Unit 6: Ancient Greece

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Classical Greece was a prime contributor to civilization as we know it. Compare the governmental styles, the arts, the architecture, even the philosophy of the ancient Greeks with our culture today.

Don a chiton and work your math problems on an abacus or wax tablet. Act out the three principal forms of government the Greeks utilized. Read or perform some of the Greek tragedies and comedies.

Table of Contents

A Note About This Unit

Prayers and Hymns

Library List

Vocabulary List

Timeline

Subject Symbols



Activities

Introduction

The Bronze Age

The Dark Age

The Archaic Period

     Development of the Greek City-State

Classical Greece

     Daily Life in Classical Greece

     Food and Farming

     Clothing

     Transportation

     Homes

     Family Life

     Religion

     Education

     Writing

     Number System

     Physical Fitness

     Military

Achievements of Ancient Greece

     Art

     Architecture

     Literature

     Philosophy

     Science

     Mathematics

     Democracy

The Persian Wars

The Peloponnesian War

The Hellenistic Age

Closing Activity



Appendix

Map of the Aegean

Pronunciation Guide

Directions for Tea-dying Paper

Government Day

The Farmer’s Calendar by Hesiod

Constructing a Book

Pottery Shapes

Greek and Phoenician Alphabets

St. Basil the Great–Address to Young Men

Plato’s Republic–Book One

Oaths

Daniel’s Vision

Music

Map of Hellenistic Greece

Resources

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