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BellRinger Activity

Explore the concepts of nation, state, and country along with essential features of a state and theories on the origin of the state. Discover the roles of government and its impact on daily life.

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BellRinger Activity

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  1. BellRinger Activity • Please grab a bellringer paper on the front desk, put your name at the top along with week of August 13-17, and answer this question under Monday: • Question: Using your prior knowledge, please describe the difference (if any) between a nation, state, and country.

  2. Unit 1Chapter 1Section 1 Principles of Government Mr. Young 2, 3, 4, 5 periods

  3. Essential Questions • How do the four essential features help to determine whether a land mass is a state or not? • How do the Purpose of government effect your life on a daily basis?

  4. I CAN: • Explain the difference between a country, nation, and a state. • List and define the four main purposes of government • Evaluate the major theories of the origin of the state

  5. Difference betweencountry, nation, state • Country- geography of something, where it is located

  6. Difference betweencountry, nation, state • Nation- denote the people, who lives there

  7. Difference betweencountry, nation, state • State- the political within a territory

  8. The State • State- a body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, with the power to make and enforce laws

  9. The State • Nation-state- when the boundaries of a state and nation are the same

  10. Essentials Features of a State • There are four common essential features that make up a state in today’s society • Population • Territory • Sovereignty • Government Video: http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government?user=myKDE (half way)

  11. Population • Most obvious, how many people, what do they look like, etc • Also affects stability, if pop shares a general political and social consensus, agreement about basic beliefs, then government is usually stable • Also affected by mobility

  12. Territory • Basically what they own, what are there boundaries • Usually a source of major conflict • May change as a result of: • War • Negotiations • purchase

  13. Sovereignty • Key to being a state • Means that state has the supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries • No state has right to interfere with other state (in theory)

  14. Government • Institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions on all people living within the state • Derive power from two sources: • Legitimacy- willingness to obey the government • Coercive force- police, judicial, and military institutions

  15. Theories of the Origin of the State • Evolutionary Theory- Head family serves as authority, until they eventually needed more organization

  16. Theories of the Origin of the State • Force Theory- government emerged when all the people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group.

  17. Theories of the Origin of the State • Divine Right Theory- god or gods had chosen certain people to rule. • To oppose was to oppose a god or gods and to commit sin and treason

  18. Theories of the Origin of the State • Social Contract Theory- theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn agrees to protect its citizens • Important People: John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

  19. Social Contract Theory

  20. Essential Needs of a Government (6) • http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government?user=myKDE • From beginning

  21. The Purposes of Government • Government has many purposes, but they will all fall somewhere under these four • Maintaining social order • Providing Public Service • Providing National Security • Making Economic Decisions

  22. Maintaining Social Order • People cannot live in groups without conflicts • Provides ways of resolving conflicts among members of a group, such as making and enforcing laws

  23. Providing Public Services • Helps to provide essential services that people cannot provide by themselves • These include: • Roads • Buildings • Make and enforce laws • Public health and safety

  24. Providing National Security • Protect people from other states/nations or other threats • Helps deal with foreign nations • Major concern of sovereign state

  25. Making Economic Decisions • Governments use their power, money, and resources to help keep people happy • Also use their resources to help other nations • Try to stimulate economy to help people in struggling times

  26. Essential Questions • How do the four essential features help to determine whether a land mass is a state or not? • How do the Purpose of government effect your life on a daily basis?

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