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Influencing Lives: Greek City-States and Civic Participation

Discover the governance of Greek city-states, citizen rights and responsibilities, loyalty, and the impact on daily life. Explore concepts such as Acropolis, Agora, Hoplite, and Phalanx. Learn about direct voting, citizenship criteria, and the significance of loyalty in dividing city-states. Gain insights into early democracy and military customs.

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Influencing Lives: Greek City-States and Civic Participation

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  1. 9.1 City-States Standard 6.49 Essential Question: How do governments influence the way people live? pp. 237-240

  2. Success Criteria: • What is a city-state? What is a polis? • In Greece, who qualifies as a citizen? • Explain four rights included in Greek civic participation. • Explain two responsibilities in Greek civic participation. • How did loyalty divide all the city-states? • Make a card for “Hoplite.” • Make a card explaining the difference between an “Acropolis” and an “Agora.” Vocabulary • City-state • Polis • Acropolis • Agora • Civic Participation • Voting Directly • Hoplite • Phalanx

  3. Agora –marketplace • Located below the Acropolis, center of city-state  • Debates, elections, shopping, & voting on laws happens here Acro means Highest; topmost • City –state – a city with its own government and was made up of town & surrounding area • Poliscity-state • Each polis was like an independent country. • Acropolis – the hill-top that a fort was on • Where temples were located • Where go when attacked (fortified)

  4. Civic Participation= duties or activities of people in their town, city, or local area Rights: male citizens • Vote • Hold office • Own property • Defend self in court Responsibilities: • Serve in government • Fight for their polis as a citizen soldier Citizenship: only free, land-owning men, born in the polis

  5. Voting Directly 1. Athenian citizens vote directly ~ 3mins2. Why did democracy start in Athens? ~3mins

  6. Hoplites- citizen soldiers Phalanx formation used by the Hoplites

  7. Strong loyaltydividedthe Greek city-states (polises); Greece was NOT unified, which made it easier to conquerPredict: based on what you have learned about Greek City-states, what will most likely happen between them? Loyalty, or not…

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