1. Introduction to Ancient Greece (1/27 & 1/28)

EQ: How does Europe get from using the street as a potty to great empire to street as a potty to enlightened civilization to fighting everyone to pretty calm?

Lesson Description:

• Reminders about being successful this semester

• Welcome to European History- Introduce the unit (supplemental notes)

• Ancient Greece In Pop Culture Intro (300 Trailer)

• The Odyssey: Examining the language, and hints, of Homer to see how people lived and thought (presentation)

Homework: Define the following terms: democracy, myth, trireme, ostracize, agora, ampitheater, oracle, Parthenon, demos, Curse of Atreus, Themistocles, Pericles, Xerxes, Homer, Odysseus, Sparta, Athens,Delphi, Peloponnesian War, Persian War, identification of column styles (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Caryatid), pantheon, polytheism

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