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On page 5 of your notebook

On page 5 of your notebook . List 3 rules you would want to make if you were stranded on a deserted island with your classmates Provide an explanation for each rule. You and your classmates are shipwrecked on a deserted, uncharted island with no hope of being rescued

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On page 5 of your notebook

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  1. On page 5 of your notebook • List 3 rules you would want to make if you were stranded on a deserted island with your classmates • Provide an explanation for each rule

  2. You and your classmates are shipwrecked on a deserted, uncharted island with no hope of being rescued • You must work together to build a community • Follow the guidelines on your sheet to create a rulebook for your community • ALL MEMBERS must sign the rule book • All members must take part • You will have 20 minutes

  3. How did you feel during this exercise? • How did you feel when I stopped the activity and had you go back to your seat? • Give an example during the exercise when a majority of your classmates agreed on a decision • What are some of the advantages and disadvantages to everyone having a say?

  4. Give an example during the exercise when one person tried to make decisions for everyone else • What are some of the advantages and disadvantages to having one person make decisions for everyone • Based on this experience, do you believe people can be trusted to govern themselves? Why or why not? • Give specific examples from your experience

  5. Fold your paper into thirds (two folds)

  6. Divide both flaps in half, creating 2 doors on each flap • Carefully cut the 2 doors on the front flap, • DO NOT cut through the fold

  7. On the last flap (the one farthest to the right) , divide each door into four strips • Carefully cut each strip, being careful not to cut through the fold

  8. Label the top door with the word :AUTOCRACY • Label the bottom door with the word: DEMOCRACY AUTOCRACY DEMOCRACY

  9. Label the strips with the following terms in the following order (from top to bottom) Monarchy Absolute Monarchy Constitutional Monarchy Dictatorship Direct Democracy Republic Democracy Parliamentary Democracy Presidential Democracy

  10. Autocracy: unlimited authority by a single individual • Democracy: Government in which political control is exercised by all the people equally AUTOCRACY DEMOCRACY

  11. Monarchy Absolute Monarchy Constitutional Monarchy Dictatorship Direct Democracy Republic Democracy Parliamentary Democracy Presidential Democracy

  12. Monarchy • System of government headed by monarch (king or queen) inherited for life • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

  13. Absolute Monarchy • Monarch is the only source of power; all controlling • Swaziland, Vatican City

  14. Constitutional Monarchy • Government where Monarch’s power is determined by fundamental law of the state • Sweden, Monaco, United Kingdom, Spain

  15. Dictatorship • Government in which those who rule acquire and maintain control by force—cannot be held responsible to will of the people • Cuba, North Korea

  16. Direct Democracy • Political control is exercised directly by the people (ALL of the people) • Town meeting in New England, some small cantons in Switzerland

  17. Republic Democracy (representative) • People exercise political control and participate through elected representatives • United States, Germany

  18. Parliamentary Democracy • Government in which the executive brand (leaders)- prime minister and cabinet- are chosen by and responsible to Legislature (parliament) as well as being members of the Legislature • Great Britain, Spain, Japan

  19. Presidential Democracy • Government in which there is a separation of powers between independent and co-equal executive and legislative branches • United States, Mexico

  20. Monarchy • System of government headed by monarch (king or queen) inherited for life • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

  21. Are the following examples Autocratic or Democratic? • A teacher decides there will be a test on Friday • A group of friends decide on which movie to go to by discussing three possible movies and voting on which one they want to see • A manager of a fast-food restaurant decides to give workers a 50-cent per hour raise • A mother listens to her daughter complain about not being allowed to stay out late at night then decides to let her daughter stay out one hour later

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