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Unit 6 Lesson 9 Greek Achievements Daily Warm-up 1. Which of the Greek advances in Science do you think is the most important in the USA today, why? 2. At the Agora a stall sells plants in flats. There are 6 plants in each tray. Each flat has 6 trays. The merchant sold 18 flats on Saturday and 21 flats on Sunday. How many plants did the merchant sell? 3. There are 40 drachmas in a stack on the tax collectors table. How many are there in 9 stacks of drachmas? 4. A footrace from Athens to Thebes is broken into 12 stages. Each stage is 14 ½ miles. What is the total distance of the race? 5. Lysandros of Thebes is in training for the Olympic Games. He runs 2 miles in 15 minutes. At that rate, how many miles will he run in 45 minutes? Generalization: Cultural elements and achievements have both long and short term impacts. Big Idea – Ancient Greeks made lasting contributions in the arts, philosophy, and science 1. - recall – why did people become angry with Socrates? He wanted people to examine and questions their beliefs about human qualities such as love and courage, and some people thought that this questioned the authority of the gods 2. - identify – in what fields did Hippocrates and Euclid make their greatest achievements? Hippocrates – medicine; Euclid – mathematics 3. - make inferences – why do some people call Greece the birthplace of the Western world? Many of the philosophies, dramas, and scientific ideas upon which our society is based come from ancient Greece. Greek Writing - first historian – Herodotus - called the “Father of History” - Thucydides - wrote history of the Peloponnesian War - actually served in the war - analyze – how has Thucydides shaped the modern study of history? His impartial history of the Peloponnesian War influenced later historians to cover history impartially as well Philosophy - thinking about thinking - to understand and explain life Socrates - believed that one should never stop looking for knowledge - method – questions everything (Socratic Method) - WHY!!!! - began to anger and frighten people - thought he was challenging Athenian authority - condemned to death - describe – how did Socrates teach? What is this method of teaching called? By asking questions; the Socratic method Plato - student of Socrates - created school called ‘the Academy’ - wrote The Republic - Plato’s idea of perfect society - person responsible for the Atlantis myth Aristotle - student of Plato - idea of the ‘Golden Mean’ - people should use reason to govern their lives Aristotle ranks the creatures of the Earth generalizing – what did ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle want to find out? How the human mind works, how individuals live and make decisions about behavior Mathematics - Euclid - responsible for many of the rules of geometry -calculated the size of the Earth Medicine - Greek doctors studied the human body - Galen - Hippocrates - tried to understand what caused diseases - Hippocratic Oath - explain – what did Hippocrates contribute to medicine? Studied diseases to try to figure out how to cure them; gave rules for doctor’s behavior Engineering - Archimedes - evaluate – why do you think Greek accomplishments in the arts and sciences are still admired today?