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Is This Dictatorship Totalitarian?
5 Groups by cell phone row. Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, China (government policies in Xinjiang only--see links on file below).
Every country on this list is ruled by an authoritarian government (dictatorship) that censors free speech, blocks free/fair elections and routinely jails, tortures and kills critics.
Normal dictatorships stop at the point where real threats to their power are eliminated.
Totalitarian governments are dictatorships that NEVER stop oppressing their citizens—they have no limits.
Is the country you are researching totalitarian? Why or why not?
What evidence can you find to back up your assertion?
Resources:
5 Groups by cell phone row. Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, China (government policies in Xinjiang only--see links on file below).
Every country on this list is ruled by an authoritarian government (dictatorship) that censors free speech, blocks free/fair elections and routinely jails, tortures and kills critics.
Normal dictatorships stop at the point where real threats to their power are eliminated.
Totalitarian governments are dictatorships that NEVER stop oppressing their citizens—they have no limits.
Is the country you are researching totalitarian? Why or why not?
What evidence can you find to back up your assertion?
Resources:
- The lectures on Stalin and on the 7 Elements of Fascism. (On Classroom)
- Freedom House Report: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2019/map
- Human Rights Watch (https://www.hrw.org/countries).
- China government's policies in Xinjiang (open Word doc below)
| china__xinjiang__.docx |
Turkmenistan Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/a-niyazov-classic-remade-for-contemporary-turkmen-state-television/30203242.html
END PRODUCT FOR SECOND HALF OF BLOCK DAY: Your group will present your findings to the class in a 3x5 Google Slides presentation or poster for evidence. One slide or panel per student. See the Presentations rubric on the class web site (“How to get an A”).
Be ready to answer questions from the audience.
END PRODUCT FOR SECOND HALF OF BLOCK DAY: Your group will present your findings to the class in a 3x5 Google Slides presentation or poster for evidence. One slide or panel per student. See the Presentations rubric on the class web site (“How to get an A”).
Be ready to answer questions from the audience.
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