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Unit 1: Introduction to American Democracy and Political Culture
Unit 1Unit 1
Essential Questions for Unit 1
1. What distinguishes American democracy from other systems of government?
2. What does it mean to live in a democracy?
3. What characteristics make up American political culture?
GOVERNMENT—Policy Making InstituionUS CONSTITUTION
Federalism (50 States & 1 National Government)
(Legislative, Executive, Judicial)Makes, Enforces,& Interprets Public Policy
Linkage Institutions: structures within a society that connect the people to the
government in order to influence the policy agenda
THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE
Elections Political Parties Interest Groups Media
Policy Outputs Policy Outputs
--Public Opinion– --Citizens--
--Public Opinion– --Citizens--
• What is Government?
What is Government? Politics?What role do we play?
• 4 KEY TERMS:
• Government = The institution that makes and enforces public policies
• Politics = the process of making government policy– “Who get what, when, where, and how”
• Linkage Institutions: structures in society that link citizens to the political process
• Institutions of Government: more commonly known as branches of government—legislative, executive, and judicial
• What type of government do we have in the United States?
United States’ Government• Key Characteristics—the United States is a Federal Republic: What does that
mean???????
– Democratic: The people have a say in policy
• We are an Indirect/Representive Democracy (Republic),
• NOT a Direct Democracy
– Constitutional Republic: We vote for people to make policy decision on our behalf. The set up is created by a Constitution, which is essentially the “rules of the game.”
– Federalism: Division of power between a National government and 50 states governments
• Cornell Notes:
What is Government?
What are govt’s 3 kinds of Power:
• Makes and enforcespublic policies: all things govt. does*Ex: Make LAWS
1.Legislative: make laws2.Executive: execute and enforce laws3.Judicial: interpret laws
*Also known as 3 branches of govt./national institutions of govt.
Summary **Govt. makes and enforces laws and is organized into the legislative, executive and judicial branches
1/7/2011 Unit 1: Introduction to American Democracy What is Government Reading—pages 4-5
• constitution: sets up the principles, structures and processes of govt.
• Dictatorship: single person or small group hold power
*Ex: North Korea• Democracy: people are supreme
power
*Ex: USA
● the PROCESS by which govt. is conducted
--who gets what, where, when, and how
A constitution sets up a government in which either people are the source of power=democracy or a dictator holds power=authoritarian.
Where are the powers of govt. stated?
Who holds power in govts?
What is meant by “politics”
Summary
What is the purpose of our government?:
(stated in Preamble of U.S.
Constitution)
.
Summary
1/11/11 Unit 1: Introduction to American DemocracyPurpose of Government: pgs. 8-10
1. Form a More Perfect Union--in union there is strength
2. Establish Justice--laws and actions must be fair
3. Insure Domestic Tranquility--keep the peace “If men were angels…”
4. Provide for the Common Defense--protect us from other countries
5. Promote the General Welfare--our day-to-day well being EX:
6. Secure the Blessings of Liberty—protect freedoms like speech, religion, etc.
●The Preamble of the U.S. states our expectations of govt.●We expect govt. to do a variety of things for us: makes sure things are fair, protect us, keep the country peaceful, make sure our well being and freedoms are taken care of.
What are the Core Concepts of Democracy
What are the two forms of
democracy?
.
Summary
1/13/2011 Unit 1: Introduction to American DemocracyAmerican Characteristics of Democracy—packet reading
1. People vote for representatives-2. Majority Rule3. Individual Rights4. Prime functions is to protect basic human
freedoms (Ex: speech, religion, equal protection)
5. Fair elections—voting6. People work to protect freedoms7. Values of tolerance, cooperation and
compromise
● Direct: People vote directly on everything
● Indirect/Representative: People vote for reps who vote on daily issues
Democracies can be direct or indirect (we have representative) and believe in principles like voting, majority rule, individual rights, freedoms, and values like tolerance, cooperation and compromise.
What is a free enterprise system?
