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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in The 21 Century Culture

This document outlines a lesson plan on democratic interventions. It begins with objectives to define democracy, identify preferred democratic practices, illustrate benefits of participation, and differentiate between participatory and representative democracy. It then provides examples of democratic actions and defines democracy as power held by the people. It discusses types of democracies like parliamentary, Jeffersonian, Jacksonian, liberal, and social. It also covers dimensions of democracy like political rights, civil rights, and political legitimization. The lesson concludes with discussion questions about democratic structures, the political class, and understanding dimensions of democracy.

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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in The 21 Century Culture

This document outlines a lesson plan on democratic interventions. It begins with objectives to define democracy, identify preferred democratic practices, illustrate benefits of participation, and differentiate between participatory and representative democracy. It then provides examples of democratic actions and defines democracy as power held by the people. It discusses types of democracies like parliamentary, Jeffersonian, Jacksonian, liberal, and social. It also covers dimensions of democracy like political rights, civil rights, and political legitimization. The lesson concludes with discussion questions about democratic structures, the political class, and understanding dimensions of democracy.

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QUEZON MEMORIAL ACADEMY

Progreso St. Poblacion West Umingan, Pangasinan

Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in


the 21st Century Culture
Week 8- Second Semester

I. Title: DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTIONS


II. Objectives:
After going through this module, students are expected to:
A. Define and explain the concept of democracy;
B. Identify preferred democratic practices;
C. Illustrate the benefits of democratic participation; and
D. Distinguish and differentiate participatory from representative democracy.

III. Anticipatory Guide:


People casting votes for their candidates; a mass action denouncing corrupt officials in government; students
rallying against successive tuition fee increases; consumer’s basic commodities; and demonstrations in support of a
country’s claim to territorial rights in contentious waters. The mass actions and public clamor are eventually
heeded by politicians whom people elected to formulate and execute laws, maintain peace and order, pursue
development, and forge ties with other nations. These characterize a society where democracy rules.
IV. Lesson Content:
Understanding Democracy

Democracy means the “power of the people”. It originates from the Greek words demos which means “people,”
and kratos, which means “strength or power.”
In a democracy, hereditary class distinctions and arbitrary class privileges are nonexistent. A democratic
government is one where the people hold the supreme power; where power is vested on the people; and where the
people possess the sovereign will.

Types of Democracy
1. Parliamentary democracy –  a system government in which citizens elect representatives to a legislative
parliament to make the necessary laws and decisions for the country. This parliament directly represents the
people. In a presidential democracy, the leader is called a President, and he or she is elected by citizens to lead
a branch of government separate from the legislative branch. If you remember back to government class, you
will remember that the United States has three branches of the government: the executive, the judicial, and the
legislative. The President leads the executive branch of government.

2. Jeffersonian democracy – A movement for more democracy in American government in the first


decade of the nineteenth century. The movement was led by President Thomas Jefferson. Jeffersonian
democracy was less radical than the later Jacksonian democracy. For example, where Jacksonian democracy
held that the common citizen was the best judge of measures, Jeffersonian democracy stressed the need for
leadership by those of greatest ability, who would be chosen by the people.

3. Jacksonian democracy - A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led
by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was
opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation. Jacksonian democracy was aided by the strong spirit of
equality among the people of the newer settlements in the South and West. It was also aided by the extension
of the vote in eastern states to men without property; in the early days of the United States, many places had
allowed only male property owners to vote. 

4. Liberal or Constitutional democracy - Liberal democracy emphasize the separation of powers, an independent
judiciary and a system of checks and balances between branches of government.

5. Social democracy - Social democracy is an assertion of citizens' rights: the entitlement of all citizens, by reason of
citizenship, to share equally in the standards of living which a particular society is technically capable of generating.

Dimensions of Democracy
The dimensions of democracy vary according to a writer’s perspective. For political economic writer’s, democracy has
one dimension only in terms of political rights in the form of fair and free elections. For Roger Betancourt, political
rights, civil rights, and political legitimization compose the dimension of democracy.
Civil Rights are the individual person’s rights to autonomy and to act freely without discrimination. They cover the rights
to life, asylum, fair trial, security, and privacy. They likewise refer to the freedoms of assembly, of thought, of expression,
and of religion, among others.

Political legitimization is a virtue of political institutions and of the decisions—about laws, policies, and candidates for
political office made within them. This entry will survey the main answers that have been given to the following
questions.

1. The sovereign people-this refers to the “body-politic” or the people who rule. They are in some sense a unified
people who exercise sovereignty either by direct means or through elected representatives. They compromise the
citizens and the registered voters during elections.
2. The principle of democracy- equality is the underlying principle of democracy. It is the idea that the people are
the ultimate source of sovereignty.
3. The structure of democracy- this pertains to the various formulations, mechanisms, and institutions which are
crafted to enable the people to actualize their sovereign will in the democratic processes.
4. The practice of democracy- this involves the translation of the concept of democracy into reality or making the
rule of the people concretely manifested.
V. Activity
Expand your understanding:
1. Do good democratic structures guarantee the success of democracy? Defend your answer.
2. What makes the political class essential in the success or failure of democracy?
3. Why do you have to understand the dimensions of democracy? How important is it in your life?
VI. Assignment
Nowadays, combining elements of political system such as what produced a republican monarchy is practiced in
certain countries. What benefits does such a combination bring to a country’s leadership, governance, and
constituencies?

LORIELE P. LANTION

Subject Teacher

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