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Homework for Tonight

Homework for Tonight. Tonight for homework, I would like you to find a news article (New York Times, CNN, BBC, etc.) that discusses the current Syrian conflict . Attach the article to your written assignment. Write a 5-7 sentence summary in your own words.

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Homework for Tonight

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  1. Homework for Tonight • Tonight for homework, I would like you to find a news article (New York Times, CNN, BBC, etc.) that discusses the current Syrian conflict. Attach the article to your written assignment. Write a 5-7 sentence summary in your own words. Describe what the U.S. should do and what you would do if you were President of the United States. 1st paragraph 2ndparagraph

  2. Time to Ponder…. • Have you ever tried to create a new color or maybe a new smell? • Is it possible to create an original thought?

  3. Historical Influences on American Government

  4. Ancient Greece and Rome Greece ROME Voters elect representatives who speak and act for other citizens All eligible citizens can vote except for women, children, and slaves

  5. Magna Carta • The United States did not invent the idea of limited government. In fact, when the English colonists came to America 400 years ago, they brought the idea with them from England. Since the 13th Century, England has had limited government. It all started in 1225, when the King of England thought he could do anything he wanted. He took away people’s land. He took away farmers’ crops without paying them. He even put people in jail without a trial. This made some English people angry. They fought against the King and won. Once they had beaten him, they forced him to sign a document called the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta was a promise that he would never do those things again.

  6. English Documents Magna Carta • Protected the people from a ruler gaining too much power English Bill of Rights • Made it possible for citizens to voice their opinions without being punished U.S. Bill of Rights

  7. Enlightenment Thinkers • Intellectual movement that relied on reason and experience to progress society • John Locke believed that people had natural rights including life, liberty, and property • Social Contract between people and the government • When government doesn’t protect these rights, people are free to change or overthrow it It was because of me that they wrote the Declaration of Independence!! John Locke

  8. John Locke unlocks the • Complete the worksheet on John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government (1690) • If you don’t finish in class, please complete for homework.

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