The document discusses different forms of government and compares them to democracy. It defines 14 different forms of government from monarchy to dictatorship to oligarchy. The purpose is to understand democracy by contrasting it with other systems of governing like aristocracy, capitalism, communism, constitutional monarchy, federalism, and more. Students are assigned activities to help analyze the different elements, dimensions, and emergence of democracy compared to other forms of rule.

1. DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTIONS
LESSON 2
I. What is
Democracy?

2. OBJECTIVE
S
1. Understand what democracy
is by identifying its elements
and typology.
2. Demonstrate awareness of the
difference between democracy and other
forms of government through comparative
analysis.
3 Describe the relationship between the emergence
and progression of trends and democracy.

4. 1
HEART OF
ANY
DEMOCRATI
C
GOVERNME
NT EQUALS IN
THE EYES
OF THE
LAW

5. 2
BRANCHES OF THE
GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
JUDICIAL BRANCH
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM
President
• Head of the State
• Approves laws
• Commander-in-
Chief
Parliamentary SYSTEM
Prime Minister
• Head of the
Government
• Administrative
Functions
King
• Head of the State
• Ceremonial
Functions
Mixed SYSTEM
President
• Ceremonial Functions
• Executive Power
Prime Minister
• Executive Power
• Legislative Power

6. 3
HUMAN
RIGHTS
CIVIL
RIGHTS
POLITICAL
RIGHTS

7. 4
“Right TO VOTE”
Legal Age
Regardless of:
SEX
RELIGION
EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS
POLITICAL
AFFILIATION

8. 5
OPINIONS
IDEALS
AGREEMENTS
DISAGREEMENTS
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
GOOD
BAD
LIBEL

9. 6

11. “Every people
comes together to
decide on issues or
pass laws through
vote.”

12. “People elect
leaders to act as
their
representatives in
the government.”

13. Elements
of
Democrac
y
Enumerate and explain the elements
of democracy through concept map.
ACTIVITY
1

14. Compare and contrast direct and
indirect democracy using Venn
Diagram.
ACTIVITY
2
VENN
DIAGRAM

15. ASSIGNMENT
If you are a part of the Congress, what
possible law you want to pass and
why? You need to present and defend
your proposed bill in class. After the
presentation, the members of the
congress (classmates) will have to
vote if your bill shall pass or not. You
need to get 50% + 1 vote from the
body.

16. DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTIONS
LESSON 2
II. The Dimension of
Democracy

17. A PEOPL
Collective group of individuals with varying political party and
religious beliefs that freely decided to live together in a
particular geographical area and mutually consented to for a
democratic nation.

19. B EQUALI

21. C COMMON

23. D REPRESENTATI
PROBLEMS?
• They have minds of their own.
• Little informations how to evaluate
performance.
• Objectives
• Lack of Alternatives

25. 1. Identify what do you think are the benefits of democratic
participation in each of the different dimensions of
democracy?
2. Write an essay explaining how the different elements and
dimensions of democracy contribute to the emergence of
trends.
ASSESSMENT

26. DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTIONS
LESSON 2
III. Democracy and
other forms of
government

28. FORMS OF
GOVERNMENT

29. 1
A form of government
wherein the people are
ruled by members of the
nobility or those who
belong to the upper class
society.
• Brahman caste in
India
• Patricians in Rome

30. 2
A form of government
wherein the people are
allowed to own properties or
businesses for the purpose of
profit insofar as these owners
pay taxes to the government.
• Hongkong
• Singapore
• Australia
• Ireland
• United
Kingdom
Source: world population review
2019

31. 3
A form of government
wherein the idea is to
arrive at a classless
society through the equal
sharing of goods by the
people.
• North Korea
• Cuba
• Laos
• China
Source: world population review
2018

32. 4
A form of government
wherein democratic
government exists side by
side with the monarchy
and the responsibilities in
ruling are divided into two
heads.
• UK
• Netherlands
• Thailand
• Belgium
Source: www.monarchist.org.uk

33. 5
A form of government
wherein the power to rule
resides on the people.
• Bhutan
• Central Tibetan
Admin.
• Germany
• India
• Netherlands
Source:
https://www.ranker.com/list/countri
es-ruled-by-democracy/reference

34. 6
A form of government
wherein the people are
governed by a single
individual who treats the
people as slaves.
• Syria
• South Sudan
• North Korea
• Saudi Arabia
Source: telgraph.co.uk

35. 7
A form of government
wherein the governing
power is shared between a
central government and a
group of regional or local
governments.
• USA (50 States)
• Argentina (6 states)
• Austria (9 states)
• Germany (16 states)
Source:
https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wi
kispeedia/wpcd/wp/l/List_of_count
ries_by_system_of_government.ht
m

36. 8
A form of government
wherein the people are
governed by an individual
who has absolute
governing power and
assumes the roles of the
three branches of the
government.
• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Angola
• Kazakhstan
Source: worldpopulationreview.com

37. 9
Monarchy is a form of
government wherein the
people are ruled by a
monarch and this power to
rule is passed on as
inheritance.
• Australia
• Brunei
• Canada
• Jamaica
Source: infoplease.com

38. 10
A form of government
wherein the people are
ruled by the few.
• South Africa
• North Korea
• Iran
• Turkey
• Russia
Source: worldpopulationreview.com2019

39. 11
A form of government
wherein people in a
specific locale are ruled
by a small group of
leaders whose ruling
power are only limited
within the confines of the
locales they served.

40. 12
A form of government wherein
people is not ruled by a
monarch but an elected
president, in most cases.

41. 13
A form of government
wherein that results in a
situation wherein the
government is forcibly
overthrown by
revolutionary forces.

42. 14
A form of government
wherein business that are
involved in the production
and distribution of goods
and basic utilities such as
electricity and water are
administered by the
government and not by
the capitalists.

43. 15
A form of government
that exist when a country
is undergoing the process
of shifting from one form
of government to another.

44. 16
A form of government
wherein the people are ruled
by a wealthy person who
wielded power to rule by
overthrowing those who are
in power through means that
are not prescribed by the
law.

45. 17
A form of government
wherein only a single
political party is recognized,
which controls the affairs of
the state and imposes limits
on the citizens in terms of
what they should believe,
the values they should
uphold and the attitudes they
should espouse, mong
others.

46. 18
A form of government
wherein leader are chosen
on the basis of
honourableness.