Gov Unit 1 | classes

Tuesday 1.5.16 and Wednesday 1.6.16

Today students were given the course syllabus and tackled the question of whether America was the greatest nation in the world. Course expectations

and discussion ensued.

Thursday 1.7.16 and Friday 1.8.16

In today's class students were confronted with a game with no rules. We established as a class that games need rules to be fun/competitive.

So goes society. Without rules, put forth by our governments we would experience chaos. We then took notes on the basics of government. Students

then applied their knowledge of local, state, and federal governments to produce a political cartoon depicting their relationships with one another. After

sharing our cartoons students were instructed to create a list of an individuals needs/problems/issues. We then discusses as to whether or not the

government should be responsible for resolving these concerns on behalf of the individual. If time allotted the class then watched Crash Course Government

and Politics introductory video.

Monday 1.11.16 and Tuesday 1.12.16

Today students examined the views of Enlightenment Philosophers through the reading of "Why Government". Students were then divided into smaller groups and created various Philosophers body maps and did mini-presentations for the class.

Wednesday 1.13.16 and Thursday 1.14.16

Today students examined different forms of govnernments through the power point Who Rules? We then examined North Korea through Vice by HBO.

Friday 1.15.16 and Tuesday 1.19.16

Today we looked at the limits of govnerment. The FIVE limits we examined included: A Constitution, The Rule of Law, Seperation of Power, Consent of the Governed, and the Rights of the Minority.

Wednesday 1.20.16 and Thursday 1.21.16

We stared todays class by reviewing the five limits of govnerment. We then went over the homework on the Sovereign State via a PowerPoint. We looked at the four characteristics of a state (population, territory, soverignty, and a government). We then looked a brief documentary on the Kurds in the middle east and debated if Kurdistan was a State. We then attempted to create our own states and shared our creations with our classmates. Finally we did a bit of review by looking at Chapter 1 Section 1 in our textbook and answere some questions.

Friday 1.22.16 and Monday 1.25.16

Today we examined the United States Constitution. Students were asked to read and thoroughly summarize Articles I and II for homework (3-5 paragraphs each).