Aim: What are different forms of government?

Notes-
Democracy- people have the right to vote for the leader
Monarchy – king or queen is the ruler
Dictatorship-Absolute ruler
Oligarchy –Government in which a few people rule
Communist – classless equal society where the people own the means of production
Socialism- state or collective ownership of industry and the government takes care of the people welfare and social security.
Totalitarian/Absolute- total rule and control over people and media

Aim: How do we study the past?

Do Now:
Read the article and answer the questions

1. What is the purpose of the garbage project?
2. If someone from the garbage project were to look into your garbage what      would they find?
3. How would the garbage help them to understand how you live in 2010?

HW # 2 Due Monday 20th

Watch a news program.
1. List the name, time, and channel of the program.
2. Choose one story briefly explain the story.
3. Does the program use Primary or Secondary sources?
4. What theories presented?
5. Is this program biased?
6. Who are they looking to have watch the program?

Aim: How do we learn about our past?

Notes-
Primary source – an eye witness first hand account
Secondary source- a source that describes a primary source
Theory – an educated guess about something
Bias – a preference towards one opinion

Assessment

Student Contract

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1wPgfuCM5uoRKbEvhLhSUKPFhsjnX4jdLgsa794Vg4yY&hl=en

Notebook Rubric and Vocabulary Sheets

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1aQsLcxK3qGL9VPs4wzExc3gsZozDnL_bHntz28o4YoI&hl=en


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