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Research Topics for Ancient Greece Background

In your groups, please look up the following topics and obtain the necessary information.  Tomorrow, each group should be ready to present the answers to the questions clearly so that everyone else can take notes.  You need to have a visual that aids your classmates in taking notes.  Everyone should have a speaking part.

1. Ancient Greek theatre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_theatre
http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/Theater.html#Theaters
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/tragedy.htm
http://www.greektheatre.gr/
Who are the actors?  What are they like?
What costumes did the actors wear?
What did the theater look like?  What were the parts of a theater and what was the purpose of each part?

2. Sophocles:
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/sophocles001.html
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/sophocles.htm
Who was he?
What was important about his life?
What were some of his most important accomplishments?

3. Ancient Greek burial customs:
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm
http://people.uncw.edu/deagona/ancientnovel/kristina.htm
What were Ancient Greek burial customs?
What was important in burial customs?

4. Plays “Oedipus Rex” and “Oedipus at Colonus”:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/oedipus.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/oedipuscolonus.htm
Identify the major characters and plots of each play.
Tell the story to your classmates.
                        
5. Ancient Greek tragedy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy#Greek_tragedy
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/DRAMA.HTM
http://www.greektheatre.gr/
What are elements of Ancient Greek tragedy?
Who were famous Ancient Greek playwrights?
What are some examples of famous Ancient Greek tragedies?

6. Ancient Greek women:
http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/women%20in%20ancient%20greece.htm
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
What was their place in society?
What was their everyday life like?
What restrictions did they have?

7. Ancient Greek life/ culture:
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html (see Men’s Life section)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece (see Society section)
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/classesofathens.html
What was life like for the upper class?
What was life like for the lower class?
What was the difference between upper and lower class?
What were five interesting points of Ancient Greek life?