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Thursday December 15, 2011. Read, You Decide… Was Caesar a Reformer or a Dictator? Pages 284 -285 . 1. Read, You Decide … on pages 284 – 285 2. Create a T- chart, about Julius Caesar, with Reformer on one side and Dictator on the other side. Vocabulary .
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Read, You Decide… Was Caesar a Reformer or a Dictator? Pages 284 -285 1. Read, You Decide … on pages 284 – 285 2. Create a T- chart, about Julius Caesar, with Reformer on one side and Dictator on the other side
Vocabulary Reformer – Improver, somebody who reforms, makes improvements Dictator – ruler, tyrant, powerful ruler, rules with absolute power, usually by force Ambition – drive, determination, desire for success
Julius Caesar 1. Explain why Julius Caesar was a dictator. Give three examples to support your answer, from the text. Julius Caesar was a dictator and considered to be an enemy of the republic. The first example was he …….
Julius Caesar 1. Was Caesar a great leader and reformer or an ambitious dictator? Explain how you view Caesar, give three facts from the text to support your answer. Julius Caesar was an ambitious dictator and considered to be an enemy of the republic. 1. 2. 3. Concluding Sentence
Semester Exam Semester Exam next week, December 20th and 21st, majority of the test will be from chapters 4, 5, and 8. Review and study vocabulary, people, places, maps, documents and charts from those chapters.
Review Direct democracy – people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters, every citizen can vote firsthand on laws and policies Representative democracy – citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and governmental decisions on their behalf, this a more practical system when the population is large
Review Oligarchy – a few people hold power Democracy - all citizens share in running the government Republic – is a form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen but someone put in office by citizens with the right to vote. In a republic the citizens have the power.
Tomorrow, Friday, we have a review and pass out a study to work on this weekend, focus on vocabulary and be familiar with maps and charts You need to read, study and prepare for the exam it will count as 15% of your semester grade