Essential Question: How does geography influence the way people live?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did physical geography influence the lives of the early Greeks?
2. How did the civilization of the Minoans develop?
3. How did the Mycenaeans gain power in the Mediterranean?
4. How did early Greeks spread their culture?
Essential Question: Why do people form governments?
Guiding Questions:
1. Which types of governments did the Greek city-states have?
2. Why did the Spartans focus on military skills?
3. How did the culture in Athens differ from other Greek city-states?
Essential Question: Why does conflict develop?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did the Persians rule a vast empire?
2. How did the Greeks defeat the Persians?
Essential Question: How do governments change?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did Pericles influence government and culture in Athens?
2. What was life like for Athenians under the rule of Perciles?
3. How did the Peloponnesians War affect the Greek city-states?
Essential Question: What makes a culture unique?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did the ancient Greeks honor their gods?
2. Why were epics and fables important to the ancient Greeks?
Essential Question: How do new ideas change the way people live?
Guding Questions:
1. What ideas did the Greeks develop to explain the world around them?
Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a good leader?
Guiding Question:
1. Why did Macedonia become powerful?
2. What were Alexander's goals as a ruler?
3. How successful was Alexander in achieving his goals?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did physical geography influence the lives of the early Greeks?
2. How did the civilization of the Minoans develop?
3. How did the Mycenaeans gain power in the Mediterranean?
4. How did early Greeks spread their culture?
Essential Question: Why do people form governments?
Guiding Questions:
1. Which types of governments did the Greek city-states have?
2. Why did the Spartans focus on military skills?
3. How did the culture in Athens differ from other Greek city-states?
Essential Question: Why does conflict develop?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did the Persians rule a vast empire?
2. How did the Greeks defeat the Persians?
Essential Question: How do governments change?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did Pericles influence government and culture in Athens?
2. What was life like for Athenians under the rule of Perciles?
3. How did the Peloponnesians War affect the Greek city-states?
Essential Question: What makes a culture unique?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did the ancient Greeks honor their gods?
2. Why were epics and fables important to the ancient Greeks?
Essential Question: How do new ideas change the way people live?
Guding Questions:
1. What ideas did the Greeks develop to explain the world around them?
Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a good leader?
Guiding Question:
1. Why did Macedonia become powerful?
2. What were Alexander's goals as a ruler?
3. How successful was Alexander in achieving his goals?