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The year is 328 BC. The Hellenistic Culture has spread throughout the Mediterranean region. It is an Olympic year. Alexander the Great has brought Persia, Asia Minor and Egypt under the control of Greece. His plan to build new cities and rebuild others has begun to blossom. Learning, trade, philosophy, and science are all making great advances.

YOUR TASK is to produce an Ancient Greek Newspaper. It must contain , at the least, all of the following elements.

1. Choose a name for your newspaper; make the Banner at the top of your paper.
2. The newspaper will have at least 3 lead articles, with the appropriate Headlines. You will choose the 3 in depth lead stories from the list below. They will be 4 to 9 paragraphs. Lead articles will introduce a subject, provide some background with specific examples. They will show some analysis of the subject, by pointing the importance and/or consequences of what your topic discusses.

   SPORTS:	This might be about the ancient Olympics
   CURRENT EVENT:	This should focus on one of Alexander the Great’s battles or campaigns
   GENERAL INFORMATION:	This might discuss one of Alexander’s non-military achievements, articles of general interest, a biography, etc.
   TRAVEL:	This might include a highlight about one of the cities that Alexander built or rebuilt, or about one of the special sites of features of another place in the Greek empire of this time.
   CULTURE:	Greek painting, sculpture and/or architecture
   RELIGION:	Focus on one of the Greek gods, their importance to Greece or one of the cities, their contribution to Greece, etc.
   SCIENCE:	Focus on one of the advances in math, science, medicine, physics or astronomy
   PHILOSOPHY:	This might focus on Socrates, Plato or Aristotle or on ETHICS or rhetoric or the role of the citizen, etc.
   GOVERNMENT:	Focus on the Greek democracy, some of the democratic reforms or some of the leading reformers.

3. You will ALSO write 3 - 4 short articles that provide more background and understanding of these times. You may choose an item from the list above that was not yet used, or come up with your own idea. The short article will be from 1 to 3 paragraphs, with a very direct focus on a single theme.
4. The newspaper will have at least 4 pictures, with captions. They may be hand drawn, photocopied or from the Internet. If they are not your own, they must be included in the bibliography.
5. Provide a bibliography for each article and picture. It must follow the MLA format. There must be at least 4 different sources used throughout the newspaper [from print or Internet].
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This assignment is due TBA. This will require work on your own, outside of the classroom. As a class, we will spend at least 3 half block periods in the library. You will turn in pre-drafts as per the schedule below:

Step 1: Turn in your choices for the 3 lead stories, with a brief description of the focus.

Step 2 Turn in your list of short articles; briefly explain what they will be about. Turn in a bibliography [MLA format] with at least two citations.

Step 3: Turn in a pre-draft of your first lead article.

Step 4: Turn in a pre-draft of your second article plus one of the short articles.

Note: you may always turn in pre-drafts ealy, in order to have the instructor review them sooner.

CAUTION:

* This work is to be based on factual data. Avoid making up 'FLUFF' that is about the topic, but that does not contain real information about the topic.
* Use words/vocabulary that you could explain to the teacher
* Be sure that the closing of each lead article contains an analysis that explains the topics importance, OR consequences.

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How to Cite Various Works

Books

One Author	author. title. place published: publisher, date published. Baldwin, James. Notes of a Native Son. Boston: Beacon, 1984.
Two Authors	author1 and author 2. title. place published: publisher, date published. Fuentes, Annette, and Barbara Ehrenreich. Women in the Global Factory. Boston: South End Press, 1988.
More Than Two Authors	author 1 et al. title. place published: publisher, date published Watt, James et al. Let’s Clear-Cut The Forest. New York: Harcourt, 1964.
Editor	editor, title, place published, publisher, date published Bentley, Gladys, ed. The Best of Egyptian Poetry. New York: World, 1956.
Author and Editor	author, title,editor, place published, publisher, date published Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet. Ed. by George L. Kittridge. New York: Gin, 1939.
Essay or Article in a Collection	author, article title, collection title, editor, place published, publisher, date published Nietzchse, Friedrich. "The Joy of Aerobics." Sports for Everybody. Ed. by Sören Kierkegaard. Houston: Young, 1984.

Encyclopedia Articles

author, artilte title, encyclopedia, place published, publisher, date published Modotti, Tina. "Bourgeois Ethics." Encyclopedia Brittanica. Chicago: Brittanica, 1995.

Magazines and Newspapers

Magazine Article	author, article title, magazine, date published; pages of article Acquino, Corazon. "The Wonders of Xelaju." National Geographic August 1997: 29-38.
Newspaper Article	author, article title, newspaper, date published, newspaper section and page Cezanne, Paul. "Waltz Instructor Devoured By Gerbils." Washington Post, 4 June 1989, sec. A: 8

Internet Sites

author. page title. URL, date you last visitied Hughes, Howard. Airplanes of Las Vegas. [Online] http://www.hughesair.com/aircraft/vegas, 14 November 1997.

Interviews

Interview In Person	person interviewed, Personal Interview, date interviewed Kenyatta, Jomo. Personal Interview. 7 August 1969.
Interview in Print	person interviewed, Interview, article title, publication it appeared in, date; pages Thatcher, Margaret. Interview. "Britain's Iron Lady." With Anne Boleyn. Today's World October 1983: 56-59.

Video recordings

title, Videocassette, director, production company, date, length Fishing in Tibet. Videocassette. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. TriStar Video, 1971. 94 min.

