Directions: Using the list of vocabulary words below, pick one of the following prompts and write a fictional story. Some of the possible fictional writing formats
include a speech, dialogue between two people, interview between two people, journal/diary entries or just a regular fictional narrative.
Limited government
Rule of Law
Natural right
Social contract
Popular sovereignty
Consent of the governed
Common good
Republicanism
Separation of powers
Prompts: Pick one of the following prompts (if you think of another prompt you are
more than welcome to go with that)
• You are an unhappy citizen living under an oppressive government and you
want/wish to live under a democratic government

● You are a revolutionary leader (living under an oppressive government) trying to convince the people in your country that things need to change
● You have come in contact with or are abducted by aliens and they for some reason want you to explain the democratic government you live under
● You were on a cruise ship when it became shipwrecked on an island for 6 months with over 500 people aboard. You have no idea when/if rescue will ever come. You and a group of other passengers decide to set up a democratic government to deal with the chaos around you