Transcript Greece`s Golden Age

1) What city-state is the speaker from? How do you
know?
2) What kind of democracy is he describing?
3) How accurate do you think “power is in the hands…of
the whole people” is? Why?
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EQ: How has Greece’s Golden Age affected
us today?
Athens
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Citizens: male,
18, born of citizen
parents
Laws voted on and
proposed directly
by assembly of all
citizens
Leader chosen by
lot
Executive branch
composed of a
council of 500
men
Juries varied in
size
No attorneys; no
appeals; one-day
trials
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• Political power
exercised by
citizens
• Three branches
of government
• Legislative
branch passes
laws
• Executive
branch carries
out laws
• Judicial branch
conducts trials
with paid jurors
U.S.
* Strengthen Athenian democracy
* Increased # of paid officials (meaning ____)
* Direct democracy
* Hold and strengthen the empire
* 200-ship navy
* Controlled waterways
* Glorify Athens
* Beautified Athens
* Paid artisans
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* Sculpture: classical art- order, balance,
proportion; perfectly formed figures
* Drama
* Tragedy: serious drama about common themes
(like ____)
* Comedy: filled with slapstick situations and
crude humor
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* Sophists: group of philosophers who questioned
people’s unexamined beliefs and ideas about
justice and other traditional values
* Socrates: believed absolute standards did exist
for truth and justice; encouraged people to go
further and question themselves and their
moral character
* Plato: his ideal society had 3 groups- farmers
and artisans, warriors, and the ruling class;
person with greatest insight and intellect from
ruling class would be philosopher-king
* Aristotle: questioned the nature of the world
and of human belief, thought, and knowledge;
rules of logic
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* Make a list of items and/or ideas you would feature
among the most important contributions in this
museum.
* Explain each choice.
* Describe the nature and history of each item.
* Ex. The Iliad and The Odyssey- These epics created
a framework for the hero’s journey, a framework
still heavily relied on today. The epics were created
by Homer and were originally passed down through
story-telling. They describe the Trojan War and
subsequent adventures.
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