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Students discuss and write about their experience of voting on the class rules as an entire group and about electing a smaller group to decide on the class rules; students also discuss whether kindness is an issue in deciding the rules. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider what they already know about democracy and examine how viable democracy is for Middle Eastern nations such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the concept and process of democracy. They role-play delegates representing one of the 12 states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and simulate the process of a committee of a state legislature. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the origins of democracy throughout the world. They analyze the concept of democracy and how it works. They also discover how to be a part of a democracy. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students define democracy and analyze the conditions needed for democracy to flourish. Students research governments in the Middle East to determine how and if they have any form of democracy within their government. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze government organizations and place them on a government spectrum and connect them to the Getting Involved Project. They state and define the fundamental differences between democracy and autocracy. In addition, current events 1 is issued and a new vocabulary list is issued to the students. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the impact of the Ancient Greeks and Romans on democratic and republican ideas. They read and discuss text, complete a class chart on the development of Greek Democracy, and create a magazine advertisement advertising the virtues of either the Roman or Greek government. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the components of a representative democracy. In groups, they create a t-shirt that shows the components and why it is "cool" to live in a democracy. As a class, they examine the concept of the common good and how voting is important in a democracy. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students differentiate the goals and purposes of social and economic systems. They develop the ability to critically examine the measures these systems take to attain these goals and purposes. They examine the basic elements, principles and purposes of democracy, capitalism and socialism. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students discuss the rule making process in a direct democracy. They discuss the rule making process in a representative democracy. Students identify examples of a direct democracy in their classroom, school, and community. They identify examples of represntative democracy in their classroom, school, and community. Full Review »
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