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Grade 5: G5: How We Organinze Ourselves

Government Systems

Central Idea: Government systems influence the rights and lives of humans. 

  • LOI 1: The rights and responsibilities of humans (responsibility) 

  • LOI 2: How government systems function (function) 

  • LOI 3: Factors which influence societal decision-making (perspective)

Government Systems

What are the different types of government?

Here are some resources for learning about different government systems:

Government from Britannica

What are the Different Types of Governments? from LiveScience

 

 

Types and Forms of Government

Types of Governments

Go to Gale Elementary to learn about the different types of government.

Click here for a quick definition of the different governmental systems around the world.

Videos from ClickView

Fact Monster DK History: Monarchy

Kingdoms

Fascism

The Cold War: Communism

Who Rules?

Who rules? This flowchart shows who makes decisions in different types of governments.

Image by Tom Driscoll

Top 3 Places to Research

Here are the TOP FOUR places to research your chosen type of government:

  

Types of Governments in Different Countries

Use the map in Culturegrams to look up different countries and find out more about their types of government. 

Try the World Edition or Kids Edition!

Greek Direct Democracy

Nazi Rule

Learn more about the Nazi government with this article from the Holocaust Encyclopedia

The UK Monarchy

The End of the Cold War

Passwords to library resources

Click here for the school passwords.

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