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TLW: Examine the
foundations of democratic
representative
government: Greek direct
democracy, Roman republic
2 TYPES OF DEMOCRACY: INDIRECT AND DIRECT
Representative
or indirect
democracy…
started by the
Romans…a
republic
DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Women,
slaves,
and
foreigners
were not
allowed
to vote.
Direct democracy can be
done in small populations;
Like a town hall meeting
ANALYZE…
“A man who has the knowledge but lacks the
power to express it clearly is no better off
than if he never had any ideas at all. A man
who has both these qualities, but lacks
patriotism, could scarcely speak for his own
people as he should.”
ANALYZE…
“Therefore approach each
individual case with the
persuasion that on it depends as
a whole your entire reputation.”
WHAT IS THE
MESSAGE OF
THIS
CARTOON?
DICTATORSHIPS: OLIGARCHY AND AUTOCRACY
Small group of elites in charge (rich or military)
vs.
1 main leader in charge
AUTOCRACY
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Totalitarian Rule vs.
Constitutional Government
Rate these traits
from 1 being the
most important
to totalitarian
rule through 7
being the least
significant.
• Ideology
• State Control of
Individuals
• Methods of
Enforcement
• Modern
Technology
• State Control of
Society
• Dictatorship and
One-Party Rule
• Dynamic Leader
REAL WORLD TOTALITARIAN EXAMPLES
Hand painted propaganda
posters can be seen
everywhere in North
Korea's streets, schools,
cinemas, official buildings,
media etc. This form of 'art'
is highly developed in
North Korea (DPRK) as it is
part of daily life.
CENSORSHIP OF THE INTERNET IN IRAN
In recent years, Internet service
providers have been told to block
access to political, human rights and
women's sites and weblogs
expressing dissent or deemed to be
pornographic and anti-Islamic. The
ban has also targeted such popular
social networking sites as Facebook
and YouTube, as well as news sites.
How free is Chinese media?
“Reporters without Borders” ranked
China 171 out of 178 countries
in its 2010 worldwide index of
press freedom.
Journalists face prison terms for
violating rules.
CHINESE CENSORSHIP
Notable censored subjects
include but are not
limited to, democracy,
the Tiananmen Square
protests of 1989, Falun
Gong, Tibetan
independence, Taiwan
independence,
corruption, police
brutality, anarchism,
disparity of wealth, food
safety, pornography,
news sources that report
on these issues, religious
content, and many other
websites.
WILL
DICTATORSHIPS
EVER CEASE TO
EXIST?
ONE MORE EXAMPLE…
Choose one of the following colors: green,
purple, blue, red, black, orange, yellow
I will explain how a color for are class
would be selected in a democracy and
then in a dictatorship.
IN A DEMOCRACY…
Some of the options would be eliminated….
Then you would select again…..
Then the majority would win out…..
Was your original choice even an option at the end?
IN A DICTATORSHIP….
What color do you want?
Really?
Are you sure?
Think hard about it again?
The color is….
PARAGRAPH…
Explain the difference
between the US
government and a
dictatorship.
LOOK UP…
Using your phone or sitting with someone else look up 3 dictators that are still in
power today. Write down their name, country and one specific concept related
to their harsh rule.
EXAMPLE:
Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan
• Each fall, university students, teachers, civil servants, and children as young as 9
are forced to live in barracks and harvest cotton under in humane conditions.
• He has ordered soldiers to fire into unarmed crowds of protestors, routinely uses
torture on political prisoners, and fixes elections to remain in power.
GREEK AND ROMAN READINGS….
Questions:
1. According to Source 1, how did the Greek rich keep control over the Greek poor?
2. According to Source 2, what did direct democracy look like for the Greek communes? Why
is direct democracy easier to practice with smaller groups of people?
3. Explain what Source 3 is saying.
4. Explain the meaning of the following selected text from Source 4. “A man who has the
knowledge but lacks the power to express it clearly is no better off than if he never had
any ideas at all. A man who has both these qualities, but lacks patriotism, could scarcely
speak for his own people as he should.”
5. After reading Source 5, what does Cicero mean when he says, “Therefore approach each
individual case with the persuasion that on it depends as a whole your entire reputation.”?