This lesson contains 21 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
§2.2 Politics in Athens
Slide 1 - Slide
Learning goals
four different ways a city-state could be governed.
how Athenian democracy worked and why it was different from democracy in the Netherlands
how democracy in Athens and other city-states disappeared
Slide 2 - Slide
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
Slide 3 - Open question
Slide 4 - Slide
Read sources 6 and 7
Complete questions 8 to 11
Slide 5 - Slide
Slide 6 - Slide
What is Pericles's attitude towards democracy?
A
positive
B
negative
Slide 7 - Quiz
Are the following sentences a fact or an opinion?
Fact
Opinion
We have a form of government that is not a copy of our close neighbours.
We are an example to them.
Our form of government is called democracy.
The form of government is in the hands of many and not of a few.
Slide 8 - Drag question
Which conclusion is correct about source 6? This source contains opinions from:
A
Pericles
B
Thucydides
C
Pericles, according to Thucydides
D
Thucydides, according to Pericles
Slide 9 - Quiz
Slide 10 - Slide
According to source 7, Darius is negative about a(n)...
A
Aristocracy
B
Tyranny
C
Monarchy
D
Democracy
Slide 11 - Quiz
According to source 7, Darius is positive about a(n)...
A
Aristocracy
B
Tyranny
C
Monarchy
D
Democracy
Slide 12 - Quiz
It is uncertain whether Darius really made the statements about democracy. If you look at who wrote the source, why shouldn't this source be very reliable?
Slide 13 - Open question
The end of Athenian democracy...
Slide 14 - Slide
Where is Macedonia?
Slide 15 - Drag question
Slide 16 - Slide
Macedonia
North of Greece is Macedonia
King Philip conquered Greece in 338 BC.
His son Alexander the Great succeeds him as king
He greatly expands the empire
Map
Slide 17 - Slide
What territories did Alexander the Great conquer? Color the areas on the map.
Slide 18 - Slide
Slide 19 - Video
What form of government had the Greek city-states acquired through the conquest of Phillip II and Alexander the Great?