Category Archives: Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Is Democracy Still Alive in the United States?

February 6, 2018 – 2:04 pm

Brad Baker , U.S. History, W.A. Hough HS

Tags american revolution, Anti-Federalist, Articles of Confederation, Britain, Common Sense, Consent of the Governed, constitution, Crisis, democracy, Direct Democracy, Economics, elections, executive branch, Federalist, Founding Fathers, France, Free Will, French and Indian War, George Washington, Grand Conversation, High School, Immigrants, John Adams, John Locke, judicial branch, legislative branch, Mayflower Compact, nation, Nationalism, Patriotism, Philosophy, president, Republic, Semantics, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Voting, War of 1812 | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Du discours de la Baule à l’éveil « de la conscience démocratique en Afrique

February 6, 2018 – 11:55 am

Mawuena Dabla-Egui, French, Harding University HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Afrique Francophone, AP French., démocratie, démocratisation en Afrique, fanatisme, Francophonie, French IB Hl2, High School, IB language B ; French IB SL1; French IB SL2; French IB Hl1, identité nationale, la langue et l’identité culturelle ; la dominance linguistique; les minorités; multilinguisme ; nationalisme ; patriotisme, multipartisme. | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

THE RISE OF THE PRIME MINISTER IN GREAT BRITAIN: William Pitt to Theresa May

February 1, 2018 – 12:45 pm

Roshan Varghese, History, Butler HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags American History I, American History II, constitutional monarchy, F. Roosevelt, G.W. Bush, High School, Limited Government, M. Thatcher, Magna Carta, president, prime minister, R. Reagan, T. Blair, U.S. Constitution, W. Churchill, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

The Deception of the American Democracy

February 1, 2018 – 12:41 pm

Raymond Beamon, World History, West Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags completive, constitution, democracy, elections, electoral college, fair, free, gerrymandering, High School, inclusion, mass incarceration, service learning, slavery, Voting | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Democratization in the Arab World

February 1, 2018 – 12:38 pm

Michael Richards, World History, Bailey MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags authoritarian, democracy, democratization, Government, Middle School | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Comparing and Contrasting Democracies: The United States of America and the Hispanic Countries in Latin America

February 1, 2018 – 12:36 pm

Mayra Garcia, Spanish, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags democracy, High School, hispanic, Latino, project based learning, Spanish, Spanish Speaking Countries, Student Research | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Is Democracy Ready For The Next Wave of Change?

February 1, 2018 – 12:29 pm

Lynn Roach, Economics, Harding University HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Absolutism, Authoritarianism, democracy, Direct Democracy, Fascism, Feudalism, High School, Inalienable Rights, Limited Government, Magna Carta, Natural Rights, Parliament, popular sovereignty, Representative Democracy, totalitarianism | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in South Africa during and after Apartheid

February 1, 2018 – 12:26 pm

Lisa Modrow, Social Studies, Bailey MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags apartheid, Middle School, Nelson Mandela, oppression, South Africa | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Injustice: Japanese Internment and Citizens’ Rights

February 1, 2018 – 12:25 pm

Christa Rawald, Social Studies, Ranson MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags democracy, Injustice, Japanese Internment, Middle School, Minorities, Rights, WWII | Permalink | Comments Off

Islam, Media, and the Arab Spring “and their affairs shall be discussed among them” (وَأمَْرُھُمْ شُورَىٰ بیَْنھَُم)

February 1, 2018 – 12:17 pm

M. Bassam Halaweh, Arabic, Hawthorne Health Sciences

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Arab Spring, authoritarian, class struggle, compulsion, conflict, controlled democracy, Culture, democracy, democratization, displacement, elite class, ethnic groups, executive, human rights, interconnected world, Islam, judicial, legislative, liberal institutions, Media, mobilizing, national identity, parliamentary system, politics, privileged groups, prophet Mohammad, Quran, right to vote, social media, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Reconstructing a Failed Democracy

February 1, 2018 – 12:15 pm

Arianna Bonner, Social Studies, Martin Luther King, Jr. MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Analyze, civil war, Civil War Amendments, conflict, debate, democracy, Historical Narrative, Middle School, perspective, Reconstruction | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

South African Democracy: The Rise and Fall of Hope

February 1, 2018 – 12:12 pm

Amy Strong Pasko, International Programs Coordinator, North Learning Community

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags apartheid, constitutions, corruption, democracy, High School, Nelson Mandela, race, South Africa | Permalink | Comments Off

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