Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.
- Analyze the similarities and differences in Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman views of law, reason and faith, and duties of the individual.
- Trace the development of the Western political ideas of the rule of law and illegitimacy of tyranny, using selections from Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics.
Objective: Given a speech by Pericles students will be able to decipher and relate historical speeches to modern day policies and practices of the current democratic political systems.
Given a historical presentation covering the foundation of the Roman government, students will be able to associate the initial concepts with current policies and practices of the US government.
Students will be able to describe the Roman views of law and identify the components of Greco-Roman civilization.
Rationale: Each student should be able to articulate where the current governmental practices originated from and the events or beliefs systems that influenced those ideals.
Evidence: By answering the chapter template accurately, students will demonstrate a basic understanding of events which created the modern day version of democracy western civilized countries practice.
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Today's Essential Question: How did the government of Rome develop
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We will start today by going reviewing the Chapter Template Outline each student produced and submitted to the Google Classroom folder - (Template Here )
Practice quiz - ( here )
Student samples will be reviewed to confirm format and content. Following this activity, we will see a short video about the formation of Roman government - Video Link
(the answers to these questions can be added to the 12 Tables assignment for Monday)
After the video we will finish the presentation about the Greeks and the Romans, covering the Roman government structure - ( Presentation )
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We will do this activity on Monday -
After finishing the presentation, we will do a class activity about the 12 Laws of the Romans and decipher their meaning -after students have (in pairs) deciphered the 12 tables, they will answer questions /worksheet related to the 12 Tables -
12 Tables ( tables here)
12 Tables worksheet - (12 tables worksheet )
Students should complete Sections 2 and 3 by Monday start of class
