Today in class, we learned about Socrates and ancient Greece. We discussed how Greece was the first to introduce a government governed by the people, aka democracy. Cleisthenes is credited to being the one who introduced it. Democracy allowed not just the rich elites to have a say, but the working class and normal people as well. However, this reformation still did not allow women to vote or have any say. Socrates was another topic we discussed. We talked about how his method of teaching was important because it was just him asking questions that would cause other people to challenge their beliefs. This allowed people to think of new ideas and philosophies. We also talked about how he was forced to kill himself because he went through a trial and was found guilty. It was an interesting class and I learned much more about ancient Greece.

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