The Rise of Democracy - Section 3

Let’s experience what tyranny was like in

ancient Greece.

Let’s have four people stand in front of the class.

Everyone else, choose the person you think should be the one to choose the next activity. Stand in front of that person.

The person with the greatest support will be the tyrant.

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Experiential Exercise:
Phase 3 Tyrants

Tyrant: Stand at the front of the room.

Everyone else should return to your seats.

Tyrant: Ask the students who supported you for

advice on what activity to do next, then play that activity

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Experiential Exercise:
Phase 2 Tyrants

Read Section Three: Tyranny One person takes power by force.

Draw

Shade in the bar below the timeline to show approximately when most Greek

city-states had tyranies.

Dropdown

Under a ​tyranny, the power to make political decisions is in the hands of

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Select answer

​, usually called ​

Select answer

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Open Ended

Why did the tyrants lose power?