Download Unit 1: Sources of the Democratic Tradition 1. Analyze the

Unit 1: Sources of the Democratic Tradition
10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in
Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.
1. Analyze the similarities and differences in Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman views
of law, reason and faith, and duties of the individual.
2. Trace the development of the Western political ideas of the rule of law and
illegitimacy of tyranny, using selections from Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics.
3. Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the
contemporary world.
Textbook Readings: Chapter 1 Section 1-5.
Section 1: The Greek Roots of Democracy
Reading Key Terms and Focus Questions:
City-state
Democracy
Monarchy
Tyrant
Sparta
Legislature
Athens
Pericles
Jury
Socrates
Plato
Plato’s Republic
Aristotle
Aristotle’s
Politics
1. Athens and Sparta were both Greek city-states; however they were very different.
Explain.
2. What process took city-states from monarchy to aristocracy and, in Athens, to
democracy?
3. What progress did the Greeks under Pericles make towards a democratic government?
4. How do the ideas of Ancient Greece contribute to the development of democratic
values in the modern world?
5. What did Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, think of Democracy?
6. How did the ideas of the Ancient Greeks spread beyond Greece during the Hellenistic
Age?
Section 2: The Roman Republic and Empire
Reading Key Terms and Focus Questions:
Republic
Senate
Consul
Tribune
Dictator
Veto
Plebians
Carthage
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Pax Romana
1. Describe/explain Rome’s form of government: a Republic.
2. Explain how the Romans had examples of checks and balances within their system of
government.
3. How did the Roman Republic become an empire?
4. Which lasting principles of law did the Romans develop?
5. What cultures contributed to Greco-Roman civilization?
Section 3: Principles of Judaism
Reading Key Terms and Focus Questions:
Jerusalem
Monotheistic
Abraham
Covenant
Moses
Sabbath
Prophet
Ethics
diaspora
1. What role did migration play in the history of the Israelites?
2. How did the Jews’ beliefs differ from those of other nearby people?
3. What is the source of basic moral laws that Jews must obey?
4. How did the scattering of Jewish people begin?
Section 4: Rise of Christianity
Jesus
Apostle
Messiah
Paul
Tolerance
Clergy
1. What roles did love, justice, and service play in the teachings of Jesus?
2. What factors contributed to the spread of Christianity?
3. How did the Christian church exert control over Europeans during the Middle Ages?
4. Where did the principles of the Judeo-Christian traditions come from?
Section 5: Democratic Developments in England
Reading Key Terms and Focus Questions:
Feudalism
Common law
William the Conqueror
Absolute monarch
Henry II
Oliver Cromwell
Habeas Corpus
Limited Monarchy
1. What new practices did strong monarchs introduce in England?
2. How did English Parliament limit the power of the monarch?
3. What were the causes and consequences of the English Civil War?
4. What are the key principles of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and the English Bill
of Rights?
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