Pericles Funeral Oration and Alexander the Great Board Notes

Greece Exam Study Guide

Greece Study Guide             

100 points on Greek history         

30 points on Euro Geo

Section I. The Iliad (Book 1, 6, 23 and 24)

Values at play in the dispute between Agamemnon and Achilles

Burial practices and rituals surrounding the death of Patroclus

The values embodied by the characters of Hector and Achilles

Section II. Multiple Choice

Political systems in the Greek city-states

Monarchy in Mycenae

Aristocracy in Early Athens

Limited Democracy in Reformed Athens

Direct Democracy in Golden Age of Athens

Oligarchy in Sparta

Section III.  Matching Key Terms With Appropriate Definitions  

Political systems, Greco-Persian war, and Peloponnesian War

Pericles                       Council of Elders       Delian League                        oligarchy

Socrates                      Democracy                 Peloponnesian League         aristocracy

Assembly                    Citizen                        Persian view                         Solon

Leonidas                     Council of 500           Greek view                            Cleisthenes   

Spartan view             Athenian view           Battle of Thermopylae          Tyranny

Section IV. Sorting Supporting Evidence from a Scholarly, Reliable Source

Peloponnesian War: Inevitable or Avoidable

You will be required to sort supporting evidence from Chapter 6 of Thomas Martin’s book on Ancient Greece into two categories, events that made war inevitable between Sparta and Athens and events that made war avoidable between Sparta and Athens. 

Section V. Short Answer (5 points)

Athenian democracy

You will be asked to compare Athenian political structure to our own in terms of equality and participation. Think constitutionally.

Section VI. Short Answer (5 points)

You will be asked to discuss how the Achilles figure influenced Alexander the Great.  

Alexander the Great

Spring Quarter Research Paper: Body Paragraph Toolkit

                                          Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarizing Evidence

Peloponnesian War

Geography of the Peloponnesian War 

                                                                  Peloponnesian War Video

The Persian-Greek Wars

Tuesday (7th period) or Wednesday (8th period) Class Debate

Were the Spartans Fighting For A Compromised View of Freedom at Thermopylae?

You will have five sources from which to draw: (1) Chapter 5 of Thomas Martin's Ancient Greece which distinguishes Sparta's oligarchic, militaristic city-state with Athens' developing democracy and naval power; (2) Chapter 6 of Thomas Martin's Ancient Greece which provides a scholarly account of the Persian-Greek Wars; (3) the debate packet with the perspective pieces by Byron Farwell (no) and Paul Cartledge (yes); (4) the videos below.

The format will be the rotating round debate structure we used for the Ashoka debate just before Spring Break.  Each side will get a 2-3 minute intro, followed by a series of four minute rounds, concluding with a 2-3 minute conclusion.  Individual participation (quality and quantity) will be tracked and graded. May the games (or war) begin!

Defending Sparta from a Spartan or broader Greek perspective

vs.

Attacking Sparta from a Persian perspective

John Green Crash Course World History

History Channel (Last Stand of the 300)

Greek City-States: Divergent Political Systems

PBS: Greek City-States (More Focused on Sparta) 

Education Portal: Athens under Solon and Cleisthenes 

Ted-Ed Sparta 

Ted-Ed What Did Democracy Really Mean in Athens?

Divergent Political Systems: Judging Disputes 

Procedure: Break students into five groups and assign each group a different political system: (1) monarchy in Mycanae; (2) aristocracy in Early Athens; (3) limited democracy in Athens amidst reform; (4) direct democracy in the Golden Age of Athens; and (5) oligarchy in Sparta.  

You have to resolve a dispute.  It involves a wealthy landowner, Odysseus, and one of his poorer neighbors, Alexandros. Alexandros has seen slaves of Odysseus encroaching on his property snooping around.  He wants to challenge Odysseus legally, suspecting that Odysseus wants to take part of his land to increase nobleman's own estate.  When he brings his claim, Odysseus defends his encroachment on the grounds that his expenses have increased, and he needs the additional land. 

Decision-Making Question 

1. Who has the power to make this decision?
2. What is the basis of this power?
3. Which side of the dispute will the government favor? Why?
4. What is the likely judgment?  

Analyzing The Iliad as a Source of Greek Values

Here is the link to The Iliad board and typewritten notes from our student-led discussions of Books 1, 6, 23 and 24.   You may look at the other class's notes in addition to your class's notes.

Mansa Musa

                                                                Mansa Musa Ted-Ed

                                                       Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

Sparta debate