American Government

Mr. Kendrick

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Emergency Procedures

• Fire, tornado, red, yellow, etc.
• Syllabus and Class Procedures
• Classroom Rules
• Procedures

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Communication

All materials and information will on Canvas

Online Textbook

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Teacher of American Government and Economics.

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1992

I love to Travel! Places I visited- Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and many Caribbean islands

1997

On Canvas go to the slideshow for your class period.

Create a new slide and use that slide to introduce yourself to me and the class.

1. Include a picture of yourself
2. Name
3. Include extracurricular activities
4. Tell us something fun or interesting about yourself

Brainstorm Activity

1. Defining Government- brainstorm ideas the topics for each category.
1. Positive
2. Negative
3. Gov in Action(What can it do for me?)
4. People in Government

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Quickwrite: 4 minutes

1. How would you define Government?
2. What are some reasons the government is a “turn off” to so many citizens?

1. What Do You Think...?

... the purpose of the American Government?

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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.“

Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, Paris, May 27, 1788

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2. What do you think he meant by this quote?

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"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.“

Attributed to Thomas Jefferson

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3. What do you think he meant by this quote?

How do you become a citizen of the United States?

• Citizenship test
• Jaywalking- How many can you answer?

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