Do Now Get out your notebooks Turn to your page of notes on political systems from last Thursday.

Unit 3: Early Civilization

Political Systems What would be the political structure before agriculture? Make a model with your table partners. There are 27 people in your tribe, belonging to 11 basic families. The largest family has 6 people (2 adults, 3 adolescents, 1 child) You live between hills and plains, hunting deer and eating nuts, berries, and mushrooms.

Political Systems Before agriculture: Simple Temporary in nature Reverence for age Based upon families No formal laws

Political Systems Why do political systems become more complex and formal after agriculture? More people—less familiarity. More complex society requires more complex rules. More problems (mo money)

Why is this spectrum unhelpful?

Power Spectrum

Simulation Each group will play a city-state in ancient Hesoloria. You will be assigned a type of government You will be coming up with solutions to problems.

Rules For each problem, your group must come up with a solution in 5 -10 minutes. You can’t borrow $ and you cannot spend more than you have. But you can change one of your old solutions if a new problem makes you need more $.

Turn #1: NO RAIN It’s the second bad farming year in a row. No longer much food storage remaining. The crops are dying, and the only way to save them is to build canals from the nearby river to get water to the farms in the city-state

Turn #2: Brigands Because of the famine, criminals and mercenaries are wandering the lands, stealing and killing to keep themselves fed. Many villages have turned to banditry and even some minor lords or officials have turned their soldiers on others to survive in this difficult time.

Turn #3: INVASION!! A neighboring city-state has learned of the troubles in your city-state and have decided you are vulnerable. They are marching on your city with an army of 5,000 soldiers and will be there in one month’s time.

Post-Simulation Reflection Questions: What problems occurred in your discussions that you think were caused by the political system you had? What problems occurred in your discussions that you think had to do with the limited amount of money your government had? For which problem was it easy for your form of government to create and agree on a solution? Why? For which problem was it difficult for your form of government to create and agree on a solution? Why? Which form of government do you think would be the best for solving problems? Why?

Quick Reference Presentation notes: is geo luck true? Diffusion: is geo luck true? Prompt: to what extent is geographic luck true? Write a 2 paragraph essay, using evidence from your notes.