Ancient+Greece

__**ACTIVITY 1: **__ 
 * Athens: **
 * The people of Athens lived in houses below the Acropolis.
 * Boys went to school at age 7 and left school at 18 to start their military training.
 * Between the ages of 18-20, boys in Athens spent two years training as soldiers.
 * Athenian Soldiers always had the letter "A" painted on there shield.
 * Girls didnt go to school. Their mothers taught them at home.
 * The Acropolis is a hill in Athens. Many temples were built on it to worship the many different Gods and Goddesses.
 * Democracy was invented in Athens. Foreigners and women were not allowed to vote. Men voted for what they wanted by raising their hands in a hand-count. This place on a hill called 'The Pynx.'
 * The olive tree was a gift from the Gossess Athena. She protected the city.


 * Spartan: **
 * Spartan boys did not go to school, they left home at the age of 7 and were sent to military camp.
 * The worst thing you could call a Spartan was a 'Trembler.' It meant he was scared to fight. Tremblers had to grow one-sided moustaches so everyone would know that they were a trembler.
 * Sparta was surrounded by mountains, which helped to protect it from invaders!
 * After battle, Spartan soldiers used to hang their weapons and armour in the trees to thank the Gods for the victory.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">When you became 20 years old, you had to join the army. Spartan soldiers always wore red cloaks.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Spartan girls did not fight or go to school, but they had to keep fit to have healthy babies.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Babies were taking from their mothers and checked at birth. Weak babies were left to die because all Spartans had to be fit.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Spartan boys were kept hungry and had to steal food to survive. This made them sneaky for the battles.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">These were the gods and goddesses that they woshipped:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Olympia: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Athena- Goddess of War, Wisdome and Arts.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Apollo- God of the Sun, Music and Truth.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Zeus- God of the Weather & Ruler of the Gods.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ares- God of War.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Artemis- Goddess of the Moon, Hunting and Children.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Poseidon- God of the Sea and Earthquakes
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hermes- God of Travel and Thieves
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Goddess of Grain and Fertility
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hera- Goddess of Women and Marriage
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Aphrodite- Goddess of Love and Beauty

__**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">ACTIVITY 2: **__ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· The people created the world’s first democratic government. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· The first Olympics were held there. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· They made important contributions to architecture, art, literature, science and mathematics.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Birth Place of Western Civilization **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· The main-city states of Ancient Greece were Troy, Corinth, Athens, Ephesus, Rhodes, Sparta, and Thebes. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· A Greek city state was nothing more than a tiny country made up of a single city and the lands and villages that surrounded it. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Each city state was unique. It had its own system of government, its own laws, and its own military too.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">City States **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Religion was taught through folk tales also known as myths. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· They had many gods they worshipped and many of them were told to be immortal and would live forever. Each god had a different role. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Zeus was the king of all gods and ruled the sky. He was the father of many important gods and goddesses.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Religion **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Athens was the birthplace of democracy. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Democracy is a Greek word for “Government by the People.” <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Women were not allowed to vote.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Democracy **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Olympic Games started in Ancient Olympia in 766 B.C. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· The Olympic Games were held in Zeus honor. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· They had statues of all the people who won the Olympic games in Zeus’ temple. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Women were not allowed to attend. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· If they won, they would receive a crown made out of olive leaves from Zeus’ sacred tree.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Olympic Games **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· Greeks loved to watch all day plays. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· The Greeks were very famous for their plays, which were based on legends. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">· The actors were only men, women could not be in the plays.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Theatre **

__**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿ ACTIVITY 3: **__ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Athens was the largest city in Greece. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Athens most popular building was the temple called the Parthenon. It stood on a hill called the Acropolis. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. The Olympic games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. The games in Olympia were held in honour of Zeuz, the king of the gods, and were staged every 4 years. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. Fighting battles was what the Spartans did best. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">6. The Spartans spent alot of there time training for battles. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">7. In Sparta, sick and weak babies were killed.