Lesson 3: Basic concepts of Democracy
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Understand the foundations of democracy.
Analyze the connections between democracy and the free enterprise system.
How does direct democracy differ from indirect democracy?
What are the basic concepts of Democracy?
Democracy
Direct Democracy
Indirect Democracy
Majority rule
Compromise
Citizen
Representative Democracy
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
DOK 1-4
Students can select their own graphic organizers from the blank templates in Teacher Center to match the structure of the text or the needs of the assignment.
The Core Interactive Text provides reading at the appropriate level of text complexity for grades 10-11. These readings can be completed with or without scaffolding from Graphic Organizers reading tools and other visual aids.
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