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NOTEBOOK Assignments.  Make sure you have all of these in your notebook:

  
 
  1. Take notes on the 4 theories for how government originated, and the 3 main kinds of government.  This can be found on the computer lab assignment for Sep. 2, 2007.
     
  2. Take notes on the 10 forms of government listed on pages 22-29: The three forms of totalitarianism, monarchy, dictatorship, theocracy, single-party state, direct democracy, Parliamentary democracy, and Presidential democracy.
     
  3. Make a chart comparing a Market Economy with a Command Economy, pages 33-35 in book.
     
  4. Take notes on Mr. Pahl's lectures on Chapter 3, The Roots of American Democracy (Sept 15 and 17)
     
  5. Shared political values. Section 7.4 in the text.   Write out the shared American political values listed there.
6. IDEOLOGIES. Section 7.4 of the text.  Write out the following 5 ideologies: 1. Liberalism  2. Conservatism, 3. Socialism, 4. Libertarianism and 5. Environmentalism. Then write a paragraph in which you explain which ideology you are personally closest to and why.

7. Liberal or Conservative? Write in your notebook the results of the self-discovery tests you take in the lab on Sept. 30. Be sure to write something about all three tests, #1, #2 and #3.  Then write a paragraph saying a) where these tests placed you on the liberal-conservative scale, and b) whether you think you are more liberal or conservative and WHY.  Be as specific as you can.

8. Draw the picture/graphic on page 161 into your notebook. (Shown to the left). Explain how each one of the pieces of the pie has effected you personally and had a part in forming your political identity and your outlook in life generally:

  1. Gender and ethnicity. 
  2. News media.  
  3. Family.  
  4. School. 
  5. Religion. 
  6. Peer groups.

9. In Chapter 4, Section 4, there are 7 principles from the Constitution listed.  Write out the names of these 7, explaining each one.  Then on a separate sheet of paper, make a graphic organizer of the 7 principles. (this part is an assignment to be handed to Mr. Pahl.)

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
9. Chapter 5 end of section questions:
  • 5.1 p. 130, #1-6.
  • 5.2 p 137 #1-8
  • 5.3 p 140 #1-7
  • 5.4 p145 #1-7
  • 5.5 p 150 #1-6