Olsen+Elective

11/1/11

Define democracy, socialism, communism, dictatorship, plutocracy, plutonomy, oligarchy.

Is America a plutocracy?

If you answered no, support your statement with definite examples. You may provide outside sources that help justify your point of view. Because you believe America is not a plutocracy, please make a declarative statement in which you tell the reader what America truly is.

If you answered yes, support your statement with definite examples. You **must** provide outside sources that help justify your point of view. Alternately, you may answer “yes, with limits.” If so, define those limits with the help of outside sources.

There is no set format for your responses today. You may write in sentences, paragraphs, bullet points, an outline, or something else altogether. Don’t think of this as a formal assignment. I will not assess it as such. Let’s consider this a prewrite for something else coming soon.

E-mail your responses to so02bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us