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Citizens were only free men that were born in Athens and had Athenian parents.

Slaves couldn't vote, own land, or make decisions about their owner.

Metics were foreigners who lived in Athens. If Metics didn't have a citizen to sponsor them they became slaves.

An Agora was a market where citizens sold goods and discussed Athenian politics.

Bouleterion was a council of the Athens. The Boule had 500 members chosen each year in a draw of citizens.

A boule was made up of representatives, who were citizens chosen in a draw.  The boule made decisions about day to day affairs and decided what questions the Assembly would vote on.

An assembly included all citizens of Athens

A city-state is made up of a city and the surrounding countryside.  It is independent of other cities.

Ancient refers to something from a time more than 2500 years ago.

Tyrants are ruler ho seize power and govern in a harsh, cruel way.

An epic is a long poem that tells a story usually about a legendary hero.

A decree is a decision made by people who are in authority.

In direct democracy, people vote directly to make decisions rather than having representatives.

A pillar supports or holds up something.

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To what extent were democratic ideals of equity and fairness
part of the structure of government and society in ancient Athens?

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To what extent were democratic ideals of equity and fairness
part of the structure of government and society in ancient Athens?

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They showed fairness because citizens were allowed to rule themselves. This is the basis of democracy.

Athenians believed in being fair. They wanted to show this by decision making with voting and that it was a majority rule.

Athenians also believed that people in the same class should have equal rights. All citizens could vote and go to the assembly.

Slavery was accepted in Athenian culture. They believed it to be fair. They said it was a person's right to own another person.

Individual and Minority rights were not a part of the Athenian thinking or democracy.

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How did the social structure of ancient Athens impact its
political structure?

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How did the social structure of ancient Athens impact its
political structure?

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In the Agora market people met to discuss issues about government.

In the Agora they also sold different merchandises sometimes with the women and children.

Citizens debated and voted.

All other members could try to persuade citizens to take their point into account.

All Athenians believed that people who belonged to the same class in society should have equal rights, all male citizens had the right to belong to the Assembly and vote.

Athenians believed that majority rule was fair, this means that decisions were made by voting and that a law supported by more than half the voters was passed.

Slavery was an accepted part of Athenian society.

Individual and minority rights were not part of the thinking of Athenian democracy.

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How did identity, status and class structure impact
citizenship in Athens?

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How did identity, status and class structure impact
citizenship in Athens?

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Citizens: To be a citizen a man must be free-born and have Athenian parents

- Could participate in government

-They had to pay takes and do military service.

- Could vote

- Citizenship is not dependent on wealth, influence, or occupation

- Responsible for governing

- Any citizen that is over the age of 30 whose name is drawn for the Boule must comply.

Metics: People who were living in Athens without Athenian citizenship and privileges.

- Couldn't participate in government

- Couldn't vote

- Could influence citizens

-Had no rights.

A man became a citizen after he finished his military service at age 20.

Slaves:

- Couldn't participate in decision making

- Couldn't vote

- Had no influence

- Were owned by private Athenians or city state

Athenian Women:

- Couldn't participate directly in government

- Couldn't vote

- The couldn't influence citizens

- Both of their parents were Athenian

- They could own property

-Had no rights or responsibilities in government

Metic Woman:

- Couldn't participate in government

- Couldn't vote

- They also couldn't influence citizens

Slave Woman:

- Couldn't participate in government

- They couldn't vote and they had no influence

- Most woman stayed at home cooking, cleaning, caring for the children, weaving, or organizing slaves job.

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How did the structure of the government in ancient Athens
provide opportunities for citizens to participate in decision making?

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How did the structure of the government in ancient Athens
provide opportunities for citizens to participate in decision making?

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Since citizens were highest in the hierarchy they could participate in government.

Citizens could vote, have positions in government and have slaves.

Slaves could not participate in any government because they were the lowest I the hierarchy,

In the Bouleterian

Each year 500 people were drawn that were citizens of Athens. These people were paid.

The Boule made decisions about day to day affairs and taxes.

Votes included all 11000 citizens of Athens.

All Athenian citizens can debate and have the freedom to vote in the assembly, own land that family will inherit, and own slaves.

Citizens were expected to be educated, have military training, serve Athens in war and pay taxes.

Voting was a privilege and a citizen's responsibility. At least 6,000 Athenians must vote.

Athenian women could influence their husbands to make decisions their way.

The assembly met at Pnyx Hill.

The Boule chose the issues the Assembly voted on.

The assembly met every week.

Citizens voted by raising their hand.

Ancient Athens had a direct democracy.

They had an assembly that took place 40 times a year. That is every 8 to 10 days.

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How was the government of Athens structured?

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How was the government of Athens structured?

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Athens ranged from 400 to 300 BCE.

In Athens they had slaves who couldn't vote, own land, or make decisions about their owners.

In Athens they believed boys, girls, men and women all had different responsibilities.

Boys who weren't slaves could go to school and were expected to attend military training.
Girls had to stay home and learn household skills.

If boys in less wealthy families couldn't afford school they helped in family businesses(sandal making or farming usually).

Men that weren't slaves were either citizens or metics.

Citizens were expected to vote, have government positions and perform in military services

Metics were expected to perform military service, were allowed to send their sons to school, couldn't own property without permission, they could participate in government

The assembly met at Pnyx Hill.

The Boule chose the issues the Assembly voted on.

The assembly met every week.

Citizens voted by raising their hand.

Ancient Athens had a direct democracy.

In both the Boule and the Assembly, citizens voted to make decisions

Debate and discussion took place before voting and was very important in the procedure.

All citizens could speak.