3.2 Birth of democracy

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Keywords: 

- colony

- city-state

- polis

- agora

- acropolis

Writing Assignment: 
Create two sentences using all 5 of these words in the correct way!

Read par 3.2.

What's the meaning of

democracy?

Citizens who did not participate in politics or hold public office were called 'idiotes'. Can you guess which English word came from this one?

But if power corrupts, can you ever have a fair government? Aristotle, another philosopher, said that all good things are found by sticking to the ‘golden mean’: the middle of two extremes. So, could making compromises be the best option?

• Time to work:
• Read par 3.2
• Make  3.2
• complete your PA

essence

Democracy comes from ancient Greece. In Athens, a lottery was seen as democratic, but in Sparta, every citizen had a chance to vote on who they wanted to be in government. In Antiquity, ‘every citizen’ did not mean everybody, as women, enslaved people and poor people had few political rights or even none at all. Our democracy is very diff erent from that of ancient Athens. An important difference is that in ancient Athens they had a direct democracy, whereas we have an indirect democracy.

essence

Democracy comes from ancient Greece. In Athens, a lottery was seen as democratic, but in Sparta, every citizen had a chance to vote on who they wanted to be in government. In Antiquity, ‘every citizen’ did not mean everybody, as women, enslaved people and poor people had few political rights or even none at all. Our democracy is very diff erent from that of ancient Athens. An important difference is that in ancient Athens they had a direct democracy, whereas we have an indirect democracy.

essence

Democracy comes from ancient Greece. In Athens, a lottery was seen as democratic, but in Sparta, every citizen had a chance to vote on who they wanted to be in government. In Antiquity, ‘every citizen’ did not mean everybody, as women, enslaved people and poor people had few political rights or even none at all. Our democracy is very diff erent from that of ancient Athens. An important difference is that in ancient Athens they had a direct democracy, whereas we have an indirect democracy.

essence

Democracy comes from ancient Greece. In Athens, a lottery was seen as democratic, but in Sparta, every citizen had a chance to vote on who they wanted to be in government. In Antiquity, ‘every citizen’ did not mean everybody, as women, enslaved people and poor people had few political rights or even none at all. Our democracy is very diff erent from that of ancient Athens. An important difference is that in ancient Athens they had a direct democracy, whereas we have an indirect democracy.

essence

Democracy comes from ancient Greece. In Athens, a lottery was seen as democratic, but in Sparta, every citizen had a chance to vote on who they wanted to be in government. In Antiquity, ‘every citizen’ did not mean everybody, as women, enslaved people and poor people had few political rights or even none at all. Our democracy is very diff erent from that of ancient Athens. An important difference is that in ancient Athens they had a direct democracy, whereas we have an indirect democracy.

essence

Democracy comes from ancient Greece. In Athens, a lottery was seen as democratic, but in Sparta, every citizen had a chance to vote on who they wanted to be in government. In Antiquity, ‘every citizen’ did not mean everybody, as women, enslaved people and poor people had few political rights or even none at all. Our democracy is very diff erent from that of ancient Athens. An important difference is that in ancient Athens they had a direct democracy, whereas we have an indirect democracy.