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Types of Government. Webquest. A quote from Winston Churchill:. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Task :
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Types of Government Webquest
A quote from Winston Churchill: Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Task: After researching the types of government, engage in a debate that assesses the validity of Churchill's quote and evaluates advantages and disadvantages of each type of government. In a chart you will describe 10 types of government and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages in order to answer the question.
Types of Government Authoritarian: Autocracy Dictatorship Oligarchy Absolute monarchy Totalitarian Democratic: Direct democracy Representative democracy Presidential democracy Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy
Websites http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/government http://www.stutzfamily.com/mrstutz/WorldAffairs/typesofgovt.html http://depts.alverno.edu/dgp/GEC/Types%20of%20Government.html http://www.historyguy.com/nations/government_types.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/world/united_nations/types_of_government/newsid_2151000/2151893.stm https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#2128 http://home.earthlink.net/~kingsidebishop/id2.html http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/direct_democracy.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00540/direct_democracy.html http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/autocracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_system_of_government http://chartsbin.com/view/6kx
Assignment "Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." -Winston Churchill Argumentative/Evaluation L1: After researching the types of government, engage in a debate that assesses the validity of Churchill's quote and evaluates advantages and disadvantages of each type of government.