Athenian Democracy Causes and Consequences March 2017 CHW3M

Causes and Consequences Shifts our focus to the multiple causes and consequences of events, both intended and unintended

Personal Example: How I Got Here (to history class) Long-term cause (underlying) Medium-term cause Short-term cause Consequences (intended and unintended) I have loved history since I was young because I loved hearing stories from my grandmother I heard other students talk about how helpful and interesting this course was The bell rang so I ran to class I: I will be able to graduate from high school U: I will be a better thinker  The Big Six, pages 116-117.

Cause and Consequence Vocabulary Intended * Decided * Expected * Foresaw * Predicted * Catalyzed * Incited * Kindled * Triggered *Sparked * Lead to * Contributed to * Made possible *Resulted in * Encouraged * Blocked * Prevented * Made worse * Accelerated * Exacerbated * Strengthened * Reinforced * Weakened * Blocked

What Happened That Led to This? Cause: Consequence: Insert linking word Cause: Consequence: Insert linking word Cause: Consequence: Insert linking word Note: multiple causes may lead to one or more consequences. It’s not always so linear.

Causal Relationships

Who and/or What Makes Historical Change? Move the X to the appropriate place where you think the most influence was. Individuals: people like Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles. X Historical Conditions/Social Forces: such as economic development. Groups: hoplites, aristocrats, wealthy non-aristocrats.

The Glass of Power Who had access to political power? In which order? aristocrats wealthy non-aristocrats monarchs hoplites and ordinary men, including poor men women, foreigners, slaves

Classical Athens After victory in the Persian Wars conditions existed for Athens to become a leader in: Government – democracy Economics – trade (“the big olive”) Intellect – philosophy (eventually an ‘empire of the mind’) Art and architecture – the Parthenon Military / Empire – Delian League (a permanent alliance of city-states to protect against another Persian attack)

Take notes on philosophy, sophists, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle  from pages 145-147. Read about Peloponnesian War, pages 133-135.