Agenda October 12 or 13

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Agenda October 12 or 13

• Socratic Seminar Prep Work
• Socratic Seminar Democracy Vs. Republic
• Please take out the following items
• Polybius Rome After the Punic Wars
• Roman Republic Chart
• Democracy vs. Republic T-Chart
• Twelve Tables/Bill of Rights Chart
• Roman Republic and Individual Rights answers

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Socratic Seminar Prep Work

• Please take out the following items
• Polybius Rome After the Punic Wars
• Roman Republic Chart
• Democracy vs. Republic T-Chart
• Twelve Tables/Bill of Rights Chart
• Roman Republic and Individual Rights answers

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Prep Work

• Define the following words
• Value
• Culture
• Individual
• Rights
• Common Good
• What is the difference between a Democracy and a
  Republic.
• Which form of government provides the most
  freedom and rights to the people?
• How did Romes Republic work? Use the Polybius
  reading to answer this question. How did the
  Athenian Democracy work?
• What was the importance of the 12 tables? What
  did it offer Roman citizens and why was it
  created? Why did Athens not have something like
  this for their Democracy?
• Do the benefits of protecting individual rights
  outway the downsides? Explain.

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Opening Question

• We are trying to understand the differences
  between the Athenian government and the Roman
  government. Why and how each government formed
  differently. What the advantages and
  disadvantages are to a Democracy and a Republic.
• Seminar One (Inside Circle)
• How do the values of a culture influence the role
  and rights of the individual?
• Seminar Two (Outside Circle)
• How can individual rights and a nations view of
  the common good create stability or conflict?

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Reflection

• In thinking about the 14th amendment debate what
  is more important protection of individual
  rights or the effect the amendment and its
  consequences are having on the American economy?
  Explain your answer.
• Why did both Athens's democracy and Romes
  republic eventually fail and turn into Empires
  ruled by single individuals?