Brooklyn's letter home

Dear Uncle Bert,
      I was wondering if you could come help me here. I have been working for days non-stop and I'm not enjoying it. Working here is making life even harder And here if I make just one mistake they will not give me food for a day. I also have to sleep on the ground well the rest of the family sleep on there hay beds. I really want you to come help me here so that I don't have to go through all of this, if you came then I would have help so that I would't make as much mistakes and actually have food. Hope to see you soon.

Isaiah's letter home

 Dear grandma I am working as a slave for a family in Athens. It is terrible if I do some thing wrong I will not be fed for a day and I will have to work very hard the next day to earn a meal.All the people say that the democracy is fair in Athens but it really isn't because all people are not treated fair like me I am not considered a citizen and some people are teated like royalty.  

Many of the men in Athens spend there days doing now work at all and they spend Their day hanging out in the agora voting on Issues the concern the  concern the Athens citizens. The women spend there time in the house  getting to get her  each other and complaining about how they can't vote.

Vicky

Only male who were born in Athens were allowed to vote but not only that your mother and father had to beborn there to. Woman weren't just unequal but they also belived to be demonic and had to be controlled and restricted, woman had to wear long and dark cloakes that covered their heads, she could only show herself to her husband. In Athens most people were slaves also reconised as man footed things. If you were half Atheinian were atuomatcliy disqualified. 1 in 3 people were slaves there were not a lot of free people, the slaves were bought and sold and separated from their families, as so as someone becomes a slave when they were perviously free people they lose half their virtue. There was an age restriction to vote. Some Athenians if they didn't like one mans show they would shut him out, so seriously did Athenians take a player that they called people who didn't participate "idiots".  

Athenian knight slave note

Dear mother and father
I have been captured by the Athenian military. I am now a slave of the family of the Athenian military's general they are horrible to me every time I make a simple mistake like cleaning my hands before cooking i am whipped or sent with no food for a day. the conditions are terrible when we slaves are sent to sleep we are sent to the basement wich has a rat problem and smells like rotting food . The children of the house are rood and insecure u should expect a level of professionalism for the kids of the general of the Athenian milatary. And we only get fed 1 meal a day and usually it rotten meat or mouldy bread .

Brooke's blog

The crowning demos was a new law against tyranny bellow. It teaches me about the law and how important it was back in the Athens. The art was from chaironeia  and it was dated in 337\6

what is a klepsydra? by: Raquel

  Interviewer: I have here with me, a citizen of ancient Athens! Notice I said CITIZEN, which means that he is a man, his parents were born in Athens, and he is not a slave! We are here to ask him about the.... klepsydra! First question, what is it and what is it used for?

Citizen: It was used as a timer for speeches in ancient Athens, to make sure that everyone had the same time. There was a LOT of speakers, and we wanted to be fair. You would put an equal amount of water into a jar with a small hole that was sitting on the edge of a ledge, and there would be an empty jar below it. The water would drip into the empty jar, and when the top jar was empty and the bottom jar was full, the speech was over and it was the next persons turn. Then we would fill the top jar with the same amount of water, and do it again for the next speech.

Interviewer: that's pretty interesting! Your people sure are smart, and good inventors! I guess you really believed in democracy, since you wanted everything to be fair! I guess we should be fair in all things, but you guys took that super seriously!

Citizen: Yup! We didn't want to be like tyrants, though, so we  try to give every CITIZEN a say.

Interviewer: Anyway, next question! Question number two: Where is it from? Ooooo, this is a toughie! Well, I guess you were there, so it won't be so hard for you, but we are going to give someone in this audience a chance! Who wants to be the lucky guesser? Ooooo, lots of hands! Let me see, I choose you!

Audience member: It was it came from........um.............silly me, I forgot! Uh.........

Interviewer: That's okay! Anybody else? No? well, I'll tell you the answer. The answer is, in ancient Athens! That's were it was made! Ha ha ha, that one is so easy!

Citizen: That's right. Now, what is the next question?

Interviewer: Question number 3, Who made it? I'll tell you before anyone tries guessing, 'cause you might be guessing for a long time. The answer is, nobody knows! nobody knows who made it! except for the people who were there when it was made. Were you there?

Citizen: no, sadly. I wasn't on the council at that time. They did announce the name to the people, but I forget what it was...............

Interviewer: That's okay! Now, next question.......... question number four, when was it made? Do you know?

Citizen: I do know, in fact. It was made around the fifth century BCE, which stands for before common era.
That means somewhere around  500 BCE, or BC if you're religious.

Interviewer: Interesting, that was quite a long time ago! Next question........question five! What does it teach you? W'll ask a audience member about that. You sir. You tell us what that teaches you.

Audience member: It teaches me how the world of Ancient Athens really believed in democracy, and that they wanted it to be fair for every citizen, and they believed in it so much that it led them to do amazing things. They invented a lot of cool things in their desire to be fair, and their ideas helps us in our lives today. The Klepsydra, was an awesome invention, and not only was it used for timing speeches, it was also used for a clock when there was no sun for the sundial. This shows me that you can do whatever you want if you believe in something strongly, and if one idea doesn't work all the time, then you try something else.

Interviewer: Very good explanation! Well, that brings a close to our show! See you next time!

                                                             The End  

Athenian democracy ( Madisson W)

     Athenian democracy wasn't exactly fair. The only citizens were men over the age of twenty and were born in Athens. So that means women weren't citizens, slaves weren't citizens and if you weren't born in Athens you weren't a citizen or if your parents weren't born in Athens.


     
      How you were able to be in the election was they would  have a big piece stone with everyones name on it. Then on a little tunnel kind of thing and put black and white beads in it and if your name lined up with a white bead you could be elected.



