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Warm Up

Warm Up. OBJECTIVE : SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens. Directions: Decide if each statement is true or false. For each false statement, correct the statement to make it true! direct democracy

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up OBJECTIVE: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens. • Directions: • Decide if each statement is true or false. • For each false statement, correct the statement to make it true! • direct democracy • Example: 1. A monarchy is a type of government where all citizens hold the power to make decisions. • True / False Agenda

  2. Warm Up OBJECTIVE: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens. A monarchy is a type of government where all citizens hold the power to make decisions. True / False Small groups of aristocrats overthrew the monarchs to create direct democracy in ancient Athens. True / False A tyranny is a type of government where one person holds the power and usually takes the power by force or the support of an army. True / False In an oligarchy, one leader has the power to make the decisions and usually the power is passed down through the family. True / False Women, slaves, and foreigners were all considered citizens in ancient Athens. True / False Anyone who wished to speak could do so at the Assembly meetings that took place at the Pynx. True / False The day to day decisions and planning were made by the jurors. True / False The Athenians tried to keep juries fair by using a random selection process for jurors and secret ballot voting. True / False One way Athenians tried to prevent another tyranny was by using a system called ostracism, where possible tyrants could be sent to war. True / False Agenda

  3. Agenda: OBJECTIVE: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens. 1) Warm Up: True and false statement corrections 2) Launch: Interactive word mapping activity 3) Explore: Socratic Seminar--Was Athenian democracy fair? 4) Summary : Writing response 5) Practice: Democracy today—Is American democracy fair? 6) Assessment: Exit slip

  4. Launch: Interactive word mapping Directions: In groups, go back through your warm-up, and pick out at least six important words or phrases. Write each separate word or phrase on a piece of paper. Agenda

  5. Launch: Interactive word mapping • Get into a circle and place each of your group’s words and phrases on the floor, within the circle. Make sure that you can see all of the words/phrases! • One at a time--If you see a connection between two or more words/phrases, connect the words with an arrow and explain how the words are connected. • Example: citizens + power = democracy • Explanation: When citizens have power to make decisions, it’s called democracy. Agenda

  6. Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar Although ancient Athenians valued debate and different viewpoints, even Athenians became fearful if someone disagreed or questioned the government too much. This happened to the famous philosopher Socrates, who was sentenced to death because he asked too many questions—and “corrupted the youth” by doing so. Luckily for us today, we value questions and thought-provoking discussions in our class! Let’s act like Socrates and debate… Agenda

  7. Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar • Protocol: • Review the debate norms and accountable talk stems. • Have four students volunteer to go first. All other students should be filling out the fishbowl “tracker.”Example for 1: “I saw Joe giving the Kim eye contact.” • Alternate students in the center as many times as time allows! Agenda

  8. Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar • Question: • Was ancient Athenian democracy fair? • Hints: • Who was able to participate? Who wasn’t? • How did they make sure juries and assemblies were fair? • Was it fair compared to other city-states? • Was it fair compared to what they used to have? • How did it compare to other ancient civilizations? Agenda

  9. Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar • Question (Extension/Challenge): • 2. Is American representative democracy fair? • Hints: • Who can/can’t vote and participate? • Does everyone have equal voice and power? • Are there barriers to voting or participating? • How do we ensure that participation is fair? Agenda

  10. Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar • Question (Extension/Challenge): • 3. Are governments in the modern world fair? • Hints: • What other types of governments exist today? • In what ways are they more or less fair than ancient Athens? • How are citizen and people’s voices heard? • Who holds the power? Agenda

  11. Summary: Writing Response • On a blank piece of lined paper, write a paragraph responding to the following prompt. • Be sure to: • use a topic sentence • include at least three pieces of evidence • explain each piece of evidence • Question: • Was ancient Athenian direct democracy fair? Agenda

  12. Practice Analyze the map. How many countries have some form of democracy in our world today? Agenda

  13. Homework Create your own government: Based on what you learned about different forms of governments and democracy, describe how your ideal government would work! Agenda

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