Use The Map on page A12 and A13 in your text to fill in your political Map of Europe.

Remember to write Small!!

When finished use a glue stick to glue your map into your spiral on page #4 and

add this to your Table of Contents

Daily JournalWhich of the following laws and responsibilities are associated with either Greece, Rome, or the United

States?

Explain why you chose your answers.

Trial by JuryCitizens have voting Rights

Elected officialsDifferent

branches of Government

Taxation

Public Utilities

A system of written laws

8/27/14

Discussion NotesTake out last nights homework as a reference to help you and your partner answer the following Q’s. Write down your answers in your book and

add during discussion.

What were some of the forms of

government used in Greek City States?

Oligarchy, Aristocracy, monarchy, Democracy

What was early Athenian Democracy

like? And How did Solon and Cleisthenes

work to change it?

Elections but few could vote, Solon = all men are citizens,

Cleisthenese = all citizens can propose laws

# 5

What is a direct democracy and how did Pericles’ reforms

help create it?

his reforms, paid public officials/paying

jurors, got more citizens involved,

greater participation

How might greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle help to

strengthen or develop democracy?

They asked citizens to question themselves and authority, proposed that

leaders should be intelligent instead of just strong, and recognized

mans need for self-governance.

How was the Roman Republic different than

Athenian Direct Democracy?

??Instead of voting on

each law directly, one voted on a

representative to make laws.

Follow-up:Which do you think is better?

Why?

Why is writing down laws, like the 12

Tables, important in a democracy?

So all people are aware of what they

can and cannot do and protects the people of government abuses.

What is the legacy of both Rome and Greece

for US democracy?

+ = ?Voting, branches of government, the idea of

citizenship, written code of laws, equal protection under the law, juries

when Cleisthenes returned from exile why did he create

a democracy in Athens?

Write down these questions to be answered during the film.

What did his democracy look

like?

What did Socrates care most about?

“A life without self-examination is not worth living” what does this quote by Socrates mean?

how was Socrates, in the end, a new type of

hero?

#6

With a partner, examine the 6 documents. Answer

the questions on page #7 in your spiral.

How did the Governments,

philosophers, and ideas of Greece and Rome

contribute to American Democracy?

Write at least a half page answering this question on Page #6 in your spiral.

Use the remaining class period to work on your homework #7

Prologue Section 2Judeo-Christian Tradition

Cornells

Due Tuesday 9/2/14