Transcript Governments - McCullers' World Explorers

Agenda
Pre-test
 Government 1 Warmup
 Unitary governments
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Standards
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
 Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
 Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
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Monday October 31, 2011
Governments
Have basic principles that affect the way it serves its
people.
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Who holds all the power
◦ Do you have all the power or do you share with
officials that you trust?
◦ Are you the ultimate source of power?
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Do citizens have any power?
◦ Can your citizens have a say so in what
decisions are made?
Explain why you think this would be a
good government
 Label this “Government 1”
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Create Your Own Government
you are the ruler…….
Power is held by one central authority.
 Creates all the laws for an entire country
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Regional
authority
Central
authority
Regional
authority
Regional
authority
Unitary Government
Unitary Examples
oThe
United
Kingdom
oUkraine
oJapan
oItaly
oIsrael
oCuba
The citizen has little to no role in
government
 One person has unlimited power
 Dictator or ruler maintain their power
through inheritance or military force
 People who try to speak against the
government are silenced through force
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Citizen Participation: Autocratic
Tsarist Russia
 Cuba
 North Korea
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Autocratic Examples
Define Unitary government
2) Identify countries that have Unitary
governments
3) How is power distributed throughout the
government?
1)
Answer these Questions:
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Agenda
◦ Autocratic vs. Unitary
◦ Government 2
quickwrite
◦ Tsarina May I
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Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and
federal.
Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and
democratic.
Tuesday November 1, 2011
 Just
because there is a central
authority does NOT mean that the
government practices autocratic
rule!!
 Autocratic governments have
dictators that rule their people by
force.
Autocratic vs Unitary Rule
 For
example, although the
United Kingdom has a central
authority, they do hold
democratic elections.
 The people hold power and can
be directly or indirectly
represented.
Autocratic vs Unitary
You are the dictator of ____________.
Your main objective is to stay in power. You
also want to keep your citizens in line.
What would you do to ensure that you stay
in power and to make sure none of your
citizens speak out against you. Is there
anything that you can do to avoid a
revolution?
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“Government 2” QuickWrite
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Agenda
◦ Government 2-Citizen
Warm up
◦ More on Unitary
governments!
◦ More Autocratic rule
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Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and
federal.
Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and
democratic.
Wednesday November 2, 2011
We played Tsarina May I?
 How did this game make you feel as a
person and a citizen? Explain in detail.
 If you were a peasant
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◦ Did you feel that the game was fair?
◦ Were you afraid to speak out because of fear of
imprisonment or death?
◦ Did you resent the nobles and the Tsarina?
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If you were a noble
◦ Did you feel sorry for the peasants?
◦ What did it mean to you to be giant steps ahead
of the majority of the group?
◦ Did you fear imprisonment or death?
Yesterday…….
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Absolute monarchy
◦ Tsarist Russia
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Dictatorship
Absolute
Monarchy
◦ North Korea
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Totalitarianism
◦ Nazi Germany
Autocracies
Dictatorship
Totalitarianism
Types of Autocracies
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Absolute Monarchy
◦ Unrestricted political power; functions as the head of
state and head of government
◦ Tsarist Russia and France before the revolution
Dictatorship
◦ Absolute rule; governs without the consent of the people
◦ North Korea and Romania
Totalitarian
◦ Government controls every aspect of peoples lives; no
limit to its authority; use propaganda and terror.
◦ Nazi Germany and Italy under Mussolini
Definitions
United Kingdom
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Parliamentary
democracy
Chief of State- Queen
Elizabeth
Head of GovernmentPrime Minister
Elections
Voting age is 18
Cuba
Autocratic rule
 Fidel Castro has been
in power for almost
50 yrs
 Communist rule
no elections
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Unitary Governments
Agenda
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CRCT page 136-137.
highlight and
underline your
answers
Review unitary
governments
Federal governments
Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
 Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
 Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
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Thursday November 3, 2011
Unitary
Governments
definition
2. Autocratic
countries
3. Has a
Parliamentary
democracy
4. Unitary examples
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The United
Kingdom
Power is held by a
central authority
Ukraine, Israel,
Japan
Tsarist Russia,
Cuba
Unitary Review!
 Power
is divided between one
central and several regional
authorities.
 Power flows in both directions
 Power is shared between the
central government and the
states
Federal Governments
Central
Government
State
State
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Examples
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The United States
Germany
Russia
Australia
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
Federal Government Examples
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A government in which the supreme
power is vested in the people and
exercised through then directly or
indirectly through a system of
representation usually involving free
elections
Democracies: Rule of ALL
Parliamentary
Executive and
legislature are codependent
 May have a Prime
Minister
 Examples
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Presidential
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Executive and
legislature are
independent of each
other
President is head of
State
Examples
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◦ Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia, and ◦ Mexico, Brazil, and the
United States
Germany
Parliamentary
•Prime Minister is Head of
Government
•Parliament selects Prime
Minister
•Prime Minister can dissolve
Parliament
•May have Head of State
with little political power
•Citizens
elect
lawmakers
•Leader
heads the
military and
runs the
government
Presidential
•President is the Head of
Government and State
•President is elected
•Legislature and
Presidents serves for
fixed term periods
•President does not make
law
Citizen Participation: Democracy:
Agenda
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CRCT notebook page
137-139. highlight
and underline your
answers.
Partner work!!!!
Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
 Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
 Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
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Friday November 4, 2011
Agenda
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CRCT notebook page
187-188. Highlight and
underline your
answers.
Complete Governments
worksheet
Homework: Complete
Governments and
Citizens Rights
worksheet
Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
 Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
 Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
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Monday November 7, 2011
Agenda
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CRCT notebook page
188-189. Highlight and
underline where you
find your answers.
Notes
◦ Confederate
Governments
◦ Oligarchy Participation
◦ Review
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Homework
◦ Complete all sections of
worksheets and charts
Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast various
forms of government.
 Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
 Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
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Wednesday November 9, 2011
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Voluntary associations of states
Attempting to obtain some common
purpose
Agree to certain limitations to freedom
Power lies within the state
Central government is very weak
Confederations
State
State
State
Central
Government
•Native American tribes
•Confederate States of
America
Examples
RULE BY FEW!
 Small group of leaders decides what the
majority does
 May have power because of:
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◦ Wealth
◦ Military support
◦ May come from a common family
Low or no citizen participation
 South Africa
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Oligarchic Participation
What is the basic
way citizens of a
democratic nation
can influence the
government?
A. Voting
B. Working
C. Obeying laws
D. Consuming goods?
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The leader of the
Parliament in
countries such as
Australia, Canada,
and the United
Kingdom is called
the
A. Speaker
B. Prime Minister
C. President
D. Chairman
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Answer these questions
What type of
government would
most likely abolish
all opposing political
parties, the direct
elections of leaders,
and free speech?
A. Republic
B. Constitutional
Monarchy
C. autocratic
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In which system of
government does
the legislature elect
the executive leader
of the government
A. Presidential
Democracy
B. Communist
C. Parliamentary
Democracy
D. Dictatorship
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Agenda
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Review government
worksheets
Prepare group skits
for Government 3
Homework
◦ Complete Government
3 Quick Write (due start
of class Friday
Standard
SS6CG4: the student will
compare and contrast
various forms of
government.
 Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
 Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
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Thursday November 10, 2011
Each group will be given a certain
government type and perform this
government type in a skit to the class.
 each individual person must describe
their government AND how you
contributed to the group
 Every person must participate or have a
role in the skit
 Skit should be clearly acted out so that
the class can guess what the government
type is.
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Government 3