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CIVICS UNIT ONE

CIVICS UNIT ONE. PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT. 1. communism 2. socialism 3 . political party 4 . direct democracy 5 . representative democracy 6 . oligarchy 7 . monarchy 8.autocracy 9 . totalitarian dictatorship 10. Democracy. Word Wall Activity. 11. constitution 12. preamble

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CIVICS UNIT ONE

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  1. CIVICS UNIT ONE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT

  2. 1. communism • 2. socialism • 3. political party • 4. direct democracy • 5. representative democracy • 6. oligarchy • 7. monarchy • 8.autocracy • 9. totalitarian dictatorship • 10. Democracy Word Wall Activity

  3. 11. constitution • 12. preamble • 13. federalism • 14. social contract • 15. evolutionary theory • 16. force theory • 17. divine right • 18. sovereignty • 19. nation • 20. Checks and Balances • 21. Separation of Powers Word Wall

  4. 22. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • 23. MAGNA CARTA • 24. LIMITED GOVERNMENT • 25. AMENDMENTS • 26. MAYFLOWER COMPACT • 27. JUDICIAL REVIEW • 28. CIVIL RIGHTS • 29. CIVIL LIBERTIES • 30. JOHN LOCKE • 31. THOMAS HOBBES • 32. VOLTAIRE • 33. ROUSSEAU • 34. MONTESQUIE WORD WALL

  5. WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES AND GOALS OF ANY GOVERNMENT? FIRST THING

  6. WE WILL BE EXAMINING SOME CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES • THE GOALS ARE TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE GOVT • TO EXAMINE WHERE PEOPLE STAND ON CURRENT ISSUES…BASIS FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS • RULES…BE RESPECTFUL…PARTICIPATE… • NO IN BETWEEN!!! AGREE/DISAGREE

  7. MOTORCYCLISTS SHOULD BE FORCED TO WEAR A HELMET AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE FORCED TO WEAR SEATBELTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  8. MASSACHUSETTS JUST PASSED A LAW DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA (SMALL AMOUNTS ARE A VIOLATION)…THERE SHOULD BE A FEDERAL LAW DECRIMINALIZING THE USE OF MARIJUANA CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  9. THERE SHOULD BE A FEDERAL LAW MAKING THE DEATH PENALTY LEGAL IN ALL STATES CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  10. JUVENILES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE DEATH PENALTY • JUVENILES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE AGREE/DISAGREE

  11. STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL BEFORE THE AGE OF 18 AND SHOULD NOT BE LEGALLY FORCED TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  12. IN MY OPINION THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SOMEONE BURNING THE FLAG TO PROTEST AMERICAN POLICIES CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  13. 18 YEAR OLDS WHO DON’T FOLLOW POLITICS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS…THEY SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE ISSUES TO MAKE AN INFORMED OPINION CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  14. OUR CURRENT LEGAL SYSTEM IS FAIR AND JUST TO ALL OF ITS’ CITIZENS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

  15. TITLE: FORMATION OF GOVTS • PGS 12-17 • MAKE 4 TITLES: • 1. GOVT SYSTEMS • 2. CONSTITUTIONS AND GOVT • 3. POLITICS AND GOVT • GOVERNING IN THE 20TH CENTURY • INCLUDE THE RED SUBTITLES AND 2 FACTS ABOUT EACH SKELETON OUTLINE HOMEWORK

  16. GOVT SYSTEMS CONSTITUTIONS AND GOVT • UNITARY SYSTEM • 2 FACTS • FEDERAL SYSTEM • 2 FACTS • INCOMPLETE GUIDES • 2 FACTS • STATEMENT OF GOALS • 2 FACTS • FRAMEWORK FOR GOVT • 2 FACTS • HIGHEST LAW • 2 FACTS SKELETON OUTLINE

  17. POLITICS AND GOVT GOV. IN 20TH CENTURY • SEEKING GOVT BENEFITS • IMPORTANCE OF POLITICS • SPECIAL INTERESTS • INEQUALITIES AMONG STATES • GROWING INTERDEPENDENCE • NON-STATE INTERNATIONAL GROUPS INTRO TO GOVT

  18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY • YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WERE ON A CRUISE WHEN AN UNEXPECTED AND VIOLENT STORM THREW THE SHIP OFF COURSE • YOU ARE ALL SHIPWRECKED ON A TROPICAL DESERTED ISLAND. • THE ISLAND IS NOT INHABITED BUT HAS PLENTY OF RESOURCES AND CAN BE INHABITED • THERE WERE APPROX. 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE SHIP. MOST HAVE SURVIVED • THERE IS NO EXPECTATION OF RESCUE INTRO ACTIVITY

