Politics in Illinois

Can you identify any candidates who are running in the November election? Who are they and what party are they running for?

Liberal or Conservative?

Based on what you've learned, do you think you're more liberal (gov. looks out for those in need) or conservative (government should stay out of people's lives)?

Political Parties

What are political parties?

What is your view of government

Anarchists in Bermuda
Explain what each of the following means:


A. Government as a necessary evil



B. Government as a postiive good



C. Government as an uncessary evil





Which one is mos in line with your views?

Strenghts and weaknesses

As part of looking at different types of governments, we are going to look at relative strengths and weaknesses. What is one strength and one weakness of our own (U.S./ democratic republic) government?

What is a democracy?

How does democracy work? What are some good things and bad things about it?

Why do we need government?

Today we begin our unit about different theories (ideas) about what government should do and why people need it. Why do you think we need government? What services does our government provide (at least five!)?

Experimenting

What makes something an experiment? Why is it more difficult to conduct experiments in the Social Sciences than in the Natural Sciences?