Warm UpOBJECTIVE: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens.

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Warm UpOBJECTIVE: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens.

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1. A monarchy is a type of government where all citizens hold the power to make decisions. True / False

2. Small groups of aristocrats overthrew the monarchs to create direct democracy in ancient Athens. True / False

3. A tyranny is a type of government where one person holds the power and usually takes the power by force or the support of an army. True / False

4. In an oligarchy, one leader has the power to make the decisions and usually the power is passed down through the family. True / False

5. Women, slaves, and foreigners were all considered citizens in ancient Athens. True / False6. Anyone who wished to speak could do so at the Assembly meetings that took place at the

Pynx. True / False7. The day to day decisions and planning were made by the jurors. True / False8. The Athenians tried to keep juries fair by using a random selection process for jurors and

secret ballot voting. True / False9. One way Athenians tried to prevent another tyranny was by using a system called

ostracism, where possible tyrants could be sent to war. True / False

Agenda:

1) Warm Up: True and false statement corrections

2) Launch: Interactive word mapping activity

3) Explore: Socratic Seminar--Was Athenian democracy fair?

4) Summary : Writing response

5) Practice: Democracy today—Is American democracy fair?

6) Assessment: Exit slip

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OBJECTIVE: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the development of government and democratic political concepts in ancient Athens.

Launch: Interactive word mapping

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Directions: In groups, go back through your warm-up, and pick out at least six important words or phrases. Write each separate word or phrase on a piece of paper.

Launch: Interactive word mapping

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1. Get into a circle and place each of your group’s words and phrases on the floor, within the circle. Make sure that you can see all of the words/phrases!

2. One at a time--If you see a connection between two or more words/phrases, connect the words with an arrow and explain how the words are connected.

Example: citizens + power = democracy Explanation: When citizens have power to make

decisions, it’s called democracy.

Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar

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Although ancient Athenians valued debate and different viewpoints, even Athenians became fearful if someone disagreed or questioned the government too much. This happened to the famous philosopher Socrates, who was sentenced to death because he asked too many questions—and “corrupted the youth” by doing so. Luckily for us today, we value questions and thought-provoking discussions in our class! Let’s act like Socrates and debate…

Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar

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Protocol:Review the debate norms and accountable talk stems.

•Have four students volunteer to go first. All other students should be filling out the fishbowl “tracker.”Example for 1: “I saw Joe giving the Kim eye contact.”

•Alternate students in the center as many times as time allows!

Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar

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Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar

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Explore: Debate! Socratic Seminar

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Question (Extension/Challenge):

3. Are governments in the modern world fair?

Hints: •What other types of governments exist today?•In what ways are they more or less fair than ancient Athens?•How are citizen and people’s voices heard? •Who holds the power?

Summary: Writing Response

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On a blank piece of lined paper, write a paragraph responding to the following prompt. Be sure to:• use a topic sentence• include at least three pieces of evidence• explain each piece of evidence

Question: Was ancient Athenian direct democracy fair?

Practice

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Analyze the map. How many countries have some form of democracy in our world today?

Homework

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Create your own government: Based on what you learned about different forms of governments and democracy, describe how your ideal government would work!