● It is the kind of economic system that we have in this country● AKA: mixed economy or capitalism● Private ownership● People work to create their own wealth
Summary
1/13/2011 Unit 1: Introduction to American DemocracyDemocracy and Free Enterprise pg. 20-21
A free enterprise system is an economic system where citizens work to create their own wealth with little government oversight. WE have this in the U.S.
What is the best part of living in a democracy?
What does Free mean?
Who protects your freedom?
What does “Free” mean?
• Freedom is not absolute, if it was, what would life look like?– Laws limit freedom for the common good
• Freedom, in our sense, means things like:– Right to believe what you want (Freedom of political views, religion or lack thereof, etc.)– Free Speech, Free Press/Media, Freedom to protest/assemble—Dissent – Pursue individual goals/jobs/career—means to determine one’s own future– Equality under the law and equal opportunity– Due Process (must have access to legal system if freedom/property is to be taken away)– A means to vote in open, honest, and competitive elections for people to make laws/policy– A means to influence policy by other means besides voting (protests, join an interests group)– Majority rules, but protections exists for the minority
Total Freedom No Freedom
Anarchy TotalitarianismAuthoritarianDirect Democracy
Indirect Democracy(Republic)
Declaration of IndependenceJohn Adams clip
Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence
• When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
• That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Freedom & the Social Contract• Social Contract: idea advocated by Thomas Hobbes/
John Locke
- An agreement between people and government:– People give up absolute freedom to a government that is created by
the people and govern with the consent of the people– When this government no longer meets the needs to the people, it
can be replaced. • This idea is the basis for the government of the United States• Thomas Jefferson mirrored this idea in the Declaration of Independence
What is OUR contract with the government?
National Archives: Houses the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions
Countries that have Democratic/Free Systems:
Authoritarian Systems• Any political system that does not allow, or at least limit, political participation by its citizens
– Fascism: “police state” with extreme nationalism– Communism: (1-party State): socialist economy– Dictatorship: rule by one person
• Historical Examples: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Stalinist Russia, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, even Absolute Monarchies of the past (Louis XIV)• Current Examples: Cuba, North Korea, to some extent China
Summary: Key Differences between Democratic systems and Authoritative Systems
Democracies Authoritarian
BOTH
Politicians
Government
Laws
Citizens
Free & Open Elections Free Speech
Free Expression
Free Media/Press
Religious Freedom
Means for citizens to Influence policies
Equality before the law
Limited Free Speech
No Open Elections
Controlled Media/Press
Limited Equality
Limited Access toInfluence policy
Communism—1 Party State(Socialist Economy--Usually)
Height of Communism in World
Current Communist States
“Democratic People's Republic of Korea”
Case Study in a “Authoritarian, Communist, Dictatorship:
• Leader of North Korea
• In power since 1994, when his father Kim Il-Sung died.
• 4th Largest army in the world.
Summary: Key Differences between Democratic systems and Authoritative Systems
Democracies Authoritarian
BOTH
Politicians
Government
Laws
Citizens
Free & Open Elections Free Speech
Free Expression
Free Media/Press
Religious Freedom
Means for citizens to Influence policies
Equality before the law
Equal opportunity
Capitalism/Free Enterprise
Limited Free Speech
No Open Elections
Controlled Media/Press
Limited Equality
Limited Access toInfluence policy
Equal OpportunityCapitalismFree Enterprise
Case Study on Critical Thinking about American Political Culture
2 of the Basic Concepts of Democracy & American
Political Culture
Critically Think:
Does Capitalism Compliment or Undermine Equal Opportunity?
Critically Think:
Does Capitalism Compliment or Undermine Equal Opportunity?
--Equity-- What is it and What is it not?
• Fairness = Equity = Equality– But what does that mean?
Is the world “just” and what does politics and economics have to do with this?
There is no justice in the
world
There is some justice in the world
The world is just
Capitalism v. Democracy
If this is what “Free” means then…..
• Freedom is not absolute, if it was, what would life look like?
– Laws limit freedom for the common good
• Freedom, in our sense, means things like:
– Right to believe what you want (Freedom of political views, religion or lack thereof, etc.)
