After eight years of decline, global democracy scores stabilised in 2025 – but what does that actually mean? This differentiated lesson for grades 6-12 uses the EIU Democracy Index to explore how we measure democracy, what indices get right, and where they fall short.
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- PowerPoint Slides with concept intro, discussion, and current event overview
- A separate ready-to-print PDF document for each lesson level
- Thinking questions to connect to the concepts of democracy and legitimacy
- Critical thinking activity about the usefulness of measurements of democracy
- Research extension comparing the EIU index to the Freedom House Index
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