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Name: ……………………………………….. Today is: ……………………………

Can you think of any famous figures from Ancient Greece? ………………………………………………………………………………………

1) Look and guess the answer. Watch the video and check. [00:00 - 00:26] The key Greek contribution to human wisdom is:

a) They developed the Mediterranean diet. b) They used reason to figure out how the world works. c) They worshipped gods.

2) Greek Legacy - Look, listen and match

Euclid Hippocrates Archimedes Thucydides

Euclid 460 BC - 377 BC Historian Believed in observation

rather than superstitions

Hippocrates 400s BC Geometry Explained war strategies and behaviour of leaders

Archimedes Around 300 BC Inventor Explained maths dealing with points, lines, shapes, angles

Thucydides 287 - 212 BC Medicine Explained how leverage works

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Answers: 1 - b 2 - Euclid; Around 300 BC; Geometry; Explained maths…. Hippocrates; 460 - 377 BC; Medicine; Observation Archimedes; 287- 212 BC; Inventor; Leverage Thucydides; 400s BC; Historian; War strategies