Coach Mason Government 1st Day

2. 1ST DAY PEP TALK!!!

3. WHO ARE YOU? (INTRODUCTIONS)
• CREATE A NAME PLATE USING THE INDEX CARDS ADD ONE DESIGN THAT REPRESENTS YOU.
• INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY;
• NAME, GRADE, CITY/STATE ORIGIN, HOBBIES, 2 DISLIKES

4. WHO IS HE? (INSTRUCTOR)
• COACH VONTRE MASON : ASSISTANT VARSITY FOOTBALL
• COLLEGE GRAD (MS & BS) SOCIAL SCIENCE & SPORTS COACHING
• RICHMOND, C.A./ RALEIGH, N.C./HATTIESBURG, M.S.
• ATHLETICS, DISCIPLESHIP, MUSIC, COOKING
• DISHONESTY AND LAZINESS

5. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?

6. IN AMERICA ITS DEMOCRACY!
USA!
USA!

7. ORIGIN OF DEMOCRACY
• THE TERM ORIGINATES FROM THE GREEK (DĒMOKRATÍA) "RULE OF THE PEOPLE",[1] WHICH WAS FOUND
FROM (DÊMOS) "PEOPLE" AND (KRATOS) "POWER"OR "RULE" IN THE 5TH CENTURY BCE TO DENOTE THE
POLITICAL SYSTEMS THEN EXISTING IN GREEK CITY-STATES, NOTABLY ATHENS;

8. DEMOCRACY GOVERNMENT: TRIPLE E
Eligible Citizens Equally Establish Laws

9. AMERICAN SOCIETY?
• DESCRIBE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 2014, HOW HAS DEMOCRACY SHAPED OURCOUNTRY TODAY?
• WRITE 2 PARAGRAPH RESPONSE (10SENTENCES) 5MINS
• SHARE YOUR RESPONSE WITH A NEIGHBOR,
• LIST THREE THINGS YOU AGREE WITH OR DISAGREE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORSRESPONSE
• DON’T SHARE RESPONSES UNTIL BOTH RESPONSES HAVE BEEN READ!!!

11. BRAIN RINGER
• COMPLETE ON SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER
• DESCRIBE THE UNITED STATES IN FIVE WORDS
1. _
2. _
3. _
4. _
5. _

12. UNIT 1: PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
•CA STANDARD 12.1
•STUDENTS EXPLAIN THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND MORAL VALUES OF
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AS EXPRESSED IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND OTHER
ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

13. GOVERNMENT PROBE
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 6TH GRADER
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS

14. ARE YOU INFORMED
• WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEING A INFORMED CITIZEN?
• DO YOU KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOU

15. 6 PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION
• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• LIMITED GOVERNMENT
• SEPARATION OF POWERS
• CHECKS AND BALANCES
• JUDICIAL REVIEW
• FEDERALISM
what this principle means
Why this is important for democracy
How could not knowing this principle

16. GET INFORMED YOU YUPPIE!
• BREAK UP INTO GROUPS OF FOUR
• RESEARCH AND DEFINE EACH PRINCIPLE
• LIST AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
• WHAT THIS PRINCIPLE MEANS
• WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRACY
• HOW COULD NOT KNOWING THIS PRINCIPLE

17. BELL RINGER
•WHAT ARE THE TRIPLE E’S OF DEMOCRACY?
•WHAT, HOW, WHY

18. IT’S A PARTY, IT’S A PARTY, IT’S A PARTY!!!
•ALL PARTIES MUST VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING PARTY IDEAS: IDEAS
MUST BE A 3-1 OR UNANIMOUS VOTE TO BE APPROVED
•A PARTY NAME
•A PARTY LOGO
•A PARTY SLOGAN