Lesson on Monday, December 4, 2017

Aim: What is the purpose that government serves and what are the historical roots?

Bell Ringer: Review Journal 1 (answers may vary) / Some political scientist say that nations’ legitimacy may be threatened by globalization. 

Objectives: 

1. Define Globalization; explain its effects on American politics and government

2. Identify the purpose of government 

3. Explain the various interpretations of freedom, order, and equality.

4. Analyze the inherent conflicts between freedom versus order and freedom versus equality. 

Agenda:

1. Purpose of Government: order (liberalism vs communism), public goods (government power), promoting equality.

2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (slides 6-16)

A. Freedom (Freedom of / Freedom from) “Freedom From” means immunity from… 

B. Order (preserving life, protecting property, providing Public Goods) (slide 6-8)

C. Equality (Social equality is necessary to achieve political equality?, reducing social inequality, controversy of equality)

3. TWO DILEMMAS OF GOVERNMENT

A. Freedom versus Order: communism & crime, two values inherently conflict

B. Freedom versus Equality: Equal Pay Act, school busing, clash between freedom and equality is more subtle, than the class between freedom and order. 

C. Freedom v. Order  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2LMTRoWlA (3 min)

D. Freedom v. Equality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWwZoqdi-Ec (8 min)

D. Journal 2 - What are the two dilemmas of government, and which came first? (10 min)

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4. Vocabulary terms to know: globalization, national sovereignty, order, liberalism, communism, public goods, freedom of, freedom from, police power, political equality, social equality, 

Home Learning: 

Journal 3 - What are the major purposes of government, and which is most controversial? 

Journal 4 - Which of these concepts is linked most closely to the police power of a state? (freedom, order, equality) Explain.