Essential Question
• Discuss the following questions with your
neighbors and be prepared to share with the
class:
1. What do you know about Judaism and
Christianity?
The 10 Commandments & The
Negative Confessions
• In your group complete the chart:
• Write in the Ten Commandments(pg 13)
• Write in the Negative Confessions that match
the Ten Commandments (some Commandments will have
more than 1 Confession)
• State if the Commandment/Confessions are
dealing with Religious, Personal, or Public
Laws
Prologue
The Rise of Democratic Ideas
1200BC-1800AD
Section 2
Judeo-Christian Tradition
• Monotheistic Religion
Monotheism: the
belief in one God
morality: defining the
difference between
right and wrong
ethics: how to behave
in society
– Tradition developed in southwest Asia that
helped shape democratic rule
– Humans created in God’s image, gives them
dignity
– People have moral freedom & responsibility
for choices
• Ten Commandments
– Hebrew code that focused more on morality
and ethics and less on politics
• Legacy of Monotheistic Religions from
Southwest Asia
– Ideas that emerge are crucial to the
development of democracy
legacy: what is left
behind for
others/what is
remembered
crucial: very important
• Duty of individual/community to fight
oppression
• Worth of the individual & equality of people
before God
• Legacy of Renaissance & Reformation
– Both promote democracy:
• Challenge authority of pope & rulers (Roman
Catholic Church influenced religious, social, and
political aspects of life)
• Stress value of individual
• Promote reading of Bible that leads to reading
about other ideas
Major Forms of Government
• In your notebook, divide a page into 4 sections
• At the top of each section the following:
– Judaism
– Christianity
– Renaissance
– Reformation
• Use your text/notebook to describe the
democratic ideas that came from each
Judaism
• Emphasized the worth of
the individual and the
importance of social
conscience
Christianity
• Emphasized the worth of
the individual and equality
before God
Renaissance
• Emphasized the worldly,
the importance of the
individual, and the use of
reason
Reformation
• Emphasized the importance
of the individual in
establishing a direct
relationship with god; it
also questioned the
authority of the pope and
monarchs
VIP Heads
• Fold your paper into 8 parts
• In each section you will:
– (Left)Write the name and country of the VIP
– (Middle)Draw and color a bust (head & shoulders)
– (Right)Create a speech bubble and write a sentence
that states the influence they had on democracy.
Make sure to write in your own words. DO NOT COPY
FROM THE BOOK!!!
• For this assignment you will use these 7 VIPs
– Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles, Justinian, Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle
When you are finished, glue this sheet into your
notebook