Session 3: Economic and Political Freedoms

Materials

  • Class notes
  • Overhead projector

Instructional Activities

  1. Review the content from the previous session.

  2. Display the following note on the board or overhead transparency:

    The degree of economic freedom in a nation tends to be directly related to the degree of political freedom its citizens enjoy.

  3. Discuss what the statement means. Provide the following notes to guide the discussion:
    • Democratic nations
       – High degree of economic freedom
       – High degree of political freedom
    • Authoritarian nations
       – Limited economic freedom
       – Limited political freedom

  4. Instruct students to develop a chart that reflects the relationship between economic freedoms and political freedoms.

  5. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity.

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