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Understanding Geography and Settlement in Ancient Greece

Understanding Geography and Settlement in Ancient Greece. Phase 1: Settling in Regions of Ancient Greece HA 1.1. Period 2 Groups. Period 3 Groups. Period 6 Groups. Goals.

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Understanding Geography and Settlement in Ancient Greece

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  1. Understanding Geography and Settlement in Ancient Greece Phase 1: Settling in Regions of Ancient Greece HA 1.1

  2. Period 2 Groups

  3. Period 3 Groups

  4. Period 6 Groups

  5. Goals • Today you will simulate how geography affected settlement and culture in Ancient Greece. You will need to use the map I’ve given you. Please glue or tape it into your ISN notebook on Page 27. Trim the edges and leave plenty of space to take note. Write Settling Ancient Greece in your table of contents for page 27. • Have someone in your group get 25 sheets of newspaper and write your group’s number on each sheet.

  6. Getting Your Bearings • Locate the cardinal directions in Room 430 • When directed, use your map as a reference and have your group stand in the simulated landscape to show the location of the assigned physiographic feature. • Crete • Ionian Sea • Adriatic Sea, • Mediterranean Seam • Aegean Sea • Gulf of Corinth • Mount Olympus • How is the room layout similar to the map? • How is the room layout different than the map?

  7. How did geography affect settlement in Ancient Greece? • You are members of rival tribes. Each tribe is looking for the best site to settle in Ancient Greece. • Quickly look at your map. Choose a site to settle and as a group sit in the corresponding area in the simulated landscape. • You CAN NOT • Sit on desks-they are mountains • Go past the coastline (the taped area) • You have 2 minutes to SILENTLY settle. • Mark an asterisk on the corresponding location to where you are settle on your paper map.

  8. Debrief Settlements • Why did you settle where you did? • What are the positive aspects of your site? The negative aspects? • Reach out and try to touch hands with students in another group. Is it easy or difficult? How would you describe the proximity of your site to other sites? • What would you do if you wanted goods, such as different items such as different food items or precious metals, that aren’t available at your site?

  9. Claiming land • Each sheet of paper represents a section of land your clan can cultivate. • You will claim cultivatable land for your settlement by placing as many sheets of paper side-by-side on the floor. • Sheets of paper should be placed close together so sides are touching, but the should not overlap. • You can’t place paper on desks or outside area marked by masking tape. • The more sheets of paper a group places on the floor, the more productive your settlement will.

  10. Debrief Claiming Land • Which group had the most productive settlement? …the least productive? • Why were some settlements more productive than others? • What would you do if your settlement needed different products and you couldn’t claim more territory? • Describe how groups acted toward each other using one or two word phrases? • How is this activity similar to what happened between Greek settlements in ancient times?

  11. Debrief Claiming Land • Which group had the most productive settlement? …the least productive? • Why were some settlements more productive than others? • What would you do if your settlement needed different products and you couldn’t claim more territory? • Describe how groups acted toward each other using one or two word phrases? • How is this activity similar to what happened between Greek settlements in ancient times?

  12. Debrief Claiming Land • Which group had the most productive settlement? …the least productive? • Why were some settlements more productive than others? • What would you do if your settlement needed different products and you couldn’t claim more territory? • Describe how groups acted toward each other using one or two word phrases? • How is this activity similar to what happened between Greek settlements in ancient times?

  13. Mark and label the eight ancient Greek settlements represented in our simulated landscape onto your ISN map on page 27. Spelling, neatness, and placement count! • Delphi • Thebes • Marathon • Athens • Corinth • Mycenae • Sparta • Knossos

  14. Now annotate your map to show the ways geography affected settlement and culture in ancient Greece. • Use the model to the left. • Marathon/Athens – Limited farmland encouraged rivalries among settlements • Mycenae – Hillsides were ideal for growing grapes and olives. • Knossos – Coastal settlements encouraged ancient Greeks to engage in overseas trade. • Plains: less than one-fourth of Greece’s land was level enough for farming grains. • Mountains: Mountains separated ancient Greece into small, isolated regions.

  15. ISN Notebook Page 26 • Table of contents- Move to Greece Ad • Create a real-estate advertisement using words and visuals that would have encouraged people to move to Greece in ancient times. Your advertisement must include information about the geography of ancient Greece and the opportunities for trade and farming. • Color, spelling, grammar, and neatness count! Don’t forget your slogan!

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