西方文明史与经典导读Ch. 2 The Greeks From Myth to Reason.pptxVIP

Chapter2

TheGreeks:FromMythtoReason

ChapterOutline

1.TheGreeks:FromMythtoReason

1.1EarlyAegeanCivilizations

1.2EvolutionoftheCity-States

1.3TheHellenisticAge

1.4TheGreekAchievements

2.PrimaryReading

2.1IntrotoThucydides(1972)PericlesFuneralOration

2.2PericlesFuneralOration

3.InteractiveActivities

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Clarification:AssignmentOne

●BookorMovieReview(20%)

·Inabout3pages(whichshouldbedouble-spaced,typedin12poundTimesNewRomanfont,properlycited,spell-checked,andgrammaticallycorrect)ineitherModernLanguage

Association(MLA)orAmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APA)style;

·Writeareviewessayonabookormovieassuggested(ThefirstmovieisHelenofTroy,availableatyoukuoriqiyi).

●TurninahardcopyofyourreviewessayinclassinWeek6accordingtotheSyllabus.

●·Note:1.Thereisasuggestedmovieforeachchapterinthisbook,butwemaywritereviewpapersontwomoviesandonebook(tobeannounced)throughoutthesemester.

2.ChecktheQQZoneforGuidanceandSamples.

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Educatorsoftenusethe“ChineseDynastiesSong”

(sungtothetuneof“FrèreJacques”)tohelpstudents

remembertheChinesedynastiesinorder:

Shang,Zhou,Qin,Han,

Shang,Zhou,Qin,Han,

Sui,Tang,Song,

Sui,Tang,Song,

Yuan,Ming,Qing,Republic,

Yuan,MingQing,Republic,

MaoZedong

MaoZedong.

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Warming-upQuestions

·Myth

-Myth:Atraditionalstorytoexplainapractice,belief,ornaturalphenomenon

-Mythology:mythsdealingwiththegodsand

legendaryheroesofaparticularpeople,e.g.:

theGreekmythology,theChinesemythology

·Reason

-Reason:sufficientgroundofexplanationoroflogicaldefense

·Examples:

-loosingonestooth;

-thunderandlightninginthesky

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·Toseekanswerstothesequestions,theGreekscreateda