Sunday, October 28, 2007

The Glory of Greece

We begin our look at the civilization of ancient Greece...Like Egypt, Greece was an amazing and powerful empire, one which produced an incredible amount of achievements in the fields of art, literature, government, philosophy, religion, science, mathematics, medicine, and warfare. We will focus primarily on the century between 500-400BC, a 100 year period which may have seen more advancement in these areas than in any other 100 year period in history...The impact of Greek culture reaches down through the corridors of time to us today, influencing much in terms of how we live...Go to the website http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/ and explore the various links as they are assigned and have fun learning about the incredible period and this incredible empire!!

HW 28 - go to the site, click on "geography" and then "explore" Look at the various maps provided and zoom in to learn more...Find the cities of Athens and Sparta in particular...On each map, find three places you have never heard of and send them to me in a simple list - I will use these names later to share some things with you in class...To me by midnight Mon Oct 29

HW 29 - click on "time", then "explore." Click on the timelines and write down the dates and events listed on each so that you can get a feel for the history of Greece chronologically. keep this timeline in your notebooks and send to me a list of five events you read about that seem most interesting to you...T0 me by midnight Tues Oct 30.

HW 30 - click on "knowledge and learning", then "explore" and read about the people listed. Write me a BRIEF description of three, telling me why you found these three to be so interesting. To me by midnight Wed Oct 31

HW 31 - click on "gods and goddesses", then "explore" and do the same as you did for HW 30. To me by midnight Thurs. Nov 1

HW 32 - click on "festivals and games, then click on "story" to learn about the five day festival of the Olympic games...Write down the five things you learned about the games that interested you the most and why...To me by Fri Nov 2

HW 33 - Study over the weekend for your quiz on Egypt scheduled for Monday and come ready to "shake" things up...lol

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