Student survey1

Why do you think we study history?

Take out your

syllabus, two spiral

notebooks,

textbook, and

autobiography.What will we learn today?Standard 10.1.2 Trade the development of Western political ideas of the rule of law and illegitimacy of tyranny, using selections from Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics.

Day 2Week: Origins of Democracy

Directions: On Day 2 of your Bellwork, answer the following question. You need to write a one paragraph response, so fill out all of Day 2. There should be little to no talking during the Bellwork.

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Collect notebooksSyllabusTextbook

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So… why?

Mr. Robinson's TheoryI believe the main reason we study history is to find out how we got to where we are today.

Mr. Robinson's Theory

Example: Have you ever had a movie ending spoiled for you by a loud-mouthed friend? Is knowing the ending to a movie the same as seeing it?

Mr. Robinson's TheoryIf I told you that Batman saves Gotham City, would that be the same as seeing the movie from start to finish?

“Where is she?!”

Mr. Robinson's TheoryIs knowing the ending to a movie the same as seeing it?

Mr. Robinson's TheoryIs knowing the ending to a movie the same as seeing it?

No! Half the enjoyment of seeing a movie is enjoying the entire story, not just knowing the outcome.

Mr. Robinson's TheoryHistory is the same way!

You don’t just want to live your life today without a single care about how you got there.

Instead, you should care why Americans (and people all around the world) act the way we do or why we do certain things.

Mr. Robinson's Theory• Why did we go to war with Iraq?• Why did we get attacked by terrorists on 9/11?• Why was the election of Obama such a big deal?• (Talk about Boston taxes)• (Talk about old people and saving money)

Read the two statements below

and decide which is true:

a) History we learn in class is fact

b) History we learn in class is opinion

a) History we learn in class is fact

b) History we learn in class is opinion

(with facts sprinkled in)

So much of history is interpretation

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Example:I broke up with Mark

because he cheated on me with my best friend

even though I was working all the time

while he sat at home unemployed!

Example:I broke up with Mark because he cheated on me with my best

friend Sally even though I was

working all the time while he sat at home

unemployed!

Heck no! It didn’t work out with Cheryl because she was working all the time and I felt ignored

and alone. And I was so upset after being laid

off! Jenny was there for me when Cheryl wasn’t.

Example:

Are their two sides to the story?

Are both sides correct?

I broke up with Mark because he cheated on me with my best

friend Sally even though I was

working all the time while he sat at home

unemployed!

Heck no! It didn’t work out with Cheryl because she was working all the time and I felt ignored

and alone. And I was so upset after being laid

off! Jenny was there for me when Cheryl wasn’t.

Example:During World War II in the 1940s, the United States and Japan were fighting each other, trying to get each other to surrender.

The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan killing over 200,000 innocent civilians (not soldiers). This did cause the Japanese to surrender and probably saved several thousand United States soldier’s lives.

Do you think that Japanese History textbooks and American History textbooks talk about this event in the exact same way?

Robinson's TheoryIn conclusion, ALL history is biased. History is biased because it is an interpretation of the past. There are a lot of things in your textbook that are not completely true. There are a lot of things that I will teach that are not the 100% truth.

As a student, try to be a skeptic. Question everything I say! Think quietly in your head, “How can that be true when….”

The smartest people in this world didn’t believe everything they were told; they went out and discovered the truth for themselves.

Please take out your spiral notebooks, textbook, and Autobiography.

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Unit 1: Origins of Democracy

1. Study Guide #1

2. Study Guide #2

3. P.1A Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

4. Forms of Government21

Assignment:P.1A The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

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Identify the political systems of Athens, Greece.

Trace changes in Greek democracy and the beginnings of Greek philosophy.

Compare Athens with Rome and describe the influence of Roman law.

Objectives

How did Greece and Rome help in the creation of democracy?

Essential Question

The Greeks developed democracy and the Romans added representative government, both of which are very important to the United States. Representation and citizen participation are important features of democratic governments around the world.

The Big IDea

Greece

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Where is Greece?

Where is Greece?

As early as 2000 BC Greeks established city governments

Government- a system for controlling a society. It consists of people and institutions with the authority to establish and enforce rules for society.

Types of governments created- MonarchyOligarchy Aristocracy, Democracy

• What were the two ancient civilizations that influenced American Government?

Checking for Understanding

• Explain “government” in your own words.

Checking for Understanding

Monarchy- Greek for “one” and “rule”

State ruled by a kingRule is hereditary

(passed down generation to generation)

Some rulers claim divine right

Divine Right: Chosen by “GOD” to rule

Oligarchy- Greek word for “few” and “rule”

State ruled by a small group of citizens

gov't of the elite: smartest, richest, best educated

• Aristocracy- Greek for “best” and “rule”• State ruled by nobility (rich people)• Rule is hereditary and based on family ties, social

rank, and wealth• Social status and wealth support rulers authority• gov't. by a royal class (king and the like)

• Direct Democracy- Greek word for “popular” and “rule”

• State ruled by its citizens• Rule is based on

citizenship• Majority rule decides

vote• Citizens make laws

directly rather than through representatives

• Of the four types of governments, which would be the worst to live under?

Checking for Understanding

• Of the four types of government, which is most like America?

Checking for Understanding

• Athens was the most powerful city state of Greece.

• 594 BC-508 BC• All male citizens were able to

vote and participate in government

• Court system was established

• Allowed citizens laws for debate and passage

• Create 3 branches of government: legislative, executive, judicial (just like United States)

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Where was the Roman Empire?

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• Republic: Latin word for “a public matter”

• Rome battled for control of the Italian peninsula. Rome won- (defeating Greece)

• 600BC • Created a Republic (is a form of

government in which citizens elect representatives to make government decisions – AKA Representative Democracy

• Created written laws called the Twelve Tables

Rome Develops a Republic

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• Tell me three ways that Athen’s government was similar to America’s?

• 1.• 2.• 3.

Checking for Understanding

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• All citizens had the right to equal treatment under the law

• A person was considered innocent until proven guilty

• The burden of proof rested with the accuser rather than the accused

• A law that seemed unfair could be discontinued

• Rome preserved and added to Greece’s ideas of democracy and passed on the early democratic traditions to civilizations that followed.

Summary

Study Guide

Assignment: Types of

Governments

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Homework

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