Athenian DemocracyCauses and Consequences

March, 2015

CHW3M

Causes and Consequences Shifts our focus to

the multiple causes and consequences of events, both

intended and unintended

Personal Example: How I Got Here (to history class)

Long-term cause (underlying)

Medium-term cause

Short-term cause

Consequences (intended and unintended)

I have loved history since I was young because I loved hearing stories from my grandmother

I heard other students talk about how helpful and interesting this course was

The bell rang so I ran to class

I: I will be able to graduate from high school

U: I will be a better thinker

The Big Six, pages 116-117.

Cause and Consequence Vocabulary

Intended * Decided * Expected * Foresaw * Predicted * Catalyzed * Incited * Kindled * Triggered *Sparked * Lead to * Contributed to * Made possible *Resulted in * Encouraged * Blocked * Prevented * Made worse * Accelerated * Exacerbated * Strengthened * Reinforced * Weakened * Blocked

What Happened That Led to This?

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Note: multiple causes may lead to one or more consequences. It’s not always so linear.

Causal Relationships

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Hoplite Warfare

Athenian Democracy

Who and/or What Makes Historical Change?

Move the X to the appropriate place where you think the most influence was.

Groups: hoplites, aristocrats, wealthy non-aristocrats.

Individuals: people like Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles.

Historical Conditions/Social Forces: such as economic development.

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The Glass of Power

• Who had access to political power? In which order?

wealthy non-aristocratsaristocrats

monarchs

hoplites and ordinary men,

including poor menwomen,

foreigners, slaves

Classical Athens

• After victory in the Persian Wars conditions existed for Athens to become a leader in:– Government – democracy– Economics – trade (“the big

olive”)– Intellect – philosophy

(eventually an ‘empire of the mind’)

– Art and architecture – the Parthenon

– Military – Delian League

Socrates and the Perfect Storm: How did Conditions Lead to Socrates Being Executed?

The Plague

Peloponnesian War – speaking up for the generalsMob rule

Pericles had taken Athens into war vs. Sparta and forced

everyone behind the walls between the city and its harbour.

Crowded conditions helped spread plague.

Socrates was the only person who spoke in favour of the generals who

didn’t go back to pick up men that had fallen overboard during a battle.

After Pericles’ death, chaos ensued when a group of

people claimed power and listened to the demands of the mob without thinking.