3.3 Believing and knowing

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3.2 - Ruling the city state - recap

types of government

1. Monarchy: one king who rules them all

2. Tyranny: one tyrant who controlls the state by force

3. Aristocracy: state ruled by noble families

4. Oligarchy: state ruled by rich groups

5. Democracy: state ruled by chosen leaders

read the next source and discuss the type of government with neighbor(ette)

What type of government is the source about?

Who could call themselves citizen in the Athenian democracy from 507BC onwards?

Citizen

Not a citizen

poor adult men with two Athens-born parents

the 17-year old son of Pericles

rich adult man with two Athens-born parents

rich trader with father from Ceyrene and mother from Athens

rich adult Athenian woman

slave who taught children of nobles

3.3: Believing and knowing

3.3: Believing and knowing

In this section, you will learn:

• how important gods were in the life of the Greeks
  
• what cultural unity there was among the Greeks
  
• how Greek scientists started to think and research

Characteristic aspect: citizenship and scientific thinking in the Greek city state

Stories in Ancient Greece

• The Greeks saw themselves as a highly developed civilization. They called other cultures barbarians, because they spoke like 'barbarbar' (which they couldn't understand)

• Every civilization has its own myths, sagas, legends and sometimes epics

What is this image about?

Explain why the origian of the Trojan war is a myth and the story itself is an epic

Why is Homer still very famous today?

The Greek gods - who is who?

Watch the clip and write down which gods are mentioned and what their special powers are

Why did the Greek call other cultures 'barbarians'?

What is friendship?

With your neighbour: what is peace?

With your neighbour: choose a word for yourself

Do you have any questions about the Greek gods and the stories about them?