9-12 Benchmark 3-A: compare and analyze the structure, power and purpose of government at the local, state, tribal and national levels as set forth in their respective constitutions or governance documents:
C#2 Performance Standards & Specifications:
Analyze and explain the philosophical foundations of the American political system in terms of the inalienable rights of people and the purpose of government, to include: Iroquois league and its organizational structure for effective governance; basic philosophical principles of John Locke expressed in the second treatise of government (nature, equality, and dissolution of government);foundation principles of laws by William Blackstone (laws in general and absolute rights of individuals);importance of the founders of the rights of Englishmen, the Magna Carta and representative government in England;
Sample Question:
Which essential feature of a state would be key to making laws?
A.size of the state population
B.state political traditions
C.state sovereignty*
D.size of state territory
The Iroquois League of Nations
●Iroquois league and its organizational structure for effective governance
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and American Government
●importance of the founders of the rights of Englishmen, the Magna Carta and representative government in England;
●Examine the contributions English political documents
Contractarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #37
●Identify the Social Contract Theory
●Identify the fundamentals and requirements of a “state”
●basic philosophical principles of John Locke expressed in the second treatise of government (nature, equality, and dissolution of government)
●Identify the fundamentals and requirements of a “state”