OP11: Forms of Government

Organizing Principle 11: Forms of Government

Students will understand and be able to explain different forms and systems of government.

SS.7.C.3.1:Compare different forms of government (direct democracy, representative democracy, socialism, communism, monarchy, oligarchy, autocracy).

SS.7.C.3.2:Compare parliamentary, federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government.

Wondering What to Study?????

Please review the Escambia School District Civics site that was created in collaboration with the Florida Joint Center for Citizenship.

It includes:

  • Student Review Reading for each standard

  • Three types of test questions that very in complexity

  • Vocabulary games

  • Additional resources that will help in learning the content for each standard assessed

Textbook: Remy,Richard C, etl. Florida Civics, Economics and Geography. Bothell,WA: McGraw-Hill, 2013. Print and online: https://launchpad.classlink.com/bayschools

Chapter & Lesson:

 SS.7.C.3.1: Chapter 3, Lesson 4 pgs. 70 – 80

o Workbook pgs. 39 – 42

 SS.7.C.3.2: Chapter 4, Lesson 1 pgs. 84 – 91

o Workbook pgs. 45 – 50

SS.7.C.3.1

absolute monarchy, anarchy, autocracy, communism, form of government , monarchy , oligarchy, representative democracy , republic , socialism

SS.7.C.3.2

confederal, democracy, dictatorship, direct democracy, federal, government , governor , parliamentary , president , prime minister