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Day 2: October 16
Day 2: October 16
Learning Target: Students will be able to explain the origins of the state and how power, authority, and legitimacy is derived within different types of government.
Learning Target: Students will be able to explain the origins of the state and how power, authority, and legitimacy is derived within different types of government.
Standard 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental historical and philosophical principles and ideas that led to the development of the American constitutional democracy.
USG.1.ER Analyze the philosophical influences on core political principles in the American constitutional democracy.
1. Quote: Students will learn how to respond to the opening quote to open class.
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
-Thomas Paine
2. Continue to finish anything from yesterday.
3. PPT on the origins of a state to explain why government is necessary.
Discussions on:
a. Power
b. Authority
c. Legitimacy
4. Students will need to read Federalist #51 and discuss its importance.
5. Discuss the idea of how you keep power
a. Machiavelli
b. Social Contract
6. Exit Ticket: Students need to explain how you would maintain power in todays world.
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