1. The Democracy and the Republic
9/5/ 2017

2. Focus Notes/Cornell Notes
Take out a sheet of paper
Draw a line or fold the left side of the paper to create a margin to the left (about 1/3 of the paper)
The left margin is for comments, questions, pictures, etc.
The right side is for notes

3. On the top of your page, write:
Essential Question
On the top of your page, write:
What is a Democracy and a Republic? How did they both start and change over time?

4. TED Video
While watching, take 5 notes that help to answer the essential question at the top of your page.
Notes:

5. Discussion Do you think Athenian Democracy would work in the US?
(instead of voting for government officials, they were chosen randomly from a pool of qualified people)
Pair Share

6. Greece
City-states with own Government
Government: A system for controlling the society
Types of Government:
1. Aristocracy
2. Monarchy
3. Oligarchy
4. Democracy
Democracy= “demos” and “kratos”

7. Citizens helped run the government Citizens= Adult, Male residents
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Citizens helped run the government
Citizens= Adult, Male residents
Reforms of Solon 594 bc
Outlawed slavery based on debt and canceled farmers’ debt
4 classes based on wealth not hereditary
Big Idea: Any citizen could bring charges against wrongdoers and effect government

8. Reforms
Solon
Cleisthenes

9. Reforms of Cleisthenes
Founder of Democracy in Athens
Full Democracy
Balance poor and rich in the assembly
All citizens can submit laws in the assembly
Council of 500
Proposed laws and helped guide the assembly

10. Pericles

11. Reforms of pericles
Incresed the ability of poorer people to participate in government
He did this by: 1. hired more paid public officials and 2. paid jurors
Direct Democracy:
Citizens rule and make laws directly
What type of democracy does the US have?

12. Philosophers

13. Philosophy and government
Greek philosophy helped flourish and spread democracy
Philosophers believed: 1. the umiverse is put together in an orderly way that is subject to absolute and unchanging laws, 2. people an understand laws through logic and reason
Socrates=socratic method
Plato=governed by the wisest and not the richest
Aristotle=Politics worked because humans naturally want to be orderly

14. Legacy
1. Citizens need to and should participate in Democracy and the government
2. 3 branches of government

15. Pair share
Turn to your partner and summarize what a democracy is in your own words.
After talking to your partner, write down your response at the bottom of your notes

17. The Roman Republic
509 BC- Roman Aristocrats overthrew the King and made a Republic
Republic- A form of government where the power resides with citizens (the people) who have the right to elect leaders who make government decisions
Indirect democracy
Free-born males
Patricians vs. Plebians

18. 12 Tables (tablets) Written code of law
451 BC- 10 officials wrote down the law
Big Idea: All (free) citizens had the right to equal protection of the law and the law was enforced equally and fairly
Discussion:
Are laws in the US fair, and are they enforced equally? Does everyone have equal protection under the law?
Write down answer on your notes

19. Republic Government Separate branches 2 elected consuls
Legislative: Senate + 2 assemblies
Emergency dictator

20. Roman Law
Laws based on Reason and Justice to protect citizens and property
All citizens had equal treatment under the law
Innocent until proven guilty
Burden of proof on the accuser not the accused
Any law that was unreasonable/unfair set aside

21. Code of Justinian Written Roman code/laws
Emperor Justinian compiled 5,000+ roman codes
Became the guideline for Western Europe
“government of laws, not of men”
What does this mean?
picture

22. Legacy People are citizens in a state not the subject of a ruler
Power to the people
Written legal code for all people
Republic ideals
Took Greece’s ideas and added to them
Why are we learning about Rome and Greece?

23. What are the positives and negatives of government?
Think about any ways that government helps people
Think about any flaws with government
Connect with the US, North Korea, Mexico, or any other world governments now, or in the past
Do all governments work? Why or why not?
Are Democracies/Republics the best form of government, or are there other forms that are just as good, if not better?

24. Government Positives Negatives An organized system to rule people
Way of protecting people
Power is separated
Makes the populace orderly and less chaotic
Leads to advancements in society
Laws can be unfair or abusive
Can be poorly executed
Can have corrupt politicians
Governments can be oppressive
Censorship

25. Government positives Negatives
People/citizens can be safe from unlawful justice
Laws to prevent criminals
Justice and PeAcE
Not enough security or not enough enforcement of laws

26. Venn Diagram
On your notes, work with your partner to create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting democracy and republics