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a) Broad Periods of Ancient Greek History (one to two pages. dates and historical overview. important figures. characteristics of art and architecture. compare with what came before and what came after)

Roots: Minoans and Myceneans; Doric and Ionian tribes	Albert, Sang Hyun, Chris
Archaic Period	Zain, Emilio, Nicolo
Classical Period, Golden Age	Nitesh, Michael, Laura / Seth, Luigi, Anton
Hellenistic Period	Tiffany, Maggie, Margaux / Angeli, Derek, Victor
Greek Theater (not a period but an area also eligible for a one page report)	Olivia, Sarena

b) WORKS OF ART (one page; detailed description, analysis, significance, compare with what came before and what came after, your group's reaction)

Black Figure Pottery Red Figure Pottery	Joseph, Kirby, Davy
Kouros (nude male youth) ca 540 BC Kritos Boy ca 480BC
Zeus or Poseidon ca 470 BC and Discobolus (discus thrower), Myron, ca 450 BC	Yu-Shiu, Nina
Doryphorus (spear carrier) and Venus de Milo	Chris, Chandana
Laocoön Group ca 150 BC	Noriko, Yoko
Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy (older than Parth)
Parthenon	Mario, Shao, Marcus
Erechtheum	Tauseef, Subir
Altar of Zeus, Pergamon	Pearl, Tasha , Veronica

c) Important Ideas and Concepts (one to two paragraph definition relevant to ancient Greece; include mention of HOW the idea influenced art and architecture of the time)

Arete Aesthetic Balance Proportion Democracy	Kevin, Jeffrey
Humanism Individualism Idealism Reason Rationality	Paolo, Jason

d) Vocabulary (one paragraph definition; examples, pictures, drawings as appropriate; add four more terms)

Acropolis Columns: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian Cosmopolis Frieze Kouroi, Kore Metope Polis Stele

Rajiv, Ken

II. Choose one:

MYTH (one paragraph, brief description, depiction in art)

Apollo	Marus /Chandana
Athena (Minerva)	Tauseef / Nina
Hermes (Mercury)	Zain / Sang Hyun
Hera (Juno)	Subir / Pearl
Zeus (Jupiter)	Luigi / Ken
Poseiden (Neptune)	Shao / Donde / Angeli
Aphrodite (Venus)	Nicolo / Rajiv
Demeter (Ceres)	Kevin
Dionysus (Bacchus)	Mario / Kirby
Pan	Jeffrey
Artemis (Diana)	Maggie / Yu Shiu
Eros (Cupid)	Anton
Hades (Pluto)	Emilio / Joseph
Hephaestus (Vulcan)	Jason / Albert
Ares (Mars)	Seth / Christopher / Derek
Hestia (Vesta)	Laura
Muses	Pearl
Oracle	Natasha
Centaurs	Davy
Elysian Fields	Paolo
Satyrs (Fauns)	Victor
Gordian Knot	Michael
Graces	Chris
Laocoön	Yoko, Noriko
Leda (and the swan)	Tiffany
Minotaur	Sarena /. Veronica
Orpheus (and Eurydice)	Nitesh
Pegasus	Olivia / Veronica
Prometheus	Paolo

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The assignmnet:

 

From your work, generate 4 questions. 3 multiple choice, one Jeopardy trivia, and one test question. The answer to all of your questions must be in your work. Make sure the questions are meaningful and relevant (except the trivia question)

 

Submit your work on disk as ascii text, or e-mail to <grossp@ismanila.com>

You will have 2 class periods to complete this assignment. Because the next part depends on your timely cooperation, no late assignments will be accepted for credit

 

For depictions in art, submit the source citation (where you found it), whether in our library, at home, or on the web.

 

Grading criteria:

 

IS IT ACCURATE?

IS IT COHERENT, WILL WRITTEN, INFORMATIVE?

DOES IT DISPLAY YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT MATTER?

CAN OTHERS LEARN FROM IT?

DO THE QUESTIONS YOU CREATED SHOW YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ESSENCE OF YOUR TOPIC?

WERE YOU A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO YOUR GROUP?

 

Note from Mr. G: As I graded these, I was for the most part pleased, after watching you get started on your research.

The articles you produced are for the most part appropriate and accurate. (There were a few notable exceptions)

About half the questions you produced were"winners;" I've included most of the questions in your assignment. You can evaluate each other's questions, as well as each other's articles!