Today's Frame

During the late Hellenistic period, how did Rome emerge as the dominant power in the Mediterranean?

What's Up in Greece Today?

Find out in the New York Times article here for more:

Today's Frame

How was Hellenism a cultural and political force in ancient Greece, Egypt, and central Asia?

Today's Frame

Why was the the Athenian Golden Age born of war and extinguished by war (and how did arete and hubris figure into this narrative)?

Today's Frame & Activity

How does Greek art and architecture reflect the philosophical positions of Athenians during the Golden Age? (Consider our "buckets" and the philosophical positions of Golden Age philosophers and politicians (both Greek words).


Here's the link to today's Art & Architecture Activity (3rd Period)
Here's the link for today's Art & Architecture Activity (6th Period)

Today's Frame

How and why does ancient Greek philosophy attempt to explain the world? (please note that the word "philosophy" is Greek in origin... Just like architecture, politics, democracy, etc., etc. (et cetera is Latin in origin)...

Greek Architecture

Classical Greek architecture is alive.  Look at cities and towns around the world and you will see elements everywhere- including in Deerfield and certainly Chicago.  Why do we still embrace an architectural style that is well over 2,000 years old?  What does that say about Greek civilization?  What does that say about us?

Capitals and Columns handout (this will be very useful for us)

This is a photo I took of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis in Athens. Note: the image was actually shot on film and ultimately digitally scanned .

Today's Frame

How did geography affect the development of ancient Greek civilization?

Today's Frame

How was Zoroastrianism an integral part of Persian civilization, and how did it influence other religions, particularly monotheistic faiths in the ancient Middle East?

Today's Frame

How and why did the Persians (Achaemenids) create the world’s first multinational, multiethnic, multireligious, and multilingual empire?

Today's China Meets Ancient China...

New York Times Editorial 10/11/14
The opinion piece discusses how the current Communist leadership is returning to "Legalist" and "Confucianist" classics in order to provide alternative models to Western political and economic models.

Reading Quiz Questions, Presentations, Socrative Review Questions

are available here for 3rd and 6th periods for you to prepare for the unit test.

3rd period Reading Quiz questions

6th period Reading Quiz questions

Feel free to check out the other section's quiz (questions)!

Also...  here are the GoogleSlides presentations for last week:

3rd period presentations

6th period presentations

Finally: 

3rd period Socrative questions (unit test review)
6th period Socrative questions (unit test review)

Buddhism readings

(2 of them) are links in your section syllabus

China and Iraq Today: Why they still matter

We're studying their ancient origins, but these nations are still hotspots...

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