Greece webquest

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ANCIENT GREECE

 

Directions: You and your partner will complete a Web Quest activity.  We are going to travel back to the times of Ancient Greece to examine the birth of democracy, tremendous achievements in art and architecture, and how geography impacted their daily lives.

 

Task:

Using the websites for each section, answer the questions that follow.

 

GEOGRAPHY:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/geography/home_set.html

 

                1. Describe the geography of Greece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                2. How did geography impact the daily lives of the Greeks?

 

 

 

 

 

                3. Click on the “Explore” button.  Which city-states look familiar to you?  

 

 

 

 

 

ATHENS V. SPARTA:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/greek_world/

Click on, “How was Greece ruled?” on the left hand side of the page.

 

                1. How was Greece divided?

 

 

 

 

 

 

                2. What do you think caused this divide?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/greece/timeline/

Click on, “Explore Ancient Greece” and go to the map.

 

                3. Click on both Athens and Sparta.  What did each of these city-states stress?

 

 

 

 

 

                4. How was Sparta and Athens different from one another?

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/menu.html

 

5. Navigate this website to find out more information of what life was like in both Athens and Sparta (gov’t, military, daily life):

 

 

Athens:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sparta:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY:

http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/pericles.html

 

                1. Read the excerpt from Pericles on this website.  What type of a government is he discussing?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                2. Why does Pericles believe this is the best form of government? Do you agree?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GREEK PHILOSOPHY:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/knowledge/explore/exp_set.html

 

                1. Outline the ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle:

 

 

Socrates:

 

 

Plato:

 

 

Aristotle:

 

 

                2. Click on “Story”.  Following the scenario, “Plato’s Cave”.  What do you think Plato was trying to stress in this story?

 

 

 

 

 

 

GREEK ACHIEVEMENTS:

http://greece.mrdonn.org/theatre.html

 

Greek Theatre:

 

                1. Describe Greek theatre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                2. Name and describe the three different types of Greek productions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                3. How were Greek productions different from modern plays?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greek Architecture:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/acropolis/home_set.html

 

                4. What was the acropolis?

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/acropolis/explore/exp_set.html

 

                5. Explore the Parthenon.  What was it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

                6. How was the Parthenon decorated?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Olympics:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/festivals/story/sto_set.html

 

      7. What happened on the first day of the Olympics?

 

 

 

 

                8. What were some of the games that the city-states competed in?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                9. Who were the Olympics dedicated to?