Chapter Two: Origins of American Government

Tomorrow, we will begin our next unit over the Origins of American Government. This may be one of my favorite units to teach, as it is packed with history and drama, while also showing how we developed from a small, colonial nation into the world superpower that we have become today. We will do significant amounts of reading, research, and annotating primary sources (specifically the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation), culminating in the creation of your first formal DBQ Essay over the Declaration of Independence. This will be one of our longest and most detailed units of the year, but (as it is for me) I hope that it is also one of your most enjoyable units of study for the year.

Google Forms Assignment: Forms of Goverment

Tomorrow in class you will be using the CIA Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/) to research the governmental backgrounds of 15 political "hotspot" nations for the United States of America.  Here are the nations that you will be researching:

1) China
2) Syria
3) North Korea
4) Russia
5) France
6) Great Britain
7) Venezuela
8) Israel
9) Afghanistan
10) Egypt
11) Iran
12) Mexico
13) Cuba
14) Saudi Arabia
15) Libya

Use the CIA Factbook to become more familiar with each of these nations' governments.  You will use the CIA Factbook (and other various resources) to complete an online Google Forms worksheet.  You should use the hour to research and find answers.  Remember to use complete sentences at all times, and use any and every resource available to you.  You may complete this activity in pairs.

Google Forms Assignment Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dvU9IACsg3EjL9MMU3_ANOagJ8oXXiULdcSVjF_VUWI/viewform