Unit 1:
Government Beginnings
Day 4:
Day 4:
Learning Target: Students will be able to explain the influence that early philosophers and documents had on the development of the US Government by completing the DBQ on European Influence.
Learning Target: Students will be able to explain the influence that early philosophers and documents had on the development of the US Government by completing the DBQ on European Influence.
1. Quote: Students will learn how to respond to the opening quote to open class.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
-Ronald Reagan
Students will look at the PPT on European influence
a. Handout on philosophers
2.Students will break down and discuss the Declaration of Independence in small groups.
3. Students will be guided on how to complete the DBQ response on the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights.
a. Students can use information in the DBQ or from the philosophers to answer the questions.