– Free Speech, Free Press/Media, Freedom to protest/assemble—Dissent
– Pursue individual goals/jobs/career—means to determine one’s own furture
– Equality under the law and equal opportunity
– Due Process (must have access to legal system if freedom/property is to be taken away)
– A means to vote in open, honest, and competitive elections for people to make laws/policy
– A means to influence policy by other means besides voting (protests, join an interests group)
– Majority rules, but protections exists for the minority
Total Freedom No Freedom
Anarchy TotalitarianismAuthoritarianDirect Democracy
Indirect Democracy(Republic)
…….What does Freedom Require?
Freedom Come with Strings AttachedWhat is expected from you as a citizen in a democracy?
• Democracy is based on the idea of self-government• Requirements to maintain democracy:
– Informed and Educated population• Understanding politics and policy issues so we can make informed decisions on the direction of our
country
– Understanding of what freedom is and how to maintain it• Knowing what your rights are and when they are violated
– Active Citizenship (getting involved in community, politics)• Voting, volunteering, at times serving interests other than your own
What does Freedom Require?
Citizenship is identified as the application of civic values to the process of resolving issues.
Civics is the study of rights and duties of citizenship. –from the latin “civis” which
means citizen
Government Participation Project Guidelines
Foundation of Civics
• “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – --Margaret Mead
• "A man has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his own individual concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." – –Dr. King
Youth and Government
• In 2005, 76% of all high school seniors volunteered in their community, compared with 65% in 1976,
• In 2005, over 13% of high school seniors regularly volunteered in their community, nearly double the rate a generation ago (7.8% in 1975),
• College students are engaged as volunteers in a wide variety of activities, including tutoring and mentoring children, helping religious organizations, and assisting social or community organizations to provide services
• The most common reason young people give for volunteering is “to help other people.”
American Political Culture• Political Ideology: Set of beliefs regarding politics
– How a person views the role of government in society
• Political Spectrum: A method used by political scientists in order to provide a visual representation of a person’s political views (ideology).
Traditional Political Spectrum More Liberal (Left)—
Want Change—Govt Should be an agent of that Change
More Conservative (Right)
Resist Change—less govt
Moderates
Left Wing RadicalDemand Change even if
Change is VIOLENT change
SocialismCommunism
Pure CapitalismPolitical Fascism
Right Wing Radical“Reactionary”
Want to return to “good old days” even if dong so
requires violence
Democrats Republicans
When I say liberal who and what issues do we think of?
When I say conservative who and what issues do we think
of?
Liberal v. Conservative (in America)
• Liberal = Progressive change within the state led by the government. More government involvement.
– Left leaning
– Secular, --for strong separation of church and state
– Larger role of government in economy
– Less government on social issues
• Conservative = Traditional policies designed to preserve the status quo led by minimal involvement from the government. Less government involvement.
– Right leaning
– Religious (less secular)—the “religious right”
– Minimal Economic Intervention (Laissez-faire)
– More government involvement on social issues
Liberals Conservatives
Role of Government
Taxes
Healthcare
Education
Believe government should play a large role in securing basic public institutions for citizens on economic issues
Believe people should not rely on the government for help—more private than public institutions
Need more taxes to fund public institutions
Believe it should be a public and basic human right—universal and available to every citizen subsidized by the govt.
Believe it should be private and since allowing the govt to control it will destroy quality and lead to inefficiency
For public education and more money for schools
For funding private schools and public vouchers to send kids to private (religious) schools.
Less taxes—means less social programs
Liberals Conservatives
Religion
Environment
Welfare and Medicaid
Social Security
Should be separation of church and state—against school prayer, ten commandments in classrooms
Believes religion has a role in school and should be up to each school to decide what it would like to put in curriculum—creationism or evolution?
For protections even if protection hurts business. Believe global warming is manmade
Not “against” the environment, just not willing to compromise economic interests for environmental ones. Question man’s activity in global warming.
