1. Influences of Western Civilization

2. Influences of Western Civilization
Aristocracy (Monarchy – King/ Queen)
Greece
Government
Oligarchy ( Small group rules)
Democracy (People’s Choice)
English is a Latin based language.
Language
Influences of Western Civilization
Rome
Government
Republic (Representative Gov’t)
Ten Commandments (Law Code)
Judeo-Christian Ethics
Christianity
(Dominant Religion of Europe for close to 2,000 years)

3. Sources Primary Source Secondary Source Tertiary Source –
A document or physical object from the time being studied
Examples:
Diary of Anne Frank – Describes her life hiding from the Nazis
Constitution of the United States – Official documentation of the creation of the United States of America
USS Missouri – Battleship used during World War II
Newspaper/Magazine Articles – From the time of the event
Secondary Source
A retelling of an event by a secondhand source
A book about World War II written by the grandchild of a World War II veteran
Tertiary Source –
Thesaurus/Dictionary/Textbook

4. Primary Source Activity #1
“Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have the rest from their evils, no, nor the human race.”
-- Plato, Greek Philosopher

5. Directions
Break the quote down into three sections, and reword each section in your own words.

6. And political greatness and wisdom meet in one,
ORIGINAL
MINE
“Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy,
And political greatness and wisdom meet in one,
and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are forced to stand aside,
Cities will never have rest from their evils, no, nor the human race.”

7. Try IT AGAIN!
“Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by bad training, are a much greater misfortune.”
-- Plato

8. Original
Mine
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all
But great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by bad training are a much greater misfortune

9. By Yourself
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader”
-- Plato

10. Original
Mine
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty
And there is nothing more to fear from them
Then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader

11. Ten Commandments
I the Lord am your God who brought you ought of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself any graven image.
You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God.
Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy
Honor your father and your mother
You shalt not kill
You shalt not commit adultery
You shalt not steal
You shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor
You shalt not covet anything that is your neighbor’s.