From b0e7f13abc11a4e1fff88d387c9ff99e9df1fb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Su Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 12:23:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Unit_1_Introduction_To_Civics.md --- Grade 9/Civics/CHV205/Unit_1_Introduction_To_Civics.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Grade 9/Civics/CHV205/Unit_1_Introduction_To_Civics.md b/Grade 9/Civics/CHV205/Unit_1_Introduction_To_Civics.md index 9ef12e9..878e4ad 100644 --- a/Grade 9/Civics/CHV205/Unit_1_Introduction_To_Civics.md +++ b/Grade 9/Civics/CHV205/Unit_1_Introduction_To_Civics.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ |Term|Definition| |:---|:---------| |Civil Society|voluntary organizations of citizens that work to make a difference on important public issues| -|Democracy|a government in which the supreme power is rested in the peopple and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free election| +|Democracy|a government in which the supreme power is rested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free election| |Majority Rule|The principle that the opinion of the greater number should prevail| |Minority Rule|The principle that the rights of the minority must be safeguarded| @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ |Democratic|- Involves group members in planning and carrying out activities
- Asks, rather than tells
- Promotes a sense of teamwork|- Time is available
- Group is motivated and/or a sense of team exists
- Members of the group have some degree of skill/knowledge|- Group is unmotivated
- Members have little skill or knowledge
- High degree of conflict present| ## Democracy -- `Democracy`: a government in which the supreme power is rested in the peopple and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free election. +- `Democracy`: a government in which the supreme power is rested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free election. - `Origins of Democracy`: Ancient Greece around the Middle of the 5th century BCE - `Minority rights`: The principle that the rights of the minority must be safeguarded. - `Majority Rule`: The principle that the opinion of the greater number should prevail.