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  • Topic:Foundations of American Government
  • Subject(s):Social Studies
  • Days:6
  • Grade(s):12
Key Learning: The founding fathers drew from ancient principles of government,their English heritage, the philosophers of the Enlightenment as well as their personal experiences to develop the American system of government.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
From what sources did the founders draw in developing the American system of government?
   
Concept: Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
SS.C.1.4.1   SS.C.1.4.2  
Concept: Unitary, federal and confederal systems
SS.C.1.4.3  
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Lesson Essential Question(s):

What is the difference between direct democracy and representative democracy? (A)

What are inalienable rights? (A)

How does the distribution of power vary among unitary, federal and confederal systems? (A)

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What are the characteristics of a state? (A)

Why did the founders decide on our federal system? (ET)

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Vocabulary:

anarchy, constitutional monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy, social contracts, divine right, force theory, evolutionary theory, autocracy, Inalienable rights, direct democracy, representative democracy, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Montesquieu, Voltaire

Vocabulary:

unitary, federalism, confederation

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The Road From Runnymede (Video)

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  • anarchy -
  • unitary -
  • constitutional monarchy -
  • federalism -
  • confederation -
  • oligarchy -
  • theocracy -
  • social contracts -
  • divine right -
  • force theory -
  • evolutionary theory -
  • autocracy -
  • Inalienable rights -
  • direct democracy -
  • representative democracy -
  • John Locke -
  • Thomas Hobbes -
  • Montesquieu -
  • Voltaire -