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ANCIENT
GREECE
1900-133 BCE
Agenda
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Bellringer (10 min)
Circle Map (10 min)
Notes (30 min)
Letter (20 min)
Fall of Rome Video and
Questions (15 min)
• Project (5 min)
• Everyday Bellringer
Question
• Explain how the artifact you
created/photographed/found
is representative of one of the
civilizations we studied
yesterday.
Greece and
Rome
SPRITE
Social
Political
Religious
International
Technology
Economics
Teacher Choice:
As you go through the powerpoint,
have the students fill out charts for
Greece and Rome. You may also take
Cornell Notes.
Greece GEOGRAPHY
• Mountain Ranges – protection &
isolation
• Seas – trade & expansion
• Peninsulas – protection & trade
• Islands – trade & expansion
ATHENS
• Early Athens was ruled by a king and later by an oligarchy.
• After a series of bad rulers, Athenians would unite and
create a democracy.
• Democracy is governed by the people or rule of the many.
SPARTA
• ***Sparta was a military state governed by an oligarchy,
rule by the few.***
• Spartan men were bred to be warriors and nothing else.
RELIGION
• The Greeks were
polytheistic.
• In Greece, Gods were
seen as unpredictable,
cruel, and powerful.
PHILOSOPHY
• Philosophy is an organized
system of thought or “love of
wisdom.”
SOCRATES
• Socrates – Believed that the
only goal in education was to
improve the individual.
• He used the Socratic
method, question and
answer, to teach.
• “The unexamined life is not
worth living.”
PLATO
• He believed that society should
be divided into three basic
groups: an upper class of
philosophers and kings, a
second group of warriors, and a
third group containing the rest.
ARISTOTLE
• Aristotle analyzed 158 states
and their governments and
concluded that only three
forms of government were
truly effective: Monarchy,
Aristocracy, Constitutional
Government.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
• Macedonian King 356-323
BCE.
• Only 20 years old when he
became king.
ALEXANDER’S LEGACY
• Alexander took Syria,
Palestine, and Egypt, and
the Persian Empire.
• ***Alexander’s conquests
led to the Hellenistic Era
where Greek language,
architecture, literature, and
art spread throughout the
world.***
Important Contributions from Greece
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Art
Democracy
Drama
Philosophy
Literature
The Olympics
ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE
Ancient Rome
The Geography of RomeGeography is Destiny
• Rome’s power grew
due to its geography.
• Close to the sea and
in the middle of
Europe, it became the
epicenter of Europe.
The Roman Builders- All over the
Empire
• Roads that still last
• Aqueducts- bringing
water to every important
city
• Forum- public area of the
city- center- oration etc.
• Theaters- for
entertainment- drama
• Coliseums- more fun,
fights, gladiators, animals
Early History
• Rome was founded in
753 B.C.
• In 509 B.C. Rome
becomes a Republic
(a government with no
monarch and the
people vote for their
representatives)
Twelve Tables
• In 451 B.C. Rome
develops the Twelve
Tables
• These laws influenced
future generations
greatly.
Julius Caesar and the end of the
Republic
 In 60 B.C., three men
named Pompey, Crassus
and Julius Caesar formed
an alliance known as the
First Triumvirate.
• In 49 B.C., Caesar became
Rome’s first dictator.
• Caesar was assassinated
in 44 B.C.
Terrible Rulers
• Caligula (37-41 A.D.) ,
Nero (54-68 A.D.), and
other terrible rulers
weakened the power of
the Roman Empire.
The Rise of Christianity
• Around 30 A.D. Jesus Christ is
crucified.
• When Rome burns in 64 A.D., Nero
blames Christians and they are
persecuted for the next 200 years.
• Constantine becomes the first
Christian Emperor of Rome.
• In 313 A.D., The Edict of Milan
proclaimed official tolerance of
Christianity.
Christianity’s Core Beliefs
• One God.
• Jesus Christ is God’s son
and the path to
salvation.
• The Bible is the Holy
book.
Fall of Rome
• In 395 A.D., Rome
divides itself in half
(it got too big).
• In 476 A.D., the western
half of the empire falls
to the Visigoths.
The Legacy of Rome
 Republic Government
 Roman Law
 Latin Language-Spanish,
Italian,French
 Roman Catholic Church
 Roman Engineering
• Aqueducts
• Sewage systems
• Dams
• Cement
• Arch
Letter
• Christians were persecuted in Rome.
• Some Christians even died for their faith
(martyrs).
• Create a letter from the perspective of an
imprisoned martyr where you explain your faith
to a captor OR create a letter from the point of
view of the Romans.
Fall of Rome
• Rome Video
• As you watch the video, answer the following
two questions.
• 1. Why did Rome fall?
• 2. What will be the consequences of Rome’s
fall?