Transcript Intro Activity: 9/6/05 (remember these go in the back of your notebook)

Intro Activity: 9/5/06
(remember these go in the back of your notebook)
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Describe what you
see here with as
much detail as
possible in 4-5
sentences. Hint:
think 1 year
anniversary!!!
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Write it to a person
who has not put on
the news for 2
weeks.
Chapter 1 – Principles of
Government (pp 2-25)
1.1 (pp. 4-10) Government and
the State
TODAY’S MAJOR STANDARD:
5.1.12.A - Evaluate the major arguments advanced for
the necessity of government.
Objectives:
Chapter 1.1:
- Define Government and basic powers it holds
- Describe the 4 characteristics of the state
- Identify 4 theories to explain the origin of states
- Describe the purpose of government
 Define Government and
basic powers it holds.
1. Government – Institution through which a
society makes and enforces public policy (or
all the things the govt. decides to do).
2. 3 basic powers are often outlined in a
constitution
3. Power can rest with a small group or
individual (dictatorship) or with the people
(democracy)
5.1.12.A - Evaluate the major arguments advanced for
the necessity of government.
 Describe the 4
characteristics of the state.
1. State – group of people (population),
in a defined area (territory), politically
organized (sovereignty) with power to
make and enforce laws (Government).
2. We usually refer to these as “nations”
or “countries”.
5.1.12.A - Evaluate the major arguments advanced for
the necessity of government.
 Identify 4 theories to
explain the origin of states.
1. The four theories are:
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Force
Evolutionary
Divine Right
Social Contract
2. The U.S. was built using this theory
_____________.
5.1.12.A - Evaluate the major arguments advanced for
the necessity of government.
 Describe the purpose of
government.
1. Different nations may have different
purposes, but the U.S. Constitution’s
preamble gives us a general answer.
5.1.12.A - Evaluate the major arguments advanced for
the necessity of government.
Preamble of the United States
Constitution
“We the People of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain
and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.”
Intro Activity: 9/5/06
(remember these go in the back of your notebook)

Describe what you
see here with as
much detail as
possible in 4-5
sentences. Hint:
think 1 year
anniversary!!!

Write it to a person
who has not put on
the news for 2
weeks.
Purpose of the U.S.
Government.
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establish Justice
insure
domestic
Tranquility
provide for the
common defense
promote the general
Welfare
secure the Blessings
of Liberty
Purpose of the U.S.
Government.
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establish Justice
insure domestic
Tranquility
provide for the
common defense
promote the general
Welfare
secure the Blessings of
Liberty
Purpose of the U.S.
Government.
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establish Justice
insure domestic
Tranquility
provide for the
common defense
promote the
general Welfare
secure the Blessings
of Liberty
Purpose of the U.S.
Government.
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establish Justice
insure domestic
Tranquility
provide for the
common defense
promote the general
Welfare
secure the
Blessings of
Liberty