1. 7th Period Seating Chart
Front Board
Brayden
Ellena
Jerry
Joseph
Emily
Grayson
Bria
Alyssa
Lauren
Jessica
Christian
Ashley
Daniel
Glenn
Leah
Avery
Cade
Kaylee
Jenny
Erik
Josiah
Ryan
Cesar
Kimberlee
Sonia
Andrea
Brice
Steven
Side Board

2. What is Government?
On a sheet of paper, answer the following questions in complete sentences. Questions 2-4 should be answered with several sentences. 1. What is a government? 2. Why do governments exist? 3. Who/what should determine what the government should do? 4. What things do you think that the government should and should not do? Explain why or why not.

3. Purpose of Government

4. Thursday, August 24, 2017
Objective: Students will be able to explain major political ideas in history, including the laws of nature and nature's God, unalienable rights, divine right of kings, social contract theory, and the rights of resistance to illegitimate government.
Purpose: Knowing about the major ideas that led to the creation of our government will emphasize what the most important concepts are about American democracy.

5. Accessing the Online Textbook
Go to the student portal on the district’s web site.
Click on Pearson Texas (K-12)
Student log in for Pearson:
Username: lastname.firstname
Password: district password

6. What is Government?
Government: the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
It is made up of those who have power and use it to exercise authority over the people of a society
Governments are classified by who can participate, the distribution of power, and the relationship between lawmakers and those who enforce laws.

7. Every state in the world has four characteristics
Every state in the world has four characteristics. How does the sovereignty of a State in the U.S. compare to the national sovereignty of the U.S. as a whole?

8. There are four theories as to how the state came to be
There are four theories as to how the state came to be. Which of the theories best describes the origins of the United States? Why?

9. What powers does a government have?
Legislative Power: the power to make laws and to frame public policies
Executive Power: the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws
Judicial Power: the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

10. What Government Does
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. —Preamble to the Constitution