1.3 Why We Have Laws 📜

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how laws help bring order to society
• Describe how laws protect safety, property, and individual freedoms
• Explore ways that laws protect society as a whole
• Define the common purpose of laws
• Analyze the link between laws and morals

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Lesson 1, Part 3
• Used notes to answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define laws, morals, and civil disobedience.
2. Describe four of the main reasons we have laws.
3. Give one example of a law that protects both the individual and society as a whole.
4. Explain how laws are related to morals.
5. Synthesize Choose a law that you consider to be particularly important and predict what would happen if that law no longer existed.

⚙️ Resources

• 1.3 Why We Have Laws

💻 Homework

• Finish Lesson 1, Part 3 review questions, if necessary (due W 10 Sep)

1.2 Forms of Government 👑

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the classic forms of government
• Explain how national power is organized differently in unitary, federal, and confederal systems
• Contrast presidential and parliamentary systems

⏰ What We Did

• Completed "Gummy Bear Governments"

⚙️ Resources

• How to Complete Gummy Bear Governments

💻 Homework

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1.2 Forms of Government 👑

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the classic forms of government
• Explain how national power is organized differently in unitary, federal, and confederal systems
• Contrast presidential and parliamentary systems

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Lesson 1, Part 2
• Used instructional notes to begin creating representations of the various types of government using gummy bears

⚙️ Resources

• 1.2 Forms of Government
• A-0 Gummy Bear Governments

💻 Homework

• Obtain a 1" three-ring binder and 5 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025

1.1 The Purposes of Government 🏛️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain what government is
• Identify the major characteristics all states share
• Describe the major functions of government
• Summarize the three theories of rule

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Lesson 1, Part 1
• Used notes to answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define government, power, policy, state, sovereignty, and legitimacy.
2. What are the three basic types of government power and what does each involve?
3. Identify and describe the four characteristics all states share.
4. What are two key ways governments provide for the public good?
5. what is the social contract theory? Who are its three main contributors and what did each of them believe?

⚙️ Resources

• Civics ✮ Lesson 1 Instructional Notes
• 1.1 The Purposes of Government

💻 Homework

• Obtain a 1" three-ring binder and 5 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025

Course Overview: Civics 🦅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Summarize the classroom expectations and the course
• Examine the influences government has on daily life

⏰ What We Did

• Provided an overview of the class website and the course syllabus
• Examine the influences of government on daily life

⚙️ Resources

• Civics Syllabus 2025
• Civics Addendum 2025

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 1" three-ring binder and 5 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025

Welcome Back! 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Establish classroom rapport and expectations

⏰ What We Did

• We shared our names and introduced ourselves
• Created name cards to help learn student names
• Discussed and clarified classroom expectations

⚙️ Resources

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 1" three-ring binder and 5 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025