SCAVENGER HUNT:
The class will be divided into five groups. Each group will be assigned five questions to which you will find the answers, and then coordinate your presentation of your research to the class. Your presentation must be informative, accurate, and INTERESTING-- do a skit, a powerpoint, whatever, to make sure the audience will remember what you said. Use the library books or follow the links below to assist you in finding the answers. Happy hunting!

GROUP HERMES: What was life like in ancient Greece?
1. What was the structure of the society?
2. What was the role of men? of women?
3. What role did theatre play in the society?
4. Who went to theatre performances?
5. Where in Greece did theatre start?

GROUP APHRODITE: What was ancient Greek theatre like?
6. How was the theatre shaped? What was the orkestra?
7. Where were they located and why?
8. Who acted? Who else was involved? What did they wear?
9. What is "deus ex machina"?
10. What is the skene? the eccyclema?

GROUP LYSISTRATA: What were the plays like?
11. What were the first play contests called?
12. What was the role of the playwright, and what was the role of the backer in these contests?
13. Who where the four major playwrights of this time?
14. Which playwright gave us comedy?
15. How many plays survive? Are any of them still performed?

GROUP HERCULES: What was the Festival of Dionysus?
16. Who was the first theatrical production probably about?
17. What is a "dithyramb"?
18. Where does the word "tragedy " most likely come from?
19. When did it occur? Who attended?
20. How did the Festival change/develop over time?

GROUP DIANA: What does present-day theatre owe to the Greeks?
21. What about masks?
22. Where do we see a chorus in theatre today?
23. What about tragedy and comedy?
24. What about subject matter?
25. What else did you discover?

Click HERE for a whole page of websites to visit...

And HERE for a page of Greek Theatre Background Notes

And HERE for a page of Greek Chorus Notes