Transcript Agenda October 13

Agenda October 12 or 13
 Socratic Seminar Prep Work
 Socratic Seminar: Democracy Vs. Republic
 Please take out the following items:
 Polybius’ Rome After the Punic Wars
 Roman Republic Chart
 Democracy vs. Republic T-Chart
 Twelve Tables/Bill of Rights Chart
 Roman Republic and Individual Rights answers
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Socratic Seminar Prep Work
 Please take out the following items:
 Polybius’ Rome After the Punic Wars
 Roman Republic Chart
 Democracy vs. Republic T-Chart
 Twelve Tables/Bill of Rights Chart
 Roman Republic and Individual Rights
answers
Prep Work
 Define the following words
 Value
 Culture
 Individual
 Rights
 Common Good
 What is the difference between a Democracy and a Republic.
 Which form of government provides the most freedom and rights to the
people?
 How did Rome’s Republic work? Use the Polybius reading to answer this
question. How did the Athenian Democracy work?
 What was the importance of the 12 tables? What did it offer Roman
citizens and why was it created? Why did Athens not have something
like this for their Democracy?
 Do the benefits of protecting individual rights outway the downsides?
Explain.
Opening Question
 We are trying to understand the differences between the
Athenian government and the Roman government. Why
and how each government formed differently. What the
advantages and disadvantages are to a Democracy and a
Republic.
 Seminar One (Inside Circle)
 How do the values of a culture influence the role and
rights of the individual?
 Seminar Two (Outside Circle)
 How can individual rights and a nation’s view of the
common good create stability or conflict?
Reflection
 In thinking about the 14th amendment debate what is
more important: protection of individual rights or the
effect the amendment and its consequences are having
on the American economy? Explain your answer.
 Why did both Athens's democracy and Rome’s
republic eventually fail and turn into Empires ruled by
single individuals?