Government Review
2-5-8
SS6CG1 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
Your task is to complete some of the activities listed below to review your knowledge about the standards listed above.
You have a choice of activities to do at each point value. Your goal is to accumulate 8 - 11 points.
2 point activities
A. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
o Using the pictures, describe the way each system distributes power. Be sure you explain why the circles
are the size, the direction of the arrows. Also, be sure you use the terms central and regional
governments.
B. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
C. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
o Make a chart showing the following about the two types of democratic governments:
 Head of government
 Head of state
 How the head of government is selected
 The relationship between the executive and legislative branch
 How the legislative branch members get their position
5 point activities
A. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
o Tic-Tac-Know: Create 3 sentences using the words in the tic-tac-know board.
unitary
regional
distributed
Central
power
shared
Common goal
confederation
federal
B. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
o Create a symbol to represent each one of the terms. Include an explanation of your symbol.
C. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
o Compare how the two democratic forms of governments are alike and how they are different.
8 point activity
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Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
o Create a song or rhyme to help our class remember these terms and what they mean. You can create 3
separate ones.
OR
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Many students have asked for some way to remember the terms that go with power and the terms that go
with citizen participation. Create a “teaching tool” to help students understand this and what each term
means.
Remember the activities you choose need to match what you needed more practice based on
your “I Remember…” government assessment.