Individual should have it if they need it
Some want it gone entirely, others say Individuals should be limited in how long they can stay on welfare
Keep social security publicly funded
Allow social security to be privatized—allow for individual private accounts
Liberals Conservatives
Abortion
Gay Marriage
Affirmative
Action
Gun Control
Death Penalty
Pro-Choice Pro-Life
For because government has responsibility to provide equal access to all given our history of racism
Against because govt. is not responsible for this and possible reverse racism?
For gun control For gun rights
Against For
For Against
Economic Views
Pure Communism/ Socialism
Pure Capitalism
Social/Political Views
--Totalitarianism
--authoritarianism
--Libertarianism
--Anarchy
How Can We Solve This?
Political Compass
2008 Presidential Candidates
Election 2004
President Barack Obama• Elected Nov, 2008
Electoral vote 365 173
States carried 28+DC+NE-02 22
Popular vote 68,162,737 59,223,402
Percentage 53% 46%
Liberal v. Conservative (in America)
• Liberal = Progressive change within the state led by the government. More government involvement.
– Left leaning
– Secular, --for strong separation of church and state
– Larger role of government in economy
– Less government on social issues
• Conservative = Traditional policies designed to preserve the status quo led by minimal involvement from the government. Less government involvement.
– Right leaning
– Religious (less secular)—the “religious right”
– Minimal Economic Intervention (Laissez-faire)
– More government involvement on social issues
Liberal and Conservative “News” Commentary
• Liberal Bias? MSNBC
• Countdown with Keith Olberman clip
• Conservative Bias? FOX News
• The O’Reilly Factor with Bill O’Reilly clip.
• Daily Show—makes funs of all, but conservatives criticize him for being liberal
• Conservative = Colbert Report and Bill O’Rielly
Stewart on O’Rielly Factor—show during media
Colbert on O’Rielly—show during media
Liberals v. ConservativesCriticism of Liberalism• Too much reliance on
government to solve problems
• Weak on national security • Weak on traditional family
values• Liberal programs results in
higher taxes• Too many government
restrictions hurt capitalism and economy
• Creates more bureaucracy and results in more waste
Criticism of Conservatism • With little regulation in
business, there is less protection of workers– Allows a widening
economic gap between rich and poor
• Failure to deal with social programs such as Sexism, Racism, and Classism
• Overly aggressive in military use/more difficult to create international consensus and diplomacy
• Too close to the Christian Right, Corporate America
Kkkk
Case Study on Political Ideology: Universal Healthcare in America?
World Health Organization Rankings of Healthcare Quality
• Rank Country • 1 France • 2 Italy • 3 San Marino • 4 Andorra • 5 Malta • 6 Singapore • 7 Spain • 8 Oman • 9 Austria • 10 Japan • 11 Norway • 12 Portugal • 13 Monaco • 14 Greece • 15 Iceland • 16 Luxembourg • 17 Netherlands • 18 United Kingdom
• 19 Ireland • 20 Switzerland • 21 Belgium • 22 Colombia • 23 Sweden • 24 Cyprus • 25 Germany • 26 Saudi Arabia • 27 United Arab Emirates • 28 Israel • 29 Morocco • 30 Canada • 31 Finland • 32 Australia • 33 Chile • 34 Denmark • 35 Dominica • 36 Costa Rica • 37 United States of America
Case Study on Political Ideology• Issue: Healthcare
– America has one of the highest quality healthcare systems in the world, but it is not available to everyone because of high costs.
• Current Problems– high cost of healthcare insurance premiums ($$)– 40+ million Americans have not health insurance at all– Most people get coverage through their employer
• Thus, if you lose your job you lose your heath insurance• Should we socialize healthcare, much like we do with public education?• Or should we keep it privatized?• If we socialize it, how do we pay for it? Should higher income pay more in taxes to help fund it?
75% of households make less than 50,000
$100,000—top 15% income earners
1%
15-20%
40-45%
25-30%
12-15%
The poor (12%)
Case Study: Healthcare—competing ideas
Liberal View Conservative View
Moderate
Keep most insurancePrivate, but provideA social safty net for
Poor
Problem: who pays?
