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The Time of Greeks and Romans
Greek Culture

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What is this lesson about?
There are still many things in our everyday lives that come from the Ancient Greeks. Maybe you have heard of Pythagoras in your Maths class, or been to a play written by an Ancient Greek. Or maybe you noticed a fancy building with columns or just watched the Olympic Games on TV. All these things come from the Ancient Greeks.








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What you can explain /  do after this lesson
  • that the Greeks created literature, that is still read today
  • that the Greeks developed scientific and architectural ideas that are still used today
  • how Greek culture spread beyond Greece in the time of Hellenism
  • where the Olympic Games come from

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Word Duty







Columns: round straight stone constructions that can carry the roof of a temple or similar building
Olympic Games: games that were held every four years at Olympia, to honour Zeus
Mythology: stories of the gods and demi-gods
Pillars: round straight stone constructions that can carry the roof of a temple or similar building
Philosophers: people who make a living just by thinking and talking about all sorts of things
Comedies: Greek theatre plays that ridicule politics or philosophy
Tragedies: Greek theatre plays that are about people and the gods. Normally they do not end well












KEY WORDS

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Culture
This lesson is about Greek culture. Which of these eight words can be classified as 'culture' ?
science
climate
sports
entertainment
landscape
architecture
stories
religion

Slide 5 - Drag question

Every country has its own culture. What is typical for these country's culture?

Slide 6 - Drag question

Now it's time for some text.
Here you find the hotspots with audio versions of this text.
Use earphones if you want to listen to the text.
Intro, greek games, p 62
Greek architecture,  p 63 / 64
Greek theatricals,  p 64
Living with the gods, p 65
Mythology,  p 63
Scholars and scientists,  p 65

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1a. Read "Greek Games"
When did the first Olympic Games take place?
A
776 BC
B
776 AD
C
677 BC
D
567 AD

Slide 8 - Quiz

1b. We call the games Olympic Games because they were held at Olympia.
But why were they held there?
A
In Olympia there was a big temple for Zeus
B
Olympia was the home of the gods
C
Olympia was in a central location. Everybody could get there
D
In fact, the city was named after the Games that were held there every 4 years

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1c. Why were the Olympic Games only held once every four years?
A
that was the will of the gods
B
not all citizens were able to travel to Olympia every year
C
it took the Olympians three years to organise the Games
D
because there were three other Pan-Hellenic games, so four in total

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1d. By just reading the text, what would you say "Pan Hellenic" means?
A
Games in honour of the Greek god Pan
B
games for all the Greeks
C
greek paralympic games
D
Olympic Games, but not in Olympia

Slide 11 - Quiz

Zeus
Hera
Apollo
Hades
Poseidon
Ares
Athena
Hephaistos
2. Read "Mythology". Make the correct connections. You need to find information on internet.
God of the sea
God of war
king of the gods
goddess of wisdom
god of music + the sun
goddess 
of matrimony
god of metallurgy and fire
god of the under
world 
spear and shield
thunder
bolt

trident

sun

anvil

peacock

owl
three headed dog

Slide 12 - Drag question

A. __________kept the temple upright.

B. __________, band of sculpture along the temple. Used to show stories and  honour the gods.
C. ___________, the triangular at the  
top of the temple.
D. ___________ with  steps so that people could get up on the plateau.
3. Read "Greek architecture". You must also use internet to find informormation to do this task.
 First: drag the four words (left) to their correct place in the text (right).
The green boxes with letters A, B, C, D represent the text lines A, B, C, D in the yellow box.
Second: drag the green boxes to the correct Roman numerals I, II, III, IV. 
A
B
C
D
Frieze
Pillars
Plateau
Tympanum

Slide 13 - Drag question


4. Read "Greek theatricals".
What two types of theatre plays did the Ancient Greeks have?

A
comedies and mythology
B
dramas and tragedies
C
comedies and horror
D
comedies and tragedies

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5. Study the source. It is a panoramic view of the
theatre of Epidaurus. This sources shows that:



A
both comedies and tragedies were performed here
B
Greek architects used a mountain site for a theatre.
C
visitors could not see the stage very well if they were seated in the middle rows.
D
actors had to speak up otherwise they would not be heard.

Slide 15 - Quiz

comedies
tragedies
Then
Now
6. Today these two genres are still used, but the meaning has changed a little over time. Make the correct combinatons.
plays that make people laugh
plays about people and the gods
plays that ridicule politics or philosophy
 plays that tell a sad story

Slide 16 - Drag question

7. The fact that Athenian citizens could disagree with
philosophers shows that:


A
citizens of Athens were not highly educated.
B
philosophers were seen as people who did not contribute to the polis.
C
there were great divisions between the Greeks in the poleis.
D
Athenian citizens could form their own opinion on subjects that mattered to them.

Slide 17 - Quiz



8. Read "Living with the gods".
a.
What were the gods like, according to the Greeks?

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8b.
How much of Greek life was influenced by the gods, according to them?


A
they only interfered in wars, like the Trojan War
B
the gods influenced every part of daily life
C
the gods did not influence daily life at all
D
how much the gods influenced daily life depended on the offerings

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8c.
If someone was pretty, what did this mean according to the Greeks?



A
If you were pretty, it showed the gods liked you.
B
If you were pretty, it showed the gods were jealous of you.
C
If you were pretty, it showed you liked the gods
D
If you were pretty, it showed the gods were in a good mood.

Slide 20 - Quiz

9. The Greeks believed that gods were powerful beings. They could interact with you without you knowing it. Do you think it was important for the Greeks to honour their gods? Explain your answer.


Slide 21 - Open question

name
year
achievement
10. Read Scholars and scientists.
Put the right name, the time they lived and what they accomplished underneath the right pictures.

Relation in triangles
Aristotle
275-194 BC
Pythagoras
Discovered buoyancy
Archimedes
287-212 BC
Eratosthenes
Modern logic
c. 530 BC
Calculated circum-ference  Earth
384-322 BC

Slide 22 - Drag question

11. Which Greek scholars thought about maths and medicine?



A
Archimedes and Pythagoras
B
Eratosthenes and Pythagoras
C
Hippocrates and Euripides
D
Pythagoras and Hippocrates

Slide 23 - Quiz

Which new words did you learn?

Slide 24 - Mind map

On a scale of 0 to 10, how would you rate this lesson?
010

Slide 25 - Poll

congratulations

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