American Government

Weeks 3 & 4

2/12 to 2/19

Friday 2/12

• Welcome Back• Laptops today• Assignments/tasks• SOTU surveys due Monday• Scott Brown- missing assignments will become

“0” on Monday.– WTP Lesson 2 collected (50% Not Submitted)– WTP #3 due Wednesday– WTP #4 due Thursday

• Bonus: Google docs/Glogster

Friday

• How has Government influenced / affected you over the past week:

Monday 2/15

• Lesson Two review

• Lesson three due Wednesday

• Lesson four due Thursday

Monday 2/15

• What ideas about civic life informed the Founders?– Classical Republicanism

• Common Good• Civic Virtue (Office of Citizen)

– Natural Rights Philosophy • Thomas Hobbes• John Locke

• Current Events• SOTU Surveys due• Lesson #3 due tomorrow

Mr. Lee Hamilton Common Good Essay

• 1. What are the major points that Lee Hamilton makes about the role of congress today?

•2. How does this essay relate to our discussion about classical republicanism and the common good?

• 3. Do you agree or disagree with Lee Hamilton's comments? Explain your position in a paragraph.

• HW: due Thursday (pocket Constitution) • 4. Which part of the Constitution describes the powers of Congress?• 5. List three specific powers of Congress?• 6. Which Power do you think is the most important? Why?

WTP Lesson 3 Questions (Due Wednesday)

• 1. How did Judeo-Christian morality (private morality) differ from Greek and Roman ideas of civic virtue (public morality)?2. How did the Judeo-Christian heritage contribute to the Founders' understanding of human rights3. What features of society in the Middle Ages contributed to the view that rights belonged to groups rather than individuals?4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of viewing rights and responsibilities as being possessed by individuals rather than groups?5. If ideas about rights that prevailed during the Middle Ages were dominant today, how would they affect your life?6. How did the Reformation contribute to the development of modern individualism?7. How did the Nation-State arise?8. How did the rise of the Nation-State contribute to the development of modern ideas about government and rights?9. What is Capitalism?10. How did the natural Rights philosophy and protestant religion contribute to the rise of capitalism?11. Why was the printing press important in promoting the spirit of individualism?12. How did the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment influence the Founders?

Wednesday

• Congress & the Common Good

• Current Events

• L3 due today/ L4 Thursday 2/18

• L5 due Tuesday 2/23, L6 Wednesday 2/24

• Quiz Monday- lesson 2

• Thursday: SOTU survey analysis

Thursday

• 1. Who are the two political philosophers described in lesson two?

• 2. describe their views of the role of government and society.– A.– B.

Thursday

• Laptops today• Log on and go the the AG wiki for the following

tasks:– Student info- bonus tasks– Create a wiki account (gsagan3)– Post your response to the Art.I sec.8 homework Q.– Survey analysis (google docs)– Lee Hamilton’s Common Good Essay Q collected– WTP Lesson Four collected

SOTU Survey Analysis today:

• A description of the people you polled.• Tally the responses• Your conclusions that answer the research

questions about the SOTU seven topics.• Your recommendations to the President.

– 1.Description– 2. Question– 3. Conclusion– 4. Recommendation

Cut & Paste into your document

• 1 2 3 4 5 Clearly stated survey questions

• 1 2 3 4 5 Questions are answered in complete sentences and include reflection on the survey question.

• #___ of surveys completed.

• Grade contract _____ for ____.