In order to fully appreciate our American government, it helps to understand other nations' governments, and that is what we do in this ToolBook by comparing and contrasting the different forms of governments: Constitutional democracy—the parliamentary system; Totalitarianism—communism and fascism; Authoritarian regimes—military dictatorships; Absolute monarchy in the Middle East; the trend today? (Democracy.)
The lessons in the "Comparative Governments" ToolBook will be memorable because of the highly-charged topics of:
- The parliamentary system is a very good thing
- What is communism? The story of Stalin.
- What is fascism? The story of Hitler
- The Top Ten Reasons why communism is a lousy political system
- The Top Ten Reasons why fascism is evil.
- Totalitarianism: compare communism and fascism.
- The impact of totalitarianism on the individual.
- "The end justifies the means" vs. "Humanity as an end in itself."
- How and why the Soviet Union collapsed.
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| PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY | |
| 1. Forms of government | |
| #1 Chart | The types of government |
| #2 Chart | The forms of government |
| #3 Chart | How much freedom? |
| #4 Chart | Democracy vs. Totalitarianism |
| 2. The Parliamentary System | |
| #5 Lecture | The Parliamentary System |
| #6 Chart | Advantages and disadvantages of a parliamentary system |
| #7 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: The parliamentary system |
| #8 Group Analysis | Top ten reasons why the parliamentary system is a good thing |
| #9 Graphic Organizer | Parliament in London |
| #10 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: The unitary system |
| #11 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: The federal system |
| #12 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: A confederation |
| #13 Chart | The advantages and disadvantages of each |
| Test | The Parliamentary system: 36 questions |
| PART II: TOTALITARIANISM | |
| 3. Communism | |
| #14 Lecture | What is Communism? |
| #15 Graphic Organizer | Communism: who, what, where, when, why and how? |
| #16 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Communism |
| #17 Lecture | What was the Russian Revolution? |
| #18 Graphic Organizer | The Russian Revolution: who, what, where, when, why and how? |
| #19 Chart | The structure of the communist government in the Soviet Union |
| #20 Quotations | Interpret quotations by Lenin |
| #21 Graphic Organizer | The big lie, the hidden agenda |
| #22 Lecture | The story of Stalin |
| #23 Graphic Organizer | Stalin: who, what, where, when, how and why? |
| #24 Graphic Organizer | Did the Soviet Union have democracy? |
| #25 Game | Stalin and Stalinism |
| #26 Game | The characteristics of Stalinism |
| #27 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Stalinism |
| #28 Group Analysis | What if your high school were run by Stalinists? |
| #29 Group Analysis | Top ten reasons why communism is a lousy political system |
| #30 Game | First Impressions |
| #31 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze communism |
| #32 Game | The ABCs of Communism (recall terms) |
| #33 Game | Can you talk like a Communist? (define terms) |
| #34 Game | Mars / Venus |
| #35 Game | Honk if you hate Government |
| #36 Game | Stump the Teacher |
| #37 Game | The Last Man Standing |
| Test | Communism: 206 questions |
| 4. Fascism | |
| #38 Lecture | w/ internet Mussolini - the world’s first Fascist |
| #39 Lecture | w/ What is Fascism? |
| #40 Graphic Organizer | Facism: who, what, where, when, why and how? |
| #41 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Fascism |
| #42 Game | First Impressions |
| #43 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze Fascism |
| #44 Graphic Organizer | Mussolini’s Italy: did it have democracy? |
| #45 Quiz | Fascist terms |
| #46 Lecture | The story of Hitler |
| #47 Lecture | w/ What was the Nazi Party? |
| #48 Graphic Organizer | The Nazi Party: who, what, where, when, why and how? |
| #49 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: The Nazi Party |
| #50 Graphic Organizer | Nazi Germany: did it have democracy |
| #51 Quotations | Quotations by Adolf Hitler |
| #52 Game | First Impressions |
| #53 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze the Nazi Party |
| #54 Group Analysis | The top ten reasons why Fascism is evil . . . |
