Hello Memorial Students! July begins in two days and I am eager to hear how you did on the AP Government test. You should hear by mid-July. Please e-mail me when you learn your results. But whatever the results, I'm very proud of the group of students I had this year. You are all so bright. It was an interesting year politically. You can either post on this weblog or e-mail me at howlaje@tulsaschools.org. The Political Geography project in Greece begins about the 8th of July and I expect to be posting every few days. I hope you're all having a great summer.

Political Geography: Greece

The polis or city-state (from which our word "political" is derived) sprang up in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. Every city-state was built around a hill, called an acropolis or "high-city" to which the citizens could retreat in case of attack. Public spaces were designed to nurture a sense of civic responsibility and commitment. Every important public space appears to have been visible from every other public space. So, a citizen in his everyday obligations, was in full view of the places where he discharged his most important civic obligations. The concept of the political community was visible in the geography of the city.
Itinerary:
Athens
Sparta
Megalopolis
Delos
Rhodes
Athens