Principles of Government Activity

Principles of Government Activity

Task: Begin by reviewing the 6 principles of government found in the

Constitution below:

Next, study the twelve political cartoons and answers the questions for each of the

cartoons. Note, each of the 6 principles of government should be used 2x. Pay

attention to any words or captions contained in the cartoon as well as the size and scale

of objects. Cartoonists like to skew objects in order to help make their point.

Something large may show power and strength. This could be good or bad depending

on the action.

Answer all 12 items on your iPad by annotating using your preferred app.

Finally, you will make 2 Blog entry titled Principles of Government 1 and Principles

of Government 2. In writing these blog posts, you are to go websites like:

www.cnn.com, www.foxnews.com, www.nytimes.com, or any other news site of interest

and select a recent article (since Sept. 1, 2014) that you can apply one of the principles

of government (see above) to accurately. This is similar to the blog posts that you did

last month on purposes of government. In writing your blog posts, summarize the

content of the article in a paragraph…I should be able to gather the basics of the story

(who, what, where, when, why, how) in this part. Then in the second paragraph, tell

how your article demonstrates one of the four principles of government. Be sure to

name the principle of government at work in your story. Remember to cite your source

at the end of your blog post and to include a picture. Then repeat with a different story

that meets a different principle of government.

Note: You may do a third principle of government blog post for extra credit as long as it is a

new principle that you are applying with a different cited article.

Federal i sm - pow er i s d iv id ed a mong th e s ta t e s and th e na t i ona l gov er nmen t .

Separat ion of Powers – pow er i s d iv id ed in to 3 bran che s o f g ove r nmen t (Exe cu t iv e , Leg i s la t ive , and Ju d i c ia l ) .

Checks and Balances - Th e pow er o f ea ch bra n ch o f g ove r nmen t i s ch e ck ed o r l im i t ed and ba lan c ed b y pow ers h e ld b y o th er bran ch e s .

Limited Government – Th e gove r nmen t ca nno t d o c e r ta in t h ing s ; th i s pro t e c t s aga in s t th e abu s e o f p ow er

Rule of Law – every citizen is subject to the law no matter what their position is

Popular Sovereignty – Rule by the people

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.foxnews.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/

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Cross-Out

Cartoon #1

1. Which Constitutional principle is represented in this cartoon?

a) Checks and Balances d) Separation of Powers

b) Federalism e) Rule of Law

c) Limited Government f) Popular Sovereignty

2. List any symbols or words that are used by the cartoonist that may

help with your overall understanding.

3. What message is the cartoonist trying to get across?

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