2. Definition
• a form of government in which people choose leaders by
voting
• a country ruled by democracy
• an organization or situation in which everyone is treated
equally and has equal rights
From Merriam Webster Dictionary Online
3. Student Generated Words
• Freedom Equality
• People have the power
• Direct rule
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Political Parties / Politics
• Republican
• Democrat
• America
• Voting
• Dictatorship
Students will raise
their hands and say
any word / words /
phrases that they
associate with
Democracy. Words do
not have to be
synonyms.
4. Groupings
Political Parties
Political Parties /
Politics
Republican
Democrat
Democracy
Freedom
Equality
America
Voting
People have the Power
Other types of Government
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Direct Rule
5. Regroup
• Students all grouped the terms in the same ways, there
were just different names.
• Political Parties – Politics in the United States
• Government – Different types of Rule
• Democracy – Life in America
6. Summary
• Democracy means voting for people in power
• Not everyone votes, is American Democracy a true
democracy?
• Democracy is not an oligarchy or monarchy
• Democracy created political parties
