Democracy
Key Terms:
Define the following terms:
Democracy
Citizen
Election
Govern
Vote
Video Brain Dump:
Write down key information that happens in the video:
Two types of democracy:
There are two types of democracy – ______________ and __________________________.
The Ancient Greeks used ____________________ democracy, whereas today in Australia
we use ________________________ democracy.
Direct democracy started in ____________ around the ____ Century BCE and lasted about
__________ years.
Each year, the names of ___________ Athenian citizens were drawn in a _________ and
those selected had to serve as the ________________ ______________ for _______ year.
The next year another 500 citizens would be selected, and so on.
The citizen's assembly were responsible for making _____ laws and changing _____ laws.
But every time the citizen's assembly wanted to update the law _____ the citizens of Athens
had to vote _____ or _____.
Pop Quiz:
Who were not considered to be citizens in Ancient Greece?
Do you think that this was fair?
How democracy works:
_______________ consists of the idea that a country’s ______________ participate in
the _______________ of who will ______________ them and the political decisions that the
government will take. This is offered through the right to _______________.
Black & White Pebbles?
Q: What do black and white pebbles have to do with voting in ancient Greece?
Apply:
SUCCESS CRITERIA: I CAN identify who was allowed to participate in direct democracy.
We are going to become our own citizen's assembly. In groups of 3 or 4, you are going to come up
with one new school rule, or a change to a school rule. We will then present our 'laws' to the citizens
of Athens who will vote using direct democracy.
In your group brain dump possible school rule changes
Final Rules to Vote on:
Group Number:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Possible Schools Rule they are proposing:
Number of Votes