Types of Government

Our world has many different people, histories, ideas, cultural beliefs, and geographies. All of these elements are impacted by the government of a region. We will be looking at some of these governments. 

We will be spending some time researching and talking about the following governments:

Democracy, Monarchy, Communism, Dictatorship

Your job is to go to a variety of websites to become an expert on one type of government.

When we have finished our research, we will be presenting our findings to our peers in order to develop our understanding of all four types of government.

Each government is listed below with links to websites to help you become an expert on your government. Click on the links related to your government below to find information.

Democracy:

http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-18_u-492_t-1338_c-5143/a-brief-history-of-democracy-and-its-benefits/nsw/a-brief-history-of-democracy-and-its-benefits/potentials-of-democracy/introduction-to-democracy

http://www.ushistory.org/gov/1c.asp

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/de/Democracy

http://debatewise.org/debates/2154-democracy-is-the-best-form-of-government/

Monarchy

http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/historyofthemonarchy.aspx

http://www.nobility-association.com/monarchyhistory.htm

http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/governmentandlaw/a/monarchy.htm

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/mo/Monarchy

http://debatewise.org/debates/2526-republic-or-monarchy/

Communism

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/co/Communism

http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs201/projects/communism-computing-china/index.html

http://people.howstuffworks.com/communism.htm

Dictatorship

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/di/Dictatorship

http://people.howstuffworks.com/dictator1.htm

http://debatewise.org/debates/1001-dictatorship-is-the-best-path-to-development/

You will be sharing the information you have gathered with your classmates, who have researched and will be sharing with you the government they have been assigned. All of you will be taking notes on each other's governments as a study guide for a quiz next week.

Many governments were created for many different reasons. Which government or governments would you want to live under and why?