Curated OER
World History Fair and Exposition
Students role-play as invitees to the World's Fair to develop a virtual electronic pavilion or poster presentation about the United States, its history and challenges. They act as tour guides giving their presentations and answering...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: The Rise and Fall of Democracy/regime Change
Discussion of the magnitude in which countries around the world have struggled with the rise and fall of democracy can only be exemplified with these rich resources.
BBC
Bbc News: End of Era for All Powerful Party
A BBC News article concerning the recent fall of the 71-year reign of the PRI in Mexican politics. Highlights the victory of Vicente Fox, the call for reform, and an increase in democratization.
Other
Hoover Digest: Democracies and Their Spies
An article which examines the issue of secrecy and spies in a democracy. One idea the author explores is what conditions are necessary for a democracy.
University of Oklahoma
Conditions for Democracy
An excerpt from a lecture by a well known political thinker on the conditions necessary for the formation of a political democracy.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Perestroika Defined (1987)
Perestroika, as defined by Mikhail Gorbachev. This excerpt includes the many definitions and applications of the concept of perestroika when used to describe the internal reforms of the Soviet Union that occurred during the 1980s.