1101 Section (Jan. 18, 2013)  Announcement: Attendance policy change  Announcement: Note taker needed (11:15 section)  Attendance Roll Call  Fundamental Democratic Concepts  Short Answers to Learning Outcome Questions  Key Terms  Discussion: Representation  Discussion: Checks and Balances  We’ll think about this as five-paragraph essay

Chapter One Learning Outcomes  The “Learning Outcomes” at beginning of each chapter make good question answer questions.  “Chapter summary” at end of each chapter answers most of these questions.  L01: Defining politics and government  L02: Social contract theory  L03: U.S. political culture  L04: Comparing systems of government  L05: The ideological spectrum

Chapter One Key Terms  Some study tips:  Repetition is key to learning new vocabulary  Master terms by knowing definition (including distinctions), an example/illustration, and why the term is important.  Focus on terms you don’t know (do you know what you don’t know?)  politics v. government (p. 5)  social contract (p. 6)

Chapter One Key Terms  Forms of governments (pp )  Totalitarian  Authoritarian  Aristocratic  Oligarchy  Democracy  Anarchy  Direct v. Representative Democracy  Initiative v. Referendum

Chapter One Key Terms  Terms about who really rules (pp )  Majoritarianism  Elites  Pluralism  Ideology (keep distinct from partisanship)

The Question of Representation  Who Governs?  What challenges do politicians face representing the United States or State of Georgia?  Do our representatives in Congress or Georgia Legislature reflect our individual preferences?

Biggest Issues Facing Georgia  Georgia General Assembly convened its 40 day term this past Monday.  What are key issues?  Gov. Deal’s State of State (news story w/video)news story w/video  Democrat’s priorities (esp. start-1:23, 3:09-4:16) Democrat’s priorities  Let’s discuss two of the issues your assigned news article, says are among the biggest facing Assembly:  Guns in Schools (NRA Proposal)  New Stadium for Falcons  Do you think these are the most important issues?  Which side of issue are you on?

Biggest Issues Facing Georgia Armed Guards in Schools (NRA Position) New Falcons Stadium FORAGAINSTFORAGAINST Entire Class People Who Consider Issue Very Important

How Well Does Congress Represent Us? My Representative Is: DemocratRepublican Totals I Consider Myself: Democrat Republican Look-up you Representative in Congress:

Essay Writing Practice  Please review the memo I ed on the form of five-paragraph essay  Following this template:  Allows you to organize your thoughts quickly and use your time wisely during tests  Helps grader award you points!  Gives you a better idea how to prepare for essay tests  NEVER JUST START WRITING WHATEVER COMES INTO YOUR HEAD ON AN ESSAY EXAM

Essay Writing Practice  “Please explain the rational for checks and balances, and identify specific examples of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution.”  What’s the most logic outline for a five-paragraph essay that answers this prompt?  Let’s try this on the board…  Grader’s perspective: what’s the difference between B and C answers? A and B answers?