https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu Modules 8 & 9 Ana Drinan- 2 Period en-us 2018-10-11 13:09:14 UTC 2026-03-15 14:09:29 UTC hello@padlet.com drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291706866 The Greeks lived in mountainous lands making it hard to farm and trade. so they turned to the sea. They became skilled shipbuilders and sailors, and though we have improved upon their concepts, we still use the basis of their ships to build our own that are still used today.]]> 2018-10-11 13:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291706866 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291711738 The ancient Greeks invented democracy, a type of government in which people rule themselves, or vote for laws and have a direct say in what happens. We still use this form of government today in many countries around the world. However, modern countries are too large for a direct democracy like the ancient Greeks had. In the modern world there are representative democracies, in which the people vote for representatives.]]> 2018-10-11 13:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291711738 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291718389 The ancient Greeks were amazing architects and accomplished many amazing feats. On of the most noticeable feats was columns. They used columns in many of their buildings and temples,and we use columns in our architecture today. There are columns on the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and many museums.]]> 2018-10-11 13:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291718389 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291987635 The Greeks created a standardized language and an alphabet. Our modern alphabet is based off of theirs. Many words in the English language come from the Greek language, such as alphabet from alpha and beta.]]> 2018-10-11 23:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/291987635 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292331333 The Greeks had a form of common currency that they used to make trade easier throughout the region. In the US our common currency is dollars and cents; almost all countries in the world use a form of common currency, just like the Greeks.]]> 2018-10-12 19:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292331333 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292337770 The Greeks had a democracy, and that led to a constitution. The constitution gave the citizens, free males, rights just like ours' in the US does today. The constitution has laws and rights that all free citizens of the US must follow.]]> 2018-10-12 19:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292337770 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292353852 The Greeks created lyric poetry, or poems that were recited to music that came from the lyre. We have songs now, but they are just like the lyric poetry that the Greeks created. ]]> 2018-10-12 20:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292353852 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292355868 The ancient Greeks created new forms of theater that had not been seen in the ancient world before: tragedy and comedy. We still have theater in the modern world, especially comedy and tragedy. We use the Greeks' theater styles, and more.]]> 2018-10-12 21:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292355868 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292356729 The ancient Greeks made many lasting contributions to mathematics. Amazing thinkers such as Euclid and Pythagoras made lasting contributions in geometry, and the Pythagorean Theorem. We still use these mathematical processes and many more that the Greeks came up with today, especially in schools.]]> 2018-10-12 21:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292356729 drinananastasia https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292356754 The Greeks had many fantastic doctors of the ancient times including Hippocrates. Hippocrates figured out what caused certain diseases so he would know how to treat them. He also thought about how doctors should behave and we still go by his rules today. ]]> 2018-10-12 21:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/drinananastasia/6259c4blrkuu/wish/292356754