Monday: We went over the Europe map and some current events including the women's march and some Donald Trump News. We also watched two videos about these events.
NAFTA Notes-
- NAFTA stands for North American Fair Trade Association
- GDP stands for the amount of goods and services produced in a country in 1 year
- TPP stands for trade without tariffs (a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports)
- Bipartisan- both parties
- Bipartisan: Benefits- cheaper goods, increased growth Cons: less manufacturing jobs
Tuesday: We practiced for the Europe class test for tomorrow and then we got into groups and started working on a presentation about different types of government.
Wednesday: Short day- Took the class quiz over western Europe and then talked about the wall that Trump wants to build between the U.S and Mexico.
Thursday: Short day- Reviewed part of eastern Europe, and then worked on presentations for the rest of the time.
Friday: Reviewed eastern Europe and talked about illegal immigrants and what Trump wants to do about them. Then we finished working on our presentations and then started presenting them and taking notes on them.
Democracy
Direct Democracy- Every citizen votes on government issues
Examples-
Greece 4th and 5th century BCE- an assembly where everyone had equal political rights and freedom of speech and together made decisions
Switzerland Today- You don't have to register to vote so everyone gets a chance
Ancient Rome- citizen lawmaking when citizens could vote on the passage of laws
New England area of U.S- had town meetings where they decided on local affairs
Many classrooms have direct democracy
Representative Democracy- A group of people that vote on behalf of the people
Examples-
U.S.
Mexico
Spain
Germany
United Kingdom
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