Unit 1:
Government Beginnings
Day 2:
Day 2:
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.
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.