What are the advantages and disadvantages of the four types of government within Ancient Greece and World civilizations?

Date: 2.12.13A

2.13.13 B

Types of Government of Ancient Greece

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Warm Up:

Review reading sheets from Greek Geography and Rise of City States.

Check answers in pairs.

Reading was last class (p. 80)

WIO: Paragraph about Government today

Class Work: 1) Warm-Up/Check-HW-5 Question Stems. (WIO p. 79) 2) Check Answers on Greek Geo and City-States Reading (p. 80) 3) History Alive Simulation- “The Rise of Democracy” and types of Government 4) Mini-Assessment on Greek Government Circles: Write a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining which types of government you would prefer to live under and explain why using evidence from your notes.

Squares/Triangles: Write a 5-7 sentence paragraph describing how our government (democracy) has been influenced by the governments of Ancient Greece. Think about how we create new laws, how we choose our leaders, etc •

Homework: Work on Greek Myth

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Types of Government Simulation Activity

When I say GO, *Push all the desks to the back or sides of the room *Have your notebook, Notes Sheet, and writing utensil *Sit on the floor-When you sit on the floor, you have NO POWER as citizens of this Civilization As we learn about the 4 types of government in Ancient Greece, we will choose music to listen to based on the ways decisions were made in each government structure.

Monarchy

Definition:

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The earliest form of government in ancient Greece was monarchy, in which one person such as a king or emperor-had the power to make all of the political decisions.

Directions:

      Those of you sitting on the floor have no power.

Yellow=king Green=prince King chooses a song and the volume The king has passed away.

Prince-it is now your responsibility to choose a song Black Eyed Peas- I Gotta Feeling Jimmy Buffet- Cheeseburger in Paradise Don’t Stop Believing - Journey

Monarchy

           ruled by a king, no queen kings had all power at first chosen by people later inherited power passed on to sons kings served as judges, religious leader, led armies aristocrat counsels aristocrats: best, most wealthy, land owners kings were dependent on aristocrats aristocrats realized that they, as a group, were stronger that the king eventually aristocrats took power leading oligarchy Monarchies Today

Reflection on Monarchy:

*How did you feel during this part of the activity?

*Did you like the choices made by the king and the prince?

*If you wanted different music from what the king and prince chose, was there any way you could have had it played?

*Who makes the decisions in a monarchy?

*What are the advantages of a monarchy? What are the disadvantages?

Oligarchy

Definition:

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Oligarchy developed in Greece as an alternative to monarchy. In an oligarchy, a few individuals have the power to make political decisions.

Directions:

   Remember: those of you on the floor have no power.

Oligarchs were the wealthy members of society. Three volunteers.

Oligarchs will select the next song.

See You Again – Miley Cyrus Michael Jackson-Smooth Criminal Lady Gaga- Just Dance

Oligarchy

         ruled by small group of wealthy landowners oligarch=Greek word a few very comfortable lives while poor worked in fields the hardworking poor saw difference between the lives of the rich and poor oligarchy abused power ignored the needs of the poor and used army to make them obey rich got richer and the poor got poorer eventually the poor found leaders who promised to improve their lives backed by the people, the leader took power

Oligarchy Reflection:

•If you were sitting on the floor, how did you feel during the exercise?

•How did you feel if you were allowed to choose the music? Why do you think you were given money?

•How did you feel when you couldn’t hear the music?

•Who makes decisions in an oligarchy? Who do you think made the decisions in the oligarchies of Greece?

•What are the advantages and disadvantages of an oligarchy?

Tyranny

Definition:

  Discontent with the oligarchy in ancient Greece led to the rise of new leaders, called tyrants. In a tyranny, one individual seizes power by force and rules single-handedly.

Lady Gaga- Poker Face Taylor Swift- Love Story

Directions:

    Remember: those of you on the floor have no power.

Which of you believe that the class would like YOU to be the one to select the music?

Stick=symbol of military background Tyrant: follow the advice of your supporters to choose the next song OAR- This Town

Tyranny

    one person takes power by force/not a lawful king=tyrant no legal right to rule/ son does not inherit mostly military leaders who got support from the poor and unhappy people tyrants rule became unbearable people of Athens forced them from power

Tyranny Reflection: •Why did you choose to support one person or another?

•If you were chosen to select the music, how did you feel?

•If you were asked your advice about the song to play, how did you feel? If you weren’t asked, how did you feel?

•Who makes decisions in a tyranny?

•What are the advantages and disadvantages of a tyranny?

Democracy

Definition:

  Around 500 B.C.E., after the overthrow of the harsh tyrant, the citizens of Athens decided they would rule themselves. This was the beginning of democracy.

In a democracy, people vote to make political decisions.

Directions:

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Class vote

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We will play the song that receive more than half of the votes. This is the majority.

Katy Perry- Fireworks Michael Jackson-Billie Jean Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard

Democracy

       people tried governing themselves democracy=rule by people Direct Democracy= every citizen votes on every issue/Athens Representative Democracy=people vote for reps who vote in their name/United States assembly=law making group made up of free men not all believed it was a good type of government Democracy was one of the greatest gifts to the modern world from Ancient Greece

Democracy Reflection

•How did you feel during this part of the activity?

•Who makes decisions in a democracy?

•How are these decisions made?

•What are the advantages and disadvantages of a democracy?

•What kind of government do we have in our country?

•Now, Push the desks back together and sit in your seat for the mini-assessment.

Answer the Assessment questions numbers 1-8.

Turn in before you leave today.

HW: Finish Greek Myth