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Understanding the Values of Tocqueville and the Importance of the Bill of Rights

In this warm-up activity, students explore the significance of the Bill of Rights and analyze their personal connection to a specific amendment. They also discuss the idealistic and selfish elements of the Declaration of Independence and create a flipbook to understand Tocqueville's five values. Students are reminded to paste or tape their completed worksheets into their notebooks.

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Understanding the Values of Tocqueville and the Importance of the Bill of Rights

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  1. Warm Up: Write down & answer in your notebook- Why is “In God We Trust” allowed here?:

  2. Warm Up Question (1st & 4thpds only): Why is the Bill of Rights an important document? Choose which Amendment is most important to you. Would you add an Amendment and if so what would you add? Question (6th& 7thpdsonly): In your opinion, was the DoI an idealistic or selfish document? Both? Explain your answer…

  3. Tocqueville’s 5 ValuesFoldable1. Choose a piece of colored paper.2. Fold it in half like a hamburger NOT a hotdog.3. Cut it in half.4. Fold those pieces in half then tape/staple the edge.5. Use this like a flipbook to write the 5 values one per page.

  4. Tocqueville’s 5 Values (write this on the cover page): • Egalitarianism (Equality) • Populism (Popular Sovereignty) • Individualism • Liberty • Laissez-Faire

  5. Alexis de Tocqueville • (Write this on the back of the cover page) • Sent to America in 1824 by the French govt to study prisons to help France fix their own • Wrote Democracy in America • A guide to measure how America has changed since its beginning • Wanted to know how democracy had survived in America

  6. 1. Egalitarianism (Equality) • A society made up of socially equal people • The availability of free land promoted equality • 3 exceptions he saw: slavery, women & treatment of Native Americans

  7. 2. Populism (Popular Sovereignty) • The participation of the common people in political life • Everyone had the same right to participate since they were all equal • Goal was peace and prosperity

  8. 3. Individualism • Individuals believed they were free to rise in society • Individuals organized themselves into their own private, voluntary associations, such as charities

  9. 4. Liberty • Protection against tyrannical govt. • America’s federal system helped prevent the rise of an over-powerful govt.

  10. 5. Laissez-Faire • Govt. takes a “hands off” approach to the economy. • Each person is the best judge of his own interests, not the govt. • Americans should not allow govt. to become too involved.

  11. Before you Leave:1. I will be handing back some worksheets to you.2. They need to be pasted or taped into your notebook at the end of your Freedom Week notes. (Trim them up so they don’t stick out of the sides.)3. Get this done before you leave today.

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