Objective

SWBAT describe the advantages and disadvantages of direct and representative democracies in order to analyze text.

Warm-Up

Answer the questions as briefly as possible.

1. What are the four purposes of government? 2. What are the three levels of government?

3. What is something that each of the three levels of government can do?

4. What are the three systems of government power?

4 Purposes of Government

1. Social Order 2. Public Services

3. National Security 4. Economic Decisions

National /Federal / Central

State

Local

Levels of Government

Unitary Confederate Federal

Local

State

National

Who has the power?

x

x

x

x xx

x

Agenda

• Objective and Warm-Up

• Introduction to New Material

• Guided Practice

• Independent Practice

• Exit Slip

(8 minutes)

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Democracy

• Word meaning:

• Demos = People

• Cracy = Rule

Democracy

• In a Democracy....

• People Vote

• Individual rights protected

• Laws to protect

• Majority Rule

Forms of Democracy

• Direct - ALL people vote on ALL decisions

• Representative - people vote for elected officials to vote on issues for them.

Direct Democracy

• We vote on issues directly.

• Advantage: people have all the power.

• Disadvantages:

• uninformed people vote on issues

• only works in small groups.

Representative Democracy

• people elect officials to make decisions for them and propose laws.

• Advantage: people can choose experts to make and carry out decisions.

• Disadvantage: leaders may not represent people’s interests

PEOPLE CAN STILL MAKE LAWS SOMETIMES!!!!

Initiatives and Propositions

• People go around officials in order to propose laws.

• If there is enough support, the law is put up for a vote.

• Basically, they initiate and propose changes.

People Laws

Direct or Representative?

Representative!

Representative

People Laws

Direct or Representative?

Direct!!!!

Which form gives more choice?

choiceno choice

representative democracy

direct democracy

Both forms provide CHOICE for people.The more choice, the more

DEMOCRATIC!!!!

Activity on Direct v. Representative Democracies

• We will count off by TWO’s. Please remember your number. You will be working with your group on a 5 minute activity.

Activity on Direct v. Representative Democracies • Ones - Direct Democracy

• Everyone in your group will have a vote on the decision you will be asked to make.

• Twos - Representative Democracy

• You must decide on two officials to represent your interests. THE TWO STUDENTS will make a decision for you. Choose your officials by majority vote.

Activity on Direct v. Representative Democracies

• Twos - Representative Democracy

• Elected officials, you must decide what to do with the Twix bars. Remember you represent them in making decisions.

• Ones - Direct Democracy

• You must decide what to do with the Twix bars. Everyone must vote and you will decide by majority rule.

• The bars CANNOT be split in half.

Reflection

• What was it like making a decision?

• What were the advantages and disadvantages of your form of democracy?

• What if we added 70,000 people?

• What if we were making a decision about what to do with $1,000?

Guided Practice

• We will be reading an article about a Proposition in California to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

• We are going to practice strategies that will help us better understand what we read.

• Today we will practice background knowledge and text coding.

What do you know about the legalization of Marijuana in U.S. States?

Know Want to know Learned

1. You will have 20 minutes to complete the text coding and answer the reading questions. Be sure to write in complete sentences.

2. Stay on topic. I will be listening to your conversations and it will impact your independent practice grade and your ability to do well on the exit slip.

Independent Practice

1. You will have 5 minutes to complete today’s exit slip.

2. Please only write the letter of your answer in the appropriate blank.

3. Complete it in silence.

4. When you are done, carefully check over your answers.

5. After checking your answers, please begin your homework.

Exit Slip

Homework

Write a 5 sentence paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of using direct democracy through initiatives or propositions.

You can start your paragraph with...

Initiatives should be used in the U.S. because...

OR

Initiatives should not be used in the U.S. because...

3, 2, 1, See Ya!

What are 3 things that you learned today?

What are 2 things that confused you?

What is 1 thing you want to know more about?