Lesson 1, Unit 1 Comparing Different Forms of Government• Essential Question: How was

the government of the United States established?

• Learning Target: I will be able to compare different forms of government?

Homework: Vocabulary

• Daily Rubric: 4 – I fully understand the learning target and I am ready to move on

• 3 – I feel like I have a good understanding of the learning target but I need to cover it a little more

• 2 – I feel kind of lost on the learning target and I need a lot of review before I can move on

• 1 – I am completely lost and feel like I need to completely cover this learning target over

Preview

• In your group, list and write as many forms of transportation as you can• What is similar about all of these forms?• What is different

Vocabulary

• Civics: Study of what it means to be a US citizen

• Government: Organizations, institutions, and individuals that exercise political authority on behalf of a group of people

• Direct Democracy: form of government in which all people meet together at 1 place to make laws and decide what actions to take

• Representative Democracy: form of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them

• Socialism: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

• Communism: economic system based on Karl Marx theories and in which means of production are owned by the govt and govt decides what will be produced

• Monarchy: undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person

• Oligarchy: government by the few

• Autocracy: government in which one person possesses unlimited power

Activity

• Get back into your groups

• Two persons in the group pull out your cell phone

• Use cell phones to research 3 examples of each form of government listed in your vocabulary

• If cell phones are found being used for anything other than the assignment will be confiscated IMMEDIATELY

• When everyone is finished we will discuss the examples as well as look the countries up on the map

Formative Assessment

• Choose 2 different forms of government and list 2 differences between them.• Discuss• Grade yourself