Bellringer Open your notes title today Machiavelli and

Bellringer • Open your notes, title today Machiavelli and answer the questions below. • Answer the following questions: • 1. What are some characteristics of a successful leader? • 2. What things must a leader accomplish to be considered successful?

Machiavelli on Power • Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince • How to get and keep political power • Middle Ages emphasized duty of rulers to follow Christian moral principles • Machiavelli rejected this

Machiavelli on Power • Morality was unrelated to politics • Humans are motivated by self-interest • Importance of the individual • A prince acts on behalf of the state • A leader must do good when possible, but evil when necessary • Ends justify the means • Major impact on politics to this day

Machiavelli • “Everyone realizes how praiseworthy it is for a prince to honor his word and to be straightforward rather than crafty in his dealings; none the less, contemporary experience shows that princes who have achieved great things have been those who have given their word lightly, who have known how to trick men with their cunning, and who, in the end, have overcome those abiding by honest principles. ” • The Prince by Machiavelli

Activity! • Download “The Prince Worksheet” from the class website and save it in a Ch. 2 folder INSIDE your history folder. • You will read the document with a partner and each of you will answer the four questions on your own paper. • We will discuss as a class when everyone is finished.

Review! • 1. Explain Machiavelli’s views on political leadership.

Homework! • Read Ch. 2, Lesson 1