Oklahoma Social Studies 7.C.6.2

7.C.6.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 7.C.6.2.A

  Explain why the government of ancient Athens is considered the beginning of democratic government and examine Greek political concepts, including the “polis” or...

• 7.C.6.2.B

  Describe the government of the Roman Republic and its contribution to the development of representative self-government, including separation of powers, liberty...

• 7.C.6.2.C

  Describe influences of early English tradition related to the principles of limited government and individual rights, such as found in the Magna Carta and estab...

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What Students Need to Do

Students trace ideas from Athens, Rome, and two English rights documents to later constitutional republics. They explain how a Greek city-state used citizen voting, an assembly, and written laws. They compare Rome's shared powers and civic duty with English limits on kings and protections for rights.

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What Mastery Looks Like

A student can put Athens, Rome, Magna Carta, and the English Bill of Rights in time order and name one idea each contributed. They can contrast voting in Athens's assembly with electing Roman officials. They can explain that laws limited rulers, but voting and rights did not include everyone.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may say everyone in Athens voted, but women, enslaved people, and resident foreigners were excluded. They may call Rome a direct democracy or assume its Senate worked like today's elected Senate. They may think Magna Carta gave equal rights to all English people.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Put Athens, the Roman Republic, Magna Carta, and the English Bill of Rights in time order. Write one specific governing idea next to each.

1. 01

   Give pairs four cards labeled Athens assembly, Roman consuls, Magna Carta, and English Bill of Rights; have them arrange and annotate a paper timeline.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Who could vote in Athens, and how did that limit its idea of liberty?

3. 03

   Play a card-match race linking assemblies, elected consuls, limits on kings, and Parliament's powers to Athens, Rome, or the English documents.

4. 04

   Use a school council election ballot to compare choosing representatives with voting directly in Athens; ask who gets a vote in each.

• USG.C.2.1

  Evaluate the extent to which historical ideas and principles of human nature and authority have shaped the United States of America as a constitutional republic...

• USG.C.3

  Analyze the fundamental principles of the American republic, as established in the Constitution of the United States of America.

• USG.C.1.3

  Examine the founding principles of the United States of America’s constitutional republic.

• USG.C.2

  Describe the historical and philosophical foundations of the republican system of government in the United States of America.