John Adams

"Children are our best natural resource..."
--Herbert Hoover

Friday, September 18, 2020

Week 6: Sept. 21-25, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students: Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Day 1
In Class:
Continue with Geography Unit
-Emigration or Immigration? -- (Click Me!) Chapter reading and answering the Q's in the Guided Notes then going over them in class
-Oil: The resource of all resources these days.  Read the chapter and answer the questions in your guided notes then going over them in class

Day 2
In Class:  Finish any discussion about Oil and dive into our next BIG unit:  Election 2k20 Doc -- Guided Notes
-What is government?
-Can people live without a government?
-What is the best form of government?
-Why does government exist?
-What role does government play in society?
-Can a government become too big or fail its people?
-How does a government do its best for all citizens?

Day 3
-What are the different types of government?
-Basic vocab:  autocracy, monarchy, theocracy, democracy, representative democracy, direct democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, junta, anarchy, state of nature, social contract, tabula rasa, natural rights...