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POLITICAL IDEAS AND FORMS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY

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    ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

    The activity consists of a research work on different political ideas and forms of social organization throughout history, which will finally be reflected in a chronological line that will collect the information.

     

    METODOLOGY

    The activity has several phases. In the first phase, the teacher assigns each student a general theme, and they must begin to get information about it.

    Once they have been informed about the topic in general terms, each student decides which aspects to focus on.

    In any case, they should bear in mind that their work should include information on the origin, precedents and historical development of the idea, theory or form of social organization in question.

    Once the topic has been defined, the second phase begins, in which students have to research the corresponding topic.

    The teacher will require that the bibliography consulted include at least two academic articles and one book.  

    Finally, the results of the research will be reflected in an A1-sized poster board. All of them in turn will be placed on a chronological line in the corresponding order. The activity will be done in English.

     

    LIST OF TOPICS

    1.Empire as a form of political organization. 2. Plato and Aristotle. Polis as a horizon of thought. 3. Democracy as a form of government. 4. From the citizen to the individual. Fall of the Alexandrian empire and Hellenism. 5. Citizenship and legal science. The Roman Empire. 6. Feudalism. From the master-slave model to the servant-lord model. 7. Modernity and the birth of the modern state. 8. Absolutism and Enlightened Despotism. 9. The American and French Revolutions and the Human ans Citizens Rights Declaration (just for men). 10. The social contract. 11. Nationalism. The German Romantics. 12. Marx and Engels. Criticism of Capitalism. 13. Anarchism. 14. Socialist Revolution and Communism in the 20th Century. 15. The Austrian School and Contemporary Political Liberalism. 16. Fascism. 17. Struggles and social movements in the 20th century. Universal suffrage and broadening the concept of citizenship.