1. Mastery Assessment
On a blank piece of paper answer each question to the best of your ability

2. Bell Ringer Pre-learning activity: Why do society's create government?
Writing Prompt: I think society's create governments because…….

3. The Situation……
Pretend you are on an airplane that crashes on an uninhabited island in the middle of the ocean. There is no possibility of rescue. The island contains some fresh water and resources that could be used for food and shelter, but none of the supplies are abundant.
•In the absence of any government, what would determine the way people act toward one another?
•Would you expect more cooperation or conflict?
•How might the physically and/or intellectually strong take advantage of weaker individuals?
•How might individuals respond if they feel threatened or mistreated?

4. Class Discussion Activity
Take a few minutes and write a talking point for each question. •In the absence of any government, what would determine the way people act toward one another? •Would you expect more cooperation or conflict? •How might the physically and/or intellectually strong take advantage of weaker individuals? •How might individuals respond if they feel threatened or mistreated?

5. State of Nature
In political theory, the real or hypothetical condition of human beings before or without political association

6. Analyzing Sources The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbs
The Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke

7. Analyzing Sources (Small Group Activity)
Focus Question
“Why do societies establish governments?”

8. Wrap up Discussion
Returning to the island scenario, imagine a leader emerges. His rule brings order and stability, but he also demands total obedience from his subjects and severely restricts their freedom. How might Hobbes’s perspective on the government he established differ from Locke’s?