Ancient Greece

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 - 4/4/18

       * Mock Trial of Socrates & Mediterranean Feast - 4/13/18 (Parents invited to trial only!!)
                      Come to school in costume 4/13/18
                      Major Speaking Roles - speech due 4/13/18
                      Non-Major Speaking Roles - essay due 4/16/18
                      Major Speaking Roles - summary due 4/16/18
       * Greece Unit Test  CANCELLED!!!  YOUR SOCRATES ESSAY/SUMMARY WILL BE YOUR TEST GRADE FOR THIS UNIT.
 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.

Happy Spring Break!

 

NO HOMEWORK!  HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE, RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!

MINOANS OF CRETE
Peaceful Traders

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.

Video of Frescoes at Akrotiri on Thera (Santorini)

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
First Ethical Monotheism         

 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.

Mask of Agamemnon, 
Trip Adviser, https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g189400-d198713-i1366174-National_Archaeological_Museum-Athens_Attica.html, 4 March 2018.
(For more information about this mask, please view this Khan Academy video:
Mask of Agamemnon Video

 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.