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1/9/07 Agenda Introduction Pass out Course Syllabus Review Syllabus Check out Textbooks Activity/Lecture: Constitutional

1/9/07 Agenda Introduction Pass out Course Syllabus Review Syllabus Check out Textbooks Activity/Lecture: Constitutional Beginnings. Pass out/Review Course Syllabus. Check out Textbooks Textbook policy: you must bring them to class each time. Activity: A world without government

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1/9/07 Agenda Introduction Pass out Course Syllabus Review Syllabus Check out Textbooks Activity/Lecture: Constitutional

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  1. 1/9/07 Agenda Introduction Pass out Course Syllabus Review Syllabus Check out Textbooks Activity/Lecture: Constitutional Beginnings

  2. Pass out/Review Course Syllabus

  3. Check out Textbooks Textbook policy: you must bring them to class each time.

  4. Activity: A world without government • Everyone put on blindfolds • Follow instructions

  5. Reflection: How did loss of sight change your behaviors?

  6. Please get out a separate sheet of paper. Thank you! • Title the paper Constitutional Underpinnings of US Government • Get ready to take lecture notes.

  7. John Locke • State of Nature: rights to life, liberty, property • Reason for Government: to protect citizens. Citizens give up some freedoms in exchange for this protection • Note: Locke believed the right to property>right to life.

  8. II. Rousseau A. State of Nature: there is physical freedom, but we are little more than animals, slaves to our own instincts and impulses. B. Reason for government: to create restraints that prevent people from harming others. Monarchy is the best form of government C. Anyone acting against the public good should be executed. Public good>private property.

  9. III. Thomas Hobbes A. Life without rules is “short, nasty, and brutish” (Leviathan) B. People need absolute monarch to keep control and safety

  10. IV. Montesquieu A. Pioneered “separation of powers”

  11. V. The Renaissance and Enlightenment A. Time in which scientific reasoning was applied to social science as well. VI. Magna Carta: the first document that subjected rulers to laws VII. British Parliament A. Bicameral legislature, English Bill of Rights

  12. VIII: Separation of Powers A. By dividing authority into three equal branches of government, the delegates at the constitutional convention sought to prevent tyranny

  13. IV. Federalism A. When a constitution divides powers between a central government and sub-divisional governments. B. Alternatives 1) Unitary 2) Confederation

  14. VII: Why Federalism? A. Failures of the Articles of Confederation B. Prevents growth of tyranny 1. James Madison, Federalist 10 C. Unity without uniformity D. Encourages experimentation 1. States as “laboratories” E. Keeps government closer to the people.

  15. VIII: Constitutional Structure of Federalism A. Express Powers: specifically granted to one of the 3 branches of government. B. Implied Powers: inferred from express powers C. Necessary and Proper Clause D. Inherent Powers: grow from the very existence of national government.

  16. Homework • Read pages 6-15 in the textbook. • Take at least one page of notes for pages 6-15 • Quiz on reading Thursday • Bring Hardball and 5 Steps to a 5 study guide Thursday • Tear-offs due Thursday • Spirals due Thursday

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