GT Government, 10/14 & 20/14Unit Focus Questions: What values are essential to a

democratic society and why? Whence did our democratic values come and how were they incorporated into the US Constitution?

Homework: Stories from the Revolution (Equality in Revolutionary Period)

3 good thingsWarm-up: Complete documents review.

Objective(s): Analyze the influence of English documents on the Declaration of Independence.

1215Magna Carta

1603Stuart kings-Divine Right,Catholic

1628Petition of Right Charles I

1689English Bill of RightsWilliam and Mary Protestants

1690John Locke’s Second TreatiseSocial contract!

1776Dec of Ind.

Objective(s): Analyze the influence of English documents on the Declaration of Independence.

• WHAT IS YOUR MOST INSPIRING OR MEANINGFUL LINE IN THE DECLARATION? WHY?

• DISCUSS IN YOUR GROUPS.

• COPY THE QUOTE ON THE PAPER PROVIDED AND ILLUSTRATE YOUR QUOTE in way that shows its meaning and why it is meaningful to you.

Objective(s): Analyze the influence of English documents on the Declaration of Independence.

we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor

• Why did the Declaration have to be inspiring?

• Most famous section of the Declaration? WHY?

• Longest part of the Declaration? WHY?

Objective(s): Analyze the influence of English documents on the Declaration of Independence.

Have out your Declaration homework and work with a partner to answer in your notebook:

• What values do you see in the Declaration?

• What evidence of the English social contracts do you see in the Declaration?

• What evidence of Locke’s thinking do you see in Jefferson’s Declaration?

• Give 3 examples OF EACH.

LOCKE IN A NUTSHELL

• PEOPLE GIVE UP FREEDOM SO GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY (RIGHTS)

• GOVERNMENTS EXIST TO PROTECT RIGHTS

• TO THIS END, GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE FORMED WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

• IF ANY GOVERNMENT FAILS TO FULFILL ITS PURPOSE, THE PEOPLE SHOULD REBEL AND FORM NEW GOVERNMENT.

Objective(s): Analyze the influence of English documents on the Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…

1215Magna Carta

1603Stuart kings-Divine Right,Catholic

1628Petition of Right Charles I

1689English Bill of RightsWilliam and Mary Protestants

1690John Locke’s Second TreatiseSocial contract!

1776Dec of Ind.

Why is the value of equality so prominent in the Declaration?The colonists wanted equal rights as Englishmen.

Objective(s): Analyze the influence of English documents on the Declaration of Independence.

1215Magna Carta

1603Stuart kings-Divine Right,Catholic

1628Petition of Right Charles I

1689English Bill of RightsWilliam and Mary Protestants

1690John Locke’s Second TreatiseSocial contract!

1776Dec of Ind.

Objective(s): Examine disparities between democratic ideals and reality by analyzing primary source documents from the Revolutionary Period.

1781 Yorktown-War over; Articles of Confedera-tion

1783 Treaty of Paris

1787 Consti-Tution Conv

After the colonists declare independence, what do they need to do??• Win the war• Start a new government