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Bellringer
• Directions: Copy down this Venn Diagram.
256-261
Weekly Jobs
• At the end of each class students are required to
make sure their group is clean and everything is
turned in.
• #1-Turn in all work (Make sure group work is
stapled and folded correctly!)
• #2-Wipe down all desks in group.
• #3 and #4- Clean up ANYTHING around your group’s
area (paper, trash, etc.)
Before—Guess the Lesson
Guess the Lesson—Possible Answers
• Greece
• Rome
• Colosseum
• Philosophers
• Spartans
Learning Goals
• ALCOS #8:Determine political, military, cultural, and
economic forces that contribute to cooperation and
conflict among people.
• Goal: Tell me how ancient civilizations led to the
creation of many political ideologies we use today.
Read—Pgs. 256-257
• Read through “Roots of Democracy” then STOP.
• 3’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term
defined.)
• 1’s : Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of
our lesson.)
• 2’s: Topic Illustrator (On your daily work page, draw a picture
that relates to the information on page 256-257. Explain how
it relates to what you read.)
• The roots of democracy can be traced back to Athens in
ancient Greece.
• People entered present-day Greece around 50,000 BC
and civilization started around 1,900 BC.
• As time continued on, these civilizations turned into
independent city-states; the most important city-states
were Athens and Sparta.
• Earliest forms of government in the city-states were
monarchies, but this changed when aristocrats, upper class
advisors began to gain influence.
• Democracy in Athens was limited to only men, but elections
were fair. Sparta was ruled by a group of warriors and was
much more of a warrior culture.
• Athens and Sparta united to fight the Persian empire, but
became enemies after the war.
QARs
• Where can the roots of democracy be traced to?
• What were the two most important Greek citystates?
• What were upper-class advisors known as?
Read—Pgs. 258-259
• Read through “Classical Greece” then STOP.
• 2’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term
defined.)
• 3’s : Topic Illustrator (On your daily work page, draw a picture
that relates to the information on page 258-259. Explain how
it relates to what you read.)
• 1’s: Graphic Organizer (Create a KWL chart using our KWL
template with the 3-2-3 rule.)
• Pericles, the leader of Athens, inherited a golden
age, which is a period of great wealth and power.
• Pericles had three goals: Strengthen democracy,
spread the empire, and make Athens more
beautiful.
• Many advancements were made in the Greek culture
during the golden age and many new teachings were
created by philosophers, people who examine
questions about the universe.
• The Greek golden age ended after the Peloponnesian
War between Sparta and Athens, which Sparta won.
QARs
• Pericles of Athens inherited what type of period in
which his empire was powerful and wealthy?
• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are examples of what?
Read—Pgs. 260-261
• Read through “The Republic of Rome” then STOP.
• 1’s: Internet Researcher (Using your phone or tablet, find one
piece of information regarding Religion and include the
website address.)
• 2’s : Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of
our lesson.)
• 3’s: Questioner (While reading, create three questions that
could be used as a test question, include answers.)
• According to legend, Rome was founded by two
brothers that were believed to be sons of a God and
raised by a wolf.
• It is now believed that a group called the Latins
founded Rome around 800 B.C.
• After living under tyrant rule for nearly a century,
Romans finally rebelled and created a republic—a
system of government where people elect officials
to make laws and conduct politics.
• After centuries of being a world power, the Roman Republic
began to crack under pressure from citizens as well as other
politicians.
• A general named Julius Caesar took control but was
eventually murdered by a group of Senators.
• Caesar’s nephew Augustus formed the Roman Empire—
government led by an Emperor.
Read—Pg. 262
• Read through “The Roman Empire” then STOP.
• 1’s: Internet Researcher (Search “The Roman Empire” on your
phone and write down one key fact you find. Also, write down
the website address.)
• 2’s : Topic Illustrator (On your daily work page, draw a picture
that relates to the information on page 258-259. Explain how
it relates to what you read.)
• 3’s: Questioner (Create three test questions from what you
read, and also add the answers.)
• Rome’s decline continued until a series of poor
rulers left Rome in a position to be invaded by
Germanic people to the north that the Romans
considered to be barbarians.
• In 330 A.D. Emperor Constantine moved the capital
of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it
Constantinople.
QARs
• Who is believed to have founded Rome around 800
B.C.?
• What type of political system was established after
Roman tyrant rule?
• Who moved the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330
A.D.?
QAR Answers
• Where can the roots of democracy be traced to?
Athens, Greece
• What were the two most important Greek city-states?
Sparta and Athens
• What were upper-class advisors known as?
Aristocrats
• Pericles of Athens inherited what type of period in which his empire was
powerful and wealthy?
A Golden Age
• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are examples of what?
Philosophers
• Who is believed to have founded Rome around 800 B.C.?
Latins
• What type of political system was established after Roman tyrant rule?
Republic
• Who moved the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 A.D.?
Constantine
After—3-2-1
• 3—Things you already knew.
• 2—Things you learned
• 1—Question you still have.