Aegean Civilizations Test - March 4

STUDY FOR

Bronze Age Aegean Civ. Unit Test

1)          All Minoans WS’s (including Ch.3-3 Ws’s and others)

2)        All Phoenicians WS’s (including Ch. 3-3 Ws’s and others)

3)        All Hebrews WS’s (including Ch. 3-4 Ws’s and others)

4)        All Mycenaeans WS’s (including Ch. 5-1 Ws’s and others)

5)        Minoans/Mycenaeans Review Outline

6)        Minoans/Mycenaeans Review Chart 

7)        Phoenicians/Hebrews Review Outline

8)        Phoenicians/Hebrews Review Chart 

9)        Minoans/Mycenaeans Video Questions

   10) Vocabulary from text and worksheets

*** In-class essays March 7 and 8. 
*May use your own PRINTED review charts - but must be in your own words, not my copies, and not the same as another student. 
*MUST BE READY BEFORE YOU COME TO HISTORY CLASS!

Mythology Puppet Shows

Preparing for NME!

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars created sock puppet plays to 
    1) Review for the NME
    2) Produce videos that the 5th, 6th, and 7th graders can use to review for the NME

THE BEST OF THE BEST!

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS:D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths - Pgs. 162-175

3rd Hour Myth Video Ben, Colton, Grace, Ryan, Haylee from Ryan Edwards on Vimeo.  

GAEA. THE TITANS, AND ZEUS

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

Pages 1-20

History First Hour: Joseph, Isabella, and Audrey from Joseph Kelly on Vimeo.

HERA, HEPHAESTUS, APHRODITE, ARES, ATHENA, AND POSEIDON

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths Pages 22-41
Myth Movie History 1st Hour Andrea, Nick, and Victoria from Victoria Lyczak on Vimeo.

History First Hour: Joseph, Isabella, and Audrey from Joseph Kelly on Vimeo.

APOLLO, ARTEMIS, HERMES, HADES, PERSEPHONE AND DEMETER
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths Pages 42-62

4th Hour Myth Movie - Jack, Eric, Julia from Eric Haberman on Vimeo.

Check out all of our puppet shows at this link:

2016 Puppet Shows

Iceman Reborn!

Check out this new Nova video for more exciting information about Otzi. Watch as Otzi, a 5000-year-old mummy, is brought to life and preserved with 3D modeling. (Yes, a 3-D printer just like Mr. Hawley's!)

 Iceman Reborn

National Mythology Exam 2016 - March 1

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars 

Preparing for the National Mythology Exam

Athena Parthenos, Encylopedia Brttannica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40729/Athena-Parthenos, 26 February 2014.

 As a part of their study of ancient Greece, eighth grade ancient history scholars are preparing to take the National Mythology Exam.  This exam is taken by over 10,000 students from the U.S. and around the world, and is sponsored by the American Classical League and Excellence Through Classics organizations.  

  

Students will be striving for:

The Gold Medal (The Athena Award of Excellence) for earning 100%, 

a Silver Medal, or a Bronze Medal.  

This exam score will also count as a quiz grade in this class.  

The students will complete:

•  30 general questions about the classical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, 
• 10 questions about the theme, "Jason and the Argonauts"
• 10 questions over Book I of The Odyssey, which they are reading in English class.

(Materials for review can be found on the Ancient Aegean Resources page.)

For more information about the ACL, ETC, and the National Mythology Exam, (and a picture of Mrs. Fiegle and Mrs. Nixon)  follow this link

ETC - National Mythology Exam.

Check out the following links for reviewing the Jason myth! (You can also review other myths on these sites.)

PBS - Myths and Heroes

Myth Man's Jason and the Argonauts

Mythweb Jason

Bronze Age Aegean Civilizations

MINOANS OF CRETE

Palace of Knossos. Ancient Greece, http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/ancient-        sites/knossos/, 13 February 2014.

Minoan Bull Leaping Fresco.  Boundless,

 https://www.boundless.com/art-history/aegean-civilizations/the-minoans/painting--2/, 13 February 2014.

This fresco, part of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece, was painted about 1400 BCE. It offers one of many depictions of the ancient practice of bull-leaping.

Phoenicians - "Carriers of Civilization" 

The First Great Navigators

Creators of our alphabet

Phoenician Alphabet

Phoenician, http://www.phoenician.org/alphabet.htm, 14 February 2014.

   

Phoenician Ship Coin. Wild Winds, http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/phoenicia/tyre/t.html, 14 February 2014.

Ancient Hebrews         

 Hebrew scroll. Photos,  http://www.photos.com/images-photo/torah, 14 February 2014.

    MYCENAEANS OF GREECE
The historical time and places 
of The Iliad and The Odyssey

Lion’s Gate at Citadel of Mycenae. 

Great Buildings, http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/lion_gate.html, 14 February 2014.

 The Eighth Grade ancient history scholars are exploring the historical settings for Homer’s epics.  As they read the Odyssey in English class, they are following Heinrich Schliemann on his search for Troy and Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans as he “recreates” Knossos.  They are discovering the ties between myth, legend, place names, and history in these cultures, the root cultures of ancient Greece.