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Called to Serve: Citizens, Juries and a Timeline

Grade 6 civics: read a jury room brochure and a timeline of citizenship from Solon to the 26th Amendment to compare Athens, Rome and the U.S. today.

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Aligned toCIV.6.3

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use a timeline to trace how citizenship and citizens' rights changed in Athens, Rome and the United States.
  • Students compare who could serve on juries and vote in Athens and in the United States today.
  • Students tell rights and duties that belong only to citizens from those that apply to all residents.

How to use

Read the brochure aloud, then walk through the timeline and remind students how to count years across BCE dates before they work on their own.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

CIV.6.3

Compare who counted as a citizen in Athens and Rome, and their rights and duties, with citizenship in the United States today.

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Called to Serve: Citizens, Juries and a Timeline

Use a jury room brochure and a timeline to compare citizenship in Athens, Rome and the United States today.

The timeline on the wall

The jury room in the made-up Harmon County Courthouse has this timeline on its wall. Study it. Then answer the questions.

Who Counts? Citizenship Through Time
DatePlaceLaw or eventWhat changed
594 BCEAthensSolon’s reformsNo more debt slavery for Athenians
494 BCERomePlebeian walkoutPlebeians win officials of their own
451 BCEAthensCitizenship lawCitizens need two citizen parents
445 BCERomeMarriage lawPatricians and plebeians may marry
287 BCERomeHortensian lawPlebeian assembly laws bind all
90–89 BCERomeLaws after war with alliesMost free people in Italy made citizens
212 CERomeCaracalla’s edictNearly all free people made citizens
1868United States14th AmendmentCitizens by birth or naturalization
1870United States15th AmendmentVote not denied because of race
1920United States19th AmendmentVote not denied because of sex
1924United StatesIndian Citizenship ActNative Americans born here are citizens
1971United States26th AmendmentCitizens may vote at 18
1.
BCE years count down toward 1 CE, so to find the years between two BCE dates, subtract the smaller year from the larger one.

Athens' law of 451 BCE came   years after Solon's reforms.

2.
Use the timeline. Sort each event: did it change who counted as a citizen, or did it change the rights of people who were already citizens?
Athens, 451 BCERome, 445 BCERome, 90–89 BCEUnited States, 1920United States, 1924United States, 1971
Changed who counted as a citizenChanged the rights of citizens

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