WELCOME TO GOVERNMENT

2014COACH MASON

1ST DAY PEP TALK!!!

WHO ARE YOU? (INTRODUCTIONS)• CREATE A NAME PLATE USING THE INDEX CARDS ADD ONE DESIGN THAT

REPRESENTS YOU.

• INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY;

• NAME, GRADE, CITY/STATE ORIGIN, HOBBIES, 2 DISLIKES

WHO IS HE? (INSTRUCTOR)• COACH VONTRE MASON : ASSISTANT VARSITY FOOTBALL

• COLLEGE GRAD (MS & BS) SOCIAL SCIENCE & SPORTS COACHING

• RICHMOND, C.A./ RALEIGH, N.C./HATTIESBURG, M.S.

• ATHLETICS, DISCIPLESHIP, MUSIC, COOKING

• DISHONESTY AND LAZINESS

WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?

IN AMERICA ITS DEMOCRACY!

USA!USA!

ORIGIN OF DEMOCRACY

• THE TERM ORIGINATES FROM THE GREEK (DĒMOKRATÍA) "RULE OF THE PEOPLE",[1] WHICH WAS FOUND FROM (DÊMOS) "PEOPLE" AND (KRATOS) "POWER" OR "RULE" IN THE 5TH CENTURY BCE TO DENOTE THE POLITICAL SYSTEMS THEN EXISTING IN GREEK CITY-STATES, NOTABLY ATHENS;

DEMOCRACY GOVERNMENT: TRIPLE E

Eligible Citizens Equally Establish Laws

AMERICAN SOCIETY?

• DESCRIBE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 2014, HOW HAS DEMOCRACY SHAPED OUR COUNTRY TODAY?

• WRITE 2 PARAGRAPH RESPONSE (10SENTENCES) 5MINS

• SHARE YOUR RESPONSE WITH A NEIGHBOR,

• LIST THREE THINGS YOU AGREE WITH OR DISAGREE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS RESPONSE

• DON’T SHARE RESPONSES UNTIL BOTH RESPONSES HAVE BEEN READ!!!

LIVING WITH DIFFERENCES

DEMOCRACY 2014

BRAIN RINGER• COMPLETE ON SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER

• DESCRIBE THE UNITED STATES IN FIVE WORDS

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UNIT 1: PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

•CA STANDARD 12.1

•STUDENTS EXPLAIN THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND MORAL VALUES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AS EXPRESSED IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

GOVERNMENT PROBE

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 6TH GRADER

WHAT ARE THE RESULTS

ARE YOU INFORMED

• WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEING A INFORMED CITIZEN?

• DO YOU KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOU

6 PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION • POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• SEPARATION OF POWERS

• CHECKS AND BALANCES

• JUDICIAL REVIEW

• FEDERALISM what this principle means Why this is important for democracy How could not knowing this principle

GET INFORMED YOU YUPPIE!• BREAK UP INTO GROUPS OF FOUR

• RESEARCH AND DEFINE EACH PRINCIPLE

• LIST AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

• WHAT THIS PRINCIPLE MEANS

• WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRACY

• HOW COULD NOT KNOWING THIS PRINCIPLE

BELL RINGER

•WHAT ARE THE TRIPLE E’S OF DEMOCRACY?

•WHAT, HOW, WHY

IT’S A PARTY, IT’S A PARTY, IT’S A PARTY!!!•ALL PARTIES MUST VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING PARTY IDEAS: IDEAS MUST BE A 3-1 OR UNANIMOUS VOTE TO BE APPROVED

• A PARTY NAME

•A PARTY LOGO

•A PARTY SLOGAN