UNIT 2: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT
Unit 2.1: Comparative Government, Past and Present
Lesson 0: Unit Study Guide
Students will be able to:
Use key terms and main questions to evaluate their understanding of each topic in this unit.
Create a criss-cross puzzle (focusing on significance clues for each term) of the main terms in the unit
Key Terms, People, and Places: see study guide
Materials / Assignments:
Lesson 1: From Ancient Greece to Feudal Europe
Students will be able to:
List key accomplishments of ancient Greeks and Romans.
Describe the importance of Christianity and feudalism to life in the Middle Ages.
Trace the effect of Christianity on life in the Middle Ages.
Experience the role of peasants, vassals, nobles, and the king under the Feudal system to discover from where the kings got their power and authority.
Key Terms, People, and Places: Middle Ages, democracy, policy, empire, Pax Romana, Serf, feudalism, power, authority, manor, nobles, vassals
Materials:
Assignments:
Pop Quiz (in schoology)
Lesson 2: Renaissance
Students will be able to:
Explain how government changed during the time of Renaissance and Age of Revolutions.
Key Terms, People, and Places: renaissance, humanism, monarch, absolute monarch, revolution, colony
Materials:
Assignments:
Answer: How did government change during the time of Renaissance and Age of Revolutions?
Lesson 3: World (actually European) Timeline
Students will be able to:
Construct a timeline of major eras in European History to understand the chronology of major events.
Key Terms, People, and Places: chronology, Ancient Times, Fall of Rome (west), Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Revolutions, Industrial Revolution, Magna Carta, Feudalism
Materials:
Assignments:
Pop Quiz (in Schoology)
Lesson 4: European Regions and Their Countries
Students will be able to:
Create a political reference map of European regions and their countries to know their locations.
Key Terms, People, and Places: Political Map, Region
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Lesson 5: Industrial Revolution
Students will be able to:
Explain how Industrial Revolution changed government.
Key Terms, People, and Places: Industrial Revolution, rural, urban, textile, cottage industry, factory
Materials:
Assignments:
Atlas Worksheet
Lesson 6: Great Britain A Democratic Tradition
Students will be able to:
Explain how democracy grew in Great Britain
Key Terms, People, and Places: Great Britain, democracy, King John, Magna Carta, Parliament, Representatives, Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II, constitutional monarchy
Materials:
How Did Democracy Develop in Great Britain READING NOTES ILLUSTRATIONS
VIDEOS:
What Powers Does the Queen of England Actually Have? VIDEO
Give examples of some of the Queen's powers.
Why does the Queen not use all her power?
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Lesson 6: Who Rules
Students will be able to:
Identify major forms of government.
Compare and contrast the major features of different forms of government.
Analyze examples of real-world governments.
Key Terms, People, and Places: government, power, authority, autocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, democracy, representative democracy, direct democracy, oligarchy, junta, theocracy, anarchy
Materials:
Assignments:
Government Poster + Presentation
Unit 2.2: Russia as a Case Study
Lesson 1: Introduction to Unit 2.2 Russia as a Case Study
Students will be able to:
Identify at least 3 reasons why study Russia as a case study.
1.Begin to think about ways that our study about Russia can help us understand the world around us.
Key Terms, People, and Places: policy, power, authority, communism, Soviet Union, Velvet Revolution
Materials:
Assignments:
Atlas Work: Russia and Its Neighbors
Lesson 2: Czars of Russia
Students will be able to:
Put listening skills into practice:
to learn about Russia's long history of the Czars
to identify what caused the opposition (resistance or hostility) to the czarist government
Key Terms, People, and Places: Czar, Romanov, serf, revolt, Bloody Sunday, duma, Ivan the Terrible, Michael Romanov, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander II, Nicholas II,
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Lesson 3: Imperial Russia VISUALIZATION
Students will be able to:
Read and visualize Russia to explain:
How did the Czars of Russia rule (what was similar about their rule)?
What caused the opposition to the czars?
Key Terms, People, and Places: Czar, Romanov, serf, revolt, Bloody Sunday, duma, Ivan the Terrible, Michael Romanov, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander II, Nicholas II,
Materials:
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Imperial Russia QUIZ
Lesson 4: Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
Students will be able to:
Identify and place major events in the rise and fall of USSR in the correct chronological order:
Identify major people and events of USSR to: Explain how and why did communism rise in the Soviet Union?
Key Terms, People, and Places: czar, Nicholas II, communism, Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin, Civil War, Josef Stalin, Cold War, WWII, Mikhail Gorbachev
Materials:
Assignments:
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union READING NOTES
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union QUIZ
Map Test: Map of Former Soviet Union
Lesson 5: Cold War
Students will be able to:
Examine the When, Why, What, How of the Cold War.
Explain how the story of the 1980 U.S. hockey team relates to the Cold War.
Key Terms, People, and Places: U.S., Soviet Union (USSR), Cold War, arms race, race to space, iron curtain
Materials:
Assignments:
Complete an exit ticket after watching Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team VIDEO
Lesson 6: Russia: Friend, Enemy, or Frenemy?
Students will be able to:
Key Terms, People, and Places:
Materials:
Assignments:
See 2 assignments in Jeffco Schoology (answer core question and quiz)