Say – Mean

2. Say – Mean SAY: What does this cartoon tell us or show us? MEAN: What is the author’s message? What is its significance?

4. Note Taking from a Textbook • Start at the heading • Write headings w/notes underneath • Abbrev. everything, use ur best txt msg’ing skills • Of course, include bold, key terms! And their definitions • But go beyond just terms, also include the “why they matter” part • Skip lines, make it easy on your brain • HW: Read pages 6-18

5. A.P. U.S. Government Political Beliefs #1 The Role of Government

6. In-Class Note-Taking Tips!Informal language • Don’t write every word!!!! Summarize • But also, don’t just write what’s on the board. Add in teacher examples & explanations. • Use your best text messaging skills – abbrev. everything! Ppl, enuf, &, thot, • Only copy what’s in a black font.

7. Anarchy – Advantages? Disadvantages? Strong survive and rule, passing it down through their family line Hist. of Gov: Anarchy: no gov  do what I want  chaos Strong get power & pass to family A brief history of gov…

8. Dictatorships • Autocracy – one person rules • Authoritarian – all political areas are controlled • Totalitarian – every aspect of life is controlled • EX: • Oligarchy – a few ppl have power

9. The evolution continues… • Monarchy – power is given by birth • Divine Right: power is God-given • EX:

10. Why do you think that for so many centuries most people tolerated living under dictatorships?

11. My notes from the last slide… • Autocracy– 1 person rules • Authoritarian – all political areas are controlled • ex. no free speech • Totalitarian – every aspect is controlled • ex. even greetings – Hitler • Oligarchy – few ppl have power • Monarchy– power by birth • Divine Right: power = God-given, so no one will mess w/u!

12. Enlightenment: • Thomas Hobbes: • Natural State: no gov = big problems • Social Contract: people give up freedom for protection from a sovereign ruler

13. John Locke • Social Contract: people have natural rights, life, liberty, and property and gov is meant to protect these

14. Back to the Greeks • Democracy – people have power • Majority rule • Advantages? • Disadvantages? “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried”. - Winston Churchill

15. What U.S. Has • Indirect Democracy / Representative Democracy / Republic – ppl elect representatives to make many decisions for them

16. Homework • Compare & Contrast (C&C) monarchy and authoritarian regimes • C&C democracy and an oligarchy.

17. Political Beliefs #2 The American Way

18. Food for Thought “Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley • What does this mean? • Do you agree?

19. Political Cartoons

20. Say – Mean – Matter SAY: What does this cartoon tell us or show us? MEAN: What is the author’s message? What is its significance?

22. Unique American Way • Politics – how society settles conflicts • Problems that cause conflict: • Scarcity – not enough • Differences in values • Who gets what, when, and how

23. Political Culture • Characteristics and beliefs of a ppl • What do Americans agree upon?

24. American’s Shared Values “Unalienable Rights” of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence • Liberty – freedom • Gov out of our lives, but still protect us

25. Equality 2. Equality – equal in the eyes of the law • “All men are created equal” • What does this actually mean? • Equal wealth? • Equal opportunity?

26. Equality • Equality of Opportunity: everyone should be given the chance to succeed • Free education from K-12 and affordable college • Americans love this!

27. Equality • Equality of Results: in the end everyone should be taken care of • Free Health Care • Sounds a little like… • Americans generally do NOT agree with this! Europeans do

28. Values cont’d • Self-Government – ppl make decisions • “consent of the governed” • “of the ppl, by the ppl, and for the ppl”

29. Shared Values • Individualism – you are the maker of your own success! • Civic Duty – responsibility to participate in your community & gov

30. Other Values • Constitutionalism – gov has limits • Ex • Capitalism – minimal gov interference in the economy • VERSUSsocialism / communism where gov makes many or all of the economic decisions

31. KEYproblem • What is political and what is economic? • Health Care

32. Who (really) has control in the US? • Power – ability to control policy • Authority – right to exercise power Who has authority in the American gov? Who actually has the power?

33. Theories of Power • Majoritarianism – majority rules • How? • What if there is no clear majority? • Pluralism – many groups compete for power w/each getting some of what they want

34. Other ideas… • Elitism – control by the privileged 4. Bureaucratic Rule – those at lower levels of governmental power have power Who’s right?

35. Document Analysis • 1st Sentence: name of case, date, and main question posed in case • Background: Who, What, When, Where • Describe Bright-Line Rule as exception to the 4th • 3 arguments for each side