WESTERN STD.
ASSIGNMENT
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
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. AS A GROUP PICK THE BEST LINE WHICH COMMUNICATES EITHER
THE MERITS OR DRAWBACKS OF THE ATHENIAN SYSTEM.
C. BE READY TO SHARE THIS WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.
V. DISCUSSION: PLATO’S APOLOGY
A. WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT, THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE STATE?
B. DID SOCRATES MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION?
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.
WESTERN STD.
ASSIGNMENT
THE
I.
A. INDIVIDUALLY READ THE SECTION
TITLED “THE
B. AS A GROUP, DECIDE
1. PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS.
2. CONSULS.
3. PRAETORS.
4. SENATE.
5. CENTURIATE ASSEMBLY.
6. COUNCIL OF THE PLEBS.
7. TRIBUNES.
8. TWELVE TABLES.
C. ONCE YOU COLLECTIVELY DECIDE ON THE FORMAT, EACH INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO DRAW AND LABEL THE DIAGRAM ON THE PAPER PROVIDED.
D. BE READY TO SHARE YOUR DIAGRAM WITH THE CLASS.
II. CONCLUSION
A. WHAT WAS THE BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ATHENIAN AND ROMAN SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT?
B. WHICH SYSTEM DOES THE