Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Ancient Greek Democracy- RULE BY THE PEOPLE!




Vocabulary
Agora- open area- town square- served as a place for meetings
Assembly- citizens gathering to vote on issues that concerned their cities- law-making body
Acropolis- a walled hill, where people could find safety
Athens- a city-state:  poetry/peace, educated, farmers

Read Ancient Greek Magazine 4-5

Impact of Democracy video- 
The origins of democracy go back thousands of years, to the ancient Greek city-states of Athens. How was the form of democracy the ancient Greeks practiced different from the type used in the United States today?

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