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Welcome to Political Science Week 2!. Instructor: Tim Contact: timpaugh@hotmail.com Office: Building A12, Room 1102. Before We Begin: . Do you have: A notebook? A nametag A partner? A class captain? . Warm-up: Current Events.
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Welcome to Political Science Week 2! Instructor: Tim Contact: timpaugh@hotmail.com Office: Building A12, Room 1102
Before We Begin: Do you have: • A notebook? • A nametag • A partner? • A class captain?
Warm-up: Current Events Think of a current event or “hot topic” and discuss with a partner. Examples: ???
The New Syllabus I looked at the topics you suggested and used a lot of them to make a new syllabus! Let’s take a brief look the new topics.
*Week 3 Economics and Equality
Week 4 War and Terrorism
Week 5 Security and Surveillance
Week 6 Current World Politics
Week 6 Current World Politics
Today’s Class: Week 2 Topic: Political Ideologies Key skill: understand and improve your ability to express your political point of view in English. • Learn about the differences between “left” and “right”. • Learn key vocabulary and concepts related to ideology. • Discuss and make new rules for the government to follow.
Take the Point of View Quiz! Read each statement and circle agree or disagree. Now discuss with a partner. Why do you agree or disagree?
Political Ideology What’s your political point of view? A system of ideas Ideology =
Political Ideology Left Center Right • Less government power • Lower taxes • Pro-business, free-market based programs (corporations) • Religion affects politics • Tradition • Don’t trust people to change things • More government power • Higher taxes • Public programs • (health care, education, etc.) • No religion in politics • Progress • People can change things
Political Ideology What’s your political point of view? If you circled mostly “agree”, you are right-wing. If you circled mostly “disagree”, you are left-wing. Most people have mixed ideologies.
Right-wing? Left-wing? History: French Revolution
Right-wing? Left-wing? History: French Revolution, 1789, National Assembly “Sit in the left-wing if you want revolution, change, and if you are against the king.” “Sit in the right-wing if you don’t support revolution, change, and if you support the king.”
New Rules Imagine that you are working for the government of Korea. Work with a partner. Make 10 rules or ideas for the government to follow. Give details. Example: 1. “The rich should pay higher taxes. Specifically, they should pay 90% of their income in tax to the government.”
Homework Find some interesting information about next week’s topic. “Economics and Equality”
Homework Research tips: • Search for news articles or read a part of a book. Don’t use wikipedia, dictionaries, etc. -The information can be in another language (Korean, Chinese, etc.) • Do not copy information from the Internet or from a book. Copying will result in minus 1 point. • Summarize the information in English using your own words. Try to write at least a paragraph.