  19. THE MEMBERS OF YOUR GROUP HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO SET UP A PLAN OF ACTION. YOUR TASK IS 2 FOLD: • CREATE A SIMPLE PLAN OF ACTION TO DEAL WITH IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS LIKE HEALTH ISSUES, FOOD,ETC • CREATE A PLAN OF GOVT WHAT WILL FACILITATE THE SURVIVAL OF THE POPULATION IN THE FUTURE. • BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH THE CLASS • YOU WILL PUT TOGETHER A WRITE-UP EXPLAINING YOUR STRATEGY MORE INTRO ACTIVITY

  20. 1. YOU ARE SETTING UP A SOCIETY… • 2. WHAT TYPE: AUTOCRACY, OLIGARCHY, DEMOCRACY, OTHER…ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS • 3. CONSIDER GOVT PLANS FOR: • JOBS • SHELTERS/HOMES • GATHERING FOOD • EDUCATION • HEALTH CARE • POLICE • MILITARY • ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE A COPY OF THIS PLAN FOR YOUR PACKET THINGS TO INCLUDE

  21. Is government too powerful? • Does government have too much control? • Who is in control of the government? • What should be the government’s role? Intro questions

  22. A POLITICAL COMMUNITY • OCCUPIES A DEFINITE TERRITORY • ORGANIZED GOVT • POWER TO MAKE/ENFORCE LAWS W/OUT THE APPROVAL FROM ANY HIGHER AUTHORITY THE STATE

  23. ANY SIZABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNITED • COMMON BONDS OF RACE • LANGUAGE • CUSTOMS • TRADITIONS • SOMETIMES RELIGION NATION

  24. WHEN THE TERRITORIES OF BOTH THE NATION (PEOPLE UNITED BY CULTURAL BONDS ) AND THE STATE (POLITICAL BOUNDARIES) COME TOGETHER… • AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY CONTAINING A SINGLE NATIONALITY NATION STATE

  25. POPULATION • TERRITORY • SOVEREIGNTY • GOVERNMENT ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF A STATE

  26. SOCIAL CONSENSUS: AGREEMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE OF A STATE • IMPORTANT FOR STABILTIY • AS THE POPULATION MOVES, POWER IS SHIFTED • WHAT TYPES OF THINGS DO WE HAVE AS A CONSENSUS IN OUR COUNTRY POPULATION

  27. DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON A SOCIAL CONSENSUS • CERTAIN IDEAS, VALUES AND BELIEFS THAT ARE SHARED BY A GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TO STABALIZE GOVT • ANSWER SURVEY QUESTIONS • SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION (GROUPS OF 2 OR 3) • COMPILE CLASS RESULTS…EVERYONE SHOULD RECORD CLASS RESULTS • 6 GROUPS…6 POSTERS WITH CHARTS AND GRAPHS SOCIAL CONSENSUS

  28. TERRITORIES CAN CHANGE BY: • WAR • NEGOTIATIONS • PURCHASE TERRITORY

  29. KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF A STATE • POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY: STATE HAS ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY WITH ITS TERRITORY SOVEREIGNTY

  30. THE INSTITUTION THROUGH WHICH THE STATE: • MAINTAINS SOCIAL ORDER • PROVIDES PUBLIC SERVICE • PROVIDE NATIONAL SECURITY • MAKE ECONOMIC DECISIONS GOVERNMENT

  31. LAW AND ORDER • REDUCES CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEOPLE MAINTAINING SOCIAL ORDER

  32. ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN’T DO ON OWN • PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH (FOOD INSPECTION, DRIVING TEST) PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE

  33. PROVIDE FROM ATTACKS • RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES (TRADE AND CULTURAL) PROVIDE NATIONAL SECURITY

  34. PROVIDES CITIZENS WITH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES • PRODUCES STABILITY (MORE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH/BENEFITS) • GOVT STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH BY CONTROLLING INFLATION AND INCREASING TRADE MAKE ECONOMIC DECISIONS

  35. PEOPLE ARE COMPETITIVE…THEY ARE FEARFUL AND CONSTANTLY LOOK FOR PRAISE • PEOPLE ARE PARANOID AND SEE ENEMIES • PEOPLE ARE EGOTISTICAL…THEY WANT BIGGER AND BETTER TOYS… • YOU NEED A POWERFUL AUTHORITY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN ORDER • OBEDIANCE TO THIS SOVEREIGN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE OF SOCIETY WHAT DO YOU THINK?

