Card Sort: What is the difference between democracy and dictatorship?

This great resource makes an excellent starter, plenary or mini plenary for a variety of lessons on this topic. I usually use this activity whilst teaching about Stalin or Hitler, but it can also be used in government, politics, ethics and citizenship lessons.

This resource includes two heading cards labelled 'Democracy' and 'Dictatorship' as well as eighteen statement cards which can be matched to either heading. The resource is provided in word so you can easily adapt this resource for your students by adding or taking away statements.

The aims and objectives for this lesson are:

Theme: The rise of the dictators
Know: What is the difference between democracy and dictatorship?
Understand: How is the way in which law and order is maintained different in both systems?
Evaluate: How democratic were the systems of government set up by Stalin and Hitler?

WILF - What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: What are the key features of a dictatorship and democracy?
Explain: What the differences between a democracy and dictatorship?
Analyse: How similar and different were the systems of government set up by Stalin and Hitler?

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Roy