Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
major ideologies and political systems
Elaboration
- Sample topics:
- ideologies:
- liberalism
- conservatism
- democratic socialism
- Libertarianism
- political systems:
- democracy
- theocracy
- dictatorship
- totalitarian state
- left-to-right political spectrum and two-dimensional representation, such as the political compass
- ideologies:
- Sample activities:
- Take online tests designed to represent your views on a linear or two-dimensional spectrum. Compare the questions asked and the methodology of two such tests.
- Compare the way terms such as “liberal” and “conservative” are used in Canada, the United States, and other countries.
keywords
major ideologies and political systems