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B. HISTORICAL MODELS OF DEMOCRACY:
ANCIENT ATHENS
Knowledge and understanding of the structure and functions of the democratic
system in Ancient Athens…
1. How was the government of Ancient Athens structured?
Key term
Critical Questions
City state
What was a city-state?
Influence of
Why were they not just one country?
geography
Citizens
Who could be a citizen?
How did Athenians make laws?
Direct
democracy
Who voted?
How many people were needed for one vote?
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Council of 500 (Boule)
How did you get to be on the Council?
How often could you be on the Council in one lifetime?
Assembly
Where did the Assembly meet?
What did they do there?
Courts
What did the courts do for citizens?
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1. How did the structure of the government in ancient Athens provide opportunities
for citizens to participate in decision-making?
2. How did identity, status, and class structure impact citizenship in ancient Athens?
Roles in Athens 1. Participate (yes/no)
Yes/no
2. Important?
(not, a little, very)
3. What job in gov’t?
(list the jobs/ no job)
Athenian men
_________________
Athenian women
Metics
Slaves
3. How did the social structure of ancient Athens impact its political structure?
Put the following groups in order of importance from 1-4
______ Metics
______ Slaves
______Men
______Women
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4. What is a direct democracy? What is a representative democracy?
Democracy words
define
Direct democracy
Representative democracy
Majority rule
What are the similarities and differences of direct and representative democracies?
Similarities
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Differences
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5. To what extent were democratic ideals of equity and fairness part of the structure of
government and society in ancient Athens?
Give a ranking for the following principles of democracy:
1 being not very fair and 5 being very fair and close to modern democracy
Justice= _____ out of 5
Equity= _____ out of 5
Freedoms= _____ out of 5
Representation= _____ out of 5
Explain your rankings: How fair and equal was it?
______________________________________________________________________________
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