Forms & Types of Government Unit


Unit #3: Forms and Types of Government


Lesson one: 9/23 - 9/26( two class periods)

 

Students learn about the different forms of government that exist, including democracy, autocracy, oligarchy, and others. They compare and contrast these forms, and they look at real-life examples in the world today.
Students will be able to:
  • Identify major forms of government (autocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, representative and direct democracy, oligarchy, theocracy, anarchy)
  • Compare and contrast the major features of different forms of government
  • Analyze examples of real-world governments


Lesson two and three: 9/27- 9/30

Vocab: public policy, representative democracy, constitutional monarchy, majority rule, authoritarian, regime, totalitarian, resolve, and ideology.
The students will understand that people form governments to establish order, provide security, and accomplish common goals.
Essential Question: Why do people create, structure, and change governments.
Agenda:
Fill out the forms of government graphic organizers step by step on the board with the students. (p.71)
  • Keep in order: Pass and enforce laws to deter crime & Establish courts.
  • Provide Security: Establish armed forces & Protect citizen from foreign attacks.
  • Provide Services: Protect public health, Protect public safety, & Provide public welfare.
  • Guide the Community: Develop public policy, Manage the Econ., Conduct foreign relations.
  • “Governments serve many different purposes”
  • Go over the Chart Skills with the students: Identifying and Evaluating.
 Lesson four: 10/1 & 10/2

What keeps government from having too much power? Students learn the answer in this lesson, which outlines five basic limits on government. They analyze the true story of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, in which many of those limits disappeared, and they evaluate fictional cases of governments with limits missing. The concepts in this lesson prepare students to understand why the U.S. Constitution is structured the way it is.
Students will be able to 
  • Describe five limits on government: constitution, separation of powers, rule of law, consent of the governed, and rights of the minority.
  • Analyze how former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori's presidential actions affected Peru's government limits.
  • Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of giving one leader total control.
  • Apply the five limits to fictional government systems.

Final Lesson: 10/3 & 10/4

  • Making flash cards: http://quizlet.com/_fqq1v 
  • Students will be using this time to study and finish up forms and types of government

 TESTING IS ON OCTOBER 7th AND 8TH FOR FORMS AND TYPES OF GOVERNMENT.

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