Wednesday September 3, 2013
• Objective: SWBAT
demonstrate their
knowledge of why
America revolted
against the British.
• Drill: What are some
reasons to change
your government?
• Homework:
Federalist papers
#10 and #57,
questions.
Rules for Class Today…
• You will be
assigned a role,
you must follow
the rules.
• You need to be
respectful of each
other during this
simulation.
• There are Kings
(Queens,
Governors, soldiers
and colonists.
• We will complete
the Historical
Documents.
• This takes place
in 1775.
• ALLL RULES
MUST BE
FOLLOWED, IF
WE CAN”T DO
THIS WE WON”T
DO ANYMORE
SIMULATIONS
Roles….
• Governors: You work
• King/Queen: You
directly for the
run Britain and in
King/Queen. You select
turn the colonists…
which Colonists fill out
your will is law and
which historical
must be followed.
documents.
• You will have your • You bring those answers
governors select
to the King/Queen.
which colonists
• You also have the benefit
finish which
of getting those answers
documents. This
(you are the tax collector
simulates control
and receive part of that
over colonists,
tax)
taxation without
representation
Roles
• Colonists: You were
born in America, and
have never been to
England, never met the
King, but are subject to
his will.
• Soldiers: you are
instruments of the
King/Queen. You
make sure that the
colonists are doing
their jobs.
• You must complete the work
• You also have the
assigned to you, then give
benefit of getting
your answers to the soldiers
and governors. You may not
those answers and
speak to the King, and must
punishing those who
are not working. (this obey. If not there may be
consequences.
demonstrates the
• YOU MAY NOT SHARE
liberties that soldiers
ANSWERS WITH COLONISTS
took with colonists)
Debrief
• Write a reflection:
– Based on your role, what would your life
have been like?
– What hardships might you have faced?
– What could you do to change it? What
could you do to keep things they way they
are? (obviously that depends on your role)
Road to Revolution
• In 1776 most
Americans were
hoping for a
reconciliation with
England.
• Thomas Paine (a
corset maker) wrote
Common Sense in n
clear and forceful
language that the time
had come for the
colonists to declare
their independence.
Thomas Paine
• Their liberty would never be safe
while Britain governed them, he
argued, because the “so much
boasted constitution of England”
included two “constitutional errors”:
monarchy and hereditary rule. Paine
urged the Americans to create a new
form of government - a modern
republic - based entirely on popular
consent.
Common Sense
• In pairs split up the
excerpts of
Common Sense and
answer the
questions.
• Answer the
questions that
follow.
• Share your
answers.
• We will discuss
them
Wrap Up
What is the
Purpose of
Government?
What is Government?
•Describe what you think
government is and what you
think the government should
do.
•You can give specific examples
or just a general definition.
What would
happen if there
was no
government?
Describe the events in each
situation as if there were no
government and as if there
were a government.
Your neighbor
across the street
walks into your
house and takes
your new 60 inch
LCD television.
Canada decides that the
United States is their
property and they send
troops into Montana,
North Dakota, Michigan,
and Minnesota. They
troops start taking over
houses.
Your boss doesn’t like
foreign cars. You
decide one day to buy a
foreign car. The next
day, your boss fires you
because he doesn’t
approve of your car.
You own MD’s Carryout. A woman opens a
sub-shop at the old post
office and decides to
eliminate the
competition by burning
down your restaurant.
The Swine Flu
(H1N1) comes to the
United States and
infects millions of
people. It’s
spreading very fast.
Three Purposes of
Government
•Provide for Public Order
•Provide Public Services
•Provide National
Security
Provide for Public Order
•Laws to maintain peace
•Laws to punish violators
•Laws protecting civil
rights (citizens)
Provide Public Services
•Regulating the economy
•Providing health and
human services
•Regulating poverty
•Disaster and emergency
relief
Provide National Security
•Protection from foreign
countries (wars)
•Protection against terrorism
•Protection for citizens
traveling to foreign countries
•Regulating immigration and
naturalization