democracy vs. dictatorship: will dictatorships ever cease to exist?

DEMOCRACY VS.

DICTATORSHIP

: WILL

DICTATORSHIP

S EVER

CEASE TO EXIST?

U N I T 1 D A Y 3

TLW: Examine the foundations of democratic

representative government: Greek direct

democracy, Roman republic

2 TYPES OF DEMOCRACY: INDIRECT AND DIRECT

Representative or indirect

democracy… started by the

Romans…a republic

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Women, slaves,

and foreigners were not allowed to vote.

Direct democracy can be done in small populations; Like a town hall meeting

ANALYZE…

“A man who has the knowledge but lacks the power to express it clearly is no better off

than if he never had any ideas at all. A man who has both these qualities, but lacks

patriotism, could scarcely speak for his own people as he should.”

ANALYZE…

“Therefore approach each individual case with the

persuasion that on it depends as a whole your entire reputation.”

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF

THIS CARTOON?

DICTATORSHIPS: OLIGARCHY AND AUTOCRACY

Small group of elites in charge (rich or military)vs.

1 main leader in charge

AUTOCRACY

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?Totalitarian Rule vs.

Constitutional Government

Rate these traits from 1 being the most important to totalitarian rule through 7 being the least significant.

• Ideology• State Control of

Individuals• Methods of

Enforcement• Modern

Technology• State Control of

Society• Dictatorship and

One-Party Rule• Dynamic Leader

REAL WORLD TOTALITARIAN EXAMPLES

Hand painted propaganda posters can be seen everywhere in North Korea's streets, schools, cinemas, official buildings, media etc. This form of 'art' is highly developed in North Korea (DPRK) as it is part of daily life.

CENSORSHIP OF THE INTERNET IN IRAN

In recent years, Internet service providers have been told to block access to political, human rights and women's sites and weblogs expressing dissent or deemed to be pornographic and anti-Islamic. The ban has also targeted such popular social networking sites as Facebook and YouTube, as well as news sites.

CHINESE CENSORSHIP

Notable censored subjects include but are not limited to, democracy, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Falun Gong, Tibetan independence, Taiwan independence, corruption, police brutality, anarchism, disparity of wealth, food safety, pornography, news sources that report on these issues, religious content, and many other websites.

How free is Chinese media?“Reporters without Borders” ranked

China 171 out of 178 countries in its 2010 worldwide index of

press freedom. Journalists face prison terms for

violating rules.

WILL DICTATORSHIPS EVER CEASE TO

EXIST?

ONE MORE EXAMPLE…

Choose one of the following colors: green, purple, blue, red, black, orange, yellow

I will explain how a color for are class would be selected in a democracy and then in a dictatorship.

IN A DEMOCRACY…Some of the options would be eliminated….

Then you would select again…..

Then the majority would win out…..

Was your original choice even an option at the end?

IN A DICTATORSHIP….What color do you want?

Really?

Are you sure?

Think hard about it again?

The color is….

PARAGRAPH…

Explain the difference between the US

government and a dictatorship.

LOOK UP…Using your phone or sitting with someone else look up 3 dictators that are still in

power today. Write down their name, country and one specific concept related to their harsh rule.

EXAMPLE:Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan• Each fall, university students, teachers, civil servants, and children as young as 9

are forced to live in barracks and harvest cotton under in humane conditions.• He has ordered soldiers to fire into unarmed crowds of protestors, routinely uses

torture on political prisoners, and fixes elections to remain in power.

GREEK AND ROMAN READINGS….

Questions:

1. According to Source 1, how did the Greek rich keep control over the Greek poor?

2. According to Source 2, what did direct democracy look like for the Greek communes? Why is direct democracy easier to practice with smaller groups of people?

3. Explain what Source 3 is saying.

4. Explain the meaning of the following selected text from Source 4. “A man who has the knowledge but lacks the power to express it clearly is no better off than if he never had any ideas at all. A man who has both these qualities, but lacks patriotism, could scarcely speak for his own people as he should.”

5. After reading Source 5, what does Cicero mean when he says, “Therefore approach each individual case with the persuasion that on it depends as a whole your entire reputation.”?