You may work on these responses with a partner. Use a
combination of prose and charts as appropriate to answer each
question. Use World History: Perspective on the Past,
discussion and debate notes, your abstracts, and other sources.
Attach a Works Cited page identifying each source you've
consulted.
- Pericles was known as a great orator because
he spoke rationally to all levels of citizens. Based on the
debates, the article abstracts, and our discussions, what is the
state of contemporary political
oration?*
Give at least one example from the
debates, the articles you selected, and our discussion of the
political oratory of today. Is it rational? Does it appeal to all
levels of society?
*Pericles literally
spoke to all of the citizens in the same place at the same time.
Today, politicians speak to a very large and diverse group of
people through a variety of media tools. Were there "spin doctors"
using "sound bytes" in Pericles's day? Are politicians today more
or less rational? More or less honest? Do you think Pericles's
general appeal was any more or less superficial than that of
today's politicians? Beyond the scope (size and breadth) is there
really any difference in political oration between Pericles's time
and today?
- The Greeks used drama and the arts as a forum
for public education. What specific examples can you cite of art
being used as public education? Take any time period and any
medium, but be specific as to how the art functioned as a form of
public education.
- Philosophers, lovers of wisdom, were the
intellectual leaders of Greece. Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato
made significant contributions to our world. List the main
contribution(s) of each and discuss the relevance in today's
world.
- Citizenship is something that many Americans
take for granted today. What criterion did the ancient Greeks use
to determine citizenship and what is the difference in how
citizens participated in Ancient Greece versus the modern day
United States?
Essential Ingredients for Works Cited
Please use the following formats or consult the
MLA Style Guide for other formats. Note the punctuation and the
spacing in the format samples below and the works cited sample
below.
Film Format
Author. Title. Director. Distributor, Year.
Book Format
Author. Title. City: Publisher, Year.
Website Format
Author. Title. Date of Access. <URL>
See more MLA citation examples at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/mlahcc.html
Works Cited
Gilbert, Martin and Rabbi Marvin Hier.
Genocide. Director Arnold Schwarzman. Simon Wiesenthal Center,
1981.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. NY: Bantam Edition,
1982
Miller, Franz J. The White Rose. 24 March
1999. <http://members.aol.com/weiBerose/index.html>.
Rubric
Your responses have
completely, mostly, or somewhat
- addressed each prompt with textual evidence
and depth. (10 points)
- shown clear understanding and correct
interpretation of the text and background. (10 points)
- used proper citation format for each
quotation. (5 points)
- referred us to a works cited page displaying
correct format. (5 points)
- transitioned into quotes smoothly using
correct punctuation. (5 points)
- demonstrated control of language mechanics
with clean editing. (5 points)
- displayed care and quality in the design and
clean organization of your responses. (5 points)
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