Download Greek poleis

Warm Up
1. What is a polis?
2. How did a CityState prevent
Greece from being
one united
country?
3. Who was
considered a
citizen in Greece
City-States?
Quote of the Day!!!
Objective:
Students will be able to understand
the types of government in Greek
City-States.
Government
As a class we will create a list of some different
types of government a country can have:
A_____________ is a form of government where citizens choose and replace the government
through free and fair elections. There is active participation from the citizens in politics and
civic life.
A______________ is a form of government where political authority is monopolized by a single
person or political entity, and exercised through various mechanisms to ensure the entity's
power remains strong
A ______________ is a form of government that has a single person known as a monarch at its
head. Monarchs use titles as king, queen, emperor, or empress. Monarchs were once common
throughout the world, but now they are rare.
A ___________is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small number
of people. Royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, religious or military control could
distinguish these people.
democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, oligarchy
As Greek city-states grew, wealthy nobles
seized power of the city-states, and tensions
rose between them and the owners of small
farms
Infer why farmers would resent the nobles.
(Turn and talk)
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in
Greek City-States.
Farm owners would usually borrow money
from the nobles to buy land.
What would happen if farmers couldn’t
repay their debt??? (Turn and talk)
If farmers couldn't’t repay their debt, their
land would be taken, they would have to
sell themselves into slavery.
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in Greek CityStates.
Small farmers, merchants, and artisans
called for reform and for a greater voice in
the government.
Because these people didn’t own landwhy didn’t they have a role in the polis?
They didn't’t have a role in the polis
because they weren’t citizens.
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in
Greek City-States.
Tyrants- Someone who seizes
power and rules with total
authority
Tyrants overthrew the Greek
nobles in 600 B.C.
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in Greek
City-States.
Tyrants in Ancient Greek
Reading
We will read a passage from the textbook detailing tyrants
in Ancient Greece.
I will start reading the first paragraph, then we will popcorn
read until the passage is finished.
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in Greek
City-States.
Independent
Thinking Question
Why did the common people
eventually turn on the tyrants?
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in Greek
City-States.
Group Work
Choose an Oligarchy or a
Democracy. Explain why you think
this is the type of government that
should be used to rule a Greek citystate.
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in
Greek City-States.
Homework
Summarize today’s lesson
in a 3-5 sentence
paragraph.
*Objective-Students will be able to understand the types of government in Greek
City-States.