     So how you got in the election was pretty fair but how you were a citizen wasn't fair at all. But I don't get why the only citizens were men over twenty and were born in Athens, so no I don't think Athenian democracy was fair.

Brooke's blog

I think democracy is NOT fair because the slaves have to work24/7 and I personally don't think that's fair because they have guard survalance to and I think they should make the people work the same times as the slaves to be sure everything is equal because how do the slaves sleep and the women are the ones who have to cook for the men. Also women are not aloud to vote so it's like the slaves and the women are not part of the town.
Women should be able to vote same with the slaves.
The women should be able to do the same things as the men .
I think women and slaves should be aloud to vote in on everything.

Athenian democracy (Matthew)

I don't think its fare. The voting is fare and all but slavery was still happening. And woman were not allowed to go in public with out cuffing her face. After they started voting they spent more time arguing and less time working. But still work lots of work and slavery. Lots of things were will and lots of thing are fare but slavery was still happening. They voted using a marble case with columns with a disk. And a marked peace of wood for each day that the marks pointed at your disk you are voting. And lots of people were rich. There was lots of great buildings and frames.

KIARA

I think it was very unfair that 1/3 Athens were slaves. As soon as you became a slave you lost your freedom and virtue. If you were not free you could not be litical. 9 out of 10 of the population were able to vote. The remaining free Athenian women were automatically disqualified. Women were not supposed to be seen so they wore face vails. Married women were the possession of the husband who was the only person she would reveal her face to. Which proves women were not treated equally or fairly. All women were treated unfairly not just a couple of unlucky women but only some men became slaves which can cause diseases, sickness, and is not good for muscles. Also it would be hard to not have freedom which is very important. Everybody should have freedom for family, religion, and much more. Over all I believe that it was less fair before democracy.

Brody

                           Was democracy fair in Athens
I think that it was not fair because to vote u had to be a man both your mom and dad had to be born in Athens and u had to not be a slave and 1 out of 3 people where slaves , and u also needed to complete military traning so very little citizens got to vote in the end . If u where a women u where not allowed to vote cause they though women where demonic and evil wich is not true at all. Athens was very strict about how good to vote and who didn't but I know that seems bad but it is good in a way to because only certain people can vote cause they don't want evil people electing dictators and it also bad because almost everyone in Athens did not get to vote. Over all I do not think it is fair

Athenian Democracy by Ambreah

   I don't think the Athenian democracy system is fair because if you and your parents weren't born in Athen then you wouldn't be considered as a citizen, you couldn't vote, have property, you had to be a slave. Athen had a slave market where if you weren't a citizen then you could be bought or sold there, you might be separated by your family, and the only reason Athenians was able to do anything else really is because they'de make the slaves do all the dirty work. 
 Think of it this way if you moved from your home town to go to another place and you or your parents weren't from there and you had to work for the people in that city because you were bough tats slave market you were separated from your parents you'd probably have to clean houses you wouldn't have a say or anyone to look after you. This is I don't  it was very fair. 

A Short Story in One Page

    "You chose the cereal,” announced my mom. “Now eat it.”
    I stared at it – a lump of green sludge that looked like someone had tossed a handful of grass into a bowl of milk. The only reason I picked the cereal was because there were coupons on the box for a free movie. Now they sat there and mocked me.
    I really wanted those coupons. I wanted to see the new sci fi extravaganza about aliens blowing up the universe. My mom said there ?were more constructive ways to spend an evening, and that we couldn’t afford full priced movies besides. She said I could either wait until it came to the discount theatre or pay for it myself.
     I really wanted those coupons.
     I did NOT, though, want them enough to eat the green sludge. I nudged it with my spoon and I swear it moved, shifting out of the way. ?“Mom,” I called, “I think this cereal is alive.”
     “Just eat it, Jason!”
     I checked out the movie coupons. They were on the back of the box, right up at the top. I wouldn’t even have to remove the green sludge packet to get them.
     Moving quietly so my mom wouldn’t hear me, I tiptoed into the kitchen and eased a drawer open, rummaging around until I found the scissors. Then I crept back to the table, looking left and right in case my mom pulled a superspy and appeared out of nowhere. She does that.
     A grin spread across my face. No Mom. Those tickets were mine! Bye bye, green sludge – hello, space aliens.
     I tipped the box sideways and slid the scissors against the panel. Just as I went to make the first cut, the box skittered across the table. I couldn’t believe it. Maybe the green sludge cereal WAS alive, and it was trying to thwart me.
     But then I noticed that the box was attached to a hand, and the hand was attached to an arm, and the arm was attached to my mom. And she did NOT look happy. “You want the coupons, you eat the cereal, Jason.”
     She took the box with her when she left. I sat back down at the table, poked the green sludge – by now it had absorbed all the milk and puffed up to twice its original size – and worked my spoon into the mess. Holding my breath, I shovelled the gunk into my mouth and gulped it down as fast as I could, chasing it with orange juice, until the bowl was empty.
     My stomach rumbled. One bowl down. Twenty more to go.

Is Athenian democracy fair?

No, Athenian democracy was not fair. All citizens were allowed to vote but only men over the age of 20 that completed their military training were considered citizens. One in three Athenian people were slaves. Slaves, women and metics were not citizens and did not get a chance to be leader or have their voice heard. There were age restrictions and not only you had to be born in Athens, but your mother and father had to be born in Athens too. I do not think Athenian democracy was fair because they let every citizen have a chance to be leader and to share their opinion but most people were not considered citizens and did not get a chance to share their opinion. I think they could of made it fair by giving every single person in Athens (within an age limit), including slaves, women and metics a chance to be a citizen and participate in politics.

Fair or not!

