Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Roots of American Government - October 1-2, 2008

Agenda:
1. Check HW
2. Analyzing the Constitution (pg 30) - download here: http://staff.hartdistrict.org/rvi/analyze.pdf
3. Go over National Treasure and Growing Problems/Shays Rebellion
4. Roots of American Government PPT (pg 29)
HW: Constitution Quick Guide (pg 31) - download here: http://staff.hartdistrict.org/rvi/cqg.pdf

We are now digging deeper into the Constitution, and finding out what the origins of our government are? Where did we get the idea of democracy, a representative government, habeas corpus, trial by jury? All these ideas had to come from somewhere, and we learned about those places today.

If you missed today's lecture, you can download the PowerPoint here:
http://staff.hartdistrict.org/rvi/roots.ppt

And the notes sheet to take down the notes here:
http://staff.hartdistrict.org/rvi/rootsnotes.doc

RVI

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