2012-13 Academic year, stop at blank slide

1. Why Do we
NEED a
Government?

2. What do YOU
know about
government?
What is
government’s
purpose ?

3. Where would
YOU like to live?
Freeland
Lawland
• Ruled by elected officials
• Total freedom • Government’s job is to
• No job or education protect the rights we are
born with
required
• Government taxes your
• No rulers income, to use for
services to help common
• No laws good
• Nothing is against the • Government makes laws
to protect the common
law welfare
Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

4. Let’s Time Travel
to get
PERSPECTIVE
How did WE
get HERE?

5. Roots of American Government
• John Locke (1632-1704 AD)
– English philosopher who was one of the first
thinkers to promote the idea that knowledge is
determined by existence and experience (not
pre-determined); developed social contract
theory for how we form governments, and
believed that the purpose of government is to
protect people’s natural rights.

6. John Locke

7. His ideas lead to……
• A comeback for democracy (AKA
republican government)
• The Enlightenment – mid-late 18th century
movement that emphasized justice,
science, equality, and human reason over
dictatorial rule, superstition, and
intolerance..
• So…if people could reason, then they
could………???

8. Enlightenment
• Locke is considered one of the
earliest Enlightenment thinkers,
other Enlightenment era thinkers
include Benjamin Franklin, Sir
Isaac Newton, Voltaire, and Baron
de Montesquieu

9. The Enlightenment
•Condemned tyranny and superstition
(like burning witches)other
What
MOVEMENTS
•Challenged traditional social practices
• Called for SOCIAL & POLITICAL
changed
CHANGE
SOCIETY?
•Valued JUSTICE and EQUALITY for
all
•Empasized human REASON and
SCIENCE as the path to knowledge
John Locke Ben Franklin

10. We are all BORN with
Natural Rights
that CANNOT be
given
or TAKEN away…

11. LIF
E

12. Liberty

13. PROPERT

14. State of Nature
• Freeland is just like
recess with no teachers
or lunch aides
• What can you assume a
true “state of nature” is?
• 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

15. 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.
• What will you do?
Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

16. 1. Would you take the money?
– Why or why not?
2. Based on this scenario, is a government
necessary in shaping how people behave?
3. What is your view of human nature? (do
you think most people would take the
money)?
– Explain?
4. What drives most people?
– Selfishness? Guilt? Fear? Greed? Love?
Kindness? Compassion?
Josman, D., Roots of american democracy. Retrieved 12/5/08 from www.slideshare.net

18. Lord of the Flies & Mufasa’s Death
Lord of the Flies Mufasa’s Death
SAME DIFFERENT
P. #

19. Lord of the Flies & Mufasa’s
Lord of the Flies Death Mufasa’s Death
Write a
summary
statement for
each video clip.
SAME DIFFERENT
P. #

20. Lord of the Flies & Mufasa’s
Death
Lord of the Flies Mufasa’s Death
SAME DIFFERENT
Fill in AFTER we
watch BOTH
videos. Minimum
of 2 bullets P. #

21. RALPH
PIGGY

22. RALPH
PIGGY

23. JACK

24. Connect the videos to what
you learned about Natural
Rights and a state of nature.
Think about the following:
1. What does the Conch Shell
symbolize?
2. What is happening in each
video?