I believe Athenian democracy is not fair. I believe this because not only does everybody not get to vote or get a say in important things in their life but women were not aloud to to show there faces just there eyes. Another reason I strongly disagree with this kind of democracy is because one in three people were slaves in the city. I have a feeling in Athens it was more equity then equality. I believe that statement because People who were higher up in government were treated better. Slaves were not very well treated.Slaves were separated from their families and traded. Not only was it not right but it was cruel. I think they could've changed this by paying the slaves and not trading them and stop separating them from there families. I believe that the slaves should've got fed no matter what circumstances. I also think that the slaves should've got paid with money so if the slaves ended up not getting fed they could pay for food. Those are just a couple of ways that certain democercy could have been changed for the better.

Carlos and Kieran

we learn that woman where not treated equally, and also womans have to where cloaks that cover there faces,we think that is not fair because they didn't get same right and they didn't get to vote. Also we learn that the athens worship different gods,also the athens have over 1000 slaves.Athens also have mineshafts that where fill with silver, also they have really tiny houses and their village where sorraunded by watch towers also when they die they put they bodies in dungeons ,slaves do the dirty work

Logan's slave stuff

Dear Grandma,

It gets harder and harder every day, if we don't work we don't get food. The worst part is that the Athenians claim they have a democracy where everyone is fair, but the only people who are fair are the 'citizens'. Men over the age of 20 who were born in Athens and whose parents were born in Athens were the only ones considered citizens. Today my friend Scrubs got beat because he was caught taking a break, so now he doesn't get any food tomorrow. I was thinking about sharing my food with him but food is to precious to share, since we only get a little bit. It is very tough out here, I just wish I could move back to Rome with you.

     Sincerely,
      Joey

Brooklyn's 150 blog

I don't think it is fair because everyone should have a chance to vote but like most voting majority rules. But 1/3rd of them don't get a vote. I think that it is important to have all the adults vote so that they could live a good life. I also think that in order to vote you should have to sign a paper saying that you will vote responsibly. And just like here I think you have to be 18 or older not just in the army. So that means that you can’t vote until you’re an adult. I think that it would be better if they can vote instead of just army men over the age of 20. There were many slaves in Athens they couldn’t vote even if they were men over the age of 20. Women were not treated equally so that means they could not vote

Santana's letter

Dear, grandma I have been a slave for a few weeks now, I do not get paid and if I make a mistake I don't get food for a day. But I'm fine. I think it is interesting how they run government here, but living here is hard. I have to do a lot of work and i have been soled a couple of times. I think democracy is a good idea, but I think every one should be a citizen. Not being a citizen is hard, you have no say in how the government should work and you have to do all the work men citizens don't want to do. I know some people agree, because some of the people I work for always talk about how they should be able to vote too. from, Santana

A day in a life of a slave by Abbie

Day 1 today I had to plant the carrots, peas, beans, and potatoes water all the crops and weed I had missed 1 weed and I missed lunch that day then they were talking and I overheard that if I missed one more crop or missed a weed they would sell me. Great. So then I worked very hard and when I was done they did not like how I had done and I missed supper that night. Now I'm trying to finger out something that can impress them. Maybe I could take their 3 kids off of their hands for a day or make breakfast for them or I could always do something they would like so they would not sell me. I dislike that every morning I get to miss breakfast I just wish I could get some food around here I starve some times because my masters are so mean they like things to spotless or they like to see not a single weed or crop dry or droughnded in water witch is sometimes hard to do when it will not take any water but most of the time when they are mad they take it out on me when I'm done my job and there mad they say they don't like it. I have become very weak so I really need to impress them.

Isaiah

The Ancient Athens didn't have a very fair system, but for some people it was fair. I think that the most unfair part was that only men who's parents where both born in Athens. Which elemanats all women, men who have one parent, people who dont have any parents born in Athens and new people h who just moved to Athens. Although for the Men that were conceterd citezens it was fair to them because they got a say and got to make the decitions. I think that they should of let women and people who have newly moved into Athens.Athens had a great system for fairness but only included few people. The greatest longest lasting democratic leader was Pericles; after his death, Athens democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolution towards the end peloponnsine war.

Democracy Crowning Demos (Kayden)

What was it and what was it used for? It's a picture of somebody crowning their king.

 Where it's from? Greece.  

Who made it? Unknown

 When was it made? Around 337/6 B.C

 What does it teach me? It teaches me how they crowned people back then, and also gives me a bit of an idea of what they wore as well.

Athens Democracy

I don’t think that it was fair because the people were slaves. I mean why would you force your people to be slaves. I think they could have found better ways of doing it like hire people for jobs or have volunteers. But then again if they were making the people do bad things nobody would vote. But I still think that they should have found a better way to do it. And I also think that it’s not fair that the were in building with other people and they couldn’t see there family’s. Besides why would the people stay there if they were forced to be slaves. I think that it would tear the city apart. I also think that it would make people mad and angry at their leaders. It would cause them to try to put there leaders out of power… Well they did they killed their leaders.

Was athenian government fair Mats

I don't think it was fair because the citizens we not treated equally.some were slaves and some were not people that were born in atheneum did no have to become a slave women, slaves and metics were not free but they were born in athens.They should of let every one be free and slaves also have to work while everybody else can have fun but they can't.They should of been more fair they let every vote but most people were slaves they also said that men technically own women which doesn't seem very fair. Women, slaves and metics couldn't vote, own property and they couldn't participate in politics. Athenian democracy gave every single citizen a fair chance to be the leader, to vote, and to have their voice heard. However, they excluded most people.

