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

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!

Difference s between Citizen &

Subject

Using page 122 -123 in your textbook list the rights and responsibilities of a subject and of a citizen!

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)

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

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!

Citizens of Greece – Rights !

• Choose/Suggest laws• Pass laws• Right to vote• Hold office• Own property• Defend themselves in court

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!

What would you rather be?A citizen or a subject?

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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