Everyone pays into a System and everyone Receives care
Private, for profit, insuranceeliminated
We already have socialInsurance programs suchAs:1.Social Security—income Security for seniors (65+)
2. Medicare—governmentHeath Coverage for seniors
Keep system private
Healthcare paid for by peoplePurchasing insurance
Insurance then pays doctorBills
Federal Expenditures 2009
21 %: Defense Spending
17.3%Other
Discretionary Spending
61 %Mandatory Spending & Entitlements
Social Security (income insurance for senior citizens and disabled): 21% --Usually MOST $$ spent
Medicare (health insurance for elderly): 13%
Mandatory Spending
Medicaid Program, welfare, and Unemployment: 20%
Interest on Debt: 8%
In recent years, the percentage of discretionary spending has decreased while the percentage of non-discretionary (mandatory) spending has increased.
Universal Healthcare?
• Privatized Insurance and Healthcare
• Socialized Insurance and Healthcare:
• Single-Payer Healthcare:• “The goal of healthcare is to get everyone covered, at the
lowest possible cost, with highest possible quality. But in the United States, there is another element in the equation that mucks up the outcome: Our system seeks to get everyone covered, at the lowest possible cost, the highest possible quality, while generating the maximum possible profits.”
Clip on Canadian Healthcare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010• The law includes a large number of health-related provisions
to take effect over the next four years. Key provisions:– including expanding Medicaid eligibility, – subsidizing insurance premiums, providing incentives for
businesses to provide health care benefits, – prohibiting denial of coverage/claims based on pre-
existing conditions and allow young people to stay on parents insurant until age 26.
– establishing health insurance exchanges, and support for medical research.
• The costs of these provisions are offset by a variety of taxes, fees, and cost-saving measures, such as new Medicare taxes for high-income brackets, taxes on indoor tanning, cuts to the Medicare Advantage program in favor of traditional Medicare, and fees on medical devices and pharmaceutical companies; there is also a tax penalty for citizens who do not obtain health insurance (unless they are exempt due to low income or other reasons).
• The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the net effect (including the reconciliation act) will be a reduction in the federal deficit by $143 billion over the first decade
Video Summary
GOVERNMENT—Policy Making InstituionUS CONSTITUTION
Federalism (50 States & 1 National Government)
(Legislative, Executive, Judicial)Makes, Enforces,& Interprets Public Policy
Linkage Institutions: structures within a society that connect the people to the
government in order to influence the policy agenda
THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE
Elections Political Parties Interest Groups Media
Policy Outputs Policy Outputs
--Public Opinion– --Citizens--
--Public Opinion– --Citizens--
What is Government? Politics?What role do we play?
• 4 KEY TERMS:
• Government = The institution that makes and enforces public policies
• Politics = the process of making government policy– “Who get what, when, where, and how”
• Linkage Institutions: structures in society that link citizens to the political process
• Institutions of Government: more commonly known as branches of government—legislative, executive, and judicial
United States’ Government• Key Characteristics—the United States is a Federal Republic: What does that
mean???????
– Democratic: The people have a say in policy
• We are an Indirect/Representive Democracy (Republic),
• NOT a Direct Democracy
– Constitutional Republic: We vote for people to make policy decision on our behalf. The set up is created by a Constitution, which is essentially the “rules of the game.”
– Federalism: Division of power between a National government and 50 states governments
Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence
• When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
• That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Freedom & the Social Contract• Social Contract: idea advocated by Thomas Hobbes/
John Locke
- An agreement between people and government:– People give up absolute freedom to a government that is created by
the people and govern with the consent of the people– When this government no longer meets the needs to the people, it
can be replaced. • This idea is the basis for the government of the United States• Thomas Jefferson mirrored this idea in the Declaration of Independence
What is OUR contract with the government?
