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Welcome to
CIVICSMr. Childers – Room 311
Fall Semester 2013
Grand Teton National Park
Journal 9/23/20131. Who has power over you in your life? List
as many people or groups of people as possible.
2. Why do they have power over you? Explain clearly.
Write 5 complete sentences!
Unit 1: Foundations of GovernmentFoundations of Government – Day 8
INDEPENDENTWORK EXPECTATION
Journal&
DiscussionVocabulary
Exit Ticket
Five Foundations
Stations
Today’s Objective: IWBAT describe and apply the five foundations of American government.
Today’s Class
Virtual Classroomwww.rebelpsychology.weebly.com
Check this regularly you can find most things from class on the website (both Civics and Psychology)
Do the five foundations of American government allow society to operative effectively?
Essential Question
1. Establish justice
2. Ensure domestic tranquility
3. Provide for the common defense
4. Promote the general welfare
5. Secure the blessings of liberty
Five Foundations of American Government
Vocabulary
Government: the organization of people who make policies and conduct state business.
The word is derived from Greek, meaning to drive a ship.
How is a government sort of like driving a ship?
Vocabulary
Citizen: Member of a political community to whom certain rights and obligations are attached.
Rights: Responsibilities:
Security Obey Laws
Freedom Pay Taxes
Right to vote Exercising your right to vote
Vocabulary continued
Politics- The process by and how policy decisions are made.
What happens when the government fails to “drive the ship?”
2007 Election in Pakistan. Weeks before the election Opposition Party leader, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated.
It is important to have a strong government to enforce laws.
American Government
As we explore American government, we are referring to a web of formal administrative structures that exist on a national, state and local level.
Example: Education policy.
Stations Activity
• At each station, complete the packet using the information on each set of desks.
• Work as a group• Follow the Collaborative Work
Expectations
Homework1. Prepare for your Scored Discussion
tomorrow!
2. If you haven’t finished the reading…one more night!
TEACHER TALKEXPECTATION
Exit TicketPick one of the five foundations of government and describe what it is and what it does.
TEACHER TALKEXPECTATION
Peer Grade Journals
There should be 8 journals in total.
The first one starts on 9/9/13.
1. Count the number of journals
2. Are they all five sentences long?
Grading: 40/40, 35/40, 30/40, 25/40, 20/40, 15/40, 10/40, 5/40
TEACHER TALKEXPECTATION
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