ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY

I. GOVERNMENT TYPES: PROVIDE A BRIEF DEFINITION AND ILLUSTRATION

    FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT TYPES (PAGES 117-118)

            A. MONARCHY- RULE BY . . .

            B. TYRANNY - RULE BY . . .

            C. OLIGARCHY (ARISTOCRACY) - RULE BY . . .

            D. DEMOCRACY- RULE BY . . .

II. “PERICLES IN PRAISE OF ATHENS”: WRITE A TOPIC SENTENCE THAT

    SUMMARIZES PERICLES’ MAIN IDEA.

III. DIRECT DEMOCRACY

A. AFTER READING THE SECTIONS “ATHENS” AND “THE AGE OF PERICLES” ON PAGES 120-123, WRITE A SPEECH TO THE ATHENIAN ASSEMBLY IN WHICH YOU EITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH PERICLES’ CLAIM THAT ATHENIANS ENJOYED THE IDEAL GOVERNMENT

B. USE AND UNDERLINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS IN YOUR RESPONSE:

            1. COUNCIL OF 500.

                        2. ASSEMBLY (DEMOS).

                        3. DIRECT DEMOCRACY.

                        4. GENERALS.

                        5. OSTRACISM.

IV. GROUP ACTIVITY

A.     EACH PERSON SHOULD DELIVER THEIR SPEECH TO THE GROUP.   

B.     BE READY TO SHARE THE MERITS AND DRAWBACKS TO THE ATHENIAN SYSTEM WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.

V. DISCUSSION: PLATO’S APOLOGY

            A. DID SOCRATES MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION?

B. WHAT SHOULD AN INDIVIDUAL DO WHEN THEIR PERSONAL

     BELIEFS CONFLICT WITH THE VIEWS OF THE STATE?

VI. CONCLUSION

            A. WHAT LEGACY DOES THE ATHENIAN SYSTEM HAVE FOR TODAY?

B. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSICAL VALUES DID ATHENIAN

     DEMOCRACY BEST REFLECT?

1.      COURAGE.                      5. SELF-CONFIDENCE.

2.      TEMPERANCE.               6. PUBLIC SERVICE.

3.      JUSTICE.                          7. INDIVIDUALISM.

4.  WISDOM.                          8. SELF-SUFFICIENCY.