A Film About Ancient Greece

Laura: Yesterday, our teacher showed us a video about ancient Greece.

Carl: Did you like it?

Laura: Yes, I did. I learnt lots of things. The video changed my opinion about ancient Greece.

Carl: Really? How?

Laura: I didn’t know that life was so hard in ancient Greece. I thought Greece was one country where people lived in peace and where there were great scientists.

Carl: How was it then?

Laura: Well, ancient Greece was actually a group of cities where Greek people lived, but they had their own cultures. They didn’t have one government.

Carl: That’s interesting. Did you learn about their government systems too?

Laura: Yes. I learnt that the idea of democracy was born in ancient Greece. The word ‘democracy’ comes from two Greek words: demos meaning ‘the people’ and kratia meaning ‘power’.

Carl: I love videos about ancient history. Can you ask your teacher to give you the video? I want to watch it.

Laura: Sure! I’ll talk to her.