| #55 Game | The ABCs of Nazi Germany (recall terms) |
| #56 Game | Can you talk like a Fascist? (define terms) |
| #57 Quiz | Nazi Terms |
| #58 Game | Mars / Venus |
| #59 Game | Honk if you hate Government |
| #60 Game | Stump the Teacher |
| #61 Game | The Last Man Standing |
| Test | Fascism: 140 questions |
| 5. Totalitarianism | |
| #62 Lecture | Totalitarianism |
| #63 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Totalitarianism |
| #64 Chart | Compare & Contrast: Communism vs. Fascism |
| #65 Graphic Organizer | The Soviet Union: did people live under totalitarianism? |
| #66 Graphic Organizer | Nazi Germany: did people live under totalitarianism? |
| #67 Lecture | “The end justifies the means.” |
| #68 Group Analysis | “Humanity as an end in itself.” |
| #69 Lecture | The impact of totalitarianism on the individual |
| #70 A short story | “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell (1936) |
| #71 Quotations | Hegel: in favor of totalitarianism |
| #72 Quotations | Nietzsche: in favor of totalitarianism |
| #73 Quotations | Hannah Arendt: opposed to totalitarianism |
| Test | Totalitarianism: 54 questions |
| 6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
| #74 Document | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) |
| #75 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Human Rights |
| Test | Human Rights: 36 questions |
| 7. The fall of Communism | |
| #76 Mapping | Mapping the Iron Curtain |
| #77 Lecture | The Berlin Wall |
| #78 Interview | What do adults know about Eastern Europe? |
| #79 Mapping | Color Eastern Europe! |
| #80 Lecture | w/ graphics Eastern Europe: 1947-89 |
| #81 Mapping | Why did Poland listen to the Pope? |
| #82 Game | The Cold War ended in Eastern Europe (recall terms) |
| #83 Game | Can you speak Hungarian, Czech, or Polish? (define terms) |
| #84 Game | The people who brought down Communism |
| #85 Game | The Great Race |
| #86 Lecture | w/ internet Why the Soviet Union collapsed |
| #87 Mapping | The collapse of the Soviet Union |
| #88 Political Cartoons | The collapse of the Soviet Union |
| #89 Game | The collapse of the Soviet Union (recall terms) |
| PART III: AUTHORITARIANISM | |
| 8. Military dictatorships | |
| #90 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Military dictatorship |
| #91 Film Worksheet | “Z” - the political thriller; film about a military dictatorship |
| Case Study | |
| #92 Lecture | w/ internet The history of the Congo |
| #93 Graphic Organizer | How the Europeans distorted African nations |
| #94 Graphic Organizer | The Congo: does it have democracy? |
| 9. Absolute monarchy | |
| #95 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Absolute Monarchy |
| #96 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Constitutional Monarchy |
| Case Study | |
| #97 Lecture | w/ internet The history of Saudi Arabia |
| #98 Lecture | The government of Saudi Arabia |
| #99 Graphic Organizer | Saudi Arabia: does it have democracy? |
| #100 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze an absolute monarchy |
| #101 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze an Islamic republic |
| PART IV: THE FUTURE | |
| 10. The Trends Today | |
| The trend is democracy | |
| #102 Document | “Democracy’s Third Wave” |
| #103 Lecture | What is nationalism? |
| #104 Lecture | What is nationalization? |
| #105 Group Analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze: Nationalism |
| #106 Group Analysis | The top ten reasons why nationalism can be a good thing . . . |
| Case Study: Mexico is a democracy | |
| #107 Lecture | w/ internet The history of Mexico |
| #108 Lecture | The Constitution of Mexico |
| #109 Graphic Organizer | Mexico: is it nationalist? |
| #110 Graphic Organizer | Mexico: does it have democracy? |
| #111 Document | The Mexican Constitution of 1917 |
| Case Study: Cuba is not a democracy | |
| #112 Lecture | w/ internet Cuba |
| #113 Internet | Political Cartoons: Cuba |
| #114 Graphic Organizer | Cuba: does it have democracy? |
| #115 Internet | Political Cartoons: Chile and Nicaragua, 1970-1973 |
| #116 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze Pinochet’s military coup, 1973 |
| #117 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group: Analyze the Iran-Contra scandal |
| #118 Chart | The end of dictators |
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