Pre-History to Early Civilization



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NC ESSENTIAL STANDARDS:

WH.2.1 Compare how different geographic issues of the ancient period influenced settlement, trading networks and the sustainability of various ancient civilizations

WH.2.2 Analyze the governments of ancient civilizations in terms of their development, structure and function within various societies

WH.2.4 Analyze the rise and spread of various empires in terms of influence, achievements and lasting impact

WH.2.8 Compare the conditions, racial composition, and status of social classes, castes, and slaves in ancient societies and analyze changes in those elements.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Compare how different geographic issues of Greece influenced settlement and trading networks of various Greek City-States

• Balkan Peninsula

• Mountains and Valleys

Analyze enduring traditions and institutions the Greek culture extended to most of the Western world

Iliad and Odyssey

• Mycenaean

• Trojan War

• Homer

Sparta –

• Monarchy

• Military Citizenship

• Women’s roles

• Spartiates, Perioeci, Helots

Athens –

• Draconian Law (621)

• Aristocracy and Oligarchy

• Cleisthenes (507 BC)

• Demokratia” or Direct Democracy

How did the Persian Wars affect the Greek city-states?

• Thermopylae (480 BC)

• Delian League (478 BC)

Rise of Athens and Age of Pericles

• “Classical Greece”

• Pericles – “Age of Pericles”

• Acropolis and Parthenon

• Herodotus

Peloponnesian War (431 BC – 404 BC)

• Athenian Imperialism

• Impact of Athenian Culture

Analyze how the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle helped shape the western world

Socrates –

• Lovers of Wisdom

• Socratic Method

• Democracy

Plato

• The Republic

• “Talented women”

• Philosopher King

Aristotle

• Golden Mean

• Father of Logic

• Single, Strong, Virtuous leader

Recall and analyze Alexander’s greatest accomplishment

• Macedonians

• King Philip II

• Alexander

• Hellenistic Period

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