Solon and Cleisthenes: Foundations of Athenian Democracy

Ancient Greece: The Rise of the Polis and Athenian Democracy

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Explain the political reforms of Solon in outlawing debt slavery and Cleisthenes in reorganizing demes and establishing direct popular representation.

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Ancient Greece: The Rise of the Polis and Athenian Democracy

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

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Examine how Greek geography fostered independent city-states and how Athens developed core democratic institutions such as the Ecclesia and Boule.

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7.T4b.3Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Explain the democratic political concepts developed in ancient Greece.

7.T4b.3.cMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

legislative bodies