3rd ESO Politics

1. Let’s talk about
politics
Can we change the world?

2. THE POLITICAL
ORGANISATION OF
SOCIETY:
THE STATE

3. INTRODUCTION:
What is a state?
What is a nation?
What is a country

4. 1.A state is a group of institutions that organise the
society.
2.A nation is a community of people with the same
culture, traditions, history and language. For
example the UK is a country compounded by
people of four nations: the English, Irish, Scottish
and Welsh.
3. Tract of land inhabited by people of one or several
nations.

5. Whereas the term 'nation' refers to particular group of people,
'country' refers to the physical dimensions and boundaries of
a geographical area, and 'state' legal and political
entity.

9. BORDERS, POPULATION, TERRITORY, LAW, RIGHTS, DUTIES,TAXES, POWER,
PUBLIC SERVICES

10. PUBLIC, TAXES, RIGHTS, POWER, DUTIES, LAWS, PUBLIC, POPULATION,
FACILITIES

15. what’s up
with you,
democracy
?

17. governme
nts,
How,
what,
where...

18. Types of
governmentsDEMOCRACY
REPUBLIC
MONARCHY
ARISTOCRACY
DICTATORSHIP

19. means "rule
by the
people." In
a
democracy,
the people
govern.
DEMOCRAC
Y

21. The political parties:

22. people. All
"democracies"
are really
republics. In a
republic, the
people elect
representatives
to make and
enforce laws
REPUBLIC

23. a large empire,
such as China
before 1911. There
are no large
monarchies today.
Spain, which has a
king, is really a
republic because
the king has
virtually no
political power.
MONARCH
Y

24. have really been ruled
by aristocrats. Today,
typically, the term
"aristocracy" is used
negatively to accuse a
republic of being
dominated by rich
people, such as saying,
"The United States
has become an
aristocracy."
ARISTOCRAC
Y

25. claim to be leaders
of democracies. The
dictator may be one
person, such as
Kim jong il in
norht korea or
Hitler in Germany,
or a group of
people, such as the
dAESH Party in
SIRIA.
DICTATORSHIP

26. DEMOCRATIC AND NON-
DEMOCRATIC STATES

31. activity
1. Explain what this type of government consist of?
2. What other characteristics of democracies do you know about?

32. Activitiy
1. Explain what this type of government consist of?
2. What other charachteristics of dictatorship do you know about?

44. the
spanish
state
organisati
on

45. Autonomous governments
Spain is organised into 17 Autonomous Communities and two
Autonomous Cities (Ceuta and Melilla
The Autonomous Communities has its own Statute of Autonomy
The Statute of Autonomy sets out the organisation and decides how the
government deals with different issues: health, education...

46. Local government
The Autonomous Communities are divided into provinces
There are 50 provinces in Spain.

47. -activity:
1. How many provinces has got Catalunya?
2. Name it!
3. Identify the Island Provinces. Which Autonomous Community each one
belongs to?
4. Which autonomous Community has the largest number of provinces?

48. Let’s do
the
Activity
The
Structure
of Spain
in the

49. United
nations

51. United nations