1. Bell Work-Answer the following questions in the Bell Work section of your Notebook.
What are the three ways governments distribute power?
Which government type focuses on a shared government between the central and regional authorities?
Arrange the three government types in order from strongest national authority to weakest national authority.

2. Government/Civics Domain

3. How do citizens participate in different forms of government?
SS6CG1b, SS6CG4b, SS6CG6b.
Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should introduce the essential question and the standards that align to the essential question

4. Fill in your Graphic Organizer throughout the lesson
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should give each student a copy of the graphic organizer [linked on the resource page] to record important information during the lesson.

5. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation:
Autocratic
One person possesses unlimited power. The citizen has limited, if any, role in government.
Rule of ONE
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide while the students record the important information on their graphic organizer

6. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation:
Autocratic
The oldest form of government.
One of the most common forms of government.
Dictator maintains power through inheritance or ruthless use of military and police power.
Examples: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide while the students record the important information on their graphic organizer
Remy, Richard C., United States Government- Democracy in Action (Columbus, OH: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2006)

7. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation:
Oligarchy
Rule of a few. Sometimes a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has a very limited role.
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide while the students record the important information on their graphic organizer

8. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
Oligarchy
The group gets its power from military power, social power, wealth, religion or a combination.
Political opposition is usually suppressed sometimes violently.
Examples- Communist countries such as China. South Africa during Apartheid
Leaders in the party and armed forces control government.
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide while the students record the important information on their graphic organizer
Remy, Richard C., United States Government- Democracy in Action (Columbus, OH: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2006)

9. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
Autocracy & Oligarchy
Sometimes claim they rule for the people.
In reality, the people have very little say in both types of government.
Examples- May hold elections with only one candidate or control the results in various ways.
Examples- Even when these governments have a legislature or national assembly, they often only approve decisions made by the leaders.
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide while the students record the important information on their graphic organizer
Remy, Richard C., United States Government- Democracy in Action (Columbus, OH: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2006)

10. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation:
Democracy
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide while the students record the important information on their graphic organizer
Rule of ALL. A country or nation where the people hold supreme power. Usually, they exercise their power by electing officials to represent them.

11. Distributed Summarizing:
With a seat partner, determine which diagram most likely represents each type of government in terms of citizen participation.
Be ready to support your answer.
Instructional Approach(s): Have students turn to a partner and discuss the question on the slide. Partners can be determined by the students or the teacher can provide more specific directions such as turn to the person directly in front/behind you or to the right/left of you, etc. It may be necessary to have a group of three if you have an uneven number of students. Do not allow more than 30 seconds to 1 minute of discussion time. The teacher should be walking around listening and redirecting discussions as needed. The teacher can briefly discuss student responses. Be sure to ask students why they believe a diagram represents a particular type of citizen participation. When ready, click the mouse to move to the next slide to show the answers

12. Distributed Summarizing:
With a seat partner, determine which diagram below represents each type of government in terms of citizen participation.
Be ready to support your answer.
Instructional Approach(s): The teacher should present the information on the slide showing which type of citizen participation is represented by each diagram

13. Citizen Participation Activity
Instructional Approach(s): Students cut out titles and place them where they think they belong on a diagram based on their understanding of how different types of governments determine citizen participation. The activity [linked on the resource page] can be done independently or in small groups (2-3). The teacher should walk around monitoring and assisting students as needed. When ready, click to the next slide to go over the correct answers

14. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
High
High
High
Government Power
Government Power
Government Power
Citizen Participation
Select Citizens Participate
General Citizen Participation
Citizen Participation
Low or No Participation
Low or No Participation
Low or No Participation
Autocratic
Oligarchic
Democracy

15. Government Citizen Participation Summarizer
Instructional Approach(s): Each student should complete the summarizer. The teacher should use the summarizer to determine the level of student mastery and if differentiation is needed.