1. The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
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The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.

2. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Before-school tutoring is tomorrow starting at 7:30a. Social Studies Progress Reports go home TOMORROW!
Standard: Compare and contrast various forms of government. Describe the ways government systems distribute power.
E.Q. for Monday, September 29, 2014: When discussing government structure what two questions must be answered?
Warm Up: What is most significant about the religion of Judaism?
Today We Will:
CDA-1 Make-Ups
Start Government Worksheets

3. Government Structure E.Q. Answer for Monday September 29th:
How does the government distribute power between the Central government & Local governments? and
How do the citizens participate in government decision making?
Warm-Up Answer:
Judaism was the world’s first monotheistic religion.

4. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.

5. All the power to decide anything rests in a central government.
Unitary Governments
All the power to decide anything rests in a central government.
A unitary government is what Britain was during the American Revolution; We were a nation united under control of one rule. There were no separate states creating their own laws or taxes, just the rule of the government over the entire population.
Buckingham Palace, Great Britain
A great majority of all the world’s nation-states are unitary government systems.

6. Confederation Governments
A union by compact or treaty between states that creates a central government with limited powers.
The states retain supreme authority over all matters except those few things delegated to the central government.
The original 13 U.S. Colonies formed a Confederation.

7. Federal Governments
a form of government in which sovereign power is divided (shared) between a central government and a number of states (local governments) so that each state retains some management of its internal affairs.
If a service or responsibility is not listed in the constitution for the central government to do, then it is up to the states to provide it.
Example: police, fire, hospitals, education, roads, voting, etc. are the responsibility of the states to fund and operate.

8. Review Unitary Confederation Federal Power rests in the
central government
Agreement among
States/regions creates a
Limited central government
Power is divided
Between the central
Government and the
States/regions
Central government has
No control over the
States/regions.
Central government has
Some control over the
States/regions.

9. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Social Studies Progress Reports go home TODAY! Return reports signed for “100” Homework grade. The deadline for late work is October 7th.
Standard: Compare & contrast various forms of government for their ability to distribute power & allow citizens to participate in decision making.
E.Q. for Tuesday, September 30, 2014: What are the three government models that impact citizen participation?
Warm-Up: List and briefly describe the three models for how governments distribute power?
Today We Will:
Complete overview of government systems/models
Introduction to governments of Israel, Iran, & Saudi Arabia

10. Government Structure E.Q. Answer for Tuesday, September 30th: Warm-Up:
Autocratic
Oligarchic
Democratic
Warm-Up:
Unitary (All the decision making power is held by the central government)
Confederation (local governments hold all the decision making power)
Federal (Decision making power is shared between central and local governments)

11. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.

12. Autocratic Governments
In an autocratic government, one person or group holds all the power, without the participation, or sometimes even the consent, of the people.
I have compete control over everyone and everything!
You will do exactly what I say!
The word “autocracy,” the opposite of democracy, comes from the Greek words: “autos” meaning “self” and “kratos” meaning “power.”
Absolute Monarchy
Military Dictatorship

13. Oligarchic Governments
a government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority generally is based on wealth or power.
The word oligarchy is from the Greek for "few" and "rule".

14. Democratic Governments
A form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people through their ability to vote for their leaders.
When citizens directly participate in government by voting, it’s called democracy.
The word “democracy” comes from two Greek words: “demos” meaning “people” and “kratos” meaning “power” or “authority.”
The United States has had the same type of government for more than 200 years. It’s called a “representative democracy.” Among the nations of the world, it is unusual for a system of government to last so long.

15. usually based on wealth
Review
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
One person has all
the power
A small group of people
have all the authority,
usually based on wealth
or power.
The people elect
representatives who
have authority to make
decisions for them.
The people have
no right to say what
the government does
Only a few people
have a right to say
what the government
does
All people have a right
to say what the
government does

16. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Late work must be turned in by October 7th deadline.
Standard: Compare and contrast various forms of government. Describe the ways government systems .
E.Q. Wednesday, October 1, 2014: What are the two forms of democratic governments?
Warm Up: Name three governmental models that distribute power and provide a two-word description for each.
Today We Will:
Compare & contrast Presidential & Parliamentary democratic systems

17. Government Structure E.Q. for Wednesday, October 1, 2014:
Parliamentary Democracy, and
Presidential Democracy
Warm-Up Answer:
Autocracy (One person)
Oligarchy (Small group)
Democracy (People vote)

18. Describe the two predominate forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.

19. Parliamentary Governments
A political system in which the Parliament selects the prime minister according to party strength as expressed in elections to Parliament.
The majority party controls the government
Queen: Head of State
Cabinet Members
Prime Minister: Head of Government
Parliament

20. Presidential Governments
A system of government where the executive branch exists separately from a legislature (and to which it is generally not accountable).
I’m elected by the people
We’re elected by the people
We are appointed by the president with the approval of congress.
The three branches of the U.S. government check and balance each other.

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