Trial of Socrates & Mediterranean Feast

Parthenon in Athens, History Channel, http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-greece/pictures/greek-architecture/the-parthenon-at-dusk-3, 28 March 2017.

MOCK TRIAL OF SOCRATES

PRESENTED BY WCS 8^TH GRADERS

FRIDAY, april 12, 2019

IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE building

*PARENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AS JURORS 

IN THE 399 BCE TRIAL OF SOCRATES

Eighth grade parents are invited to join the Assembly of Athens on April 13 in the MPR. The 399 BCE trial of Socrates will be re-enacted by the eighth graders, and their guests may participate by casting their votes.  The accusers have charged Socrates with “corrupting the youth of Athens” and “undermining their religious beliefs.”  Socrates faces death by hemlock if found guilty.  In their carefully crafted chitons and himations the speakers will use the research they have done from Plato’s Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, as well as other sources to sway the jury to their side.  Other students will record the proceedings as the jurors question each speaker about the hidden issues behind their charges. 

(EACH CLASS WILL PRESENT THEIR OWN MOCK TRIAL, SO PLEASE COME TO THE HOUR YOUR CHILD has regular history class)

_______               1st hour          8:00 – 8:45

                             2nd hour         NO TRIAL

_______               3^rd hour          9:40 – 10:25

_______               4^th hour          10:30 – 11:15

_______               5^th hour          11:20 – 12:05

                Feast               12:10 – 1:00 (students only)
·       Students will come to school in costume on this day.  They may wear shorts and
 t-shirts under their costumes.  They may wear dress code shorts & T-shirts the rest of the school day.

The Parthenon.

SUNY Oneonta,  http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH209/Parthenon_gallery.html, 29 March 2014.

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars - Upcoming Activities:
       * Greece Map Quiz - 4/5/17

       * Mock Trial of Socrates & Mediterranean Feast - 4/13/17 (Parents invited!!)
                      Come to school in costume 4/13/17
                      Major Speaking Roles - speech due 4/13/17
                      Non-Major Speaking Roles - essay due 4/21/17
                      Major Speaking Roles - summary due 4/21/17
       * Greece Unit Test - Objective portion (no essay) - 4/20/17
                      Specific study materials: (see One Note for these resources)
                              1) Greece Main Ideas and Timeline
                              2) Textbook Notes
                              3) Democracy and Greece - Teacher's Lecture Notes
                              4) Greek City-States Review - Teacher's Outline
                              5) Socrates Research
                              6) Basic Criteria List
 Pericles

Death of Socrates

    Socrates

Pericles. Bio.True Story, http://www.biography.com/people/pericles-9437722, 29 March 2014.

Death of Socrates. Boston College, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/neocl_dav_soc.html. 29 March 2014..                                       

Socrates. Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551948/Socrates, 29 March 2014.

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.