Greece: Now and Then

Huddleston Elementary School3rd Grade

A. Hair product

B. Yucky stuff that’s sticky and nasty

C. Name of a country

D. Food

What is Greece?

Correct!!

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A country in Europe◦ Can you locate North America and Europe on this

map?

Greece

U.S

Europe

Greece (cont.) The country of Greece is a penninsula.

◦ Penninsula: a landmass surrounded by water except for one side.

Can you locate Greece?

Choose the star that is covering Greece.

Correct!! Great Job locating Greece!

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Here are some pictures of what Greece looks like.

We are going to learn a lot more about Greece; specifically

Ancient Greece.

What is Ancient

Greece???

Ancient Greece Ancient means very old OR times and events that

happened long ago.

Just like the United States, the country of Greece has a long, old history. ◦ The U.S. is only 237 years old, but Greece is over

4,000 years old!

When we talk about Greece’s old history, we are talking about, Ancient Greece.

(These are things that happened a long time ago in Greece.)

Images from Ancient Greece

May be you’ve seen something similar before!

These are some images of the buildings from Ancient Greece and how they look today.

Do they look old or new? Do they look like other buildings you’ve seen before?

Wait a minute…. What does

Greece have to do with us???

Our idea of how our government is run came from Ancient Greece!

It is the MOST important part of their culture we got from them.

Our country is a republic (STOP! What does that word mean?).

Instead of having one person making the rules for us, WE, the people, make decisions together.

◦ This is called: Democracy

Remember our government?

Democracy is…

A) Democracy is when ONE person makes all the rules.

B) Democracy is when the people govern themselves.

C) Democracy is when a King rules over his subjects.

Correct!!A Democracy is when the people govern themselves.

The United States is a

Democracy.

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The First Democracy Ancient Greece was the FIRST to have a system

of government based on a democracy.

**This means the people of the country were the one who made the decisions. There was NO dictator or king. **

While with Democracy, the people of the country were allowed to have a say in what happened, this was also very limited.

In order to vote in Ancient Greece, one must

have been: A male An adult AND a free citizen! (Or a free adult male citizen).

Based on this who was NOT allowed to vote?

Direct Democracy

Representative Democracy

2 Types of Democracy

Example #1: When we vote for our WOW card winner reward (free ice cream, homework pass, or extra recess)

Example #2: When we voted to take the test, then recess, or recess first then test.

From these examples, what do you think direct democracy means?

Direct Democracy

Direct Democracy: people directly vote on a law or decision

So what is representative democracy?

Correct!!!

Example #1: When you voted for your student council representative and ambassador.

Example #2: Adults vote on mayors, governors, representatives, and senators.

From these examples, what do you think representative democracy means?

Representative Democracy

PresidentObama

GovernorNathan Deal

Representative Democracy: people vote on the election of the representatives. Then the representatives makes the decisions and votes on the laws.

Our different representatives (governors, senators, president) were elected into their jobs, because we voted for them.

Correct, again!!!

Votes for Votes on

They had the direct democracy. If they were allowed to vote (adult, male,

AND free), then they HAD to vote.

Which type of democracy did Ancient Greece have?

We have the representative democracy.

Think Critically: Why do you think we have the representative democracy and not the direct democracy?

Which type of democracy do we have?

How is the government in Ancient Greece different and similar to the government in the United States today?

Ancient Greece

United States

Direct democracyRepresentative democracy

Only males could vote

18 or older and born in US to vote

More than 1 person makes decision

We both have a government.

Children can’t vote

Democracy

1. Architecture

2. The Olympics

What else did we get from Greece?

Architecture…. Wait, what?

Based on those pictures, what do

you think architecture

means?

Architecture is… The art, method, and style of a building. The

way a building is designed.

Or the action or process of building.

Let’s look at some architecture from Ancient Greece…

They look so familiar…

Where have we seen them???

TA-DAH!!!

This is the Parthenon build in Ancient Greece.

This is the US Supreme Court Building found in

Washington D.C.

Two things in particular are similar between these two buildings.

The use of columns and white marble.

The arrows are pointing to the columns. The white marble is a type of rock used to

build these two buildings. Do you remember what type of rock marble is? (igneous,

sedimentary, or metamorphic)

1. Doric

2. Ionic

3. Corinthian

There are 3 types of column designs

The most simple and plain out of the 3.

Doric

This modern house has Doric columns!

It has scrolls (like a curl) at the top.

Ionic

Ionic columns are used in the U.S. Capitol building and the Supreme

Court.

This is the most fancy type of column.

Corinthian

These modern architecture has

Corinthian columns

The Acropolis Acropolis means upper city.The one in Athens, Greece is the most famous acropolis. In times of war or invasion the people of Athens would go to the Acropolis as a place of refuge.

This is where the Parthenon is found.

Parthenon

Map of the Acropolis

Democracy

Architecture

1. The Olympics

What else did we get from Greece?

The Olympics

The Ancient Greeks created the Olympics. The first Olympic games took place in

Olympia, Greece. These games were held every 4 years just

like today!

The First Olympics

Ancient Greece, Who could compete?

Only males were allowed to compete or play in the Ancient Olympic Games.

(Married women were not even allowed to attend the games!)

Unmarried females were allowed to

attended the games, but were not allowed

to compete.

Today…Anyone can compete in the Olympic Games, the events are however separated by male and female.

Ancient GreeceDifferent city-states (which were a like today’s cities) would compete against each other.

The competition was fierce between the different city-states, everyone wanted their city-state to win!

Here are some of the most

powerful city-states

Today…

Athletes from different COUNTRIES compete against each other.

People come from all over the world to compete or watch the Olympics.

Ancient Greece

Winners received a crown made from olive leaves, and were allowed to have a statue of himself set up at Olympia.

To win, an event, was a great victory for both you and your city-state.

Olive Trees

Today…Winners receive either a gold, silver, or

bronze medal based on whether they came in first, second, or third place.

Winning is still considered a great victory for both you and

your country.

Different Sports; Ancient Greece

Some different sports in the Ancient Greece Olympics include,

Wrestling Running Boxing Long jump, Throwing the javelin  and discus Chariot racing

(Click on the event to discover more!)

WrestlingJust like today’s wrestling except, there were hardly

any rules! (Biting and poking people's eyes were officially banned, but some people did both!)

This was probably the nastiest event in the Olympics!

Running There were four different types of races. Each being measured by the length of the stadium.

BoxingThere were few rulesBoxers fought until the other man was knocked out or had admitted to being beaten.

There was no rule against hitting your opponent while he was down!

Long Jump

Athletes used lead or stone jump weights shaped like telephones to increase the length of their jump.  The longest jump won!

javelin

A light, long spear that is thrown by hand. Longest

throw wins!

discusA flat disk shaped object that is thrown by an

athlete, it is a bit like the modern Frisbee only smaller and heavier. Longest throw

wins!

Chariot Racing

There were both 2-horse chariot and 4-horse chariot races. Riders would race horses with a cart attached.

Today…There are 26 different sports

in the modern Olympics. Some of these include,

Athletics (track and field events [running, throwing, jumping]) BaseballDiving GymnasticsSwimmingTable Tennis and Wresting.

1. Democracy

2. Architecture

3. The Olympics

What were the 3 things we got from Greece?

Thanks Greece!!!

You’re welcome!!!