Athens: a study in Democracy
a newspaper project
Attend the seminar in class for details on this project.
It is strongly suggested that you and your group read through at least some the links below in order to complete this project successfully. Marking criteria will be handed out in class
The "origins of democracy" video can be found here.
The name Pericles in Greek means "surrounded by Glory" and the years when he ruled Athens were very glorious indeed. (449-431 BCE) Pericles rebuilt the Acropolis (after the Persian Wars) and built the Parthenon, and was instrumental
It is strongly suggested that you and your group read through at least some the links below in order to complete this project successfully. Marking criteria will be handed out in class
- What the Olympic Games were actually like
- The Olympic Games - The Events
- The Oracle at Delphi (c.1400 BC: Oracle of Delphi founded)
- Hoplites
- The Tactics Used At Marathon
- The Tactics Used At Marathon/ continued
- Ostracism
- The Different Types of Greek Drama and Their Importance
- The Great Playwrights of Athens' 'Golden Age'
- Delian League (Event Page: 454 BC - Delian League's treasury moves to Athens)
- The Buildings of the Acropolis
- The Parthenon (Event Page: 438 BC - The Parthenon Completed)
- Inside the Parthenon
- The Sophists (Event Page: c.460 - New thinkers arrive in Athens)
- The Streets of Athens
- The Populace of Athens
- The Populace of Athens - Slaves
- The Populace of Athens - Metics
- The Populace of Athens - Women
- The Populace of Athens - Freemen
- The Houses of Athens
- The Agora
- The Colonus Agoraeus
- Leisured Life: The Gymnasia
- Leisured Life: The Theatre
- Pericles' Funeral Oration in Depth
- Intellectual Life in Athens during its height
- The Historians
- Greek Women: Marriage and Divorce
- Hetaira and Courtesans
- Women and Myth
The "origins of democracy" video can be found here.
The name Pericles in Greek means "surrounded by Glory" and the years when he ruled Athens were very glorious indeed. (449-431 BCE) Pericles rebuilt the Acropolis (after the Persian Wars) and built the Parthenon, and was instrumental
This is a short PowerPoint on Pericles and Democracy in Athens.
periclesphilospohy&democracynewspaperprojectppt.ppt | |
File Size: | 801 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
Here is a list of suggested parts for your newspaper and suggested titles.
- News and Current Affairs (e.g. Pericles Dies - Popular Assembly in Uproar!)
- Editorial Section and Letters to the Editor (e.g. letters for and against Pericles)
- Entertainment & Arts Section (e.g. a review of a famous/prize-winning tragedy)
- Sports Section (e.g. report from the most recent Olympics)
- Advertisements (e.g. pottery, seafood, shipwrights, masons, etc.)
- Weather Report (e.g. Zeus causes yet another terrible storm!)
- Gossip Column (e.g. Who will succeed Pericles as leader of Athens?)
- Astrology Column (e.g. latest prophesies from the Oracle of Delphi)
- Obituaries (e.g. invent an obituary for a hoplite infantryman who excelled at the Battle of Marathon).