Ancient Greece Notes #2

Ancient Greece Notes #2

Directions: Record your answers for numbers 1-12 quietly while others share theirs.  If you want to share an answer, raise your hand and wait to get called on.  We will discuss them while others write down their answers and listen and respond to others.  You do not have to discuss anything that makes you uncomfortable but the more discussion the better.  For the rest of the questions, I will tell myths and the class should write down the basic facts documenting the story.

Student Learning Objective- Students will discover how myth becomes history and will analyze 3 specific Greek tales.

1. How important is telling the truth?  Explain.

2. When is not telling the truth ok?  Explain.

3. Give an example of someone you know that does not tell the truth.  Explain your opinion on that person.  Please no names.

4. Give an example of a situation where you were lied to and you found out the truth later on.  Explain your experience and your current opinion on the experience.

5. What History do you wonder or have you always wondered whether it was true or not?  Why?

6. How does truth get altered over time even if nobody lies?

7. Demonstration!  Reflect on the demonstration from the beginning of class.

8. What is a myth?

9. How does a myth become history?

10. What are some myths?

11. What are some Greek myths?

12. What do you make out of Greek history having gods involved?

13. What famous Greek books involve many gods?
1. The Odyssey

2. The Iliad

3. Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King)

14. Who was “Helen of Troy” and what happened to her?

What was the Trojan War?

HW- Work on the Western Europe Cultural Traditions!