6 th Grade History
Ancient Greece
Presearch One: Geography and the Settlement of Greece & The Rise of
Democracy
Themes: Geography, Government
Objectives:
 Discuss the connections between geography and the development of city-states in the region of the Aegean Sea, including patterns of trade and commerce.
 Trace the transition from tyranny and oligarchy to early democratic forms of government and back to dictatorship in ancient Greece, including the significance of the invention of the idea of citizenship
 State the key differences between Athenian, or direct, democracy and representative democracy.
Essential questions:
1. Why were settlements isolated from one another in ancient Greece?
2. How did the ancient Greeks adapt their farming techniques to their environment?
3. Why did the Greeks establish colonies? What impact did these colonies have?
4. Why did many Greek settlements rely on trade? Describe the role of the
Greeks in Mediterranean trade.
5.Explain the evolution of power in ancient Greece from a monarchy to an oligarchy to a tyranny to a democracy.
6. What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?
7. How did the direct democracy work in ancient Greece?
All work should be recorded and filed in your new ISN: Ancient Greece.
Due Points
In ISN
4/24 30 1.
Cover Sheet for Ancient Greece
4/24
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4/25
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Geography Challenge
Lecture Notes – “Greek Geography” & “Evolution of Democracy”
Quiz on Chapters 25 & 26