POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES EXPLAIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN ATHENS. CITIZENSHIP KEY PERSONALITIES COMPARE AND CONTRAST ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY TO OUR PRESENT DAY DEMOCRACY
CLUES A form of government that is ruled by royalty. A form of government which all power is vested in few persons or dominant class. A form of government which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or under their agents under a free electoral system.
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
DEMOS = People KRATOS= To Rule; Power ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY A form of government which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or under their agents under a free electoral system
CITIZENSHIP FREE MALES COMPLETED MILITARY TRAINING NOT CITIZENS WOMEN SLAVES FOREIGNERS
DEMOCRACY 40 TIMES A YEAR THEY MEET IN ASSEMBLY HAD NO PROFESSIONAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE CHOSEN BY LOT
“…voting is the first duty of democracy” –President Johnson
CLASSROOM ELECTIONS
GREEK POLITICIANS DRACO SOLON
GREEK POLITICIANS PISISTRATUS CLEISTHENES
PERICLES
REFLECTION “Our [form of government] is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law. When it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership in a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possess. Here each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well… We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.” -Pericles
reflection Size 2 paper Directions: Reflect on the underlined words. Do you agree with Pericles when he spoke these words? Explain and support your answer by citing examples.( p. 73 of your textbook) Why is it important to vote? If you can change the form of government our country has, what type of government will you choose? Explain.