Today's objectives:
By the end of today’s class, students will be able to differentiate between and apply elitist, pluralist, and democratic theories of government and explain why government is necessary. In addition, students will begin exploring their own political beliefs.
1. Content-based warm-up: Which theory of government (elitist, pluralist, or truly democratic) do you believe best describes our current democracy?
2. State of Nature game
3. Debrief of the game—applying the theories of democratic government to what happened during the game
HW (due Thursday): Take political ideology survey; bring your binder and dividers to class on Thursday.