Athens democracy fair or not Ethan

I think it's not fair because they use two people and when someone wins it could lead to war. Then also women did not have rights to vote and men technically owned women so they didn't have any rights to vote or they couldn't get any jobs.they just had to stay at home and do house work. Instead of getting a paying job it was then hard for family's because if Men got fired then that family loses money. So instead of having two people voting they should just have one guy to lead and create all assembly's for the town. There's another thing girls couldn't do. In Athens was run the the city because all men had a disbelief in women and thought they had no potential. So in Athens they really didn't need women because they had no part. That's why I disagree with the democracy

Athenian Democracy (Holden)

I don't think Athenian democracy was fair because, their was one person who ruled over everyone (the Tyrant). Whatever the tyrants said went so they could do anything they wanted. Soon the people of Athens kicked the Tyrants out of Athens forever. It was not fair that people were bought and sold as slaves. There voting was different if they didn't like the person who was on the stand they would roar until the person got down and someone else came. In Athenian democracy woman were not counted as citizens the people thought that women were demonic and possessed by demons they thought that women had to wear a full face vail so that know one would see them. In voting they would have someone called an orator who would run against another orator to see who would get the peoples votes, they would also try to persuade the people to get them on there side. So that is why I think Athenian democracy was not fair.

Was the Athenian democracy fair? (Kayden)

I think it was not fair, because people were excluded. Because people who were born atheneum did not have to be slaves. But there parents also had to atheneum, and if they were not, then they all had to be slaves. But the people who were full Atheneum did not have to be slaves and were basicly free. I think that they all should have been equal. In most country's, they don't have slaves. They should be more like other country's and not have any slaves. And also, people who are citizens get freedom to do what they want and have fun, then slaves are forced into work, it is just not fair. Also, they said in the video that Men technically own Woman. That's all I have to say today.

Madison's post

I just finished doing a Video on Athens history so hear is my review. In the Video they just found the remains of a watch tower. The livening quarters surrounding the watch tower used to be homes. Not cittens homes though they were slaves homes.seams the Athens wanted to keep their slaves under 24 hour survalence. Most of the people who lived there were slaves. Close by were they were standing was an old slave market. Most slaves began there lives as regular men and women. They were forced into a life of manual labor when captured as cittens of war.they were bought and sold separated from their family's. The Greeks refers to them as man footed things. Nine tenths of the people were bought and sold in action. And that's my summary of the Vedio of Athens history.

Athenian Democracy. By: Raquel

I think that Ancient Athens democracy was pretty fair. They made sure that everything was fair, although they took it a little seriously. They made others do their dirty work for them, so they could do their voting and stuff. I don't like the way that they had slaves, but I bet that they thought it was pretty convenient at the time, because they didn't have to do any of the work. They probably weren't thinking of the slaves feelings, just how it would benefit themselves. Some of the masters were probably kind to the slaves, so that's good. I can also see that they didn't want to capture the enemy then give them back. I also don't think it's fair that anyone that wan't born in Athens wasn't aloud to vote, but maybe the people of Athens thought that anyone who wasn't born in the city wasn't worthy to vote because they were aliens, or they weren't there when the tyrant was over thrown, or they weren't noble enough or something like that. I wonder where they got the idea where women were posses with demons? It's just weird. maybe they just wanted to control the women to their advantage. I don't know. But I think that Athens democracy was way different then Canada's. We can't have a direct democracy, because that would take too much time, so we have a representitive democracy. we also believe in women's rights. by: Raquel

Ancient Athens: Was it Fair?( Lauren)

The Ancient athens had a not very fair voting system, but at the same time it was fair but only for certain  people. The reason why was because only men we're able to vote, but only men who's parents were both born in Athens. And that eliminates all women, even the women who's both parents were born in Athens. The rule also makes men who only had one parent born in Athens, or no parents born in Athens, but lived in  Athens could not vote. Slaves couldn't vote either. Oh don't forget about the age restriction! the age restriction was over 20. So that is leaves a small amount of people who were considerd citizensBut for the men who's parents were both born in Athens and were over 20 they get a quite fair system.
  I think that Acient Athen democracy was not fair, but at the same time i think it was some what fair. The biggest no to me is that only men who were born in athens and both parents too, and over 20 were the only ones that wherealoud to vote. I think that women should be allowed to vote. also I think that instead of the both parents born in Athens and you born in Athens it should of been thata you do like a test thing and see if you can be a citzen. I think that Ancient  Athens should have been more fair in democracy!!

Athenian Governerment

I thought it was unfair that women had to cover their face. I thought it was incredible that 1/3 Athenians were slaves. I knew there were slaves in country's then and now but not that high a ratio. I feel that what the Greek called slaves was not respectful at all. I get that they were fighting a battle with you and were captured but really, "man things". I thought it was ridiculous the things they did to slaves. Why would you want someone to be a prisoner to you, just to brag to others. I thought it was strange how only people born in Athens could vote. You would think if slaves served a certain number of years in their military they would gain voting rights.

Adam's Thoughts on Democracy

In my opinion I don’t think that athenian democracy was fair to women because they were not treated equally to men. Women had to wear their robes so that they would cover up their face and I don’t think that it is very fair because women are just the same as men and shouldn’t have to hide themselves like that. I also didn’t think that the slavery was fair either. It was just making people work for little to no money. Slaves had to do very hard labour that isn’t fair for anyone to do. If you were a slave you could not run for power to be leader because you weren’t free and I think that you should be able to run for leader no matter if you are a slave or not.

Jenna's Thoughts

Democrocy ok or not?!?! Hey everyone this post is about if democrocy is fair or not?!? -1 in 3 that lived there were slaves:that would be a lot of slaves and the Athens would have lots of people to do their dirty work -lots of people worshiped a women:sometimes country's don't like women in fact that women wern't considerd as a person in some country's -the full face vale was from Athens:also the full face vale was mostly used for women -people were also fourced into labour:good thing they don't do that in Canada!!

