ADVANCED WORK

These are areas not covered by the Webquests...

• MYTHS

Click on Lovers or Legends to make your way to a Greek myth.

• MATHS AND MATHEMATICIANS

• SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

• ARCHITECTURE WITH GREEK INFLUENCE

• PLAYWRIGHTS

• DEMOCRACY

ADVANCED WORK - QUESTIONS

How have discoveries and developments from Ancient Greece influenced other cultures throughout the centuries? How do they influence us today? The Olympic Games are a significant example of the legacy left to us by the Ancient Greeks.

1. Using the websites above, and any other sources of information, explain how the Greek concept of DEMOCRACY still operates today.
2. Using the websites above, and any other sources of information, what Greek discoveries in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE are still relevant today, in other words, are still being used today?
3. Using the websites above, and any other sources of information, how has Greek ARCHITECTURE influenced the designs of buildings in the past few centuries? Give an example of an existing building (maybe an older building in your city?), and describe how it has borrowed from Greek architecture.
4. Using the websites above, and any other sources of information, how has the Greek development of DRAMA influenced the style of acting, staging and playwriting that has been used in European and British theatre over the centuries?
5. What other legacies do we have from Ancient Greece? Tell us about them from the point of view of Ancient Greece and from today.

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