Paragraph 3.1 - Meet the Greeks

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Paragraph 3.1 - Meet the Greeks

At the end of the lesson you will know/be able to…

• explain why the geography of Greece shaped the way the people acted
• why the teacher makes difference between Ancient Greeks and Ancient Greece

Geography Ancient Greece

• Think: look at the map --> 
• If you wanted to travel in Ancient Greece, what would be the biggest problem and what would be the easiest?
  
• Pair: discuss in pairs and write down in large letters on a sheet of paper
  
• Share: raise your answers in the air
  
• Think: look at the map --> 
• The rocky ground of the mountains not only made it hard to travel, but it also…
  
• Pair: what was made difficult and how could you solve that problem? Write down in small letters
  
• Share: check your answer on the screen
  

Make exercise 2 (WB 62)

Use this information to make the exercise

Due to the rocky ground, the many islands and the high mountains there wasn’t a lot of fertile land close together making it difficult to grow enough food in one place to feed a whole city.

The solution was to find new fertile land and start a new city there (a colony). This colony would trade food with the mother city (the city where the colonists originally came from).

Is The Netherlands ONE country with ONE government?

1. True
2. False

Was Ancient Egypt ONE country with ONE government?

1. True
2. False

Was Ancient Greece ONE country with ONE government?

1. True
2. False

Greeks or Greece?

Ancient Greece did not exist

The Ancient Greeks did!

The polis

Read ‘The Greek city states’, ‘A walk in a polis’ and ‘Greek gods in the city’ (TB p. 53-55)

Make in duo's or trio's exercise 3,5,6 and 7 (WB 62-5)

Name all the Greek gods from the top of your head