Warm-up: 10-16-12

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Warm-up 10-16-12

• What are the two main democratic governments in
  Europe?
• CRCT Coach Page 137

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Parliamentary System and Presidential System of
Government

• Pages 137-139

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Georgia Performance Standard

• SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast
  various forms of government.
• Two Forms of Democratic Government
• Parliamentary and Presidential

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Europe

• In Europe, there are two main types of democratic
  government
• 1. Parliamentary
• 2. Presidential
• European presidential democracies are often
  organized differently that the United States
  model.

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Executive Office Prime
Minister of the U. K.

• Prime Minister David Cameron
• He heads parliament.
• Duties Responsible for running the day-to-day
  operations of government
• Heads parliament, the lawmaking body.

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Executive President of the U.S.

• He is the head of state and chief executive.
• The President is elected by the people.
• The President does not make laws.
• The President serves a four year term but can
  serve an additional four years if reelected.

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The United Kingdoms Parliament

• Parliamentary System Type of democratic
  government where citizens elect Members of
  Parliament, but MPs select the prime minister not
  the citizens.

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Congress Legislative Branch

• Makes Laws
• Elected by the people
• House of Representatives is based on each states
  population.
• Senate Each state has two representatives.

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Parliamentary and Presidential Similarities

• 1. Citizens elect lawmakers
• 2. Leader (President and Prime Minister) heads
  the military and runs the government.

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Questions 352-356

• Review the questions on pages 137- 138. Review
  the Venn Diagram
• 352. D
• 353. A
• 354. D
• 355. C
• 356. B

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Writing Assignment

• Using the Venn diagram on page 138,
• Write a paper explaining the similarities and
  differences of a Parliamentary and Presidential
  system of government.

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Writing Paragraphs

• 1. Introduction Introduce Presidential and
  Parliamentary. (Page 137)
• 2. Paragraph 2 Parliamentary System
• 3. Paragraph 3 Presidential System
• 4. Paragraph 4 Similarities

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Introductory Paragraph

• In Europe, there are two forms of democratic
  government. These democratic governments are the
  parliamentary system and presidential system of
  government. These two democratic governments have
  some similarities and many differences.

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CRCT Coach Page 137

• Paragraph 2 Parliamentary System
• The parliamentary system has a prime minister who
  is the leader and heads parliament, the lawmaking
  body. Parliament selects the prime minister, and
  the prime minister has the power to dissolve
  parliament. MPs can vote to elect a new prime
  minister.
• Paragraph 3 A presidential system of
  government
• Paragraph 4 The presidential and parliamentary
  systems have some similarities.

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Note

• http//www.eurotrib.com/story/2006/5/11/102454/195