American Government
Unit: Foundations of Government
A Day: Monday, November 16, 2015
B Day: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
American Government
Agenda
A Day: Monday, November 16, 2015
B Day: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
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Do Now – On board
Discuss Do Now
Group Activity: Unit Study Guide
CNN Student News & Exit Slip (if time)
American
Government
OBJECTIVE
SWBT identify core foundational concepts of government using short answers
study guide.
DO NOW
Read the excerpt below:
“Men being, as has been said, by Nature, all free, equal and independent,
no one can be put out of this Estate, and subjected to the Political Power of
another, without his own Consent. The only way whereby any divests
himself of his Natural Liberty, and puts on the bonds of Civil Society is by
agreeing with other Men to joyn [join] and unite into a Community. . . .”
—John Locke, 1690Answer this question:
In John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, above, he explains this theory.
a. divine right
b. evolutionary
c.
d.
social contract
force
Explain how you reached your answer.
Study Guide
• See separate file
Stranded on a desert island…
• See separate instruction sheet.
CNN Student News
Exit Slip:
Write down one of the stories in today’s CNN
Student News. Identify the story and state 2 – 3 facts
it contains.