1. Civic Activism - Getting Involved
- Introduction
- What Citizenship is; What It's Not
- Influencing Government
2. Differing Political Systems - The Nature of Power
- The Beginnings of Democratic Decision-Making
- The Rules People Live By
- People & Power
- Two Ways of Making Decisions
- Specific Forms of Government
3. How Democracy & Citizenship Evolved
- Roots and Origins of Government
- Government During Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Athens: The Birthplace of Democracy
- Roman Government: System & Structure
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4. Democracy & Citizenship - Medieval to Modern
- Medieval Governments: The End of Divine Right of Kings
- Parliament & Constitutionalism Emerge
- The Enlightment Thinkers
- American & French Revolutions
5. Twentieth Century Democracy & Citizenship
- French & British Socialism
- The Failed Revolution in Russia
- Twentieth Century Changes in Government and Citizenship
- Great Depression: The Advent of Socially Responsible Government
- The Sixties Revolutions: Coming Apart & Coming Together
- Human Rights in the New Millennium
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