Well, I can see we'll have to dust our magnifying glasses off, because we'll be doing a lot of observing! What's more, we'll have to look very closely at everything, especially those things other people tend not to see. And of course, we'll have to analyse and

Don't worry, Pello, we'll help.

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We are members of a group of detectives from the INTERNATIONAL CITIZENSHIP OBSERVATORY.Our bosses have sent us here to investigate the issue of citizenship in Europe. We are working with your cousin Joana on some very important cases. We know we can count on your help.We'll be in touch.

We've found this . It'll help you a lot.We like Greek. It's fun to write. And what's more, in class our teacher has told us a lot of words which we use everyday which come from Latin and Greek.

information

As you can see, I'm sightseeing here at the . You'll see. Right, now the visit's over, let's get down to

work.

Acropolis in AthensIt's amazing

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You'll have to help me with the Greek language. As you can see, it is written in a different alphabet. I don't understand any signposts! But right now, I just need to know a few words. Translate this (Click on Greek).

short list.

Well done. Since we're investigating citizenship, perhaps you could help us:

Found out where the word comes from ( , ) and what it means, exactly.

CITIZENSHIPCITY CITIZEN

In Greek, the concept of citizenship existed also.Find out:

What in Greek. What did it mean? Was it also linked to the term and concept of city?

it was called

First of all, you'd better go back in time to ancient You'll be amazed by its architecture and organisation. Also, here you can see and move around a model of the .

NOW, LET'S GET TO WORK. HELP ME FILL IN THIS DIAGRAM.

Athens.

city of Rome

Right, Pello, get your magnifying glass ready. It seems that Greek and Roman citizens are closely connected to the concept of citizenship, and I have to find out how. I need your help.

Now write in Greek.citizenship

What was a polis? A polis had three different parts:

Were all inhabitants or were there ?

equal differences

Could any inhabitant participate in the governing of the polis and make decisions?

ATHENS. A MODEL OF A .GREEK POLIS

It's just as well Peru, the Pythagoras of the class, has lent us a hand!

That was quite hard. Also, Peru has found a school in which has been organised just like a polis. How curious!

Germany

How was a ?polis governed

Hello Joana! I'm Pello's teacher. I am very happy with the investigation work that you give us. We are learning a lot, and what's more, we can all use the computer now, no problem.

We can find out practically anything and travel to the most amazing places. We've also met lots of students and teachers from other parts of the world.

Today we are going to hold an in class, just like the Greeks did in the Athens agora. And we're going to talk about .

assembly

Greek democracy

We have to lay down some rules to ensure that the debate and discussion are conducted in an orderly manner.

In small groups, answer these questions and discuss them until you reach a consensus.

1.- If you were Greek citizens, could all of you have participated in this Assembly?

2.- Is Greek democracy a good way of governing a city? Why/Why not?

3.- Is it possible to govern a class, house, group of friends, etc. democratically? How?(Choose one of the options as an example).

4.- In order to organise a group in a democratic way, you need to make some laws. In Athens, who made the laws by which the city was governed? Did they do their job properly?

5.- When the laws were broken, the people's courts passed judgement. But who made up these courts? Do you think they judged fairly?

One member of each group should write down their conclusions and read them at the end to the Assembly.

Each person should choose a question and explain the group's answer to the class, stating reasons and giving explanations.

The agreements reached during the Assembly should be recorded in a final document (the minutes).

We Greeks and Romans have always been great thinkers. We have always liked to talk about and debate our ideas. What do you think of this quote?

As you can see, we Greeks have contributed much to modern-day Europe. Here are some which will help you

out . activities

find how

“Democracy (is) better than …”Periander of Corinth

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