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How Democratic Were Ancient Athens and the Iroquois Confederacy?

Prepare a report card on the political system of either ancient Athens or the Iroquois Confederacy.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 6.1.2.1 - What is democracy (i.e., justice, equity, freedoms, representation)? (C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.3.1 - How was the government of ancient Athens structured? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.3.2 - How did the structure of the government in ancient Athens provide opportunities for citizens to participate in decision making? (C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.3.3 - How did identity, status and class structure impact citizenship in ancient Athens? (C, I)
Specific Outcome 6.2.3.5 - To what extent were democratic ideals of equity and fairness part of the structure of government and society in ancient Athens? (I, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.4.1 - How was the Iroquois Confederacy structured? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.4.3 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of consensus as a decision-making model for government? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.4.4 - How did the Six Nations use the consensus-building process? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.4.7 - To what extent did the decision-making process within the Iroquois Confederacy reflect democratic ideals of equity and fairness? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.2 - Students will critically evaluate ideas, information and positions
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.3 - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.4 - Students will generate original ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
Specific Outcome 6.S.2.1 - Students will use primary sources to interpret historical events and issues
Specific Outcome 6.S.2.3 - Students will explain the historical contexts of key events of a given time
period
Specific Outcome 6.S.2.4 - Students will use examples of events to describe cause and effect and change over time
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.1 - Students will propose and apply new ideas, strategies and options, supported with facts and reasons, to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.2 - Students will consider multiple perspectives when dealing with issues, decisions making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.3 - Students will collaborate with others to devise strategies for dealing with problems and issues
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.1 - Students will demonstrate the skills of compromise to reach group consensus
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.2 - Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.4 - Students will draw and support conclusions based on information gathered to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.5 - Students will include references in an organized manner as part of research
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.10 - Students will use a variety of technologies to organize and synthesize researched information
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.1 - Students will express opinions and present perspectives and information in a variety of forms such as oral or written presentations, speeches or debates
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.2 - Students will express reasons for their ideas and opinions, in oral or written form
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.3 - Students will use skills of informal debate to persuasively express differing viewpoints regarding an issue
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.4 - Students will respond appropriately to comments and questions, using language respectful of human diversity
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others in order to understand their perspectives
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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