World Studies

For much of human history people were ruled by kings and queens. The emergence of democracy, rule by the people, has its origins in the first experiments in the Greek city-states and the Roman Republic. Respect for laws and individual rights was spread by the great monotheistic religions.  The democratic impulse was fueled by the Enlightenment ideas and revolutions in England, the US, and France.  The Enlightenment ideals spread in the 19th century throughout Latin America and eventually around the world.

Presentations

• The Origins of Democracy
• The Enlightenment and the English and American Revolutions

Reading

• Thieves Strategy for Pre Reading
• Cornell Notes Organizer
• Cornell Notes Model
• The Greek Roots of Democracy, pages 8-11.
• The Roman Republic and Empire, pages 20-27.
• Democratic Developments in England, pages 40-46.
• Philosophy in the Age of Reason, pages 54-58.
• Birth of the American Republic, pages 67-74.
• Annotation Guidelines
• Annotation Model

Writing

• Summary Writing Rules
• Summary Model

Activities

• Shipwrecked
• World Geography On-Line Challenge
• It's All Greek to Me

Video

• Athens - Brainpop
• Democracy - Brainpop
• Pericles - Education Portal
• The Roman Republic - Brain Pop
• Mankind-The Story of All of Us - Iron Men
• The Formation of the Roman Republic - Education Portal
• The Magna Carta - Brain Pop
• The American Revolution - Brain Pop
• Mankind - The Story of Us - Revolutions
• Declaration of Independence - Brain Pop
• Branches of Government - Brain Pop