3.3 Greek democracy

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3. The Greeks

3.2  Athenian Democracy

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Planning

- Discuss last week

- Discuss lesson goals 

- Watch a video + explanation

- Homework 

What you will learn in 

this lesson

1. You can give a description of four different ways in which Greek-city states were governed. 
2. You can explain how Athenian democracy worked with ostracism, and you can compare it to democracy today (tweede kamer bijvoorbeeld) 

Assignment

We'll watch a TedEx talk by Robert Garland

Goal: To illustrate what a day out of life of a wealthy Athenian looked like. 

Talk is about ''A day in the life of an Ancient Athenian''.

Assignment

- Write down three things you see and hear that have got to do with politics in Ancient Greece.

Various types of state 

The English word politics comes from the word 'polis'. 

Four forms of government 

1. Monarchy (King)
2. Aristocracy (Rich men) 
3. Tyranny (Tyrant/Dictator) 
4. Democracy (The people had the power)

Athenian democracy 

Assembly = vergadering took decisions about important things like war and trade.

Ostracism

In Athenian politics, it was important to be good at debating. If you were, you were likely to get people to vote your way. The Athenians did not want any one person to 

have too much political influence. It would stop things being democratic. Their way of stopping this was simple. 

Each year, there was a chance to vote to ostracise.

If over 6000 votes were cast, the person whose name was on most ostraka had to leave.

Source A

Ostraca used to vote in an ostracism in Athens in about 450 BC. You can still read the name Themistocles.

The Dutch parliament at work. 

Differences in democracy

2. Elected politicians (NL)

Farmers and merchants took part in government (Gr)

3. New government each month (Gr)

New government each four years (NL)

1. Women were not allowed to take part in politics (Gr)

In the Netherlands women are allowed to take part in politics (NL)

What you will learn in 

this lesson

1. You can give a description of two different ways in which Greek-city states were governed. 
2. You can explain how Athenian democracy worked with ostracism, and you can compare it to democracy today (tweede kamer bijvoorbeeld) 

Homework

3.2, finished? 3.3!