TTO1 - Ancient Greece

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Chapter 2: Ancient Greece

Feniks, Geschiedenis Werkplaats, Memo, Saga

The age of Greeks and Romans

3000 BC - 500 AD

When is soil considered fertile?

What do you know
about Ancient Greece?

What stands out to you about this map?
(think about geography!)

Keywords: 
- city-state

- polis

Problems for Ancient Greece city-states

• Most of the soil wasn't fertile enough, because there were a lot of mountains. 
• Not enough fertile soil means not enough food production
• People went to look for food and proper soil in other places
• Some even moved across the ocean to start a colony in another country (= a new city with strong links to the old city)

Ancient Athens

Akropolis

Agora

Agora

• marketplace
• political buildings
• temples and religious buildings
• craftsmen lived there
• Usually busiest centre

Keywords assignment

- Agora
- Politics
- Polis
- Colony
- City-State

Assignment for now: 
Create two sentences using all 5 of these words in the correct way!

Politics, Polis, Colony, City-State, Agora

People of Greece

when do you think you are considered to be a free man in Athens.

Spartans were the prime examples of Greek warfare

Ancient democracy

- What is democracy? 

- What other ways to rule can you name? 

- How did the Athenian democracy work? 

Do you think democracy is the best way to rule the country? Why?

What was the process of ostracism?

What do we mean with 'democracy'?

CLIL assignment

- You're going to watch a video

- Write down the different ways to rule in Antiquity (de Oudheid)
- Write down the explanation after the video

- We're going to watch the video twice

Ready? Go!

Types of government in Ancient Greece

• Monarchy = a king or queen rules
• Aristocracy = the best or the richest people rule
• Oligarchy = a small group of people rule
• Tyranny = a tyrant (1 person) rules after taking control illegaly
• Democracy = the people are in charge and make decisions through voting

Can you name
a few Olympians?

Zeus

Hera

Apollo

Hades

Poseidon

Ares

Athena

Hephaistos

2. Make the correct connections

God of the sea

God of war

king of the gods

goddess of wisdom

god of music + the sun

goddess 

of matrimony

god of metallurgy and fire

god of the under

world 

spear and shield

thunder

bolt

trident

sun

anvil

peacock

owl

three headed dog

Why did the Greeks have so many gods?

1. They took over gods from other peoples
2. They wanted to be just like the Egyptians
3. Every god had his/her own specialty
4. They couldn't believe that one god was responsible for creating the entire universe

Who was the leader of the gods?

1. Poseidon
2. Hades
3. Ares
4. Zeus

Who was his wife?

1. Hera
2. Aphrodite
3. Artemis
4. Athena