1. Warm up How did the Rulers of China view the role of the citizen?

2. Brief history of the cold war Conference of Yalta – At the end of WWII, the big 3 meet Roosevelt (US), Churchill (Eng), Stalin Russia – They make a plan for Europe after the war Russia decides to take Poland and other countries. – USSR formed Arms race started by dropping the Bomb – Enola Gay- Little boy, Fat man

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aquhfNJV Mic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aquhfNJV Mic

4. Today The beginnings of Democracy – What has changed? Begin analyzing a secondary source.

5. Brain Storm

6. Given the differences between the current American Democracy and that of ancient Athens, persuade the reader which do you feel is the better choice for government? Select evidence from the text Topic sentence – Main idea – Includes restatement of prompt – And three reasons to support

7. Dates Ancient Greece

8. Bronze Age Civilizations Minoans 2000-1400 BC Crete

9. Bronze Age Civilizations Mycenaens 1600-1200 BC Mainland Greece

10. Bronze Age Civilizations Mycenaens The Heroic Age The Trojan War

11. The Dark Ages Dorians 1150-750 BC Homer

12. Hellenic Greece Rise of City-States800-400 BC Persian Wars499-470’s BC Golden Age of Athens460’s-400 BC Peloponnesian Wars431-405 BC

13. Hellenistic Greece 400BC-155 BC The Greek Empire

14. Hellenistic Greece Macedonia 359BC-329 BC Philip II Alexander the Great

15. Hellenistic Greece Decline, Emergence of Rome c150BC Roman power consolidated 133BC