1. Structures of Government

2. Characteristics of a Country
Borders
Population
Sovereignty – The ability to make laws
4) Government

3. Authoritarian = Dictator
Types of Government
Authoritarian = Dictator
Monarchy/Democracy
Monarch = King or Queen
Family members take power
Complete power or figurehead
Democracy = President
People elect their leader
People free to make choices
One person in charge
Not chosen by population
Makes all laws
Controls all aspects of your life and society

5. Economic Systems - Capitalism
Business decisions made by individuals
People buy/sell as they wish
Create whatever you want
Variety of companies
Creates competition
Keeps prices low
You own a lemonade stand, set your prices, and get enough money for two stands

6. Economic Systems - Communism
You own a stand, but the government takes the stand and sets the prices, tells you how much to produce, and forces everyone else to work at the lemonade stand too
Government owns everything and makes all business decisions
Nobody can own their own business
All people in theory are equal because they all work as a community

7. Economic Systems - Socialism
Government and the people make business decisions together
Government tries to narrow income gap between rich and poor
Equal opportunities
You have a lemonade stand, the government makes you give lemons to your neighbor so they can have a stand too

9. Smartie activity Group 3
White - 6
Purple – 3
Yellow – 4
Green – 5
Orange – 1
Red – 2
Group 2
Purple – 2
Yellow – 5
Green – 6
Orange – 3
Red – 1
White - 4
Your goal is to trade smarties with other people and try to end up with the largest point value of smarties at the end of the allotted time
There is no limit as to who you can trade with
Group 3
Purple – 2
Yellow – 2
Green – 2
Orange – 2
Red – 2
White - 2

10. Further Instructions – Count your Totals
Everybody count your totals
Group 3
Purple – 2
Yellow – 2
Green – 2
Orange – 2
Red – 2
White - 2
Group 1
White - 6
Purple – 3
Yellow – 4
Green – 5
Orange – 1
Red – 2
Group 2
Purple – 2
Yellow – 5
Green – 6
Orange – 3
Red – 1
White - 4

11. “Rewards” – You May buy more than 1 of something, But you must have clothes, food, shelter, and transportation
Group 1
Groups 2 and 3
Mansion – $25
Normal House – $15
Small House – $10
Lamborghini – $15
Ford Focus – $10
Bike – $5
Clothes – $3 Points
Food – $2 Points
Normal House – $15
Small House – $10
Ford Focus – $10
Bike – $5
Clothes – $5
Food – $5

12. Reflection questions
Write two examples for each Economic System as to how this activity with the smarties represented each system we learned about.