Germany Jahrgangsstufe 10 Ancient Greek

1. Language acquisition

Greek texts: Alexander and Hellenistic thought · Greek vocabulary · Greek morphology: verbs · Greek syntax · Hellenistic world: culture and art

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2. Transition reading (optional)

Transition reading: Lucian

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3. Texts and cultural context (reading phase)

Socrates and the search for truth

• Ethics: How to Decide What Is Right – Ethics (moral philosophy) asks what we ought to do and why. Values such as honesty, kindness, fairness and respect guide choices. Three main theories help: consequences (utilitarianism, Bentham and Mill: most good for most people), duty (Kant: act on rules you could want everyone to follow; treat people as ends, never only as means) and virtue (Aristotle: build good character; virtue is the mean between extremes). Conscience is our inner sense of right and wrong. Freedom brings responsibility. Meta-ethics asks what "good" means and whether values are universal or relative. Applied ethics deals with the environment, animals, work, friendship and peace.

4. Language basics (reading phase)

Greek reading vocabulary · Greek morphology and syntax for reading

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5. Methods

Translation methods in Greek

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