Download The Greatness of Athens

The Greatness of Athens
Name:________________________________
Directions
Reading
Step 1: ​
Read the text, and complete the roadblock worksheet.
Step 2:​
As a group (3-4), share your roadblocks and clarify them.
Step 3:​
Reread it, and talk-to-the-text, as you do that, write down main ideas of each paragraph.
Step 4:​
After the reading, discuss the document, and share the main ideas that you wrote down.
Summarize the document as a group.
Step 5: ​
As a group, complete the worksheet.
1. According to
Pericles, why was
Athenian form of
government called a
democracy?
2. Identify and list
the characteristics of
Athenian
Democracy.
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Equal justice under the law for all people, regardless of class.
3. Looking at your
list in #2, write how
the Athenians
benefited from
those
characteristics.
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