TTO1 - History (Bricks) - Ancient Greece

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Period 2: Ancient Greece

Planning this period: 

• Greek city-states
  
• Athens, the most important city-state
• Greek religion
• Greek culture
• Alexander the Great 
  (If we have enough time) 

Feniks, Geschiedenis Werkplaats, Memo, Saga

The age of Greeks and Romans

3000 BC - 500 AD

Around 10.000 BC humans switched from hunting-gathering to......?

When is soil considered fertile?

What do you know
about Ancient Greece?

What stands out to you about this map?
(think about geography!)

Keywords: 
- city-state

- polis

Problems for Ancient Greece city-states

• Most of the soil wasn't fertile enough, because there were a lot of mountains. 
• Not enough fertile soil means not enough food production
• People went to look for food and proper soil in other places
• Some even moved across the ocean to start a colony in another country (= a new city with strong links to the old city)

Ancient Athens

Akropolis

Agora

Agora

• marketplace
• political buildings
• temples and religious buildings
• craftsmen lived there
• Usually busiest centre

Keywords assignment

- Agora
- Politics
- Polis
- Colony
- City-State

Read page 26 and 27 to find the words!

Assignment for now: 
Create two sentences using all 5 of these words in the correct way!

Look up in your textbook on page 28 when you are considered a free man in Athens.