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Essential Question : Describe the social & political roots of the modern Western world.

Essential Question : Describe the social & political roots of the modern Western world. Do Now: Analyze the pictures below. Group them is as many different ways as you can. A group consists of three or more. The Roots of Modern Western Civilization. Contributions of Judaism. Monotheism

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Essential Question : Describe the social & political roots of the modern Western world.

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  1. Essential Question :Describe the social & political roots of the modern Western world.

  2. Do Now: Analyze the pictures below. Group them is as many different ways as you can. A group consists of three or more.

  3. The Roots of Modern Western Civilization

  4. Contributions of Judaism • Monotheism • One universal God • Human Dignity • Created in image of God • People have worth and dignity • Covenant + Ten Commandments • God to people • People to People • Jewish Diaspora

  5. Contributions of Christianity • Human worth… love, charity, dignity • Sermon on the Mount • Humanity is fallen, Jesus is salvation • Faith by choice • Personal relationship w/ God thru Jesus • Organized Religious Bureaucracy • Catholic Church…priest, bishop, cardinal, Pope • Orthodoxy vs. heresy • Split >> Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox • Buffer vs. Islamic expansion

  6. Contributions of Ancient Greece • Polis… community • Citizenship… rights & responsibility • Direct Democracy.. All citizens participate • Who can be a citizen? • Philosophy • Socrates…Q, loyalty & obedience = duty • Plato…virtue by all + philosopher-king… The Republic • Aristotle… justice, stability, moderation, knowledge… Power to middle class • Pan-Hellenism = Spread of Greek culture • Alexander the Great = Conquest / Trade

  7. Contributions of Ancient Rome • Government = Republic • Written Law… Code of Justinian… rule by law • Equality before the Law for citizens • Bureaucracy, structure • Empire “PaxRomana”, • Infrastructure = roads, harbors, taxes

  8. Writing Practice :Describe the social & political roots of the modern Western world. • Write your thesis to this prompt in one or two well-thought and concise sentences • Continue on and write the rest of an intro paragraph to the prompt… roadmap!

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