Guiding Principles

Modules 1-3: Big Ideas

  • Module 1: Understanding Government
  • Module 2: Assessing Needs
  • Module 3: Crafting a Government

Essential Questions

  • What are the responsibilities of a government?
  • What are the defining characteristics of different forms of government?
  • Why is Bridges Academy in need of a Student Government?
  • What is the best way to accurately create censuses and surveys and collect important data on a population?
  • How does one best use data to inform the creation of a governing system?
  • How do we build a system to assess, maintain, and update our government?

Modules 1-3: Enduring Understandings

  • The functions of government.
  • The context for how and why different governments work and don't work.
  • Assessing our present system and identifying need(s).
  • Appropriate methods for collecting data and using data to guide decision making.
  • How to select and establish a new system.
  • Best practices for reflections and self-assessment in order to construct a system that can be constantly updated.