Government: NZ and MMP

We Are Learning To:

- To understand how people vote in NZ.
- To understand why voting is important in NZ.
- To understand how MMP (Mixed Member Proportional), works in NZ

What I'm Looking For:

- To describe what DEMOCRACY means.
- To describe and explain how MMP works.
- To explain why voting is important.

Different types of government:

There are different ways that countries can be ruled, led or governed.

This is an easy introduction:

DEMOCRACY

- Take notes about DEMOCRACY video below.
  what is means?/ what countries are Democracies?/ where did democracy start?/ what does democracy mean for people in a country?

DICTATORSHIP
- watch these two videos about Dictatorship.
- what happens in a dictatorship?
- what does dictatorship mean for the people in a country? Like North Korea or Nazi Germany.

MONARCHY

What is a MONARCHY? What is the difference MONARCHY and CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY?

Understanding MMP

Watch these videos:

- What does MMP stand for?

- What is the difference between the Party Vote and the Electorate Vote?

- In your best way, describe how we Vote in NZ.