IS AMERICA A DEMOCRACY? IF NOT, WHAT ARE WE?

WHAT IS A DEMOCRACY? DEFINITION? “GOVERNMENT, RULE” WHAT DOES “CRACY” MEAN? LOOK IT UP IN THE AMERICAN HERITAGE COLLEGE DICTIONARY “GOVERNMENT, RULE”

WHAT DOES “DEMOS” MEAN? LOOK IT UP IN THE AMERICAN HERITAGE COLLEGE DICTIONARY THE COMMON PEOPLE, THE POPULACE

DEMOCRACY? GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE, EXERCISED EITHER DIRECTLY, OR BY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

If “THE PEOPLE” don’t rule, who else might rule? We will write your ideas on the board WHAT WOULD LIFE IN ONE OF THESE SOCIETIES BE LIKE? IN FIVE SENTENCES, DESCRIBE SUCH A SOCIETY: Give three characteristics (strong, weak, free, unfree, etc) and tell why you would or would not want to live in such a society.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO BE EXAMINED IN THIS UNIT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A “DEMOCRACY”? IS THE UNITED STATES A DEMOCRACY? Are we truly free? ARE WE TRUE TO THE IDEALS OF THE PREAMBLE? IS RISING INEQUALITY A PROBLEM FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY?

If so, how? DOES MONEY HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS? IS OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT OUTMODED? Should it be abolished or changed? If so, how?

DEFINE THE FIRST 11 WORDS ON USING THE DICTIONARY DEFINE THE FIRST 11 WORDS ON THE VOCABULARY LIST

FREEDOM: DEFINE EQUALITY: DEFINE IF WE ARE FREE, WILL WE BE EQUAL? DAY 2 FREEDOM: DEFINE EQUALITY: DEFINE IF WE ARE FREE, WILL WE BE EQUAL? (Can you be free if you are not equal?. If you are free, will freedom eventually result in inequality?) WRITE ONE SENTENCE ANSWERING THE QUESTION (and sign)

EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWERS: ON THE PAPER YOU ARE GIVEN, WRITE A SENTENCE EXPLAINING YOUR AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT (and sign)

EXCHANGE TWICE AS BEFORE EXCHANGE AGAIN AND DO THE SAME GIVE THE PAPER BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CREATOR BLOCK IV GOT TO HERE NEXT QUESTION: CAN A SOCIETY WITH EXTREME INEQUALITY REALLY BE FREE? Block I reached this point EXCHANGE TWICE AS BEFORE

EXHANGE AGAIN AND READ ALOUD Discussion WITH NO SIDE CONVERSATIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS

GIVE THE BEST BALANCE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN PERCENTAGES. QUICK WRITE GIVE THE BEST BALANCE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN PERCENTAGES. GIVE THE BALANCE YOU THINK WE HAVE IN AMERICA TODAY EXCHANGE AND RESPOND IN TWO SENTENCES

SEVERAL ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THESE IDEAS ALL THROUGH THIS UNIT. WE WILL BE CONSIDERING SEVERAL ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A “DEMOCRACY”? IS THE UNITED STATES A DEMOCRACY? Are we truly free? ARE WE TRUE TO THE IDEALS OF THE PREAMBLE? IS RISING INEQUALITY A PROBLEM FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY? DOES MONEY HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS? IS OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT OUTMODED? Should it be abolished or changed?

AT THE END OF THE UNIT YOU WILL RE-DESIGN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA