1. Types of Limited Governments This is the title for your journals.

2. A Constitutional Monarchy has a parliament that is like our legislative branch. The king or queen have to follow the same laws as the citizens. They have a constitution. Example: England Constitutional Monarchy

3. DEMOCRACY Democracy comes from Greek language and means “rule by the people.”

4. DEMOCRACY Democracy is a government in which citizens are involved in making decisions.

5. DEMOCRACY A family of 4 wants to go out to dinner and everyone has their own idea about where to go. Susie wants Chinese, Jerome wants hamburgers, and Mom wants seafood. And Dad? Well, he likes it all. The family talks it over, with each person giving an opinion. And then they vote on where to go.

6. DEMOCRACY Each person gets one vote. On this day, Susie votes for Chinese, Mom votes for seafood, and Jerome votes for burgers. Looks like dad is going to have the deciding vote. He remembers how much he liked the chicken chow mein at the Chinese restaurant last time they were there. So he chooses Chinese. Looks like the family is going to have Chinese tonight because the Chinese food had the most votes. That’s how democracy plays a part in everyday life-by people making decisions as a group, with each person getting a vote.

7. DEMOCRACIES There are different types of democracies: Direct Representative

8. DIRECT DEMOCRACY Direct democracy began in the city of Athens, in ancient Greece.

9. DIRECT DEMOCRACY In a direct democracy all citizens vote on each issue (law).

10. Direct democracy Yes to school uniforms No to school uniforms

11. DIRECT DEMOCRACY The process of direct democracy may appear disorderly because everyone participates.

12. DIRECT DEMOCRACY Why would the process of direct democracy be disorderly? Hint: What do you remember about your class making decision about the name of the island?

13. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Another word for representative democracy is a republic.

14. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Republic began in ancient Rome, in Italy.

15. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY In a republic, citizens vote (elect) leaders to represent them in government.

16. Representative Democracy/Republic

17. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Then those elected leaders make laws and decisions.

18. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Yes to school uniforms

19. DEMOCRACY Each form of democracy has one common characteristic-they are limited governments and the citizens are in control.

20. USA Is USA a direct or a representative democracy? What could be the reasons for why we are this type of democracy?

21. USA Can you imagine what would happen if every citizen in the US had to vote on every law?