Government Composition Notebooks WarmUp 112 In Composition Notebook

Government Composition Notebooks

Warm-Up 1/12 (In Composition Notebook) 1. 2. 3. How did Edmund Burke describe the relationship between the state and individual? How do you think Walter Lippmann felt about “big government? ” Did these authors agree about what a government should provide? • “Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice-versa. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants” • Edmund Burke, Reflection on the Revolution in France (1790) • “It is perfectly true that government is best which governs the least. It is equally true that government is best which provides most. ” • Walter Lippmann, A Preface to Politics, 1913.

Composition NB #2 – 1/13 • Review notes over Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu quickly and choose ONE of the following prompts (re-write the full question and answer with ½ to 1 page of writing in complete sentences): • 1. Do you agree with Hobbes’ idea of the social contract theory? Why or why not? Do you agree with his idea that an absolute government is best? Why or why not? • 2. Do you agree with Locke’s idea of natural rights? Why or why not? Name two more natural rights that you would add to the list that you think all people are entitled to and why. • 3. Do you agree with Montesquieu’s idea that people are too corrupt to hold absolute power? Why or why not? Discuss the need or lack of a need for checks and balances/ separation of powers.

Warm Up (Comp. NB #3) • • • 1. Nation-State 2. Montesquieu 3. Locke 4. State 5. Evolution Theory 6. Divine Right Theory 7. Magna Carta 8. Autocracy 9. Republic a. natural rights b. 1 ruler c. limited the British monarchy d. democracy with elected representatives e. A defined area with a gvt. f. idea of separation of powers g. gvt. evolved out of the family h. God/gods selected rulers i. defined area of a group of people with some sort of common bond a gvt.

Comp NB Assignment #4 • You are a member of the Constitutional Convention. • You are coming up with a proposition for a new government. – Take into account the weaknesses of the Ao. C and how you will fix them. – Take into account the powers of the Ao. C that worked and how you will maintain or improve them. – You will probably need ¾ a page on this assignment.