In this exercise, you have to imagine you are studying in your Civil education class. Work together with another student. Discuss and answer the following questions:

En tu opinión, ¿qué debe garantizar el gobierno a los ciudadanos? – what the government should guarantee its citizens

¿Qué debe garantiraz el /la) director (a) de tu escuela a los (as) estudiantes? – what the principal of a school has to guarantee its students

¿Conoces países donde no respetan el punto de vista de la gente? Puedes mencionar algunos de esos países? – write down countries you know that do not respect the oppinions of their citizens. Write down some of those countries.

¿El desempleo existe en todos los países del mundo? ¿Cómo crees que afecta a las familias que sufren debido al desempleo? – write down if you believe unemployment exists in all the countries in the world. Also write down how you think it affects families.

¿Qué organizaciones mundiales conoces que tengan fines pacíficos? Descríbelas. – Write down which worldwide organizations you know that have pacifistic goals. Describe them.

¿Conoces países que aseguran una educación gratuita para los ciudadanos? – write down countries you know that have free education for its people.

In this exercise, you have to write down what democracy in the United States means to you.

If you do not know a lot about democracy, look it up online, especially details about democracy in the United States.

Make sure you add some details about what democracy is; what the main postulates are; how many countries have it, and how many do not; then write your opinion about it, if you think it is a good thing or not, what are the good sides and some disadvantages and explain why you think so.