Summary: Key Differences between Democratic systems and Authoritative Systems
Democracies Authoritarian
BOTH
Politicians
Government
Laws
Citizens
Free & Open Elections Free Speech
Free Expression
Free Media/Press
Religious Freedom
Means for citizens to Influence policies
Equality before the law
Limited Free Speech
No Open Elections
Controlled Media/Press
Limited Equality
Limited Access toInfluence policy
Liberals Conservatives
Role of Government
Taxes
Healthcare
Education
Believe government should play a large role in securing basic public institutions for citizens
Believe people should not rely on the government for help—more private than public institutions
Need more taxes to fund public institutions
Believe it should be a public and basic human right—universal and available to every citizen subsidized by the govt.
Believe it should be private and since allowing the govt to control it will destroy quality and lead to inefficiency
For public education and more money for schools
For funding private schools and public vouchers to send kids to private (religious) schools.
Less taxes—means less social programs
Liberals Conservatives
Religion
Environment
Welfare and Medicaid
Social Security
Should be separation of church and state—against school prayer, ten commandments in classrooms
Believes religion has a role in school and should be up to each school to decide what it would like to put in curriculum—creationism or evolution?
For protections even if protection hurts business. Believe global warming is manmade
Not “against” the environment, just not willing to compromise economic interests for environmental ones. Question man’s activity in global warming.
Individual should have it if they need it
Some want it gone entirely, others say Individuals should be limited in how long they can stay on welfare
Keep social security publicly funded
Allow social security to be privatized—allow for individual private accounts
Liberals Conservatives
Abortion
Gay Marriage
Affirmative
Action
Gun Control
Death Penalty
Pro-Choice Pro-Life
For because government has responsibility to provide equal access to all given our history of racism
Against because govt. is not responsible for this and possible reverse racism?
For gun control For gun rights
Against For
For Against
Liberals v. ConservativesCriticism of Liberalism• Too much reliance on
government to solve problems
• Weak on national security • Weak on traditional family
values• Liberal programs results in
higher taxes• Too many government
restrictions hurt capitalism and economy
• Creates more bureaucracy and results in more waste
Criticism of Conservatism • With little regulation in
business, there is less protection of workers– Allows a widening
economic gap between rich and poor
• Failure to deal with social programs such as Sexism, Racism, and Classism
• Overly aggressive in military use/more difficult to create international consensus and diplomacy
• Too close to the Christian Right, Corporate America
What does Govt. do for you?• Public education• Regulates T.V.• Makes and enforces laws• Driving laws—licensing process• Bed I sleep on=paid taxes, safety
regulations• Minimim wage laws, safety in
workplace• Firemen, police• Military protection• Clean water/Clean air (regulations)• Conducts elections• Public parks• Regulates insurance agencies• Protect freedoms (even to have a
dog!)
• Keeps criminals behind bars
• Helps poor—assisted lunch
• Unite country, establish justice, insure peace, protection, general welfare, protect freedoms (Preamble)
• Public transportation
• Public parks (community centers, youth sports and activities!)
• Build roads
Three branches (institutions) of government:
• Legislative: Make Laws----Who in Govt?• Executive: Enforce Laws---Who in government?• Judicial: Interpret Laws….what does interpret
mean? -----Who in govt?
What does it mean to live in a democracy? What rights and responsibilities do we have?
• Rights:• Freedom of: religion,
assembly, press, petition, speech (RAPPS), bear arms (guns) and rest of Bill of Rights
• Vote—Majority Rule• Equality• Live Free—Life, Libery, Pursuit
of Happiness
• Responsibilities:• Go to school and be informed and
educated• Pay taxes and follow laws• Volunteer in community (clean up,
other community service)• Listen to minority• Necessity to compromise• Protest unfair laws or if rights are
violated• Cooperation
Concepts of Democracy
Democracy
Informed Citizenry
Active Citizens
Equal Opportunity and
Equal Protection=
“EQUALITY”Majority Rule with
Minority Protection
Necessity of Compromise
Individual Freedom
Voting
Concepts of Democracy
Democracy
Informed Citizenry
Active Citizens
Equal Opportunity and
Equal Protection=
“EQUALITY” Majority Rule with Minority
Protection
Necessity of Compromise
Individual Freedom
Voting
Capitalism—Free
Enterprise
Cornell Note Assessment:Date and Title
Main Ideas Supporting Detail
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