Contributions
of Greek
Culture to
Western
Civilization
Aim: How has the culture of ancient
Greece influenced our society?
• Do Now: Copy the vocabulary into your
notebooks
• Direct Democracy: form of government in which
citizens rule directly
• Classical Art: art in which harmony, order, and
balance were emphasized
• Philosopher: thinker who uses logic and reason
to explore life’s important questions
• Golden Age: a period of great peace,
prosperity, and happiness *****************
Class Work
• Read the worksheet “Democracy and
Greece’s Golden Age”
• Answer questions 1-5 (on the back)
• After finishing the questions, complete the
graphic organizer on the front
Group Work
• In groups, students will complete the
Greek contributions handout
• We will complete the first section together
• After, each group member will complete
on area of contribution
• Every student will share their findings with
the rest of the group
• All students will complete the entire
handout
Extension Activity/Homework
• On the back of the Greek Contributions
handout you will find information about (3)
Greek Philosophers
• Using the information provided create a
tombstone for the life of the particular
person you chose
Drama
–Aeschylus and
Sophocles –
Great play
writers of
TRAGEDY
–Aristophane
s – Great
play writer of
COMEDY
Poetry
• Homer: The great
blind story teller
of Greece
–His stories later
were written in
two epics:
• 1. Iliad
• 2. Odyssey
history
• Herodotus – Greek historian who
is known as the “father of history”
–He wrote Histories which was about
the conflict between Persia and
Greece
• Thucydides – A Greek historian
who wrote History of the
Peloponnesian War.
–He wrote about the conflict between
Athens and Sparta
sculpture
• Phidias – He is
known as the
Greatest Greek
Sculptor
– He designed the
Parthenon (the
temple of the
Goddess Athena)
– Sculpted the huge
Statue of Zeus at
Olympus
architecture
Doric
Column
• Very plain
and
simple
• Has no
base
Ionic
Column
• Capital has
scrolls
• Has a base
• More
decorative
Corinthian
Column
• The most
decorative
capital
• Roofs are
flat
science
• Archimedes – Considered the
greatest mathematician
–Discovered the principles of
density and buoyancy
• Hippocrates – is the founder of
medicine and the greatest
physician of his time
mathematics
• Euclid – the father of geometry
• Pythagoras – the father of numbers,
he founded the Pythagorean theory
philosophy
Pictures Cited
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Slide 1 – Clip art 2006
Slide 2 – http://www.actingmonologues.org/drama1.jpg
Slide 3 – http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0226469409.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Slide 5 – http://www.sikyon.com/Athens/Monuments/athena_nike.jpg,
http://www.crystalinks.com/zeusgoldstatue.jpg
• Slide 6 –
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1492640/2/istockphot
o_1492640_doric_ionic_corinthian_columns.jpg
• Slide 7 – http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/images/doric_column.jpg
• Slide 8 – http://www.royalarchmasons.on.ca/images/Arch_S2.jpg,
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/820/20211172.JPG
• Slide 9 –
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2369940/2/istockphot
o_2369940_top_of_column_corinthian_style.jpg,
http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/images/corinthian_column.jpg
• Slide 11 – Clipart 2006
• Slide 12 – Clipart 2006