Democracy crowning demos Santana

The crowning demos was a picture with a law against tyranny bellow.it teaches me about the law and how important it was back in the Athens.The art was from chaironeia and it was dated 337 b.c..

The great Athenian Democracy (Adam R)

I think that Athens was not fair because a third of the population in Athens was slaves. 2 thirds were men and women. women were already disqualified because the Athenians believed that women were possessed. But not only did you have to be male to vote, you mother and father both had to be born in Athens, AND you had to have completed your military training to be 100% a citizen. So you HAD to be a citizen to vote. But surprisingly, 6000 citizens were able to vote. Anyway back to women being possessed. so since women were thought to be possessed they were needed to be controlled to they made women have to wear special clothes that hid there faces from people. But they would only show there faces to their husbands. So back to slaves. Slave were mostly prisoners of war and once they were captured they lost all their rights, so if they were once free men/women, they would have lost lots of their rights. They had lots of watchtowers to keep their prisoners/slaves under 24 hour watch. They were called "man footed things"(stupid name right?). Anyway, back to voting. Athens would guesstimate the vote and see witch side won. Special people who were especially skilled would guesstimate. they would vote on how they would run their lives. If the people REALLY disliked an opinion, they would boo him down. so those are the reasons i think Athens was unfair but others might think differently. This is my blog post about Athens by Adam R.

Athens Democracy Fair or Not

I don't think that the Athens were fair because they basically forced about a hundred people to do all the speaking and stuff. They also made a bunch of married women wear these dresses that had a mask that they need to were when ever doing anything the only time they could ever take it off was when they were with family in there houses. I also think its unfair since they had so many slaves in the video they said every 1-10 people born usually become slaves for the government and were separated from there families and forced to work. And most of them never got to see there families ever again. They also said that only 1-20 slaves get's released but when they do get released they need to run around looking for there parents but I don't think they will because they probably will get released when there older and there parents wont remember them. And they probably would get scared if they don't remember you and you pop out and say Mom Dad.

tool a klepsydra abbie

1a)what is it you ask a tool a klepsydra is a water clock. 1b)it was used for timing how long oral presentations were in the jury and council 2) where is it from it's from Egypt but then later on it went to Athens later on 3)who made made it. It's unknown but I believe it was someone who wanted the oral speeches to be a fair length of time 4) when was it made 2000b.c 5)what it teaches me is that they wanted to make the equal lengths of time for the speeches It also teaches me that they wanted to start making an equal government.

Help I am stuck with the Athens

Dear Great Aunt Susie How are you? I am not doing so great, as you know I was forced to join the army when I was only twelve along with papa, some men and some other boys my age. Unfortunately I was kidnapped along with the other boys my age, but papa and the other men were taken away and starved to death. I was taken straight to Greece to work as a slave for the citizens and their families, at the time I was happy to be alive and away from war but as I walked down the street hand cuffed to my good friend Mike, with solders all around us it felt like I was a prisoner only I wasn't a cell the soldiers had ordered us to clean the streets while they looked for families that were willing to pay big money for one of us. I can not describe to you how much garbage were in those streets I must have been cleaning for at least three hours when a family with two young children walked over with one of the soldiers he said to them "take your pick" what? I thought we are humans not dogs can't they see that? Two days after I had moved in with the family I learnt that I was now going to be treated like a dog. Ten years later and here I am still stuck with the same family only now I have learnt a few things such as slaves are like pets if they are "bad" they do not get food (e.g the first Sunday I took the day off like back in Littleton we always celebrate God on Sundays little as I knew I was not aloud the day off and didn't eat for three days.) After that it was the town voting day and all citizens were encouraged to vote, great I thought, an accuse to leave the house for a few hours so off I went to vote, soon to find out that I couldn't vote.So what can I do I thought, well I can clean the house pick up garbage and eat the scraps of the familie that owns me. If there's a way that you can help me I would appritiate it! Sincerely, Tommy Brohaged

Athens video

don’t think that the Athens democracy was fair because, there were only about 75 or 100 people who moved the buildings and did all the speaking and also women were seen as spirits and they needed to be watched at all times so that was also not fair and people were bought and sold to random people that they don’t even know and of that happened to me then I would be very uncomfortable for a long while and that should never happen to kids and it is totally unfair and it’s hard to believe that the people running the place would allow that. I am really glad that it is not allowed in this time but it could be aloud somewhere else in the world but it shouldn’t be allowed unless you really don’t want the kid or something I guess it would give you money and save food for you and many someone else.

Athenian Democracy(Logan)

I think Athenian democracy was unfair because most people were excluded. The only people who were included were men over the age of 20 who were born in Athens and whose parents were born in Athens; they were the only ones who were considered citizens. Women were not citizens because they were thought to be possessed by evil demons. Slaves were not citizens because they were thought to be unimportant. Everybody was always saying that Athenian democracy was fair, but it wasn't. There were only a few people who were allowed to vote and participate in democracy. Sure there was a lot of good technology created, but that doesn't really matter if there are only a few people who can participate and use that technology. There is really no point of having a democracy if not everyone is allowed to vote and participate. The Athenians had a great idea but they should have let everyone participate.

luke slave

Dear father,
I feel that life as a slave is very unfair.
The reason I think this is because they just captured me as a slave for no reason and now instead of spending time relaxing and playing with my children I an doing hard work inside the house.

I am treated very much like dirt. If I work hard enough all day then I get the left over food scraps from their big feasts they eat every night .in the evening the men at this house go to Agora and vote or party.

