12/05

Hand out syllabus

Lecture on Government dilemmas - sovereignty

Read essay C. Wright Mills [Lanahan] (prepare for quiz tomorrow)

(Download) / Read Hobbes Leviathan selection (prepare for quiz tomorrow)

Read / Complete Cornell notes on Political orientation article (due 12/09)

(Download) / Read and answer Questions on John Locke (due 12/08)

Read Edwards text (Chapter 1)

(Download) Unit I Review (personal review, does not need to be completed --

    keep for cumulative final)

Cornell Notes Explanation Power Point HERE

12/06

C. Wright Mills, Hobbes Quiz

(After quiz) Discussion on C. Wright Mills, Hobbes

12/07

Lecture on Historical Purpose of government -- government power

Read Power Structure hand-out, read and discuss

12/08            Bring Test Today

Review and turn-in John Locke Questions

Starpower simulation (if time)

Discussion of Schattsneider and Laswell political models (if time)

(Optional)  Watch these two videos:

1. 1.   Monty Python
   

2. 2.   Republic
   

12/09

Unit I Exam (45 question multiple choice)

Discussion / turn-in political orientation article

Just for fun, IDEAlog

(Download) Read / complete Qs & Paragraph Four Euro Philosophers (due 12/12)

Read / complete Cornell notes on Declaration of Independence (pg. 739

    Edwards) (due 12/12)

Read Edwards text [Chapter 2, 3, 21 (683 - 688)] --please read pages 30 - 48

    for 12/14

Read Hofstadter  “The American Political Tradition” [Lanahan] /

   (Download) and answer questions (due 12/14)

(Download) / Complete Constitution Scavenger hunt (due 12/15 -- please

    turn-in by 8:15 A.M.)