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Galactic Census Agent

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LENGTH

25 Minutes

GRADES

5
6
7
8

CAPABILITIES

ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support
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Description

The galaxy is full of strange new worlds, and somebody has to count who lives on them. That somebody is you. As a freshly recruited agent of the Galactic Census Bureau, you're sent planet by planet to meet the locals, learn how their societies work, and file the most important paperwork in the universe. Hop across alien landscapes, talk to the inhabitants you find along the way, and decide how each civilization should be governed. Every planet is a new puzzle, a new culture, and a new chapter in your career as the galaxy's most important bureaucrat.

Vocabulary Words

Government
Republic
Democracy
Representative
Centralized Monarchy
authoritarian
Universal Human Rights
Magna Carta
Federalist no. 10
39 & 51
oligarchic
Aristotle
Supreme Authority
Constitutional Government
Common Good

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Forms of Government. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Constitutional democracy protects liberty and representative government more effectively than systems that concentrate power without legal limits.
The founders chose a republic rather than a direct democracy because they believed a representative government could better protect liberty and control the dangers of factions.
Political systems vary in the extent to which citizens can participate in political decision-making.
Authoritarian governments restrict political participation and concentrate decision-making power.
Constitutional governments limit the power of government through laws and written constitutions.
In representative democracies, citizens elect officials to make laws and policy decisions on their behalf.
In direct democracies, citizens participate directly in lawmaking and public decision-making.
Democracies distribute political power broadly among citizens or their elected representatives.
Autocracies concentrate political power in the hands of a single ruler or small elite group.
Governments can be categorized based on how political power is distributed and exercised.
The founders studied historical governments including Athenian democracy, the Roman Republic, and English constitutional traditions to design the American system.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is a representative democracy? Who was James Madison?

After the Game

Name four political theories. What real-world connections can you make with the fictional planets?

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