19 October 2012

• Warm-up: What is Government?

• Agenda: Warm-up->Lecture->Gov.

Creation ->Presentation -> review

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Mr. Rolland

Introduction to Government

Why do we need government?

John Locke

Locked Believed

The stronger and smarter people might try to take away other people's lives, liberty, or property.

Weaker people might band together and take away the rights of the stronger and smarter people.

Locke argued that people should agree with one another to give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection and security

People would be unprotected without government

FUN FACT: Ironically Ben Franklin, a founding father of the US felt the exact opposite about trading liberty for safety

Do you agree with Locke, the a Government is necessary? Why or why not?

• As a group let’s discuss…

What is a government?

The system by which a nation, state, or

community is governed

What different types of government are there?

• democracy, autocracy, dictatorship,

monarchy, oligarchy, anarchy,

totalitarian, communist, republic

Representative Government

a form of government where a legislature with significant decision-making powers is freely elected

Demos Kratos (People, Power)

100 senators, 435 representative meet here at the U.S. Capitol Building

Democracy

The USA is an example of a democracy

The White House Elected Official

President Obama

Dictatorship

• The army is in control. a country

ruled by a single leader. The leader

has not been elected and may use

force to keep control.

• Cuba is an example of a Dictatorship.

Think Quick! Democracy vs. Dictatorship• Under which form of government

would a citizen have the power to

legally overthrow or vote out

members of their government, and

why?

A democracy gives people the power to vote for their elected officials, they can vote officials out or chose to elect other representatives.

Monarchy

• has a king, queen or emperor. The ruling

position can be passed on to the rulers

heirs. In some traditional monarchies, the

monarch has absolute power. A

constitutional monarchy, like the UK, also

has democratic government that limits the

monarch's control.

Oligarchy

• A government which is run by a few

members of a society, typically of

wealth. This was popular in ancient

civilizations.

Communism• Governments that provide its

people's services such as

healthcare, education and social

services but where personal

freedoms are often limited.

Communist governments often are

involved directly in business affairs

and often control markets.

Anarchy

• When government breaks down and

there is no government. This can

happen before, during or after a civil

war or when law enforcement is over

thrown.

Penn State

When law and order break down

Why did law and order break down at Penn State?

• Let’s discuss…

Activity

• Government Packet Section B: