Write an imaginary break-up letter to an imaginary significant other. Be sure to list the reasons why you are breaking up with them and what you are looking for that they couldn’t provide. SCHOOL APPROPRIATE! This sheet will also be used for your Exit Ticket and turned in at the end of class. Do Now (5 minutes)
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Write an imaginary break-up letter to an imaginary significant other.
Be sure to list the reasons why you are breaking up with them and what you are looking for that they couldn’t provide.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATE! This sheet will also be used for your Exit
Ticket and turned in at the end of class.
Do Now (5 minutes)
Constitutional Underpinnings
Unit 1
1.1 - Identify the difference between government and politics.
1.1 - Identify the core principles of the American Revolution.
SWBAT
Government is the formal structures and institutions through which binding decisions are made for citizens of a particular area.
Politics is the process by which the character, membership, andactions of a government are determined.
Government and Politics
Government and Politics
The hypothetical condition that preceded governments.◦ There must have been a time before government,
and so the question is how legitimate government could emerge from such a starting point, and what hypothetical reasons for entering a state of society by establishing a government.
State of Nature
Individuals unite into political societies by a process of mutual consent, agreeing to abide by common rules and accept corresponding duties to protect themselves and one another from violence and other kinds of harm.
Social Contract Theory
The colonists desired protected liberties based not on the king but on a “higher law” that embodied “natural rights,” such as those of life, liberty, and property, that were given by God.
These rights could not be taken away from anyone by anyone, theoretically.
By property, the revolutionaries did not be money, land, or economics; they meant the idea of being able to move up in life, of being capable of improving.
American Ideas
“All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
“That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
Declaration of Independence
Hobbes Locke Rousseau
But where’d they get these ideas?
Wrote The Leviathan◦ Argued that if humans were left to their own
devices, chaos and violence would ensue. In a state of nature, life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” He argued that the best way to protect life was to give total power to an absolute monarch.
◦ Purpose of government: to impose law and order to prevent the state of war. Designed to control, not represent.
Thomas Hobbes
Second Treatise on Civil Government◦ While Hobbes was concerned primarily the
protection of life, Locke went further and argued that liberty and property also needed to be respected.
◦ Believed life, liberty, and property were natural rights granted by God; it was the duty of all governments to respect and protect these rights. If government did not, then citizens have the right of revolution.
◦ Purpose of government: to secure natural rights for man. Should be representative, responsive to the people.
John Locke
Argued that only the only good government was one that freely formed with the consent of the people. This consent was shown in powerful “social contract,” which was an agreement among people.
Purpose of government: to bring people into harmony, uniting them under the “General Will.” Citizens can’t delegate, must be actively involved.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
With someone sitting next to you, complete the following assignment:◦ On a sheet of paper, create Twitter accounts or
Facebook pages for Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Write two tweets or status updates for each that reflect their views on the Declaration of Independence and/or their own views about the state of nature.
Partner Up (10 minutes)
1. In political science, the structures that make and enforce the ‘rules of the game’ are called:
A.the Constitution.B.the body of law.C.the political system.D.the government.
Exit Ticket (5 minutes)
2. Under this notion, individuals exchange certain rights for security.
A.Popular sovereigntyB.Social contract theoryC.Natural rightsD.The Great Squeeze
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3. This man believed the government’s role was to impose law and order to prevent the state of war. Designed to control, not represent.
a. Hobbesb. Lockec. Rousseau
Exit Ticket
4. “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Which European philosopher discussed today would agree with this statement from the Declaration of Independence?a. Hobbesb. Lockec. Rousseau
Exit Ticket
5. “The only good government is one that the people give permission to be in charge. You know, a sort of, social contract theory.”
Which European philosopher discussed today would agree with this statement?a. Hobbesb. Lockec. Rousseau
Exit Ticket
Create a graph that highlights the main similarities and differences between Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau discussed in class today.
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Homework
All Class Homework Turn-in Rate – 50%
5th period – 53%
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Homework Tracking
Class Period Tested Mastery Overall Mastery
First 75%
Second 63%
Third 59%
Fifth 73%
Sixth 53%
Total 83% 65%
4:19 ET Tracking Goal – 85%
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