Ancient GREEce CULTURE LESSON

ANCIENT GREECE CULTURE LESSON

Mr. Sindy MWH 2 & 4

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE CULTURE

• CONTENT PURPOSE: WE WILL EXAMINE AND IDENTIFY THE COMPONENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ANCIENT GREECE CULTURE

• LANGAUGE PURPOSE: WE WILL ANALYZE THE ANCIENT GREECE SOCIETY AND WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR CULTURE AND WAY OF LIFE

• SOCIAL PURPOSE: WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE RESPECTFUL SPEECH WHILE BEING ON THE ONLINE PLATFORM OF SCHOOLOGY.

Poll

What word do you think of most when you hear the word culture

• traditions/rituals

• music/art

• food and cuisine

• religion

There are many words that come to one's mind when they hear the word culture

• Music

• traditons

• rituals

• arts

• acheievements

• foods

• religion

Poll

What is your favorite American tradition

• turkey on thanksgiving

• football in the fall

• Fireworks on the 4th of July

• Black Friday Shopping Spree

• Trick or treating

Ancient Greece Theatre

overall there were 125 greek theatres

Famous plays were:

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus

Poll

What is your favorite genre of movie/play

• comedy

• drama

• horror

• musical

Ancient Greece developed two types of plays

Comedy and drama masks pictured to the right.

Greek playrights noticed different audience appeals to different emotions

MATH!

• Pythagoras devloped a system that would later change the math world for centuries

• system called Pythagoran theoream is used in math till today

• a^2+b^2=c^2

math contributions

• Euclid devolped concepts and elements that is now basic geometry

• Greek Scientists developed pi (3.14) to measure objects such as cirlcles

• Much of our math courses and concepts were derived from the Ancient Greeks

Ancient Greece Architecture

• Many temples built to honor the Greek Gods

• Most temples had columns that represent 3 gods in Ancient Greece

• (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian)

  
  

  
  

Ancient Greece music

Music was very important for Ancient Greeks

Used heavily in society

Weddings

religious festivals

funerals

youtube video of Greek Music

Words of Ithica - War Music

Athletics!

Like I mentioned before the olympics games derives from Ancient Greece

The reason they played sports in Ancient Greece was to worship the Gods

Athletes were treated like celebrities and movie stars if they won athletic events

Panathenic Stadium

4 main athletic events in Ancient Greece

Olympic Games

Pythinan Games

Isthmian Games

Nemean Games

If an athlete won all four it was one of the greatest accomplishments of an ancient greek person

Greek stadium video

Clothes in Ancient Greece

The most common thing wore in Ancient Greece was a robe.

Shoes? Most often men and women were barefoot

Makeup? Women in Ancient Greece loved make-up allowed them to show their class and distinguish themselves

Poll

Choose one

• Chick fil a nuggets

• Dairy Queen Blizzard

• Pizza

• WINGS FLATS ONLY

Greeks loved Olives

• Almost every greek meal would include an olive

• olive oil is derived from the Greeks.

• Greeks tended to eat clean and healthy

Assigment

• You will be creating an American Culture Google slides.

• You will need at least 5 slides

• Music

• Traditions

• Food

• Athetlics

• Clothing

Imagine a person has never been to the U.S

You need to create a presentation for them explaining our culture

DIRECTIONS

• OPEN AND CREATE A GOOGLE SLIDES

• THE TITLE SHOULD BE "AMERICAN CULTURE"

• You need to have facts on each subject:

• American, FOOD, CLOTHING, MUSIC, TRADITIONS AND ATHLETICS.

• MUST HAVE ONE SLIDE THAT CONTAINS INFO FOR A SUBJECT

• PHOTOS WILL ADD GREAT DETAIL TO YOUR PRESENTATION

RUBRIC

• 10 POINTS FOR A TITLE SLIDE

• 10 POINTS FOR EACH SUBJECT COVERED TOTAL OF 50 POINTS

• 20 POINTS FOR PHOTOS USED

• 20 POINTS FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBJECTS

• DO NOT PLAGARIZE HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE

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