  36. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY: GOVT IS EXTENSION OF FAMILY • FORCE THEORY: PEOPLE JOINED TOGETHER UNDER A LEADER FOR PROTECTION • DIVINE RIGHT THEORY: GODS CHOSE CERTAIN PEOPLE TO RULE • SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY THEORIES OF ORIGIN OF STATE

  37. THOMAS HOBBES: PEOPLE GAVE UP SOME OF THEIR FREEDOM FOR PROTECTION/SOCIAL ORDER • JOHN LOCKE: PEOPLE NATURALLY ENDOWED WITH RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY • PEOPLE GAVE POWER TO GOVT • IF GOVT FAILED TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS, PEOPLE COULD BREAK CONTRACT • LOCKE’S IDEAS USED TO SUPPORT AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY

  38. YEARS LIVED: 1589-1679 • HUMAN NATURE: PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL AND NEED GOVT FOR PROTECTION • RELATIONSHIP: OBEDIENCE TO SOVEREIGN • REBELLION: NO • BIG IDEA: SOCIAL CONTRACT THOMAS HOBBES

  39. YEARS: 1632-1704 • HUMAN NATURE: EVERYONE LIVES PEACEFULLY W/OUT RESTRICTIONS • PURPOSE: PROTECT PEOPLE’S RIGHTS • RELATIONSHIP: PEOPLE CAN REVOLT IF RIGHTS AREN’T PROTECTED • REBELLION: YES • BIG IDEA: NATURAL RIGHTS JOHN LOCKE

  40. YEARS: 1694-1778 • HUMAN NATURE: HUMANS NOT CAPABLE OF GOVERNING THEMSELVES • PURPOSE OF GOVT: CREATE ORDERLY SOCIETY REWARDING WORK AND INTELLIGENCE • RELATIONSHIP: PROTECT WEAK FROM STRONG • REBELLION: NO • BIG IDEA: ENLIGHTENED MONARCH VOLTAIRE

  41. YEARS: 1712-1778 • HUMAN NATURE: PEOPLE ARE NOT NATURALLY HUMAN…BORN GOOD, BUT CAN BE CORRUPTED • PURPOSE: WORK TO ACHIEVE GENERAL WILL • RELATIONSHIP: GOVT SHOULD SUPPORT GENERAL WILL • REBELLION: YES, FOR NOT FOLLOWING GENERAL WILL • BIG IDEA: SOCIAL CONTRACT CONTROLLING THE GENERAL WILL ROUSSEAU

  42. YEARS: 1689-1721 • PURPOSE: DEMOCRATIC GOVT BASED ON BALANCE OF POWER • RELATIONSHIP: PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE POWER TO ELECT LEADERS • REBELLION: NO • BIG IDEA: SEPARATION OF POWERS MONTESQUIEU

  43. UNITARY SYSTEM: ALL POWERS GIVEN TO NATIONAL GOVT • CENTRAL GOVT CREATES STATE AND LOCAL GOVTS AND GIVES THEM LIMITED SOVEREIGNTY • FEDERAL SYSTEM: DIVIDES POWER BETWEEN NATIONAL AND STATE GOVTS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS

  44. 1. SETS OUT IDEALS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE AND SHARE • 2. ESTABLISHES BASIC STRUCTURE OF GOVT • 3. PROVIDES SUPREME LAW OF COUNTRY • CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT: GOVT IN WHICH A CONSTITUTION PLACES LIMITS ON THOSE WHO GOVERN WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION

  45. CHARACTERISTICS OF A CONSTITUTION • 1. INCOMPLETE GUIDES • 2. STATEMENT OF GOALS (PREAMBLE) • 3. BLUEPRINT FOR GOVT • 4. HIGHEST LAW • CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF CONSTITUTION WHAT ARE CONSTITUTIONS?

  46. POLITICS: EFFORT TO CONTROL POLICES OF GOVT • DIFFERENT PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENT DEMANDS ON GOVT • THROUGH POLITICS, CONFLICTS ARE MANAGED • THE GOVT PROMOTES THE GENERAL WELFARE, NOT ANY ONE GROUP • FACTION: GROUP UNITED BY SPECIAL INTEREST POLITICS AND GOVT

  47. INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS: LARGE INDUSTRY/ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY/COMFORTABLE WAY OF LIFE • DEVELOPING NATIONS: INCOMES THAT ARE A FRACTION OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS…STARVATION, DISEASE INEQUALITIES

  48. ALTHOUGH SOVEREIGN, NATIONS TODAY ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT • SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TIES (NAFTA) INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG NATIONS

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