8/25/08 - HWH
This week - Unit 2 - Ancient Greece
Continue with research on assigned topics
Areas of Focus:
Monday - Wednesday - Impact of geography on Greece's economy & political structure (city-states); early history and impact of contact with other cultures (Mycenaeans, Minoans, Dorians); early political structures (monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy); rise of Athenian democracy; rise of militaristic Sparta; Persian Wars, Golden Age of Greece (Pericles), art, philosophy, architecture, drama, history
Areas of Focus:
Thursday & Friday - Alexander the Great; conquest of Persia; spread of Hellenistic culture; contributions
Reminder - Your summer reading essays will be done in class Thursday. You need to bring your book with you since you will be using quotes from the book to support your essay. You will develop a thesis statement and provide 3 main supporting paragraphs to support the thesis. We will review this prior to the test.
Projects are due Tuesday, September 2
The standard for this unit is SSWH3. Specific elements of the standard can be accessed at http://www.georgiastandards.org/socialstudies.aspx