Warm-Up:
List specific example discussed in your debate group which reflect your group's opinion regarding government involvement (either in favor of or opposed to).
Objective:
SWBAT identify features of a state and describe the origin of government.
Homework:
Read American Government Text pages 5-11.
Complete Guided Reading Worksheet.
Complete Guided Reading Worksheet.
Essential Features of a State:
Population - number of people, shared political/social consensus (agreement) about basic values/beliefs, mobility (people moving from rural to urban areas, or from NE to SW)
Sovereignty - each state makes its own laws, cannot tell another state how to handle its affairs, completely independent within its boundaries
Territory - having established and recognized borders/boundaries
Government - an institution that enforces decisions, maintains social order, provides services
Sovereignty - each state makes its own laws, cannot tell another state how to handle its affairs, completely independent within its boundaries
Territory - having established and recognized borders/boundaries
Government - an institution that enforces decisions, maintains social order, provides services
Origin of Government:
Evolutionary Theory: the head of primitive families served at the authority (government)
Force Theory: circumstance forces people in early civilizations to work together under the authority of one person or group (construct place of worship, control floods)
Divine Theory: Aztecs, Chinese, Egyptians, and European Monarchs believe that power to rule has come from a God or gods
Social Contract Theory: philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke challenged the Divine Theory, stating that people surrender some of their personal power to the state in order to maintain order, protect people from each other
Force Theory: circumstance forces people in early civilizations to work together under the authority of one person or group (construct place of worship, control floods)
Divine Theory: Aztecs, Chinese, Egyptians, and European Monarchs believe that power to rule has come from a God or gods
Social Contract Theory: philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke challenged the Divine Theory, stating that people surrender some of their personal power to the state in order to maintain order, protect people from each other