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Greek CitizenshipFebruary 3, 2009
Objective: • Coming out of the Dark!• The citizenship test!• Citizens and Subject and how they relate to the US!!
•Homework: Look over your notes
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Citizenship V Subject• Did the regular people of Mesopotamia have a say
over their life? • Do the regular people of Greece have a say over
their life?
• Every Greek polis is run by its CITIZENS!• Mesopotamia and Egyptians have SUBJECTS!
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Difference s between Citizen &
Subject
Using page 122 -123 in your textbook list the rights and responsibilities of a subject and of a citizen!
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Subject of Mesopotamia & Egypt
• No rights they must listen to priests and kings• No say in government• They must obey all laws• They may not defend themselves in court
(Think about Hammurabi’s Code)
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Citizens of Greece – Who was a citizen?
• Greeks were the first to have citizens• They were members of a political community
and treated each other as equals• Does this mean that everyone in the
community was equal?? • NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!
Only free native born men who owned land were citizens
• What about women and children??• Women and children could be citizens but
had no rights
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Citizens of Greece – Who was a citizen?
• What about slaves & people not born in your polis?
• They were not allowed to be citizens• What if you didn’t own land?• Some polis’ did away with this rule of owning
land, as long as you were a free native born male you could be a citizen!
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Citizens of Greece – Rights !
• Choose/Suggest laws• Pass laws• Right to vote• Hold office• Own property• Defend themselves in court
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Citizens of Greece - Responsibilities
• In return for their citizenship status all citizens MUST:
• Serve in the government• Fight for their polis
I’m not supposed to be in this outfit… WHY??
Unless I’m Athena and I’m not!
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What would you rather be?A citizen or a subject?
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United States V. Ancient GreeceWe know that many of our ideas that deal with the
government came from the Ancient Greeks. But just how many of them did! Let’s investigate!
• Brainstorm about the United States and your rights and responsibilities.
• Using the Venn Diagram map out the similarities and difference between Ancient Greece and our society today!
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