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AGE 2. The Time of Greeks and Romans
3.1 Meet the Greeks
Slide 1 - Tekstslide
What is this lesson about?
Because of the high mountains and rocky grounds in Greece, people used ships to trade and to find new fertile land. These colonies would be independent city-states, or poleis. They would be set up like most Greek cities, with a market (agora) and temple district (Acropolis).
Slide 2 - Tekstslide
What you can explain / do after this lesson
What a polis is
Why trade was important for the Greeks
Why the Greeks created colonies
How to organise Greek history into different ages
What a Greek polis looked like
Slide 3 - Tekstslide
Word Duty
Colony: a new city that was started overseas
Polis (plural: poleis): Greek city-state
Agora: the main marketplace in a polis
Acropolis: the inner keep of the city where most of the temples were
Dark ages: time historians cannot “see”, because there is no information about it
Oral Tradition: stories are not written down, but passed on from person to person by telling
Link to WRTS wordlist for all the other difficult words:WRTS HISTORY
KEY WORDS
Slide 4 - Tekstslide
TIMELINE of this CHAPTER
Slide 5 - Tekstslide
1a. Read "Geography of Greece". What was NOT typical for the Greek landscape?
A
high mountains
B
much farmland
C
rocky ground
D
many islands
Slide 6 - Quizvraag
1b. What problems did this cause for the Greeks?
Slide 7 - Open vraag
1c. How did the Greeks solve these problems?
A
They bought their food from the Egyptians
B
They started colonies where they could farm and traded by sea.
C
They conquered lands and took their food
D
They changed the landscape so it would be more fit for farming
Slide 8 - Quizvraag
2a. Read "The Greek city states ". What was a polis?
Slide 9 - Open vraag
2b. What does a polis have that makes it more than just a city?
Slide 10 - Open vraag
2c. What did a polis NOT have?
A
its own government
B
its own army
C
its own coins
D
its own language
Slide 11 - Quizvraag
3. Read "Greek gods in the city". Why do you think the Greek poleis stored their gold in the temple of their favourite god? Discuss with a partner.
Slide 12 - Open vraag
4a. Look at the map. Why was Piraeus important for Athens?
Slide 13 - Open vraag
4b. Look at the map. Why do you think did the Athenians build the “long walls” you see on the source?
Slide 14 - Open vraag
5. Why was trade important for the Greeks? Give two reasons.
Slide 15 - Open vraag
6. Is it correct to say that a polis needed wood for trade? Explain.
Slide 16 - Open vraag
7. There were many different poleis in Greece that all had their own acropolis and city wall. What does that say about their relationship?
Slide 17 - Open vraag
Dates:
Criteria:
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8. Read "Greek History" and complete this overview.
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period
Mycenaean Period
Dark Ages
We know little about this period
Language (Linear B), art (statues looked straight ahead)
Greek empires dominated the
Near East
architecture (big temples etc.) and long wars
323 - 146 BC
1100 - 750 BC
500 - 323 BC
1600 - 1100 BC
Slide 18 - Sleepvraag
disuniting factors
uniting factors
9. Some historians say that Greece was disunited: it was not one country, but a collection of different countries (city-states).
Other historians say that Greece, despite the different city-states, was still one united country.
Let’s look at both views:
they spoke the same language
they lived in poleis
poleis often fought each other
they worshipped the same gods
poleis had their own armies and laws
poleis fought together against a foreign enemy
Slide 19 - Sleepvraag
Write down one question about something from this lesson that you find difficult.