The women at this house like to complain about how they do not get to vote and don't count as citizens.
I often look outside and see the other slaves being sold and having to do the same as me.

I am very sad,
Love, Luke

Slaves Journal (sam)

Its been really hard here none stop work if i even take a little break i wont get any food im praying for someone to come and save us every day it just gets worse i hope this blows off soon. Athens is horable as a slave the worst part in my mind is that we dont even get a little say in anything i hope that someone will start to fight aganst this.Im also hoping for slaves to get a say. We have to watch poeple not do anything and watch them vote on things i have never seen them do one second of work i miss my family i hope the best for them

Evdudes post on democracy (Evan)

Athenian democracy is not fair in my opinion. 1 in 3 people were slaves in Athens which by the way is not fair at all. Women were refererd as slaves because they stayed at home usually. Slaves were bought and sold around Athens. When people became slaves they lost half there virtues. To vote in democracy you had to be from Athens, male, over 20 years old and both your father and your mother had to be from Athens. Nine tenths of Athens was barred from voting because of there virtues. Women were believed to un-equal and women were usually wearing a type of clothing that covered there face. Women were said to be possessed by demones (Greek word). A married women was the possession of the man. Greeks called people who could participate in the voting but did not idiots. usually there would be 2 orators that would debate on things

Santana's blog post

The Athens law was that to be a citizen you have to be a male fished military training and you have to be born there. Leaders are chosen by lottery but you had to be a citazen. If you were not a citizen you were were treated like slaves and could not vote or own anything. That means all women and some men were not citizens. Women was married could not show there hair and face and could only take of the vail that covered her face at home. In this city 1 3rd of the Athens were not citizens .I do not think the Athens law was fair because not everyone was not equal. I think men and women should have the same rights .  I think that women should be citizens  to because men are no more important than women. The Athens law was also not far because they chose there leaders every year by lottery and if some crazy people were chosen then something bad could happen.

Was Athens Early Democracy Fair?🌏

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   Athens started Democracy when their rulers tried to impose their power. The people of Athens rioted and stormed the Acropolis. Thus creating democracy. Now democracy was named after the Greek words "demos" which means people and "cratos" which means power. People Power. The name went all around Ancient Greek. It seems all fair and good but it was not as wonderful as it is today.... Only CITIZENS could vote. Citizens where men over 20 who's parents where born in Athens. Slaves, females and free people did not have a vote? When you went to speak and people didn't like what you where saying they would boo and scream until you where so discouraged that you would step down.

                 Now that you know more about democracy in Ancient Athens I will explain my case.
        From a female's point of view I believe that it was not fair in many ways. Yes, it was much better than the Tyrants ruling over but it was not exactly wonderful. Everyone in Canada over 18 can vote if they are a Canadian citizen. Even if you are not one yet you can still become one in a few years. It was very hard to say your opinion without getting boo-ed by someone so it took a lot of courage.
          The good side is that everyone who was a citizen had a voice and no matter what job you had you could sit where ever and say something to the crowd. Your opinion always had a chance and you could think what you wanted.
        Modern day democracy has improved a lot and shows Athens mistakes.
I believe it was not as fair as it could be but I see reason.

Athens Democracy

I personally think democracy in ancient Athens was fair for the men, but not for the women. Women weren't considered citizens of Athens, while the men were. There were some restrictions on voting for the men though. An age limit of 20, you had to have completed military training, you had to have been born in Athens, and both of your parents had to have been born in Athens too. Back to the unfairness for women. They were considered to be possessed by demons, and had to stay cloaked when they went out in public. Also, most women were kept as slaves. Also, married women were considered to be the posession of the man, and she could only unveil herself for him. Women were treated like items, not like living human beings. I think Athenian democracy could be improved. Some ways I think they could improve are: Equality for the women, making the rules on who could vote less strict, making the rules on who was counted as a citizen less strict, and not using slaves. From my point of view, Athenian democracy was ok, but could use some improvement.

Athens

I think that athens was not fair because half  the population were not citizens and  half of that were slaves to. To become a citizen both your parents have to be a citizen. In order to vote you must be a full citizen. I really disagree with the way the treated women,women were not slaves but they were treated close to them. The Greeks thought that they were possessed by demons and were evil so they were always covered in clothing.

Is it fair!

No I do not think it is only people that are consider as citizens  are  men who have passed military training. If it was fair I think everybody should have a vote. But sometimes if everybody has a right things could go wrong and sometimes it could end up with someone extremely crazy. As well if everybody has a right to vote someone that is sick or is going to have a new member in the family or has a new member in the family they might not always want to go sometimes they just want to stay home and stay covered so they can get better or stay home with the new member of the family. So I was thinking that maybe a good idea was to pass the piece paper around and you could write down your vote or anything that needs to be brought up that you disagree with you could just leave it in the comment box that would be on the piece paper and could be brought up over the next meeting. That is my point of view on what I think if democracy was fair in Athens.

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Athenian democracy is not fair in my opinion.  1 in 3 people were slaves and most women were slaves.  Slaves were bought and sold most people referred to them as man footed things.  I don't think its fair because everyone should be treated equal and that its not illegal to have a slave.  Slaves were not sold on the Black Market they're sold right on the spot for whatever price the owner asked for.  They called people who didn't participate idiote's from which we get are word idiot.  Athenians had a word for politicians which is Orater.  Most slaves began their life as men and women but were forced into a life of manual labor and became prisoners of war they were bought and sold and separated from there family's. It wasn't only slaves nine tenths of the population were unable to vote.

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Athens democracy- FAIR or UNFAIR?

     I personally do not think the Athens democracy was fair. Sure Athens citizens had a fair chance of having their voice heard or becoming a leader. But the chance to become a citizen was low. You had to be a male over 20 with military training and both your parent and you had to be Athen. That disqualifies a lot of people.

