Students should complete Sections 3 and 4 by Thursday start of class
Students should complete Sections 3 and 4 by Thursday start of class
Greeks and Romans
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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Journal Topic: Who should vote? If you were to be in charge of our new election laws...what would be the requirements to vote?
Consider: age, citizenship status, criminal status or criminal record, education level or ability, window of time to vote (one day, two days, etc...all day or just during certain hours...only in person or by computer, phone, or video...what about people who know they will not be available during the voting window...what about people (citizens) out of the country, or soldiers away at war...
Can you devise a policy that is fair?
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Practice quiz - Section 1 Section 2 (use a new Google Doc, answer both quizzes, and submit to Google Classroom)
Pericles Review -
Greek Rome Presentation - Greeks and Romans Democracy Development
Following this activity, we will see a short video about the formation of Roman government - Video Link
There will be question you need to answer while watching the Video on Rome - they are posted on Google Classroom...as well as Here
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Current Event Issue Opinion - What is this Cartoon about?
Or this one
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We will do this activity on Thursday -
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 3 and 4 by Thursday start of class
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.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Today's Essential Question: How did the government of Rome develop
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Journal Topic: Who should vote? If you were to be in charge of our new election laws...what would be the requirements to vote?
Consider: age, citizenship status, criminal status or criminal record, education level or ability, window of time to vote (one day, two days, etc...all day or just during certain hours...only in person or by computer, phone, or video...what about people who know they will not be available during the voting window...what about people (citizens) out of the country, or soldiers away at war...
Can you devise a policy that is fair?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Practice quiz - Section 1 Section 2 (use a new Google Doc, answer both quizzes, and submit to Google Classroom)
Pericles Review -
Greek Rome Presentation - Greeks and Romans Democracy Development
Pericles Review -
Greek Rome Presentation - Greeks and Romans Democracy Development
Following this activity, we will see a short video about the formation of Roman government - Video Link
There will be question you need to answer while watching the Video on Rome - they are posted on Google Classroom...as well as Here
__________________________________________________________________________________
Current Event Issue Opinion - What is this Cartoon about?
Or this one
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__________________
We will do this activity on Thursday -
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 3 and 4 by Thursday start of class