 Note: If any source is not signed (i.e., there is no author listed), simply leave off the author's name.

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REMEMBER: The sites listed below are just a place to begin. This site will be continually updated during the project period. The updates can be found at http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/GrkNews.html#links

 

Remember to bookmark and cite all Internet materials that you decide to use:

 

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Several of these wonders were built by the Greeks or in the cities created by Alexander. Nice articles and images.
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/list.html

 

Greek Mythology Gods - Olympians

A listing, with links and images, to the main gods of Greece.
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Olympians

 

The Ancient Olympics

From Tufts University, This site provides the history of the Olympics, a tour of Olympia and stories of ancient Olympic athletes.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

Bulfinch's Mythology

Rachel Cerami and Cristie Stafford found a terrific site on myths and fables. Organized by chapters. Look at chapters 15 - 33, in particular, for items related to Greek myths.
http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/welcome.html#Contents

Encylopedia Mythica

Rachel Cerami and Cristie Stafford another found a terrific site on myths and fables. It is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore and legend. Arranged alphabetically.
http://pantheon.org/mythica/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

A wonderful set of links on Ancient Greece, set up in a timeline, including images; the focus is philosophy, architecture and art
http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/extract.cgi?year=-410&place=gr&dir=dn#anchor

The Ancient Greek World - Daily Life Index

From the University of Pennsylvania, this site has images and brief articles about Greek religion, the economy, the Olympics, and daily life in ancient Greece, with a short section Women's Life and Female Goddesses
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Daily_life/Index.html

 

Alexander the Great

Part of the University of Evansville ARGOS, this presents links to Alexander the Great's battles and life.
http://www.1stmuse.com/alex3/alex-text.html

 

Alexander the Great Homepage

From Williams College, a series of short articles and images about Alexander's life and conquests.
http://wso.williams.edu/~junterek/

 

Alexander the Great

From the History of Civilization class at Boise State University, comes a series of short articles on Alexander's life.
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/alexander/

 

The Olympian Gods

This site, maintained by Laurel Bowman, puts you just two clicks away from images of each of the gods. Decide on the god or goddess you are seeking then click on their name, then on one of the image choices.
http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods.html

Gordian Knot

Encarta article
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/17/017AB000.htm

Map of the Conquests of Alexander the Great

http://www.belmont.edu/Humanities/hist/World/alexconquest.html

Alexander the Great

Great links and pictures. Includes everything: Conquests and battles PLUS special sections on two of his cities [Egypt and Mesopotamia]. Also a section on the Hellenistic Era.
http://1stmuse.com/alex3/alex-synopsys.html

Alexander the Great History Project Home Page

Another great Alexander page: battles, timelines, PLUS special articles on the effects of Alexander [overall, in Egypt and in Syria].
http://www.hackneys.com/alex_web/alexfram.htm

The Ancient Greece Index

This site includes articles on Alexander the Great, the Acropolis, Aristotle, art, astronomy, Athens, Euclid, Gods, Homer [and the Illiad], Alexandria, mathematics, the olympics, plato, Pythagorius, science and more. A must see!
http://www.crystalinks.com/greece.html

The Ancient Olympics

Short article on the origin or the games, the first events with a timeline of Olympic milestones, from 776BC to 394 AD.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20622/ancient.htm

Foundation of the Hellenistic World

Good information on the Ancient Greek world, that includes links to the Olypics, the Temple of Zeus, The Altar of Poseidon, and other wonderful 3D models of ancient Greek sites and stadiums.
http://www.fhw.gr/fhw/en/

History of the Olympic Games

A very good one-page article on the history of the ancient games.
http://www.ausport.gov.au/anc.html

Greek Pottery

Several very good images of greek ceramic art, but not too much explanation.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/allsouls/bm/room68.html

Greek Sculpture

Many excellent images of ancient greek sculpture, with brief explanations.
http://www.geocities.com/~selinunte/timelines/greece/hellenistic/hellenistic.html

Possible Route of Odysseus

This site from the University of Oregon provides some wonderful graphics, including this map from Homer's time. Key to Places on Map
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~nateich/worldlit/map.gif

 

More on the Travel's of Odysseus

This thinkquest site has a nice series of pages regarding the travels of Homer's Odysseus
http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/Odyssey/voyage1.htm

 

Greek and Phoenician Ships

Great pictures, with brief explanations of Greek ships.
http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/catshaman/15Sailors/05sailors23.htm

 

Hippocrates

The central historical figure in Greek medicine is Hippocrates. The events of his life are shrouded in uncertainty, yet tales of his ingenuity, patriotism and compassion made him a legend. He provided an example of the ideal physician after which others centuries after him patterned their existence.
http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/texto.htm

 

Greek Architecture

Links to a variety of sites that demonstrate and explain Greek architecture, with pictures
http://www.tulane.edu/lester/text/Western.Architect/Greece/Greece.html

 

Alexander the Great

From Infoplease.com's encyclopedia, a series of excellent articles about Alexander's life and conquests.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0803249.html

 

Exploring Ancient Worlds: Greece

Although this section focuses on Plato and Socrates, by clicking on the Chronology link, you will find excellent links to thousands of years of Greek history.
http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm

 

Greek Mythology Today

Go to Myth Man's Homework Help for nice links to Greek mythology
http://www.mythman.com/