Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Ancient Greece

Use these suggested links to research and write down details on your poster.

You should look for similarities and differences to compare/contrast to your Ancient Greece details.


Women

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15079620  *Rudy/Ron

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/afghanwomen.html

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105654

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/asia/21gender.html?ref=women  (5th paragrapgh)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/july-dec11/saudi2_11-01.html

Communites

http://www.chron.com/life/article/A-strong-sense-of-community-has-helped-Japanese-1687111.php **

http://www.oacountry.com/amishcommunity1

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/sudan/index.html


Culture/Traditions

http://www.mapsofworld.com/spain/traditions-in-spain.html

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-04-23/living/web.arranged.marriages_1_cell-phones-marriage-profile?_s=PM:LIVING


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95683604

Use the link below to research modern Greece to see if the traditions are still practiced.

http://culturegrams.es.vrc.scoolaid.net/world/world_country_sections.php?contid=5&wmn=Europe&cid=62&cn=Greece&sname=Greetings&snid=8

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** Comparing/Contrasting Vocabulary
http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/intermediate/Writing/compareandcontrastvocab.pdf