Course Description
Discipline(s):
Social & Economic Systems
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Historical Perspectives
This course explores the origins and debates of Athenian democracy in the fifth century BCE through historical study and immersive role-play. Students examine primary sources from Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle and then reenact the conflicts of 403 BCE in the Reacting to the Past game "The Threshold of Democracy," debating questions of citizenship, empire, justice, and political participation in the world's first democracy.
