Balancing the common good with
individual rights
Learning target: Students will be able to describe
two ways the Constitution can be amended and be
able to take and defend a position on the
amendment process and judicial review.
Reminder: Work hard Laugh hard: Sometimes the only solution
is hard work. Sometimes the only medicine is laughter.
1. Article Washington Post: “Occupy…”
a. Read and think about: Does this adhere
to the 5 Principles of democracy
i.
Consent of the governed—People are the source of any
and all governmental power.
“No man is good enough to
govern another man without that other’s consent.” Abe
Lincoln
ii. Limited government—Government is not all-powerful and
may do only those things people have given it the power to do.
“There is nothing more corrupting…than the exercise of
unlimited power.” William Henry Harrison
iii. Rule of law—The government and those who govern are
bound by the law. “Power in human hands will ever be liable
to abuse.” James Madison
iv. Democracy—In a democratic system of government the
people rule. “’We the people’ tell the government what to
do, it doesn’t tell us.” Ronald Reagan
v. Representative government—In a representative system
of government people elect public officeholders to make laws
and conduct government on their behalf.
“Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their
masters.” Grover Cleveland
2. Notes on Amendments, Judicial Review, and
the formation of political parties (lessons 15
and 16)
3. Bookwork – p. 115 in groups