Main Topics:
We studied the following topics this week:
- We continued to look at the influence of the American Revolution on American Identity
- We learned how John Locke influenced the founders of the United States
- Locke was an English Philosopher who believed:
- People had natural rights (life, liberty and property
- Revolution is an obligation if the ruler is abusing his subjects
- People could be trusted to participate in decision making for the country (democracy?)
- We also learned about the concept of Contending Loyalties and the problems people face when they have ties to more than one nation.
- We looked at the issues of Contending Loyalties and Quebec (ie Conscription in WWI)
- Pluralism and Reasonable Accommodation were vocabulary terms we studied
I think the information on Thomas Locke was the most important. This seems to be information that is not specific to a single event and we may need to use it other contexts. It seems that his ideas are part of the foundation modern democracy is based on.
Assignments:
Our Artifact assignment is Due Tuesday, October 6
We have our Unit one exam on Friday October 2
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