1. The Rise of Democratic Ideals
Prologue – Section 1
The Rise of Democratic Ideals
Essential Question: What are the different political systems that developed in ancient Athens?

2. Prologue Section 1 Objectives
To identify and describe the different political systems that developed in Ancient Athens.
To identify the ancient Greek philosophers and describe their contributions towards western democracy.

3. Political Systems in Athens
MONARCHY – a state ruled by someone of direct royal birth.

4. Political Systems in Athens
2. ARISTOCRACY – a state ruled by someone from the noble class.

5. Political Systems in Athens
3. LIMITED DEMOCRACY – a state ruled by the will of the people, but not all people are allowed access to gov’t.
WOMEN
SLAVES
FOREIGNERS

6. Political Systems in Athens
4. DEMOCRACY – a state ruled by the will of the people (citizen participation).
Reorganized the assembly
Break up the power of the nobility
Allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate and passage
Cleisthenes is regarded as the
Founder of Democracy in Athens, Greece
Cleisthenes

7. Political Systems in Athens
5. DIRECT DEMOCRACY – a state ruled by the will of the people in which citizens rule DIRECTLY, and not through representatives.
More paid public officials
Paid jurors
Greater citizen participation
Greece’s Golden Age
Pericles

8. Greek Philosophers (Thinkers)
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Greek Philosophers (Thinkers)
1. Used reason and intelligence (logic) to discover predictable patterns they called natural laws.

9. NATURAL LAWS
Greek Philosophers based their philosophy on these natural laws:
1. The universe (land, sky, sea) is put together in an orderly way and is subject to absolute & unchanging laws.
2. People can understand these laws through logic and reason.

10. Socratic Method Question – and – Answer approach
Socrates
Socratic Method
Question – and – Answer approach
Socrates
Plato
The Republic
Vision of a perfectly governed society
Plato
Aristotle
Politics
Examined the nature of the world, human belief
Aristotle