Inquiry (Social Studies)

Unit 4: How we organise ourselves

General idea: 
Societies are organized to protect rights through the fulfillment of civil responsibilities

Lines of inquiry: 

• Government and politics are organized differently in different places and times.
• Being a citizen implies having rights and fulfilling responsibilities.
• People have human and civil rights.

Democracy

Don't you know what democracy is? You can find it out in this VIDEO!

After watching this video, please answer the following questions:

1) What is democracy?

2) Why was democracy created?

3) Was democracy equal for everyone in Ancient Greece? Why or why not?

4) How democracy works today?

Types of Government

Each country is unique. Along with that, each country has its own way of governing. These are the main types of government which are common nowadays:

• Democracy
• Monarchy / Empire
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Constitutional Republic
• Oligarchy / Dictatorship
• Federal

Democracy: A democracy is a government run by the people. Each citizen has a say (or vote) in how the government is run.

Constitutional Monarchy: a monarch with severely limited powers and elected officials under a constitution that protects the rights of the people from government.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philipe, Duke of Edinburgh

Constitutional Republic: elected officials and a Constitution that protects the people from the government.

Monarchy/Empire: A powerful monarch who rules with the help of an aristocracy and has total power over the people and may arbitrarily enact laws or punish subjects.

King Henry VIII

Oligarchy/ Dictatorship: In practice all dictatorships though they may have one person at their head are ruled by a small elite group, an oligarchy.  They hold power by force and laws are made at the whim of the rulers.

Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea

Federal (Federation): a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided between a central authority and a number of constituent regions (states, colonies or provinces) so that each region retains some management of its internal affairs.

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Unit 2: How the World Works

Plan "Familia Preparada" 

Video

Manual

Ficha

Geography

Map of South America:

How to read maps:


Maps are used to represent different kinds of information. For example, they can be used to show where you can find roads or parks. In our case it is important to say that some maps show us the location of natural resources.

The resources on the map are represented by symbols that you can find in the key (also called legend).

Here, for instance, fruit in general is represented by an apple or forestry by a tree.

Game - Countries of South America
Game 2 - Capital Cities  
Geography Hangman 
 South and Central American Countries