Unit 1 Foundations

Terms and People to know

Athens Enlightenment Locke Natural Rights

Rome Magna Carta Jefferson Habeas Corpus

Democracy Montesquieu Voltaire

DBQ- Should Schools Limit Student' Online Speech?

Note Sheet-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uCOdIV0eVvYSu70FNABdpmo6s5AKiWLT9KpttE8d52A/edit?usp=sharing

Hook and Beginning Reading

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6PX7rbT2XmTekJ3MjFBN2FDUW9WLXN1Q3VzT0NzREVpVVJ3/view?usp=sharing

Documents

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6PX7rbT2XmTcFRXamtzNGdVRlpfd1FadGJZQ1JhaWtxaUh3/view?usp=sharing

Tinker v Des Moines ISD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOk7sjqKmhI

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Types of Government

http://cvhs-teacher.com/cassidy/wh15-16/1stSemester/Foundations/TypesGovernmentChart.htm

https://thebestschools.org/magazine/common-forms-of-government-study-starters/

Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdh9xo47OWM

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Documents and Primary Sources

https://www.docsoffreedom.org/explore

Map of the spread of Democracy in history

http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/march-of-democracy.html

Colonial Government

http://www.ushistory.org/gov/2a.asp

https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/thirteen_colonies.php

https://www.landofthebrave.info/colonial-government.htm

Foundations of American Democracy

1. Greece

-Athens-How did the democracy of Athens influence the democracy of the United States?

Topics to include: civic participation, voting rights, trial by jury, legislative bodies, constitution writing, rule of law

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/ancient-greece-democracy

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/democracy-ancient-greece/

http://www.ushistory.org/civ/5b.asp

https://greece.mrdonn.org/athensdemocracy.html

Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5VB-q99PJ8

2. Rome

Explain how the Roman Republic and the republican principles influenced modern democracies.

Topics to include: Republic, 12 tables, Slavery, Rule of law, Senate, structure of government, who votes?, class structure, citizenship rules, dictators

http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6a.asp

https://www.ancient.eu/Roman_Government/

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome_republic.php

Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5VB-q99PJ8

3. Enlightenment

Explain the influence of Enlightenment thinkers on the American Revolution and the framework of the American Government.

Topics to include: Natural Rights, State of nature, liberty, equality, separation of powers, Freedom of speech, social contract

Locke

Montesquieu

Rousseau

Hobbes

Voltaire

http://www.ushistory.org/gov/2.asp

https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-2-c-hobbes-locke-montesquieu-and-rousseau-on-government.html

http://www.lcboe.net/userfiles/141/Classes/2439/enltthinkers.pdf%3Fid=537902

https://www.dummies.com/education/history/world-history/how-the-enlightenment-affected-politics-and-government/

Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5VB-q99PJ8

4. English System

Explain how the British ideas about and practices of government influenced American colonists and the political institutions that developed in colonial America.

Topics to include: The Magna Carta, Parliament, English Bill of Rights the concept of habeas corpus, the Mayflower Compact, self-government, town meetings, the importance of education and literacy, the House of Burgesses, colonial legislatures, the Albany Plan of Union

https://www.dentonisd.org/cms/lib/TX21000245/Centricity/Domain/4034/Colonial%20Influences_1.pdf

http://www.ushistory.org/gov/2a.asp

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/self-government-in-the-colonies/

https://www.centrallyon.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/48ac3e52d2a52/ch%202%20-%20origins%20of%20american%20govt%20sec%201%20-%20notes.pdf

Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-4qoC4caY

5. Government of Native People

Analyze the evidence and arguments that the principles of government of the United States were influenced by the governments of Native Peoples

Topics to include: Iroquois Confederation, 5 nations, Iroquois Confederacy structure, Canassatego, Ben Franklin thoughts, Great law of peace

https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24099

http://www.ushistory.org/us/1d.asp

https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy/

https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/hconres331.pdf

Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gU2Tsv6hY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1V5VeRdMnI

Poster Rubric-https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=EXA7467&sp=yes