Unit 1 Day 4

English Roots: Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of RightsMagna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights

Objective: Objective: Trace Trace the English roots the English roots

of American of American democracy: democracy:

Magna Carta, Magna Carta, English Bill of English Bill of

Rights, and Rights, and Petition of Right.Petition of Right.

Day 4• Objective: Objective: Trace the English roots of Trace the English roots of

American democracy: Magna Carta, English American democracy: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and Petition of Right.Bill of Rights, and Petition of Right.

• Key Vocabulary: Key Vocabulary: Magna Carta, English Bill Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Petition of Rightof Rights, Petition of Right

Daily RandomnessDaily Randomness• Why go to NAU?

– 18,000 students (not small, not huge)– 2 males for every 3 females– Skiing, hiking, hunting, fishing,

camping, fun stuff!– Flagstaff is a cool place!– Highs in the 80s in the summer!

Louie the Lumberjack

Review of Key Vocabulary1.1. Government…define…exampleGovernment…define…example2.2. Why do dictatorships continue to Why do dictatorships continue to

exist? 2 to 4 sentencesexist? 2 to 4 sentences3.3. Oligarchy…define…exampleOligarchy…define…example4.4. Autocracy…define…exampleAutocracy…define…example5.5. Indirect Democracy (Representative Indirect Democracy (Representative

gov’t or Republic) …define & gov’t or Republic) …define & exampleexample

6.6. Direct Democracy-define & exampleDirect Democracy-define & example7.7. When done correctly and effectively what When done correctly and effectively what

is so appealing about the concept of is so appealing about the concept of democracy? 2 to 4 sentencesdemocracy? 2 to 4 sentences

8.8. A A Common Thread…use in a Common Thread…use in a sentencesentence

Write your answers on 1 sheet of paper.

You can work with

the person or people next to you.

Groups of 1, 2, or 3.

YOU ARE TURNING THIS IN FOR A

GRADE!

You have 10 minutes.

Today we are looking for a….

• What do these documents have in common?

• But first let’s analyze some easier examples.

Magna CartaPetition of RightEnglish Bill of Rights

WHAT DO THESE THINGS HAVE IN WHAT DO THESE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON?COMMON?

WHAT ABOUT THESE THINGS?

WHAT ABOUT THESE?

AND ONE MORE….

Ok, ok one more…• The lady from Full House…

• Kelly Kapowski from Saved By the Bell…

• Lois from Superman the TV show…

Define the following concepts…• LAW AND ORDER

• LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT

• REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

After your definition you need to include a real world example.

FOR EXAMPLE:If the word was “Dictatorship”…A

government ran by a small group of elites (oligarchy) or one person (autocracy);

where the people have very little power. A real world example is North Korea being

headed by Kim Jong Un.

Read and complete the following…Read and complete the following…• Read each excerpt.• In your notes, create a

table that has 3 columns.– Magna Carta– Petition of Right– English Bill of Rights

• In your own words, right down key concepts/ ideas that you see in the readings.

• You should have 3 bullets for each reading.

Magna Magna CartaCarta

Petition Petition of Rightof Right

English English Bill of Bill of RightsRights

Compare your main ideas to…

• The Bill of Rights (1st 10 amendments to the Constitution)– Amendments are

changes– Freedoms and

protections against the government

Write…

Write one clear and concise Write one clear and concise paragraph paragraph (5 to 8 sentences)

that describes what the three that describes what the three English documents did to the English documents did to the

king’s power.king’s power.

Use examples from the readings.