Chapter 10. Objective and Bell Ringer Bell Ringer: How are people best represented in government?...

Chapter 10

Objective and Bell Ringer

Bell Ringer: How are people best represented in government? What does democracy mean to you?

Objectives: Describe how Ancient Greece contributed

to modern forms of society and government Describe the ways in which acceptable and

unacceptable behavior was enforced. Homework: Rate Me Bar Graph (separate

paper) Assigned next class

Housekeeping

Plan on staying after school on Tuesdays 2:30-3:30 if you are currently failing so that you may get caught up or retest. This week’s tutorial will be set up for Thursday.

Don’t forget to sign up prior to coming so copies can be made beforehand. Sign up list is located in black binder on bookshelf next to handout tray.

Types of Government Review

For each slide, copy the term and the definition

Theocracy

Theocracy – a government ruled by religious leaders who claim gods authority

List one advantage of this government List one disadvantage of this

government

Pharoah Ancient Egpyt

Theocracy- a government ruled by religious by religious leaders who claim gods or appointed by a god

Rule centered around the religious institution

Example Vatican City Iran Islamic Republic of

Iran(theocratic state Islam)

Dynasty hereditary rulers Egypt also Ming Dynasty China

http://www.mummies2pyramids.info/history-civilization/egyptian-dynasties.htm

Religion is use as a justification for laws.

We have a Separation of Church and State 1st amendment

Oligarchy

Oligarchy – A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution

List one advantage of this government List one disadvantage of this

government

Oligarchy

Rule by a small group of people

Example: Soviet Union

Monarchy

Monarchy – a form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a single figure, such as a king, and whose powers can vary.

List one advantage of this government List one disadvantage of this

government

Direct Democracy

Direct Democracy – the type of governing system where all people vote directly on an issue.

List one advantage of this government List one disadvantage of this

government

Representative Democracy

Representative Democracy – a form of government in which officials are elected to represent community. These representatives then vote on issue.

List one advantage of this government List one disadvantage of this

government

Dictatorship

Rule by one individually who has absolute power

One needs a powerful military to gain control and retain power

Example: Cuba

Aristocracy

Rule by the noble class or Aristocracy

Major Types of Government - ReviewCan you find other examples of each type of government in your textbook1.Representative Democracy2. Direct Democracy3. Theocracy4. Monarchy

Debrief

Write a one-sentence thesis answering the following question: Which system of government is the most

effective? Remember 1 claim, and three supporting

reasons.

The Three Branches of Government in Ancient Athens Referred to as a tripartite government

Classical Greece 2100-150 BCECreation of Greece Map on Page 126

Greece has city-states created from Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations.

View the timeline on pages 124 and 125

Geography was the reason Greece developed into separate city-states because the terrain was rugged and travel was difficult between the different cities.

Question

What is the worlds first example of a city-state?

Mesopotamia (Sumer, Ur, Babylon, etc.)

Sparta

What age where boys taken to train as soldiers?

What mineral was discovered that led to increased military strength?

Hoplites at age 20

Spartan Government

Sparta was led by two kings who also served as a military commanders.

Elected council of leaders Spartan women have more rights

compared with other Greek city-states How is this giving citizens more of a

voice in comparison to other forms of government such as absolute monarchs?

Athenian Democracy 500 BCE

A democracy is a form of government in which people govern themselves. (Most common type)

2 types direct democracy

(People vote on each law)

Representative democracy (people vote on representatives to vote for them)

What type of democracy do we have in our country? Why?

Did the democracy extend to all Athenians???

Not to slaves, women, and of course children

Greece's Conflict with Persia

The Persian Empire wanted the region called Ionia (Modern day Turkey)

King Darius led Persian forces to retain their control over Ionia

Son Xerxes ten years later set out to conquer Greece's main land

Movie 300

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Prc1UfuokY

After the War The Persians returned to their homeland and The Golden Age of Athens began!!!

Greek AchievementsWrite Summary of each bullet point

Greek Philosophy see page 143 Human Legacy textbook

Greek Literature( poetry, History, and drama see page 144

Greek Architecture and Art see page 147

Alexander the Great

See Alexander’s Empire on page 151 Human Legacy textbook

What lasting impact did Alexander leave on the world?

Gallery Crawl

6 Stations

Aristocrat Solon mediates crisisAristocrats to keep large landholdingsBut forgive debts, ban debt slavery

Removed family restrictions against participating in public lifeInstituted paid civil service

Turn to page 135 in the Human Legacy text… Read about the Birthplace of

Democracy

In your notebook POV-Create a dialogue between Solon,

Peisistratus and Cleisthenes to show how they felt about democracy

The dialogue must be at least 12 lines and include how each person views democracy

Rate Me Bar Graph

Using your textbook pp. 134-141, take notes on the following leaders in classical Greek society. You will use this information for a bar graph described in next slide.

SolonCleisthenesPesistratusDracoPericles

Rate Me Bar Graph Assignment

Create a bar graph of the leaders during classical age of Greece described in your textbook pp. 134-141 Using information from the reading and any additional information you may have, give each person a rating of 1-10. 1 will be the lowest and 10 will be the highest. Create a bar graph that compares your rating for each leader.

Debriefing

How did Greek democracy influence American government?

Horrible Histories

Greek Culture Gallery Crawl In your groups, you will be rotating

through five stations 7:00 per station Collaboration is encouraged Test questions come directly from this

activity