1114DO NOWL81

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11/14 DO NOW L81

• List at least three types of rules you would want
  to establish if you were stranded
• on a desert island
• with members
• of this class.

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Creating a Government

• You are now shipwrecked on a deserted,
• uncharted island. With no chance of being
• rescued, you need to work together as a
• class to build a community. To do this, you
• must create a rulebook for your community.
• This document must be approved and
• signed by all members of the class. You
• must decide on all of the following

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Creating a Government

• A name for your island and a corresponding flag.
• Who in the class will perform the following
  duties hunting and gathering food, cooking
  food, making shelter, exploring the rest of the
  island, fishing for food, caring for the ill.
• How will your community determine if someone is
  guilty of breaking rules?
• What, if any, will be the punishment for those
  who do not obey rules?
• Any additional rules you wish to have for your
  community.
• How will you make additional rules in the future
  and who will make them?

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Connecting the Experience with History

• How did you feel during the course of the
  activity? Why?
• How did you feel when I stopped the activity and
  told you to go back to your desks? Why?
• Give and example during the activity when a
  majority of the class agreed upon a decision.
  What are some advantages and disadvantages to
  everybody have a say in the decision?
• Give an example during the activity when one
  person made decision, or tried to make decisions,
  for the entire class. What are some advantages
  and disadvantages to this?
• Based on this experience, do you think people can
  be trusted to govern themselves? Give specific
  examples from this activity to support your
  opinion.

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The Enlightenment 1500 - 1800 (R82)

• AGE OF REASON
• People try to apply the scientific approach to
  all aspects of society.
• Political scientists propose new ideas about
  government.
• Philosophes advocate the use of reason to
  discover truths they also address social issues
  through reason.

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• Foundations of the Enlightenment Impact of the
  Enlightenment

Growth of Secular Ideas Importance of Education
BACON AND DESCARTES Reason and Logic
Belief in Progress
ISAAC NEWTON Natural Law
Enlightenment Thought
THOMAS HOBBES The Social Contract best gov. is
an absolute monarchy
American and French Rev. Independence Movements
JOHN LOCKE Natural Rights Life, Liberty, and
Property
Declaration of Independence Rights of Man and
Citizen Growth of Individualism
VOTAIRE Religious Tolerance
U.S. Bill of Rights and Enlightened Monarchies
MONTESQUIEU Separation of Powers
French, U.S., and Latin American Constitutions
ROUSSEAU The Social Contract society corrupts
the individual.
Abolishment of Torture and Capital Punishment
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Democracy or Autocracy? (L81)

• A teacher decides there will be a test on Friday.
• A group of friends decide on which movie to go to
  by discussing three possible movies and voting on
  which one they want to see.
• A manager of a fast-food restaurant decides to
  give workers a 50 cent per hour raise.
• A mother listens to her daughter complain about
  not being allowed to stay out late at night and
  then decides to let he daughter stay out one hour
  later.

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Democracy or Autocracy? (L81)

• A mother, father, and their three kids all choose
  to go to the beach for vacation, even though one
  child wanted to go to the mountains.
• Jack planned a surprise romantic night for his
  girlfriend. He took her to dinner at her
  favorite restaurant and then took her dancing at
  a new club.
• The Mayor, elected by the citizens of the town,
  decided to build a new City Hall.
• The citizens voted in favor of a city tax measure
  that would increase funding for libraries.