         The women, medics and slaves were free but weren’t citizens. They couldn’t vote or own property or participate in politics. They were free but had there restrictions.

         One of three people were slaves and under 24 hour surveillance. Also most people lived happy free lives before war. And none of the slaves could do anything about it because those people could not be heard by the government since they are not citizens.

             In conclusion I do not think that Athens democracy system is fair. I feel they do not have a fair chance of being in the government. The women and slaves were not treated properly. Therefore I feel Athens democracy was not fair.
                                                                             -Olivia

Fair or Not Fair

                Athenian Democracy By:Nicole

To say that Athenian Democracy was fair you would not be correct nor wrong example. To be a citizen you had to born in Athens and so did your Father and Mother to be able to vote and get treated fairly bit if you were a woman and you were born in Athens and so were your parents you would not be able to vote and if you married your husband would decide who you would be seen by so to not get seen by any one you would your tunic over you face. The message being sent out is your husband owns you and he is in charge of you. If you were a slave you were not able to vote because if you were a slave you were usually taken slave in war so you most likely wouldn’t be born in Athens and you r parent wouldn’t either and you would be sent to camps that would have full watch over you all the time. And that’s why Athenian Democracy is not fair it might be for men who were born in Athens and your parents but it was not fair to women our slaves.       

Equality in Athens by Abbie

                             Equality in Athens by Abbie

1/3 of Athens were slaves

9/10 of Athens were barred from voting

Woman we're not equal

Athens was not a fair democracy because only citizens could vote which are men because woman were not equal that means they could not vote they also had to persuade people. It was not very fair because the slaves had to sleep right under the watch towers. I think it was kind of fair because not all the rich people would always be in charge so instead they make it fair by choosing the people randomly. I have not chosen whether or not it is fair or not fair I think it is more unfair because there is a lot of slaves and woman were not equal me over the age of 20 and have been in the army and born in Athens  were considered citizens so even the woman who were born in Athens did not get to vote   

                Athenian Democracy By:Nicole

To say that Athenian Democracy was fair you would not be correct nor wrong example. To be a citizen you had to born in Athens and so did your Father and Mother to be able to vote and get treated fairly bit if you were a woman and you were born in Athens and so were your parents you would not be able to vote and if you married your husband would decide who you would be seen by so to not get seen by any one you would your tunic over you face. The message being sent out is your husband owns you and he is in charge of you. If you were a slave you were not able to vote because if you were a slave you were usually taken slave in war so you most likely wouldn’t be born in Athens and you r parent wouldn’t either and you would be sent to camps that would have full watch over you all the time. And that’s why Athenian Democracy is not fair it might be for men who were born in Athens and your parents but it was not fair to women our slaves.       

Renee's Opinion On Why Athenian Democracy Wasn't Fair

I think that Athenian democracy wasn't fair because only very few people could vote for very specific reasons. Only men who were over the age of 20, born in Athens, and whose parents were born in Athens, and whose parents were born in Athens could vote and be part of democracy. It was not fair that women, slaves and people men that weren’t born in Athens could not be part of democracy and vote. I don’t think that woman were treated very fairly because they couldn’t be seen and they weren’t treated as a person. Going back to the people that weren’t allowed to vote or be part of democracy it also wasn’t fair that they weren’t considered a citizen. I think that everyone that lives in one place should be considered a citizen because they live there and that is their community. I think that democracy in Athens wasn’t very fair and I think that they should have included more people in democracy and treated everyone with the same respect. 

Athens Democracy

I think that Athens democracy was not far one bit first of all  most of the the people were slaves. The way that you did't become a slave was that your mother and your father had to be born in Athens. Also the rulers were chosen by the lottery. The men also thought that women were demons but then there was one girl that they worshiped. also everyone was mad because to be able to get a vote om anything you would have to be rich or have to be in the leaders military. I also thought that there was only around a hundred people would get a say. The worst part in my opinion  the worst part was that slaves started out having a good life but then they were forced into slavery by the military. this reasons are the reason i do not think that Athens democracy was far.        

The Athens story

So in the Athens they made a lot of people slaves. Before the man and woman were free and then they forced a lot of people they chose to be a slave. They believe that the women possessed by demons and spirits. the Athens also made every single women in the city cover their face. The Athens called they people who didn't participate in the democracy idiots. The people were forced to be a slave when they became a prisoner of war. They were separated from their family's and the Greek people referred to the people as man footed things. Also a married woman is the possession of the man. They woman were treated so terribly and most of the men too. Although there  was on girl named Pathol the Greeks praised her as a goddess. In return she would give them her voice and her sweet words. So I guess that there was at least one girl who got treated okay. Thank you for reading. :)  

171 word post for Athens law by luke

to miss Swark; here is the rest of my Athens report.
I think that Athens law was not fair I think this because they did not make any woman or people who didn't have parents who where both born in the state city Athens citizens. If you where not a citizen then you could not vote or basically do any thing because you had to be a slave and do all the hard heavy work that the Athens citizens didn't want to do and I think that is unfair because every one matters the same
I also think think this is unfair because the Athens men only worshiped this one woman named python who was worshiped as a goddess because the men thought that if they would worship her then she would give them the gift of good speech and sweet words.
If I was born a slave I would agree with this because I would not like to be a slave for life.
This is why I think Athens law is unfair.

