WEEK OF DECEMBER 3 - 7

Monday will be a diverse day. It will be one of collecting DBQ's and going over what we wrote. We will be emptying our 3 ringbinders. I will collect everything and hold on to it for final exams. We will be getting new table of contents. Then I will be asking students what they know about government.

Tuesday students will be be introduced to the political spectrum. They will learn what a liberal, conservative, reactionary and radical is. They will see these terms on a continium from right to left.
The students will take a personal test and discover if they are liberal or conservative on issues.

Wednesday we will go over the quiz answers and score it. We will discuss some of the questions. Students will be introduced to nine types of government. They will create hand signals to represent each type of government. Students will be given a  Homework packet that will be due next Tuesday.

Thursday will find us going over the hand signals and practicing them.   Students will then be in groups creating a pamphlet on the nine types of government.

Can you guess which type of government goes with each picture.
a.    b.   
c.     d.   

e.   f.

Friday students will finsih pamphlet on the nine types of government. They will also practice the hand signals for the 9 types of government.  Students will be introduced to the enlightenment and the ideas of where modern republics came from.

Answers: a = monarchy; b = communism; c = democracy;  d = theocracy;  e. = parliment; f = republic.