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A More Perfect Union:
​Democracy Essential Lessons

Image Source - Jacques Nathan Garamond - “The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
A More Perfect Union:
Democracy


Skill Focus
Change and Continuity

Compelling Question
Did the men who have been credited with the founding of the United States want democracy for all people?

Democracy
Essential Lessons

​Essential Lessons are content lessons that are required by all students to complete.
Mr. Wince will ask to see your notes throughout the quarter and give feedback and engage in conversations about the content.​
Directions for Overview/Introduction videos
  • We will watch these together as a class
  • Create a page in your notes and write down 5 things that you learned and/or found interesting.
  • You should work with a partner.

Growing Our Vocabulary

​Directions:
These words need to be added to your personal glossary with definitions.​
  • Federalism
  • Democracy
  • Constitutional Amendment
  • Constitutionalism
  • Liberalism
  • Federalist
  • Antifederalist
​
​You need to add 3 words that you came across throughout these Essential Lessons that you learned and add them to your glossary.
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​What is Democracy?

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Concepts and Fundamental Principles of Democracy

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Founding Documents:
​Declaration of Independence

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Founding Documents:
US Constitution

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27 The Most Perfect Album

Additional Lessons
Democracy

Helpful Lessons can help you better understand different aspects of the concept of Democracy.
​These Lessons are not mandatory but would add to your learning about this time period.

These may be articles/videos/podcasts about our topics and there may or may not be specific instructions to do something with them other than read/watch/listen and see how it can add meaning to your understanding.  
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Podcast - Scene On Radio - How Much Democracy?

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Federalist and Antifederalist Arguments

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Separation of Powers

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Civic Virtue and Our Constitutional Republic 

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Responding to Difference in Democracy​

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DBQ - Types of Citizen a Democracy Needs

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Citizen Power

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Foreign Policy: ​Spreading Democracy

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The Future of Democracy

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Bad News for the World’s Democracies

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Federalism

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Last Updated February 6th, 2023.
  • Home
    • About Mr. Wince
    • Diversity and Inclusion Statement
    • My Pedagogy Decisions >
      • Smiles and Frowns
      • Project-Based Learning >
        • Questioning >
          • Question Formulation Technique >
            • Develop a Driving Question
            • Produce Questions
            • Know the Four Rules
            • Identify Open and Closed-Ended Questions
            • Set Priority Questions
            • Plan Next Steps
            • Reflect on Learning
            • When Things Get Tough
        • Design
        • Collaboration
        • Research >
          • Goal Development
        • Project Management
        • Craftsmanship
        • Public Product
        • Reflection
      • Student Portfolios
      • How to Learn: Remembering and Forgetting
      • SBG to Ungrading
      • Reflection is Learning
      • Readings on Pedagogy
    • Why I Am A Member of TSEA
    • The Study of History
    • Class Texts and Reading Strategies >
      • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
      • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
      • An African American and Latinx History of the United States
    • Course/Project Archives >
      • World History >
        • Q1 - Every Story >
          • Thinking Like a Historian and Geographer
          • Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution
          • c.1400s - c.1700s - Exploration and Colonization
        • Q2 - Economics and Labor Systems >
          • c.1600s-c.1800s - Age of Revolutions
          • c.1800s - Industrialization
        • Q3 - Conflicts and Resolutions >
          • 1914-1919 - The Great War
          • 1917-1923 - Russian Revolution
          • 1939-1945 - World War II
        • Q4 - Global Human Rights >
          • 1940s-1980s Cold War and Proxy Wars
          • Independence & Decolonization Movements
          • Modern World Issues
  • American History
    • Course Info, Student Portfolios & Sources
    • Q3 - Our American Story: Why Care? >
      • Q3 American History Weekly Agendas
      • Q3 AH Student Portfolio Expectations
      • History Readings & Socractic Seminars
      • 1900-1910s: Imperialism, Progressivism & World War I
      • 1920s: The Roaring Twenties
      • 1930s: The Great Depression
      • 1930s-1945: World War II
  • Psychology
    • Psychology Course Info, Student Portfolios & Sources
    • Q3 Project My Superpower! >
      • Q3 Psychology Weekly Agendas
      • Q3 Psychology Student Portfolio Expectations
      • Psych Readings - Socractic Seminars
      • Introduction to Psychology
      • Biological Pillar >
        • Biological Bases of Behavior
        • Sensation
        • Consciousness
        • Biological Careers in Psychology
      • Cognition Pillar >
        • Cognition
        • Memory
        • Perception
        • Intelligence
        • Cognition Careers in Psychology
      • Development and Learning Pillar >
        • Life Span Development
        • Learning
        • Language
        • Development and Learning Careers in Psychology
  • U.S. Government
    • Government Course Info, Student Portfolios & Sources
    • Q3 A More Perfect Union: 28th >
      • Q3 Government History Weekly Agendas
      • Q3 Government Student Portfolio Expectations
      • Gov. Readings - Socractic Seminars
      • Democracy Essential Lessons
      • Citizenship Essential Lessons
      • Voting Essential Lessons
  • Resources Dump