Web Quest Part 4!

What did Greek buildings look like? Look around you, many of the things you see everyday inside and outside buildings as well as many famous buildings are based on Greek Architecture.

Using a power point on the link provided answer the following questions:

What type of supports were used to hold up Greek buildings that are still used today?

How were the three different types of Greek columns similar and different? Give at least 2 examples.

Why do you think the Christian church banned nude artwork for almost 1000 years?

Draw the front of your own temple using the main parts of Greek Architecture found in the PowerPoint. You must include a pediment, columns, and an attempt at a frieze. Be creative in your frieze.

Link to the power point

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22759080/Greece-Architecture#logout

Web Quest Part 3

Before clicking on any links or reading anything else, ponder this question:

How did the Greeks communicate? 

Write your thoughts down on a sheet of paper.

The Greeks spoke and wrote a language much like modern Greek but with many differences. They gave us an alphabet that’s letters are used by many fraternities and sororities throughout the world.

Using the sites given, answer the following questions. When you are done answering those questions, write the Greek alphabet out, and then spell your name in Greek as best you can (I realize it may not have all of the letters in your name, so choose another letter in its place and tell me why you chose to use that one).

How many letters did the Greek alphabet have?

What two Greek letters form the word alphabet?

What group of people did the Greek alphabet come from? In other words, who did they get it from?

http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet/

http://www.physlink.com/reference/GreekAlphabet.cfm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/244456/Greek-alphabet

Web Quest Part 2

In this part of the webquest we will be looking at who were some of the Greek Gods and Goddesses? These were some of the most important influences on the daily lives of Greek citizens. People of Ancient Greece believed that the Gods/Goddesses would directly interfere/intercede in their lives, so it is important to know who people were praying to.

In this part of the quest, you will create a chart of the following 10 Gods:

Poseidon, Zeus, Hades, Hera, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Hermes, Kronos, Ares

Each chart will contain the following information:

Name of God/Goddess, What they are God/Goddess of, one relative and how they are related, and other interesting facts about that particular God (any other facts EXCEPT I DO NOT want another relative of that god/goddess). For some Gods/Goddesses you may be able to find more than one fact, others you may not, list up to five where possible.

Below your chart reflect on the following questions:

1. Which God/Goddess do you think had the most influence in everyday life for the Greeks? Why?

Links:

http://www.loggia.com/myth/gods.html

 

http://www.greek-gods.info/

 

http://www.greekmythology.com/

Web Quest!

So, for the ancient Greece Web Quest, I will be posting the information needed for you to complete your web quest here. There area  total of five parts to the web quest, the first is a map. Listed below are the items you should place on your map. I have also listed a few questions for you to answer on the back of your map. If you have any questions let me know.

Athens                                               Sparta                                        The Peloponnesus

Delphi                                                Troy                                           Crete

Aegean Sea                                        Ionian Sea                                Mediterranean Sea

Corinth                                               Mt. Olympus                           Knossos (Cnossos)

Byzantium                                         Olympia                                    Rhodes

Sardis                                                 Ephesus                                    Thebes

Marathon                                          Thermopylæ                             Salamis

Questions for you to answer on the back of your map:

1. Whose temple is based in Delphi?

 

2. Sparta was the capital of what province?

 

3. Mt. Olympus was home to whom?

 

4. What emperor of Greece lost the Battle of Marathon?


5. What geographical features are you able to identify? (example: rivers)


6. What role do you think these features played in the success of Ancient Greece?

Links:

http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/gk_wrld.htm

http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/greece.htm

http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/east_med.htm