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Homework for Fri 12th Jan 2007
Population
Revise
your classnotes (Population distribution , Densely and
scarcely populated regions and World population increase)
for a test. Bring your Atlas (we'll be using pages 14
& 15).
Homework
for Tues 23rd Jan 2007
Ancient
Greece Map (I'll
give it on Friday morning).
Look
at Page 90 in 'Ancient World'
Neatly
name in ink the following region: Asia Minor
These seas: Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea.
These
features: Hellespont, Mt Olympus
These battles : Thermopylae , Marathon
These cities: Troy, Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Sparta
Lightly colour the mountains brown/orange, the coastlines
blue and the lowlands (between mountain & sea) green.
Colour Macedonia in pencil (grey).
Colour the key also.
Greek
Colonies Map
Neatly
name in ink the following
Black Sea, Persians, Phoenicians, Egypt, Mediterranean
Sea, Punics, Carthage, Rome, Etruscans, Agde, Marseilles,
Antibes, Nice, Celts.
Print
and read these Greek
City States notes
Homework
for Tues 30th Jan 2007
The
Persian Wars
Print
these notes : Persian
Wars
Colour
your Hoplite. The original picture is here.
This is a modern photo of a hoplites.
Write
these notes underneath your hoplite :
An
Athenian citizen had to do two years of military service
at the age of 18. If his family could afford the armour
and weapons he could become a hoplite, fighting in a
disciplined block called a phalanx. Every hoplite had
to protect the man on his left with his shield. The
phalanx never broke up in battle , even when the enemy
ran away.
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Feb
2007 Exam Revision
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Hebrews . Revise photocopied notes and map.
You don't need to revise the Jewish holidays homework.
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Population. Revise written notes on population
distribution, population density, world population
increase, birth/death rates, natural population
growth, young populations in poor countries, old
populations in wealthy countries.
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Greece. Revise Greece map (not colonies)
and Athens (city, democracy).
How
to revise:
- Read
through the chapters in your notes and make
sure you understand the subject.
- On
small 10X14cms note cards write the key vocabulary
(ideas, themes, names, dates , places etc)
.
- Learn
by heart the vocabulary.
- Ask
someone to test you
Some
sections require short answers and some ask for
longer explanations. You'll need coloured pencils.
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Homework
for Tues 6th Feb 2007
Athens
in Antiquity
Print
off and read these Athens
notes. Look at this Agora
map and Agora
picture (you can enlarge it).Identify the following
on it :
The
Stoa , the Boule (city council), Enneacrounos (public
fountain), Heliæa (law court) , Hephaisteion (temple
of Hephæstus) Panathenaic Way.
Who
was tried in the law court in 399BC?
For
Rafael........ !
Athenian Democracy notes
Homework
for Fri 16th March 2007
The
Parthenon
Have a look at these pictures of the Parthenon :
Parthenon ruins
Athena inside the Parthenon.
Now print off these notes for your file : Parthenon
notes. Finish drawing and colouring your photocopied
Parthenon and the three orders of Greek column. Write
this paragraph under your three columns :
The
columns of the Parthenon were built in the Doric style.
They appear heavy and solid. The Ionic style was much
lighter and slimmer. At the top were ' volutes' like
a woman's curled hair. The Corinthian style had leaves
spreading out at the top. Later the Romans preferred
this style and in Paris, London and other modern cities
, 'neo - classical' buildings usually have Corinthian
columns.
Homework
for Wed 28th March 2007
The
Olympic Games
In
pairs research and summarise in your own words
these aspects of the Olympic Games:
Work
together : decide who does what and e-mail each other.
Make it look as if only one person has worked on it.Use
books and encyclopedias as well as the internet. Add
pictures and diagrams. Write a list of your sources
of information.
Length:
2 to 4 (max) sides.
Homework
for Fri 30th March 2007
Greek
Pottery
Carefully
draw on your pot a suitable design (from mythology,
daily life, battle scene, work scene etc). Decorate
the lines above and below the drawing. Remember the
pot is circular so the drawings appear to be narrower
at the edges.
Colour
your pot. Either orange pot and black decoration or
black pot and orange decoration. Shade darker at the
edges for that '3-D' effect.
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