The document outlines a classroom activity involving group tasks that focus on different forms of government, including democracy, authoritarianism, monarchy, and theocracy. It explains the essential elements of a state, such as population, territory, government, and sovereignty, and discusses how these elements define various government forms. Additionally, it highlights the characteristics and examples of different government types, emphasizing the impact on citizens' rights and freedoms.

1. OPENING PRAYER

2. PICTURE ANALYSIS

3. ENHANCING ACTIVITY
The Class will be divided into four group, each group will be
given a group task.
Group 1 – Slogan (Democracy Government)
Group 2 – Photo Collage (State/Elements of State)
Group 3 – Poster (Authoritarian Government)
Group 4 – Poem (Monarchy Government)

4. THE ELEMENTS & FORMS OF STATE
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

5. STATE
 a state is an organized political community acting under
a government and united by common set of laws. It uses
absolute power in directing the path of a society.
 states differ in sovereignty, governance, geography, and
interests. It may be classified as sovereign if they are not
dependent on, or subject to, any other power or state.

6. THE STATE INTENDS TO BE A STRONG ACTOR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
THREE IMPORTANT POLITICAL FUNCTIONS. THE STATE, IN FULL FORM,
1. maintains control over violence in its domain
2. allocates resources and rewards at its discretion, and
3. stands as the major focus of identity for the large
majority of the people under its authority.

7. ELEMENTS OF THE STATES
1. Population
 It is the people who make
the state. Population is
essential for the state.
Without population there
can be no State.

8. PHILIPPINE POPULATION AS OF 2020

9. ELEMENTS OF THE STATES
2. Territory
 There can be no state
without a fixed territory.
People need territory to
live and organize
themselves socially and
politically. It may be
remembered that
 the territory of the states
includes land, water and

10. ELEMENTS OF THE
STATES
3. Government
 It is the organization or
machinery or agency of
the State which makes,
implements, enforces,
and adjudicates the
laws of the state.

11. ELEMENTS OF THE STATES
4. Sovereignty
 It is the most exclusive elements
of State. Without sovereignty no
state can exist. State has the
exclusive title and prerogative to
exercise supreme power over all
its people and territory. It is the
basis which the State regulates
all aspects of the life of the
people living in its territory.

12. FORMS OF STATES
 States come in a variety of forms that vary on
who holds power, how positions of leadership are
obtained, and how authority is maintained. These
are:

13. AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT
Authoritarian
Government
 Form of government where
strict obedience from the
people to the authority of
the state is required.
 Control of the state over
citizen by authoritative.
 There are several freedom.

14. AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT
 Monarchy is a form of
government in which supreme power
is absolutely lodged with an
individual, who is the head of the
state, often for life or until
abdication. The person who heads a
monarchy is called a monarch.

15. AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT
Totalitarianism
 Form of government where the state
exerts its power on all aspects of the
lives of citizens.
 Control of the state over the citizen is
dictatorial.
 All individual freedom are controlled
 There is no individual freedom

16. OLIGARCHIC GOVERNMENT
Oligarchic
Government
 An oligarchy is a form of
government in which power
effectively rests with a small-
elite segment of society
distinguished by royalty,
wealth, family, military, or
religious.

17. OLIGARCHIC
GOVERNMENT
 Theocracy is a
government by divine
guidance or by official who
are regarded as divinely
guided. Leaders are
members of the clergy, and
the state’s legal system is
based on religious law.
Contemporary examples of
theocracies include Saudi
Arabia, Iran, and the

18. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
Democratic
Government
Democracy is a form of government in which the
right to governs is held by the majority of citizens
within a country or a state. The two principles of
democracy are that all citizens have equal access to
power and that all citizens enjoy universally
recognized freedoms and liberties. Examples of
democratic nations are Philippines, Norway, New
Zealand, United States of America, Canada,