teaching to his student, and they used it to teach their children, and to teach farther generations to come. Socrates also contributed his philosophical views to ancient Athens by showing them that ignorance is denoted, and that if you start with a relative hypothesis, you always have to consider the consequences; no matter the size. In a conclusive statement Socrates influenced the lives of many, and contributed a lot of his teachings and his philosophical views to ancient Athens.

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From the article, education in ancient greece, “there was a compulsory program of public education during the years of adolescence, the ephebeia, designed to train young citizens of the democracy.” This was because boys were considered as citizens in Athens. Also, the school trained the boys to become literate citizens of the democratic state.

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The Temple of Artemis was constructed around 333 B.C., it was still under construction when Alexander the Great passed by. It is believed to be the first building made almost completely out of marble. It has Ionic columns that support the structure on all sides. It has about 127 columns, all almost 60 feet in height. The temple of Artemis is larger than the Parthenon is width and length and has almost 70 more columns. It was located in Ephesus, which is present day Turkey. While it was still standing, it was the largest in a series of temples and shrines to Artemis. On the bases of the columns, figures were carved.

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Bibliography (cont.)• Haber, Katharine. "Socrates." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.

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