Ancient Greece 2.0

Today we expanded our knowledge on the subjects we focussed on the day before and doing cheer kicks in the process. We talked about Greece's voting system and how they vote on ideas. The big gathering area known as the agora holds the meetings of the citizens to discuss the matter at hand. There isn't one big superior person to speak the entire time, one by one people give their honest opinion for people to consider. When it comes to voting on the discussion, they bring around a large vase to each person to put their rock in. They have a white rock for yes and a black rock for no. After counting, they announce the winning decision to the crowd of voters. Then we moved on to expand on the famous Greek philosopher Socrates. Socrates died a very cruel death because he was forced to commit suicide by drinking poison. He was forced to do this because he told others he thought political important things were more important than the gods. His friends told him they had an escape plan for him, but Socrates said he didn't want to escape. He respected his people's decision, took the cup, and killed himself in front of his friends eyes.