Do we

NEED

a government?

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Where would YOU like to live?

Freeland Lawland

•  Total freedom •  No job or education

required •  No rulers •  No laws •  Nothing is against the

law

•  Ruled by elected officials •  Government’s job is to

protect our the rights we are born with

•  Government taxes your income

•  Government makes laws to protect the common welfare

Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

POLL

Do we need a government? Thumbs Up

Thumbs Down Thumbs to the side

Let’s Time Travel to get

PERSPECTIVE

How did WE get HERE?

Wait! What does this have to do with our government?

The Scientific Revolution

questions

religious traditions and beliefs.

Geocentric vs. Heliocentric

Protestant Reformation

questions teachings/policies of Catholic

Church which leads to…

Bloody Results!!!!!

Martin Luther nails 95 Thesis to Church door

Printing Press leads to increase in literacy & people start to question govt & religion

Catholic Church burns Protestants & vice versa

Spanish Inquisition Catholic Church Tortures Jews & Moors to rid Spain Of non-believers.

Thousands are victims of burning at the stake,

beheadings, and

torture during the

Spanish Inquisition…

Thousands are victims of burning at the stake,

beheadings and torture During

the

Spanish Inquisition…

NO ONE IS SAFe. Everyone is a target…

John Locke

Ben Franklin

We are all BORN with

Natural Rights that CANNOT be given

or TAKEN away. -Locke

State of Nature

Freeland is just like recess with no teachers or lunch

Aides. A “state of nature” is defined as life without government or laws.

Who survives in a state of nature?

Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

Imagine… You are walking down the street and you notice that the doors of a bank are wide open. There are huge piles of money sitting on the floor. No one else is there. No one will ever know whether you go in and take some or all of the money or if you just keep walking.

Would you take the money?

Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

RALPH

PIGGY

RALPH

PIGGY

JACK

Before: skim the prompts

During: Connect the videos to what you learned about Natural Rights and a state of nature.

After: Pair & record responses

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GUIDED READING

Before 1st: HIGHLIGHT PAGE NUMBERS

2nd: SKIM ALL PROMPTS ON THE HANDOUT 1 PAGE AT A TIME WHILE HIGHLIGHTING People Places Events Key terms

DURING read for information : locate & record RESPONSES TO THE PROMPTS

AFTER CHECK FOR ACCURACY

TEAM LEADERS: Responsible for leading the review. Elicit responses from all team members.

ALL TEAM MEMBERS: Follow the Study Circles Rubric