B1 Hellas 3.4 Sports and War

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3.4 - Sports and War

B1 DLE History
Chapter 3 - Hellas

Keyword Time!

Write down the keywords in your history notebook. 

Why were these gods called Olympians?

What group of Greek gods were considered to be the most important?

Name four Olympians.

The Olympic Games

-Games held to honor Zeus.
-Played every four years in Olympia.
-Athletes competed for honor and glory.
-No bronze , silver, or gold: olive wreath and olive oil.

Modern vs. Ancient Sports

Many of the sports played in the ancient world share the same name as the modern version, but are unrecognizable to us today. 

Let's examine the sport pankration to explore this idea a bit more!

Video time!

After you watch the upcoming video, you will be asked to give some details or new knowledge that stood out to you. 

Ready? Here we go!

Discussion time!
What is at least one detail that stood out
to you while watching this video?

Video time!

In this next video, you will watch a cut scene from a video game. Historical video games are not always historically accurate. While watching this video, identify (at least) one aspect of the video that is historically accurate AND (at least) one aspect that is historically inaccurate. 

Identify one historically accurate detail.

Identify one historically inaccurate detail.

What do you think the link is between the ancient sports and ancient warfare?

Summary Practice!

Using your textbook, and the video that follows, write a summary of about 100 words that tells about the Greek war against the Persian King Xerxes.

Type out your summary here.

Alexander of Macedonia

-Sparta and Athens weakened from war. 
-King Phillip II of Macedonia to conquered the Greeks. 

-Alexander, his son, was a great military commander. 
-Conquered the known world. 
-Spread Greek culture wherever he went: hellenism.