Monday-
NAFTA- North American free trade agreement
GDP- Amount of goods and services produced in a country in one year
-TPP- Trans-Pacific Partnership
Includes 12 countries
-Free trade- no tariffs
Benefits- cheaper goods and increased growth
Cons- manufacturing and job losses
We then watched a video about the women’s march that was held on January 21st
Tuesday- Went over the map and were given our topics for the presentations.
Wednesday- We took the class quiz and talked about the wall that Trump wants to build between Mexico and the U.S.
Thursday- Class work day on our presentation.
Friday- Went over the map, talked about what Trump wants to do about the illegal immigrants, and started presenting.
Direct Democracy- every citizen votes on government issues (Student Friendly def.)
Examples-
Athens, Greece 4th-5th century BCE- an assembly where everyone had equal political rights and freedom of speech and together made decision. They directly controlled political decision
Switzerland- you don't have to register to vote. Every citizen gets a chance
Ancient Rome Republic had citizen lawmaking where citizens could vote on the passage of laws
New England area of U.S. had town meeting where they decided on local affairs
Many classrooms- students can vote on different activities
Representative Democracy- A group of people that vote on behalf of the people
Examples-
United States of America (1788- Present)
Mexico (2000- Present)
Spain (198- Present)
Germany (1949- Present)
- United Kingdom (?)- Crowned Republic
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