1. POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENT

2. 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

4. 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.

5. Monarchy

6. Oligarchy

7. Democracy

8. 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

9. CITIZENSHIP FREE MALES COMPLETED MILITARY TRAINING NOT CITIZENS WOMEN
SLAVES
FOREIGNERS

10. DEMOCRACY 40 TIMES A YEAR THEY MEET IN ASSEMBLY
HAD NO PROFESSIONAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WERE CHOSEN BY LOT

11. “…voting is the first duty of democracy” –President Johnson

12. CLASSROOM ELECTIONS

13. GREEK POLITICIANS
DRACO
SOLON

14. GREEK POLITICIANS
PISISTRATUS
CLEISTHENES

15. PERICLES

16. 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

17. 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.