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This documentary tells the story of a tiny school in Yosemite National Park that tries to solve its funding problem by getting a bill passed in Congress and, in the process, learns many lessons about how federal laws are made.

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This documentary tells the story of a tiny school in Yosemite National Park that tries to solve its funding problem by getting a bill passed in Congress and, in the process, learns many lessons about how federal laws are made.

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2. What big laws in the USSR affected the citizens?
-After WWII, the USSR made the Iron Curtain to seal itself.
-Winston Churchill called that Iron Curtain.

29/1: Explain what is the Iron Curtain.

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How do governments know if they are making a good laws for its citizens?

- The Making of Law (Watching this video to help you understand how law is made in the U.S. that can help you decide if the government can make good decisions for its people.)

-Governments citizens' opinions.
-People protests and have demonstrations when the government's decision wasn't right / good for citizens.

29/1: What is the law-making process in the U.S.? How does it help the government make sure they are making good laws?

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What are the different types of governments and why do they exist?
-Communism, democracy, dictatorship, anarchy and monarchy.
Other than just naming the different types of government, you should also explain WHAT these governments are. E.g. What is communism?

- Dictatorship is only leader in the country. A dictator has the most power in the government system. E.g. Hitler was the dictator, he had the most power.
- A monarch is like king or queen is the leader of the country. It's the same as royals. It's the same as emperor. For example, Japan. Japan is not a monarch country but there is royals. In England there is a king and a queen. They are monarch country.

29/1: What is communism? What is anarchy? What is democracy?
-anarchy

there is no government and there is no rule.

-democracy

citizen chose the rule for the country

ex Japan is a democratic country and the people chose that

the rule is good or not good.

-communism

is the opposite of capitalism no one will own there own money(property)

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Why did people decide to have a government?
Why did Japan decide to have a democratic government?
-Meiji Constitution was made in 1881.
-This is to prepare for making Japan's Diet (Parliament).
-Who: Itagaki Taisuke

Use what you learned about the Japan constitution (old and new)

https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/government/q1.html

What is the difference between the old and new Japan constitution?
29/1: Complete the table on UoI notebook.

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How does a country decide what government system to use?

https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/government/index.html

-Japan - After the war the GHR instructed Japan to have the constitution. It became the example of Japan's constitution.
-The Japan Emperor was a symbol and they made Japan government system to democracy.
-Japan constitution - Government don't take away citizen's wealth and respect.  They said that Japan government will not be a communist system.
-China --> leaders believed that communism would make the country stronger than the US and UK.

- 29/1: What is the government system of Japan and how does it work for the Japanese people?
Democracy work for the Japanese people:
・Japanese people can elect what party do they want (Age above 18).
・Citizens have the power, not the emperor.
・Government needs to think of the citizens.
・There are three branches: legislative, executive, and judiciary, which operate in a system of checks and balances that are considered for citizens

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What kinds of things can prime ministers and governors can do?

Prime minister - Britannica Kids

-Prime minister is decided by the parliament.
-PM is the leader of the cabinet.
-PM of Japan can decide about economy and politics.

- 29/1: What is the job of the Japan Prime Minister? How does it help the country?

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1. What other types of governments do we have?
Other than just naming the different types of government, you should also explain WHAT these governments are. E.g. What is communism?

29/1: Show what you have got about these different systems.

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What types of government systems are there in the world?

Other than just naming the different types of government, you should also explain WHAT these governments are. E.g. What is communism?

Resource from Ms. Wong:
- Dictatorship countries in the world.
- Google Maps
- List of communist countries in the world.
- World Maps Colouring
- Democratic countries in the world (Skim read and find the important part)
- Monarch countries in the world (skim read and find important information)

-Germany became a democratic country.
-The German leader was chosen by the parliament.
-The law was decided by the constitution. The people decided on it. Then it goes to _____?
-People vote for the law, if it's completed, it goes to the federal government. Then it goes to the _______.

- communism=everyone works same as others.
democracy=a rule made by a citizens and not the leader.
anarchy= a country which has no rule and no government
dictator=a person who has control of the country and does it by his own rules and does not care what citizens think.
monarchy= a country where they have a king or queen.

29/1: For each government system, name some countries as an example. You can also say when did this country have this system. (E.g. China was a monarchy until early 20th century.)
Germany

Monarchy=911

dictator=1930

Democracy=1949

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What was the oldest government in the world?
When and how did democracy begin?
Read the Read Works article assigned to you.

-Pericles 460BC-429BC. Groups of citizens, no leaders. The citizens wanted a leader. In the first government, it was direct demoracty (??) (That means the citizens chose the rules everyday.)  in ancient greece  there where lot of city stats that are democracy  and Athens was the most long democracy  and they chose the first government with voting and the citizen in atens are only  adult boys

29/1: How is the democracy in ancient Athens similar or different from Japan? Explain.

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1. Which countries are democratic?
2. Why do some governments prefer communism?

Search "communism" on Britannica Kids.

-Japan, Italy, Germany, UK, France, are democratic.
-Marx wanted communism. Lenin set up political party to put Marx's ideas into practice.

29/1: Why did Marx start communism? What did he believe in?
Why some citizen was supporting communism/ socialism= By the 1800s many countries followed the economic system called capitalism. Under capitalism, individual people, called capitalists, own property and run companies. Some capitalists became rich but paid their workers very little. In response, many workers began supporting the ideas of socialism. In a socialist system, the government owns companies and divides wealth more fairly among the people. Karl Marx, a German thinker of the 1800s, took socialist ideas one step further. Marx’s ideas became the basis of Communism.

Next time I will search about why Marx prefer communism
30/1: Work on writing in your own words

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Which country started democracy?
How did democracy start?

Read the Read Works article assigned to you.

- It started in Greece in 500 BCE. Some religions believed that it was in Uruk. There was a legend that said that democracy began with Uruk's king at 2700 BCE.

29/1: Write down what you know from the Read Works article yesterday.