Democracy in Ancient Athens


Unit 3 is about democracy in ancient Athens. You will learn about how the Athenian form of democracy worked.  Find Athens on a map of Europe.  Notice how small it is; this rocky land is not a place where one would expect a major civilization to develop.

Targets


Read the I Can statements to see what you will learn in Unit 3.

I Can...

  • Explain how the government of ancient Athens was structured

  • Tell how the structure of the government in ancient Athens provided opportunities for citizens to participate in decision-making

  • Tell how identity, status, and class structure affected citizenship in ancient Athens

  • Explain how the social structure of ancient Athens affected its political structure

  • Explain how equity and fairness was part of the structure of government and society in ancient Athens

Introduction


Start this unit by playing an online game called The Red Rope. (This may not work in Chrome. Try Firefox or Explorer.)

Read the directions for the game.

Play the game.

The citizens you were chasing in this game were citizens of ancient Athens.

Find out what was going on by reading pages 54 and 55 in your textbook.

Library Books


Check out the library books for this unit.

    Click here to download a PDF version of the Library List of Books

If you are not able to find these library books, look for others about democracy in ancient Athens.

Skill Builder


Click here to learn how to search for books in a library.

Notebook


Throughout this unit, you will keep a Notebook. The PDF downloads are the pages of your Notebook.

  • Create a folder on your computer or in the cloud titled "Unit 3 Notebook".

  • Save all of the PDF downloads to this folder.

Whenever you see this icon you will be directed to use the Unit 3 Notebook folder you created.