A Word With Mickey

Not only were the Athens a democracy that used certain people as slaves but they also didn't let many people be an actual citizen. All people started out free but many ended up being sold as slaves for other people of higher ranking. The men/boys believed that women/girls were possessed and were demonic creatures. The Athens also called the people who didn't participate idiotays. Women were treated very poorly in the Athens and other city/states. So I believe that the Athens was a city/state of people that were not equal but equity and that people were mistreated in many different ways. Woman use to have to cover their face and body and only let their eyes show out of their clothing. Also woman were only allowed to show themselves to their husband. Now in my opinion the way woman were treat was truly terrible and that woman should not be treated like that ever in the course of history and that woman should never have to be treated like that ever in their life.

That’s what I have to say, I’m Mickey I’ll see you later, Bye!

Eli's post

I think that Athenian democracy was not fair because they barely let anyone vote for what they wanted and they thought that women had to be restrained. The only people aloud to vote had to be in the military. And the people who were chosen to be the leaders were picked by a lottery instead of being chosen by skill and ability. I think that it was especially unfair because the people who should have been voting were being slaves. Over 1000 people were slaves, that is not fair. Voting is probably the most important part of democracy because that is the way that people made decisions. The government was also not very nice because they told people who did not participate in democracy (practically everyone) idiots. My final word is that the Athens idea of democracy was not fair in almost any way. Athens may have been a powerful city-state but they did not have a fair democracy. That is my opinion.

SS Madison

 Women were under estimated, they were considered property to who they were married to. Not that the typical slave life was any better, witch it was not. The Athens were very sloppy since they knew the slaves would just clean up after them. Now this seems pretty unfair but the voting was only worse, the only people who were aloud to vote were citizens but only men could have citizen rights that means that women, children and slaves could not have citizen rights, but it was not enough to be a man born in Athens no, no, no both the mans parents had to be born in Athens in order for them to have citizen rights. Because of all the reasons above I personally think that Athens said they were fair but they really were not fair at all. I think that if they wanted to make it fair they could start with treating women equally to men and not capture people and say ''okay I caught you now your mine,'' this is what I think about and Athens I hope you will consider what I have said about the Athens.                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Is Athenian democracy fair? By Kate 

In part one of our project we watched a video on how the Athenians created direct democracy to be extremely fair. It emphasized the fact that the man that won the war was the man who let everyone join him. Then, in this videos it talks about how things weren't as fair as we thought they would be. For our direct democracy on the island we wanted everyone to vote no matter what. So when we started to study Athenian democracy we thought it would be similar. When we watched the video though we realized things were quite different. The Athenians had slaves who were very mistreated and they believed women were evil demons! So obviously they couldn't vote. I think it is unfair that the slaves and women couldn't vote, but I see what the Athenians are thinking. They thought that the slaves were now less than a man and that, once again, women were demons. Would you let someone vote if you thought they were a demon? So I think that Athenian democracy is fair just based on their beliefs.

Julia's musing

I think that the Athens democracy was not fair at all.

The Athens democracy was wrong it was not fair to the people who lived there,the Athens made the people suffer harsh punishments and the way they wound out if someone is guilty or not was really,really,really not fair.

The government did not know how the people were feeling or how they thought of there government.The Athens government was cruel and they had no idea how the people felt because if the people rose up at the time they would be killed technically.

What I think if I was a Athen I would get together a large group of people and I would rise up against the Athens government and I would hope that it would work and that I saved the people who were suffering and we're being treated bad.The people would be safe and free from all pain and suffering,but not all suffering like money loss or family problems they would just be free of government and what they were doing.

That is what I think of the Athens version of government,not everyone would agree with me just like the project we did but that is what I think and what I would do if I was a Athen citizen.

How To Post on a Blog (and get the url)

If you want to make a blog post, here's how you do it!

PART ONE: Making an all new blog entry

1. Go to www.blogger.com. Sign in by using our class gmail. That's 6swark@gmail.com. You will also need the PASSWORD, which you can get from your teacher. You will see a screen that looks like this:

2. To make a new post on your blog, click the bright orange button with a pencil on it. DO NOT CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS NEW BLOG!!! A screen will open up where you can type your blog. Make sure to give it an interesting title!

3. When you are ready to publish your blog entry, click the bright orange button that says PUBLISH. If you need to take a break when you're not quite done your blog entry, click SAVE. There are instructions below on how to work on a blog entry you took a break on.

4. Your blog entry is now on the website!

To Get The URL of Your Blog Post

1. Go to the class blog at http://grade6democracy.blogspot.ca.

2. Find your blog post and click on the title. In the example below, there is a big orange arrow pointing at the blog post I wrote, so I will click on the title, How To Post on a Blog.

3. Once you click on it, you will go to your blog post. 

4. Now, highlight the website address (the url) that is in the orange box in the picture below. COPY this by either right clicking the mouse and choosing COPY or by pressing CTRL C. You now have the URL of YOUR BLOG POST. If you skip step 2, you will only get the URL for our class blog, not your own blog post.

You're done!

PART TWO: Working on a Blog Post You Started Earlier and Saved

1. Go to www.blogger.com. Sign in by using our class gmail. That's 6swark@gmail.com. You will also need the PASSWORD, which you can get from your teacher. You will see a screen that looks like this:

You can see in the example above that it says "1 post" in blue. The number might change as more people make posts, but it will always say "___ page views    ____ posts" in blue. Click on the part that says 1 post (or however many it says).

2. Now you will see a list of all the posts on our blog. You can see an example below. It only has one post right now because the blog is new!

To edit my blog post "How to Post on a Blog," I need to move the cursor (the part of the screen that moves when you move your mouse around) underneath the title. Then I will get a menu that looks like this:

You can see that now,  you have a few choices. You can delete your blog post if you made a mistake and don't want to see it anymore, or you can EDIT your blog post if you want to keep working on it. 

3. Click EDIT.

4. Finish writing your blog post, then click the orange button that says UPDATE.

You're done!