Democracy in Athens
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the strengths and limits of Athenian democracy in two columns.
Strengths: popular assembly, voting, elected officials. Limits: women, metics and slaves excluded.
2
Describe a debate in the Assembly in 4–5 sentences.
Open answer: an issue is announced, orators speak, citizens vote.
3
Draco, Solon, Pericles: write one sentence about each one’s contribution.
Draco wrote down the laws; Solon cancelled debts; Pericles made Athens flourish.
4
Give examples of democratic rules in school today.
Electing a class leader, deciding by vote, listening to everyone’s opinion.