Wander through the alleys and amphitheatres of ancient Greece…
CLASS WORK FOR MONDAY 6 SEPTEMBER, 2010
All the photos in this post were taken by my brother Ern on his recent trip to Greece. I am using them with his permission.
Working in pairs, and using the internet sites suggested below, write brief answers to the questions below. You may type your answers into a Word file if you prefer.
Easy questions
- What does the word “philosophy” mean?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/philosophy (There are six definitions given. Look for the one you find easiest to understand.)
- Where did the Greeks believe the gods and goddesses lived?
Read this site to discover the answer to this question.
- Name a famous landmark from ancient Athens.
Look at this picture (you can save it and colour it if you like) for ideas.
- What form of government did Athens create?
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/government/index.htm
- What was the word for the market place in Athens?
http://www.athensinfoguide.com/wtsagora.htm
This site has an interactive map and many details about ancient Athens (and modern tourism).
- Name the two most famous city-states of ancient Greece.
http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-greece/ancient-greece2.htm
- What invention of Archimedes was used to lift water?
- Name three famous ancient Greek philosophers.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/index.htm
- What was Euclid famous for?
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Euclid.html
- How did Socrates teach?
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm
Harder questions
- What happened to Socrates and why? http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm
- Name one aspect of Athenian life that was not at all democratic.http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/classesofathens.html
- What does the word “Spartan” mean when used to describe lifestyle or upbringing in the modern day (e.g. in the sentence, “He lives a Spartan type of existence”)? How does this relate to ancient Sparta?
- What was the name of the war between Athens and Sparta in 431 to 404 BC? Who triumphed?
- Who was Homer? Name his two famous works.
- Aristophanes wrote a play called Lysistrata in which the women plot to stop their men from going to war. What was their plot?
- Describe what happened when the Spartan soldiers held the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians.
- Who was Sappho?
- What were Spartan slaves called and how were they treated?
- Draw a simple diagram with an accompanying formula to show Pythagoras’ theory about right-angle triangles.