SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
The Leading Facts. 1. Greece, a land of hills, mountains, plains, bays, and gulfs. 2. Greeks traded and planted colonies. 3. The deeds of Greek heroes. 4. The great men of the newer Greece. 5. The reason why the Persians attacked the Greeks. 6. Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis. 7. Alexander the Great, his father, his education, his army, and his victories. 8. Spread of Greek ideas.
Study Questions. 1. See map for the boundaries of "Greater Greece." 2. Name heroes among the ancient Greeks. Do you know of any others? 3. What was their favorite story? 4. What was the cause of the Trojan War? 5. Who was Helen and for what was she famous? 6. Who was Socrates? Plato? Aristotle? 7. How is Aristotle connected with Columbus? 8. Who were the Persians? 9. Why did they attack the Greeks? 10. Name the great battles. 11. How was Alexander able to beat the Persians in their own land? 12. How did Alexander benefit the world in what he did?
Suggested Readings. Guerber. The Story of the Greeks; Hall, Life in Ancient Greece, II, 166; Harding, Stories of Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men; Tappan, The Story of the Greek People; Yonge, Young Folks' History of Greece; Mace-Tanner, Old Europe and Young America, 24-73; Hall, Four Old Greeks.