4. Select the correct option to complete the statement. The Peloponnesian Wars lasted for a total of 33 / 42 / 47 / 52 years. 5. Describe how Alexander the Great treated Greek city-states that revolted against him. ANALYSE AND APPLY
6. Examine themap in SOURCE2 and answer the following. a. How close did Persian forces get to Athens in 490 BCE? b. Identify who defeated the Persians at Marathon, ending the ýrst Persian invasion attempt. 7. Read SOURCE4 . Analyse and evaluate it using the following questions: a. Who wrote this source and why might it have been written? b. As the Spartans were all killed in the battle, how could the writer have obtained this story? c. How could we know that the story is reliable? 8. Identify what clue SOURCE3 provides about reasons the Spartans and other Greeks were able to delay the Persian army at Thermopylae. EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 9. Study SOURCES1 and 6 . a. Describe the way that Alexander is depicted in these sources. b. Discuss why you think he is depicted like that. ( Clue: normally only a god would be shown holding a thunderbolt.) 10. Study the map in SOURCE5 and compare it with a modern map. Identify the modern countries that now occupy the places conquered by Alexander the Great. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
LESSON 4.11 What is the heritage of ancient Greece?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to describe what ancient Greece has given to the modern world. This includes important ideas in medicine, mathematics, science, philosophy, drama, poetry and architecture.
Tune in Plato was a Greek philosopher from Athens during the Classical period. Historians think he invented an early alarm clock called a ‘water clock’. It was different from our clocks today. 1. In class or in small groups, mind map how you think it worked without electricity. 2. You can also draw simple sketches of your ideas.
SOURCE1 A modern artwork of Plato
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