---
title: "SSCG18: Democracy vs. Totalitarianism (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSCG18
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSCG18
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SSCG18: Democracy vs. Totalitarianism

Examine how American ideals of freedom and democracy protect against the threats of totalitarian ideology.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSCG18.a**: Describe the role of government in totalitarian systems (e.g., communism and fascism).
- **SSCG18.b**: Compare the structures, power-base, and decision-making processes of American democracy to those of totalitarian governments.
- **SSCG18.c**: Compare the rights and responsibilities of citizens in American democracy to those in totalitarian governments.
- **SSCG18.d**: Explain how the ideals of American democracy conflict with those of totalitarianism.
- **SSCG18.e**: Explain the causes for the growth and decline of totalitarian forms of government and American policies to resist their spread.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.