ANCIENT GREECE
Information to gather and stories to think about:
- How did geography contribute to the development of separate city-states in Greece? Why was trade so important and how did the Greeks trade?
- What were the different types of governments in Greek city-states and why was one form in particular so important?
- What are the differences between Athenian democracy and the democracy we have in America today?
- Why were myths so important to the Greeks? How does their literature continue to affect our literature and language today?
- What and where was the Persian Empire? How did it get started and how was it organized?
- How was life different in Athens and Sparta? What were their roles in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars?
- Who was Alexander the Great and what did he do that was important?
- What did the ancient Greeks contribute to world knowledge, especially in the arts and sciences?
