Monday's Homework

Read Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule to page 247-->stop when the discussion is not centered on Brute/Soul force. 

Begin the worksheet for those pages.  **Now electronically available on the wiki.**

Don't spend more than 30-40 minutes on the homework. 

For this weekend...

Please read Nationalism in India and Southwest Asia and take notes in your notebooks (or computers).

The power point slide show from Friday is available on the Wiki Space. 

The following list is the names of the countries you will be responsible for learning-->which includes their location on a map and the names of their capitals:

Georgia                              Kuwait
Azerbaijan                         Kazakhstan
Armenia                             Uzbekistan
Turkey                               Turkmenistan
Syria                                  Afghanistan
Jordan                                Pakistan
Lebanon                             Kyrgystan
Israel                                  Tajikistan    
Iraq                                    Nepal
Iran                                     India
Saudi Arabia                      Russia
Yemen                               Bahrain
Oman                                 China
United Arab Emirates        Qatar

**If you want to start learning these countries and capitals, go to the sidebar and click on the geography quiz!

2013

Hello all.

Homework tonight is to fill in the map of Central and Southwest Asia.  Note countries and create a separate sheet for capitals.  I would also appreciate it if you fill in the bodies of water. 

Seminar Topic: Hobbes/Locke & LOTF

The theme and moral of Lord of the Flies is described by Golding as follows:

"The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable."

After considering the theme and moral of Lord of the Flies, does the story show MORE of Hobbes's view of human nature & government or does it show MORE of Locke's view of human nature and government? Be sure to state your idea clearly and prove your answer by discussing why.

 

 

On the wikispace, there is a graphic organizer to assist you in preparation.  This should be completed and brought to class for me to collect.  You should complete 2 of these, 1 for Locke and 1 for Hobbes. 

Locke...

Today in class you learned:

State of nature:  characterized by perfect freedom and equality--but restricted by the Law of Nature

Law of Nature:  Reason-->teaches us not to harm ourselves or others in health, life, liberty, and possessions.  We all have this.

Therefore, if we all possess the instinctual law of nature, then why would people want to leave the state of nature?  Is there a danger?  If so, what is the danger?

Be prepared to discuss this question by writing out your thoughts. 

Then answer Interpretive Questions 2 & 3. 

Monday's homework...

For tomorrow, please read Of Civil Government, by John Locke.  Take notes in your notebook (computer).  Be ready for a potential DIRT tomorrow!

For English, along with your assigned vocab and reading, please complete the crossword puzzle below...

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2012.12/0310/03105325.546.html

Weekend Homework

For the weekend, please complete the following...

Now that you have the general idea of Hobbes' view of human nature, please consider the following questions (using your readings) and write down answers:

1.  What do people actually give up when they enter into the social contract?

2.  Look up the word "expedient".  Is Hobbes authorizing Machiavelli's standard of the "end justifies the means" for the leader?

3.  Look up the word "sovereign".  What does it mean to have sovereign power?

4.  In reading about the 2 different ways the sovereign gains power, are the people submitting by force or by choice?  Be careful!

Answer Interpretive Questions 3-5