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Monday 9/12/11. RAP Did you do anything in remembrance of 9/11? Explain. What can we take from 9/11? Explain. Today: Read War, Glory, and Decline: pages 60-61 Read Alexander’s Empire: pages 63-65 Check Notes and RAP’s
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Monday 9/12/11 RAP Did you do anything in remembrance of 9/11? Explain. What can we take from 9/11? Explain. Today: Read War, Glory, and Decline: pages 60-61 Read Alexander’s Empire: pages 63-65 Check Notes and RAP’s Objective: SWBAT understand the trials and triumphs of Ancient Greece.
Tue / Wed 9/13-9/14 • RAP • If you went to “The Show” what did you think? • If you did not go to “The Show” why didn’t you go? • Review Persia and Peloponnesian Wars. Notes on Greek Culture
Persian Wars • 490 BC—Persian forces landed at Marathon. • Greeks defeated Persians back to Asia Minor. • 480 BC– Persians returned where 7,000 Spartans stood against the Persians at Thermopylae for three days. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVVHTBAA-VU • Athenian navy shut them out at Salamis.
Peloponnesian War • 431 BC to 404 BC • Athens seemed stronger in the Navy area. • 430 BC a disease struck Athens. • Killed more than a third of the population. • Persian financed Spartan navy destroyed Athens fleet. • Athens surrendered in 404 BC after Spartans laid seige to Athens. • Effects: setback to all city-states • Decline in population • Decline in economic strength • Macedonia from the North threatened the city-states in 350 BC
Paragraph or illustration • Please write a paragraph depicting what it must have been like to be living in Greece during the Persian or Peloponnesian Wars. OR • Create an illustration depicting what it must have been like to be living in Greece during the Persian or Peloponnesian Wars. • Must have a TITLE