look in the constitution. articles i and ii. according to the declaration of independence, we all...
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Look in the Constitution.
Articles I and II
Does President Obama have the Constitutional
authority to bomb Syria?
The Declaration of Independence - 1776
According to the Declaration of Independence, we all have the right to the “pursuit of happiness.”
What does that mean?
Turn to page 40 in your book.
I can identify the three main sections of the Declaration?
I can explain the “vision” of government that Thomas Jefferson identifies in the open section of the Declaration.
I can justify the apparent hypocrisy of Jefferson.
What will I learn today?
What is in it?Part 1_______________
Part 2_______________
Part 3_______________
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Was Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite?
What did he
mean when he
said “all men
are created
equal?”
What does
Morgan
Freeman say?
What do we still need to work on?
Have we lived up to the ideas of the Declaration
yet?
Why were the British so ticked about the Declaration?
What ideas would they have disagreed with?
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