Political Spectrum Part II. Lecture Slides

November 6, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

QUIZ

October 30, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

On Forms of Government on Monday

ANARCHY

MONARCHY

TYRANNY

ARISTOCRACY

OLIGARCHY

DEMOCRACY

REPUBLIC

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History, Forms of Governmet and Politics

October 23, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

Yesterday’s lecture focused on the contributions of the ancient Greeks and Romans and then the French Revolution to our understanding of government and the political spectrum.

Running Tab for Social Studies Assignments

October 20, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

Last Friday: Top 10 Terrible Tyrants List

Monday 10/19:  Tyranny Past & Present Questions

Wednesday 10/21 One Late Night Play Questions

Will be updated as the week proceeds.

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New Unit Vocabulary

October 5, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

We are starting a new unit on Forms of Government & the Political Spectrum. This unit draws from political science, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, philosophy and world history.

Unit Vocabulary:

State of Nature    Social-Contract    Society    Sovereign   Government    Law

Rule-set    Law-Giver   Populary Sovereignty   Right of Revolution  

Hunter-Gatherer     Tribe     Chiefdom    Kingdom    Agricultural Revolution

Anarchy     Tyranny    Monarchy   Aristocracy   Oligarchy   Democracy 

Demagogue    Direct Democracy   Representative Democracy    Republic

Subject    Citizen    Hierarchy   Market    Network   “Mixed Government”

Cycle of Constitutions    Authoritarian    Totalitarian    Libertarian   

Dictatorship

Philosophers:

Plato     Aristotle     Polybius    Cicero      Ibn Khaldun    Machiavelli    

Montesquieu     Hobbes    Locke     James Madison   

8th Grade Worldview Project

September 30, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

Students are working on a worldview project this week in Social Studies that will culminate in a poster or 3-D object that illustrates and explains the 8th grade LJHS worldview.

The project is due Monday, October 5th and is worth 100 points.

QUIZ on TUESDAY!!!

September 21, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

We are having our first Quiz on Tuesday.

The Quiz will resemble the two practice versions the students did last week and corrected in class.

Students should study by reviewing their practice sheets and the lecture notes in their Social Studies notebook.

Thank You & Homework & Lecture Slides

September 16, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

Gracias! to: IT Coordinator Mrs. Kucera for fixing my PC’s problems that were preventing log-ins.

HOMEWORK:

For Thursday:

Students need to bring in their Concept Review and their Sort the Meme assignments.

LECTURE SLIDES:

Revolutions in Worldviews


MAKERS OF WORLDVIEWS II

September 15, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

As part our study of worldviews, students are comparing the ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

NEWTON QUESTIONS

September 14, 2009 ljhs Leave a comment

Were given as homework last week in case anyone lost their copy: