Description
Your students will have so much fun learning about the different types of government with this DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM activity! You’ll love that it’s no prep, easy to use, and engaging! This activity is also a great way to spice up your government unit! This is perfect to introduce the unit or even to review! No background knowledge of the standards is needed – all the information your students need is included.
Included: ALL DIGITAL
Five Tasks housed in one Google Forms
- Task 1: Reading Passage & Multiple Choice Prompts with Decoder & Notes Page
- Task 2: Citizen Participation Puzzle
- Task 3: Venn Diagram – Presidential Democracy vs. Parliamentary Democracy
- Task 4: Country Spotlights with prompt
- Task 5: Matching Activity – Citizen to its Country based on his/her type of participation
Breakout Signs: 6 signs for winning teams and 6 signs for all other teams
Student Notes Sheet
Printable Reading Passage
Answer Keys
Teacher Directions with Screenshots
Tips for Implementation & Checklist
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Standards Covered
Standards Covered:
❏ Georgia Standards of Excellence
SS7CG1 Compare and contrast different forms of citizen participation in government.
a. Explain the role of citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments. b. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
c. Explain the role of citizens in choosing the leaders of South Africa (parliamentary democracy), Nigeria (presidential democracy), and Kenya (presidential democracy).
SS7CG3 Compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Explain citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments [i.e., the role of citizens in choosing the leaders of Israel (parliamentary democracy), Saudi Arabia (autocratic monarchy), and Turkey (parliamentary democracy)].
**NOTE** Turkey is now a presidential democracy as of 2018. This resource refers to Turkey as a presidential democracy.
b. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS7CG4 Compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Explain the role of citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments [i.e. explain the role of citizens in choosing the leaders of China (communist state), Japan (parliamentary democracy), North Korea (autocracy), South Korea (presidential democracy), and India (parliamentary democracy)].
b. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential
GSE: SS7CG1a, SS7CGb, SS7CGc, SS7CG3a, SS7CG3b, SS7CG4a, SS7CG4b
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