Philosophy of Government, Day 1 - Class Recap

The ball of yarn that we used in class today for the Class Unity Activity! Thanks for participating in this!

Dear class,

I enjoyed getting to know you all a bit better today! We had a productive time with the yarn activity and learning more about the philosophy of government. Here's what happened in class today:

Learning Targets Addressed: 

Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Knowledge LT 4: I can explain how different ideological movements and philosophies shape politics.

Soundtrack: "Comin' From Where I'm From" by Anthony Hamilton. Because today, we talked about where we are from and how we got to be at Westview, via our family background. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 9/13/17:
News Brief - Marian
Finish Fear
Class Unity Activity
Philosophy

Homework: Read the blog and post a comment (if you have not already). Edgar has the next news brief.

News Brief: Marian had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about: CNN.com - Trump signs hurricane aid, debt ceiling bill. We discussed the billions of dollars in aid for hurricane victims, the national debt, and why some people are saying that President Trump gave the Democrats (opposition party) in Congress a gift by agreeing to this bill. Lots going on here and an important story to follow!

Edgar was assigned to do the next news brief.

Finish Fear: This was left over from last class, in talking about September 11, 2001, and what fear does to people. It's good to try and process what happened after 9/11 with the US government in context.

Class Unity Activity: I always love this, for many reasons. One, because I love hearing about how everyone came to be in our classroom. Two, because of how the yarn connects us all. Three, because it helps the class (and me) learn names and a little about each other! Thank you for participating in this. It can get lengthy, I know, but I value it so much more than just lecturing for that time. :-)

Philosophy: After the activity, we started looking at some of the philosophers of government during the Enlightenment period. Here's the PowerPoint we went through (we only did slides 6-8 today - just focus on those for now):

Google Drive: Philosophers of Government PowerPoint

We will finish this PowerPoint (again, just those few slides) next class and move on.

See you on Friday! :-)