Introducing Unit 5

​January 22, 2024

Make up or finishing test B Lunch today.
Warm Up in Schoology

​What are we doing today?

Reviewing recursive concepts (see bulletin board)
Introducing Unit 5 Political behavior

​Why are we doing this?

1. Because 5 comes after 4. That's how ascending numbers work.

2. Reminder that what we learn in each unit, informs the next.

3. Unit 1 principles of government are the foundation of everything we learn.

4. It's primary season in an election year.
   

How are we going to start?

1. Grab the whiteboard and marker. Let's see what each table can come up with when asked a few questions.
   

Why do we limit the power of the federal government? 

What principles of government limit the power of the government? 

How do they limit the power of the government?

What are some checks on the power of the legislative branch?

Executive branch?

Judicial branch?

What kind of government do we have?

(Be prepared to refine your answer, as there are at least 4 possible responses)

How can we have a democracy, representative democracy, presidential democracy, and aspects of direct democracy all at once?

How does our form of government differ from authoritarian? Please come up with at least 3 ways.

Categorize

Options (4)

The popular students tell you what wear, watch, and do.

The team captain is picked by the coach, calls some of the plays of the game.

Class president is voted on by the students to represent them.

Every student in the class votes on what they want to learn.

Speaking of authoritarian government, can you identify different types and tell the difference between authoritarian and democracy from the examples?

Oligarchy

Monarchy

Representative democracy

Direct democracy

Any questions?

Open Ended

We will close read this article before answering the question.

Terms never go away, they infuse what we continually experience. Read the article or use the link to use immersive reader.

Answer the questions: What principle(s) of government do you see in this article? Why do you say that?

If you need help remembering the principles, look at the bulletin board.

Border tensions intensify after 3 migrants drown at Texas border (https_scrippsnews.com)

January 15, 2024. Bias: Center

fter Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston.“We are not allowing Border Patrol on that property anymore,” Abbott said Friday, drawing applause from supporters while endorsing a state legislator running for reelection. He relayed frustration over migrants illegally entering the U.S. through the border city of Eagle Pass and federal agents loading them onto buses. “We said, ‘We’ve had it. We’re not going to let this happen anymore,’” Abbott said.

Later that night, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said three migrants, including two children, drowned near the park after Texas officials “physically barred” Border Patrol agents from entering. Mexican authorities pulled the bodies, each of them wearing jackets, from the water on the other side of the Rio Grande. The weekend deaths intensified tensions between Texas and the Biden administration. They also unleashed a new round of criticism from Democrats over Abbott's aggressive actions to curb illegal crossings, accusing the measures of putting migrants at risk. U.S. authorities described the drownings as underscoring the need for Border Patrol agents to have access to the area around Shelby Park, which Texas closed off earlier this week. “U.S. Border Patrol must have access to the border to enforce our laws,” White House spokesman Angelo Fernández Hernández said in a statement.

On Sunday evening, the Texas Military Department released a statement disputing the U.S. government's accounts, calling it “wholly inaccurate” that state personnel prevented Border Patrol from saving drowning migrants.

"At the time that Border Patrol requested access, the drownings had occurred, Mexican authorities were recovering the bodies, and Border Patrol expressed these facts to the TMD personnel on site,” the department said.

The Biden administration stuck to its initial account Sunday, saying in a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that Texas denied Border Patrol agents access before they knew the migrants died. In a direct contradiction of Texas' version of events, Homeland Security said agents at the time knew only that migrants were attempting to cross the river.

Any questions?

Let's practice the recursive terms. Quizlet.live

​Look at the vocabulary wall

What other terms have you seen before?

Practice the vocabulary for Unit 5 introduction in quizlet.