WELCOME! 10/20/09Warm UpRespond to the below

prompt:Where was the first

Olympics held? Why do you think it was started?

Write 5 sentences minimum about what you know about the Olympics… or what you think you know!

AnnouncementsObjectives: Explore general

concepts and ideas relating to Ancient Greece

Today’s Agenda Discuss Warm Up Preview Chapt. (road

signs) Slide show Geography Wrap up

NEW SEATS

Find your new seat by the yellow sticky paper on the desk!

SO WHY DO WE HAVE THE OLYMPICS? HOW DID THEY START?

PREVIEW THE CHAPTER: ROAD SIGNSCHAPT 5, SECTION 1 (PP. 120-126)

What can the road signs of the chapter tell us about Greece?

Use road signs to write a description of Ancient Greece

PREVIEW THE CHAPTER: ROAD SIGNSCHAPT 5, SECTION 1 (PP. 120-126)

What can the road signs of the chapter tell us about Greece?

Use road signs to write a description of Ancient Greece

Steps for Descriptions!

1. Identify road sign

2. Define/create a statement

3. Provide at least 1 explanation/example

GREECE LAYOUT OF CIVILIZATION: Each city had an acropolis

Center of the city, market place, temple of gods

Everything that organized Greek city-state life happened on the acropolis

Filled the same role as the ziggurats from Mesopotamia.

Ancient Greece was organized into city-states

Areas under the control of one city ranged from 50—500 miles.

They were all Greek people, but they identified according to their city-state.

ACROPOLIS – CHECK OUT PAGES 118-119

Acropolis – Ruins of Athens

GREECE:

Each city had an acropolis

Center of the city, market place, temple of gods

(Vocab) Polytheism – worshipping many gods

Lots of myths – page 126

Olympics were originally meant to honor Zeus the chief god.

THE POWER OF STORY TELLING

Before the Ancient Greeks created their own written language their history was handed down through oral traditions.

Oral Traditions – spoken stories

Epics – poems that tell a historical tale

The stories were recited by Bards Homer – The Illiad and The Odyssey

GREEK GODS FAMILY TREE:

ZEUS• Supreme ruler of the gods.

• He is lord of the sky, the rain god.

• His weapon is a thunderbolt which he hurls at those who displease him.

• Married to Hera but, is famous for his many affairs.

• Known to punish those that lie or break oaths.

HERA• wife and sister to Zeus

• Protector of marriage and takes special care of married women.

• Hera's marriage was founded in strife with Zeus and continued in strife.

POSEIDON – GOD OF THE SEA

• His weapon is a trident, which can shake the earth, and shatter any object.

• Zeus is the only one who is more powerful.

• Difficult quarrelsome personality. He was greedy. He had a series of disputes with other gods when he tried to take over their cities.

APHRODITE• Goddess of love, desire

and beauty.

• Has a magical girdle that compels anyone she wishes to desire her.

ATHENA• Warrior Goddess of Wisdom• Born of a headache Zeus

was having.• Favorite city is Athens. Her

tree is the olive. The owl is her bird. She is a virgin goddess.

• She is the goddess of the city, handicrafts, and agriculture.

• Invented the bridle, the trumpet, the flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke, the ship, and the chariot.

• She is the embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity.

ARES – GOD OF WAR

Son of Zeus and Hera

Known as god of war and bloodlust

His city was Sparta

GREECE RECAP:

Each city had an acropolis

Center of the city, market place, temple of gods

Polytheism – worshipping many gods

Lots of myths

Oral Traditions – History passed through stories

A nation built up of city-states

Two main city state: Athens & Sparta

Sea shaped the civilization – life revolved around sea!

FINAL THOUGHTS.

Exit Slip Would you like to live

in the Spartan Society?

Provide 2 reasons why/why not related to today's lesson

Homework:

Finish your Ancient Greece Maps.

DUE TOMORROW.