Today we will be concluding Chapter 1 with finishing up Section 3: Government and the People.
Essential Question: What is the Purpose of Government?
- DEMOCRACY -
What images come to mind when considering this word?
What does democracy look like? Sound like? Feel like?
What actions do you relate to democracy?
Who is included in or constitutes democracy?
Who is responsible for democracy?
“Democracy is never finished. When we believe that it is, we have, in fact, killed it”
“There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult –
to begin a war and to end it.”
Alexis de Tocqueville (French Historian and Political Scientist, 1805-1859)
“Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy].
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There
is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
John Adams (Second President of the United States)
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of
democracy.”
Abraham Lincoln (Sixteenth President of the United States)
“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
George Bernard Shaw (Irish Playwright and Essayist, 1856-1950)
Doing Democracy Activity
You will need to complete the above activity with a partner. The poster will be a graded assignment.
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