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World Civilizations. Take out Alexander homework and turn in. Take out notepaper. World Civilizations. Do Now – 5 minutes Get a textbook and take out homework on the Persian and Pelopponesian Wars. I will collect.
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World Civilizations • Take out Alexander homework and turn in. • Take out notepaper
World Civilizations Do Now – 5 minutes • Get a textbook and take out homework on the Persian and Pelopponesian Wars. I will collect. • Pick up handout, “Alexander the Great” (green sheet). Turn to page 215 and begin taking notes for the vocabulary words and people. Today’s Agenda • Discuss the Peloponnesian War • The Life of Alexander – Independent reading work. Complete the rest of the handout. • HOMEWORK: Finish reding Ch. 7-3 and completing the handout – worth a QUIZ grade. • Test on Tuesday – Bring your notebook to class.
What generalizations can we make about this war from looking at this map?
Pelopponesian War • War between Athens and Sparta and their allies – Delian League and Pelopponesian League • Tensions always existed between the two very powerful but also very different poli (polises) • 27-year war that Sparta won • Athens and ALL Greek city states were devastated militarily, culturally and economically by the long war • The war made Greece vulnerable to invaders. • Conquered by its neighbor to the north.
World Civilizations • Get a textbook and take out homework on Sparta and Athens. I will collect. • Pick up a Do-Now, “The Greek Wars,” (green sheet). Read quietly and answer questions 1 and 2 ONLY on white sheet. AGENDA • Who said it? Spartan or Athenian • Greece United and Divided • Alexander the Great – was he really that Great?
Spartan or Athenian? Who said it?
Male children are of great value to the city-state. Females are of little use. • Our beautiful Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis. • Our military power is our most important asset! • Art, music, and drama – these are the beauties of life. • We must take time to ask questions about our world, to wonder about good and evil. • A baby boy born with something wrong will only weaken our society and has no reason to live. • Our constitution will give all free men the rights of citizenship. • We will use our strength to cut off our enemy’s supplies and starve their people.
The Persian and Pelopponesian War • 499 BCE – War begins with Persia • 490 BCE Battle of Marathon • 479 BCE Greeks drive Persians from Greece • 460 BCE Pericles becomes leader of Athens • 432 BCE Parthenon completed • 431 BCE Pelopponesian War begins • 404 BCE Athens surrenders to Sparta • Alexander’s conquest begins