1. The Social Contract, Popular Sovereignty, and the State of Nature

2. Obj: SW explain Social Contract Theory as the basis for Popular Sovereignty
WU: Get a White, “We the People” text. Do the “Critical Thinking Exercise on p 16.

3. Monty Python Explains the Basis of Government:
Read pp Answer questions 3,4,6 & 7 on p 18.

4. How does this illustration demonstrate what might happen in the “State of Nature?”

5. How did the “Rights of Englishmen Develop?”
Read pp of WTP.
What do you think on p 30

6. How did the American “Declaration of Independence” reflect the Ideas of Hobbes, Locke, and the Rights of Englishmen?
The “Declaration of Independence” can be found at pp in WTP
Close Reading of the DI
What does it mean to be self evident?
What is an “inalienable” right?
Where does the DI say rights come from?
What does the DI say is the “purpose” of government?
According to the DI, from where does the government derive it’s power? This reflects what idea?

7. Read the Preamble to the Constitution (p316 WTP)
Who established the Constitution?
Based on the Preamble, the constitution reflects what idea about government?