PPT-Greek Culture Food Project

Background on Greek Culture Greek society consists of close knit families Families love to get together and have parties Women particularly mothers play the biggest role in families and do majority of the cooking. The Living Tradition and Folklore. Greek Identity. Greek identity is determined “. not only by the inanimate structures that belong to bygone times but by the living tradition. " . Ahrweiler-The Making of Europe. C4K2. Objectives. Influence of the physical environment. Isolation promotes cultural diversity. Influence of the Physical Environment. Folk culture is much more dependent and tied to the land than popular culture. Why?. Aim: How did Ancient Greece influence the world?. Do Now: Write your prediction to the following:. Ms. C is going to say something to a student secretly. . Do you think that statement will be distorted by the time it gets to the last student? Why or why not?. Station 1. The Gods and Myths. What . are the purposes of myths in Greek culture. ?. Myths were used to explain the world around them..  . 2. Why . is the story of Prometheus an example of a myth. ?. Geography Greece. Territory included:. Mountainous peninsula. Divided Greeks – never unified. 1,400 islands. W. coast Asia Minor/Anatolia. “Did not live on land, but AROUND seas”. Seas = Liquid highways. Amy & . Mandi. Content Standards : 6.4 # 4, 7, & 8. Alexander the Great & the Spread of Greek Culture. Macedonia. Land north of Greece. A warrior people, that admired . G. reek culture. By 400 B.C. were very powerful. What makes a culture unique?. Terms. myth . a traditional story that explains a culture’s beliefs or part of the natural world . ritual . words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony. oracle . September 12. th. , 2017. Discussion Recap. What do eat in a typical day? . Where do you acquire food in your daily routine? i.e. home, restaurant, etc. . How much of your daily food to you cook (including leftovers) in a typical day? . September 19. th. , 2017. REVIEW - Foundations of Food and Culture. Claude Levi-Strauss – The Culinary Triangle . * Published in 1966. What you Should Know. Know Claude Levi-Strauss’s theory of the culinary triangle. Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Aegean Sea to the East, Ionian Sea to the West. Long, uneven coastline. Sea played an important role in Greece. Mountainous, kept villages apart, couldn’t unite, allowed invaders from the North. By: Joshua Raymond Lacny, Jonathan Gregory Truba, Brandon David Vincent. Important Places. Aegean Sea. Balkan and Peloponnesus peninsula, Europe, Asia Minor. Mediterranean Sea. Black Sea, Dardanelles. ‘Laughter must answer to certain requirements of life in common. It must have a . social . signification.’ (p12). The ‘birth of Latin literature’. In 240BCE, . Livius. Andronicus . stages one of his plays as part of the . ‘Laughter must answer to certain requirements of life in common. It must have a . social . signification.’ (p12). The ‘birth of Latin literature’. In 240BCE, . Livius. Andronicus . stages one of his plays as part of the . Mandi. Content Standards : 6.4 # 4, 7, & 8. Alexander the Great & the Spread of Greek Culture. Macedonia. Land north of Greece. A warrior people, that admired . G. reek culture. By 400 B.C. were very powerful.