The Early History of Democracy

The History Guide: Greek Thought

Name 3 Pre-Socratic Philosophers (meaning they came before Socrates) http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture8b.html

Describe a Sophist in your own words

What is your opinion of W.H. Audens claim that "had Greek civilization never existed we would never have become fully conscious, which is to say that we would never have become, for better or worse, fully human"? Does this ring true? Why/Why not?

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

HyperHistory

Find the history timeline and answer the following questions:

At what time does Greece no longer exist on the timeline?

Find Cleisthenes on the timeline. When did he live and what were his major innovations/ideas? Find the map of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC and name 10 modern countries that exist today where the Roman Empire ruled back then.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/special/emperor_game.html

The Emperor Game

Which Emperor did you pick and how did you fare as that emperor?

Based on what you learned from this game, why do you think we no longer have emperors like they did in Rome?