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Now
 On this day in 1984, the Apple Macintosh was
introduced. Since 1984 computers have evolved a
great deal. What do you think computers may look
like in the next 20 years? Be sure to include a
sketch with your writing.
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Greek Government Lesson
Government Case Study
Partner Pictoword
Exit Slip
Students
will be able to
describe the transition
from tyranny and oligarchy
to democratic forms in
Ancient Greece
Tyranny:
cruel and
oppressive government
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 The
government in Greece saw
many changes throughout the citystates
 The ancient Greek people became
frustrated with leaders gaining off
of them and treating them poorly.
 They later began to demand that
their voice be hears…the Greek
government had no choice but to
listen!

8th grade students are upset because they feel that Ms. Vallejo is
too strict. 1 in particular begins talking to others at lunch and
persuades them that he would be a better principal. One night,
after Ms. Vallejo has left he throws all her things out in the street
and changes the name on her door to his name. He also changes
the locks on the school so she cannot get in. Most of the students
are very happy with the change. Over the next coming months the
new ruler begins to bully the rest of the school telling them that
they cannot have their freedom unless they provide him an endless
supply of hot Cheetos, snickers and chocolate milk which he
shares with only his closest friends. Some students are punished
for not bringing him what he wants and some are even expelled
because they did not make him happy. The feeling of relief soon
changes to frustration and hate for the new ruler.
Ordinary
citizens became more aware of
their importance in society. Some began to
insist they receive a greater voice in the
government
Tyrants usually belonged to the aristocracy.
They won support by promising land and
benefits to the poor.
With this support they set up tyrannies
which were run by a single strong ruler.
Many
tyrants tried to set up family
dynasties but this rarely worked.
Eventually other forms of government
replaced tyrannies.

As the school grows, the students of CRMA #4 realize that they
need more space. They discover that Gompers has more than
enough room. With Ms. Vallejo in charge, the students raid
Gompers and take it over. Ms. Vallejo now seeing how much
power she has becomes increasingly greedy. She begins taking
all the students lunch money. She puts flat screen T.V’s and
recliners in her office. She threatens anyone who doesn’t do
as she wishes. She provides the basic for her students. She
has so much power even the teachers are afraid of her.
Because of this fear and intimidation, Ms. Vallejo continues to
gain more and more power and rules CRMA #4 very harshly
and never listens to the views or concerns of the school.
Students and teachers alike do not feel cared for.
We
learned last week that some city-states
were run by a monarchy
Monarchy: Rule by a king. One city-state
whose government was a monarchy was the
city-state of Corinth.
This was not one of the popular forms of
government and Greece soon saw new
forms of government in various city states
 Ms.
Sutherland, Mr. Lebowitz, Mr. Medina and Ms.
Cluff are well respected but are becoming increasingly
wealthy. Because of their wealth and influence they
become the leaders of CRMA #4. They hold a strong
rule over the people and are constantly trying to
become more wealthy. They protect the school and
want it to succeed but their focus is on their fame and
fortune. The other teachers and students are unable
to make rules or change them. The other teachers and
the students feel neglected and are treated unfairly.
They also feel that their voices are not heard or
respected.
In
the early city-states, small groups of
powerful aristocrats usually controlled the
government
A wealthy upper class often makes up this
segment however that small segment
changed over time.
Usually large landowners were in control but
as trade and commerce increased, wealthy
merchants and artisans also joined.
Oligarchies
were headed by a
council of leaders chosen by the
upper class
These select few made laws that
generally benefited the wealthy
 In
Athens, a law code was drafted by an official
named Dracho who ordered harsh punishments
for the poor
 “Death
was chosen for almost all offenses, those
who were convicted of being idle were killed and
those who stole a cabbage or an apple were to
suffer as if they had murdered…Draco’s laws were
written not with ink but with blood”
 Democracy
means “rule by the people”
 It is based on people having a say in directing activities of
the government.
 These are different from governments that are controlled
by a select group(oligarchy) or a single ruler (monarchy or
tyranny)
 Democracy:
Rule by the citizens, voting in an
assembly. One city-state whose government
experimented for about a hundred years with
democracy was the ancient city-state of Athens.
 Democracy began in Athens after it suffered from
the same problems of unrest that other city states
had experienced
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 In
594 B.C., the rulers of Athens appointed Solon
to make changes
 He revised the city’s law code to reduce
punishment for crimes
 He no longer allowed the selling of poor people
into slavery
 He also gave men the right to vote for government
officials
 Unfortunately, after Solon left office, a tyrant took
control of Athens for many years
You
will be assigned a type of government.
You need to write the words in big block
letters and then decorate it to represent key
features of that government type
Here are some examples
Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
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