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HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS
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HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS

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Grade Level Grade 12
Resource Type Activity, Lesson Plan
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  ARE THERE BETTER OPTIONS THAN CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACY?

Objectives:

SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary source complex text and video on the sustainability of democracy -- skill building for the AP Government and Politics Exam.

Citations:

BOOK:  Runciman, David (2018) How Democracy Ends.  New York:  Hachette Book Group (Pgs. 165-215)

VIDEO:  How Democracy ends – David Runciman – May 28, 2018

https://wwyoutu.be/W8SGszRrLOM (15:53)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:

China’s Hidden Camps

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/China-hidden-camps

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Standards

avenues of representation
Equality before the law and due process are two fundamental values that apply to all under the jurisdiction of the United States. While the United States legal system aims to uphold the values of equality before the law, due process, human dignity, freedom of conscience, inalienable rights, and civility, the extent to which the legal system upholds these values in practice is an issue of ongoing civic debate.
compare various political systems with that of the United States in terms of ideology, structure, function, institutions, decision-making processes, citizenship roles, and political culture
explore how citizens influence public policy in a representative democracy.

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