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Station # 1 – Drama
The two types of drama were tragedy and comedy.
Tragedies focused on hardships. Sometimes they took place
during periods of war and showed the difficulties those fighting
in the war face. Other times, the tragedies focused on the “fatal
flaws” of the characters that led to their demise. Lastly, they
told of the reactions people had that led to tragic endings.
Comedies usually demonstrated irony in some form. They often
mocked situations that were common in everyday life, such as
how the government treated women.
Assignment
In your group, write a concept (not the actual play) for a short
play that falls into one of the two categories – tragedy or
comedy.
Complete the following information in the diagram provide
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Who is involved?
3. What is the plot?
4. Who are the characters?
Station # 2 – Literature
The Odyssey is an epic (really long) poem by
Homer. It tells the story of Odysseus, a king who
has been away fighting a war. His wife and son are
at home in the kingdom, hoping he will one day
return.
Watch the video on the computer, and answer the
following questions in your notebook on the graphic
organizer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdTigtNMmDQ
Answer the following questions in the diagram
provided
1.
Is the Odyssey a happy story or a sad one?
2.
How do you know? Cite 2-3 details from the
passage that tell you whether it is happy or sad.
3.
Does the Odyssey remind you of any
movies/tv shows/books that you already knew?
Station # 3 – Philosophy
Read the following information about Aristotle and
answer the questions that follow.
Aristotle (384-322 BC):
 Believed that the greatest good people could perform
was the practice of rational thought
 Contributed to the development of science, especially
biology
 Pioneered the use of reason and logic to study the
natural world, ex:
- Birds have feathers and lay eggs.
- Owls have feathers and lay eggs.
- Therefore, an owl must be a type of bird.
Or
- All men have feet.
- Josh is a man.
- Therefore, Josh has feet.
Complete the following activity in the diagram provided
Write 3 logical sentences that follow the pattern above.
Station # 4 – Art & Architecture
Greeks were known for the contribution to
architecture, including the Parthenon.
Answer the following questions in the diagram
provided
Look at the images provided to you. Identify which
buildings belong in each group:
1.
Which two buildings are Greek?
2.
Which two buildings are Roman?
3.
Which two buildings are American?
4.
What do all 6 buildings have in common?
5.
What else do these buildings have in
common?
Bonus: Can you name any other buildings that look
like this?
Station # 5 – MYTHOLOGY
Poseidon, Zeus and Hades
Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god
of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea, Poseidon is one of six
siblings who eventually "divided the power of the world." His
brothers and sisters include: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and
Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his
brothers, Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea,
Zeus ruled the sky, and Hades got the underworld. The other
divinities attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes
and the god of horses. The symbols associated with Poseidon
include: dolphins, tridents, and three-pronged fish spears. The
symbols associated with Zeus include: lightning bolt, shields,
and eagles. The symbols associated with Hades include: twopronged spear, chariot with four black horses, and crown.
Answer the following questions in the diagram provided
1. Who is the most feared – Poseidon, Zeus, or Hades?
2. Draw a cartoon to illustrate the power struggle between
the three Gods.
Station # 6 – Athenian Democracy
Time at this station may be used to begin your homework for
the weekend. It belongs in your notebook and will be
checked on Monday.
Drama
ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY: A “BRIEF OVERVIEW”
The Assembly – The Assembly was the regular gathering of male Athenian
citizens. There the men listened to, discussed, and voted on laws that
affected every aspect of Athenian life, from financial matters to religious
ones, from public festivals to war, from treaties with foreign powers to
regulations governing ferry boats. The Assembly was the regular
opportunity for all male citizens of Athens to speak their minds and cast
their votes regarding the government of their city. It was the most central
and most definitive institution of the Athenian Democracy.
In the Assembly each male citizen of Athens could speak, regardless of his
station, or social status. This freedom to speak was not absolute or without
regulation. In the early democracy citizens over 50 years of age could
speak first. Other formal restrictions could apply limiting discussion of
certain topics to certain meetings of the Assembly, or even laws forbidding
discussion of issues already settled in a court. Other, less legitimate limits
could be imposed: the crowd might refuse to listen to a speaker advocate
an unpopular proposal.
Citizens were paid for attending the Assembly, to ensure that even the poor
could afford to take time from their work to participate in their own
government.
The traditional meeting-place for the Assembly was the open space on top
of the hill of the Pnyx. The Pnyx was open to the sky, and thus meetings of
the Assembly must have been influenced by the weather; the laws that
mandated good weather omens before the election of military officers might
have been as interested in ensuring a comfortable day for discussion as in
ascertaining divine favor (determining whether or not the Gods liked the
individual or not).
The opening of a meeting of the Assembly was marked by rituals. A
sacrifice was made and carried around the area, and there was a prayer,
both of these intended to purify the proceedings. Most voting in the
Assembly was by a show of hands, although some votes were conducted
by secret ballot. Once the Assembly had approved something, the decree,
its date, and the names of the officials who put the matter to the vote, were
recorded and preserved as a public record of the proceedings of
government
The Council – The Council of 500 represented the full-time government of
Athens. It consisted of 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes, who
served for one year. The Council could issue laws on its own, but its main
function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the Assembly. The
Council would meet to discuss and vote on “Preliminary decrees,” and any
of these that passed the Council’s vote went on for discussion and voting in
the Assembly.
Before taking their seats on the Council, newly selected Councilors had to
undergo scrutiny, an audit (inspection) of their fitness to serve. This
scrutiny took into account almost every aspect of a citizen’s life, public and
private: “…Who is your father, and who is your father’s father, and who your
mother, and who her father?” Newly appointed Councilors swore an oath.
The People’s Court – Of almost equal importance to the Assembly and
Council was the People’s Court where juries of citizens would listen to
cases, would vote on the guilt or innocence of their fellow citizens, and vote
on punishments for those found guilty.
Athenians who served on juries received payment for service, a democratic
innovation, of course, because it allowed the poorer citizens to participate in
the governance of their city. There was no property requirement for service;
any citizen who did not owe any debts to the treasury, was at least thirty
years old, and had not lost his citizenship through any legal action could
serve as a juror. Jurors would be selected, randomly, from the pool of
people willing to serve. The jurors would be divided into groups, one group
for every active courtroom. The individual groups would be assigned to
individual courtrooms randomly and at the last minute, and there were
elaborate checks to ensure that only authorized jurors entered each
courtroom.
Since the courts were charged with hearing all cases, criminal and civil
cases against the government, this elaborate effort to ensure that the juries
were truly honest makes sense. The courts were the ultimate guarantor of
democratic rule, and so the juries that ruled those courts had to be as
democratic as possible. Juries varied in size from 501 jurors in lesser
cases, up to 1500 for the most important matters. Decisions did not have to
be unanimous.
Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Write in
complete sentences. Write at least two sentences per question.
What purpose did the assembly serve for men?
Who could speak during these assemblies?
What is a Pnyx?
How many people were on a council?
What purpose did the Peoples court serve?
Why was it important to make sure the juries were honest?
Definitions
Theocracy – a government ruled by religious by religious leaders
who claim gods authority
Monarchy – a form of government in which supreme authority is
vested n a single figure, such as a king, and whose powers can
vary.
Direct Democracy – the type of governing system where all people
vote directly on an issue.
Representative Democracy – a form of government in which
officials are elected to represent community. These
representatives then vote on issue.