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Student Name: __________________________________________________________ Beginning of Democracy in Greece Monday Warm Up Direct Democracy: A form of direct democracy in ancient Greece was practiced in ancient city- state of Athens for about 100 years. It was an experiment. The people really liked it. How it worked is that all adult citizens had to take an active part in government (rule by many) if called on to do so. At this time, citizens were free men. Women, children, and slaves were not citizens, and thus could not participate or vote. We often discuss democracies and assume everyone gets to be involved. In the GREEK direct democracies who could vote? In American history, was there ever a time that people were left out of the vote. Who and when? GREECE VIDEO CLIP DISCUSSION: You are rich and set to be in power – an aristocrat. Your people are rebelling because their lives as farmers are hard. What do you do? What was life like for an ancient Greek person? (minimum of five facts) VOCABULARY Acropolis: Rocky area where Athens was built Aristocrats: member of a ruling party Argos: Greek city-state considered to be one of the longest and most successful
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Student Name: __________________________________________________________Beginning of Democracy in Greece
Monday Warm UpDirect Democracy: A form of direct democracy in ancient Greece was practiced in ancient city-state of Athens for about 100 years. It was an experiment. The people really liked it. How it worked is that all adult citizens had to take an active part in government (rule by many) if called on to do so. At this time, citizens were free men. Women, children, and slaves were not citizens, and thus could not participate or vote.
We often discuss democracies and assume everyone gets to be involved. In the GREEK direct democracies who could vote?
In American history, was there ever a time that people were left out of the vote. Who and when?
GREECE VIDEO CLIPDISCUSSION: You are rich and set to be in power – an aristocrat. Your people are rebelling because their lives as farmers are hard. What do you do?
What was life like for an ancient Greek person? (minimum of five facts)
VOCABULARY
Acropolis: Rocky area where Athens was builtAristocrats: member of a ruling partyArgos: Greek city-state considered to be one of the longest and most successfulAthens: the city-state known for the creation of democracyCitizen: a person that legally belongs to a countryPolis: A Greek city-stateSerfdom – a policy of forcing people to work land.Unified: Be together
Geography supports other empires. Describe what helps the empires below:
Egypt
Persia
What physical features make it difficult for Greece to be unified?
What was the consequence of being fragmented from geography?
