Chapter One

 

Read  Chapter I. pp. 1-17

You should be able to define/explain the following terms:  civil liberties; direct democracy;  representative democracy; majority rule; minority rights; social contract.

The materials in this chapter will be part of Test One to be taken Sept. 29- Oct. 5

FORMAT OF RESPONSE QUESTIONS:
      1. Select one of the following questions.
      2. Your answer should be at least 200 words.
      3. Choose  a simple font (arial, courier), font size 10 or 12.
      4.  Be sure to save your work.
      5. Your work should be a Word document or saved as a Rich text file,

Note: Microsoft Office 2007 – If you are using this new version of Word you may need to save your documents as Microsoft Office 2003 documents with the .doc rather than the .docx extension.  If you are using Microsoft Works or WordPerfect word processing program, save your file and change the “save file as” to Rich Text Format.  This will allow your document to be opened by your instructor using any word processing program.

     6. Place this question and the others from Chapters 2 and 3 as a single document in the WebCT Assignment link.
      7.  There is five ( 5) point penalty for late work. Work will not be accepted two (2) days after the date due.

GRADING RESPONSE QUESTION:
  1. on the content of the response.
  2.  the mechanics of the answer.  (the Edited English standard will be used see below). 
  3. 20 points for the question.

  Select one of the following Response Questions:  Due Sept. 12 ( Fri. 12:00 noon)

     1.   What is the difference between direct and representative democracy.  Which form do you consider to be better for the United States of America?  why?

      2.  What are the main political ideas of John Locke and how did they influence the framers of the United States Constitution?

      3.  Why are the principles of both majority rule and minority right important in a democracy?

      4.  Which of the Bases of Democracy ( self-government, majority rule, limited government, free elections, etc.) is most important.  Support your choice by explaining why you selected this base of democracy.

Grading Standard  Edited American English is the form of English which is used in newspapers and magazines, in textbooks and fiction works, and in memos and letters.

Type I:  Gross Errors (-10 pts. each)

              A. fragment (ex.   Because I had a flat tire.)

              B. lack of subject/verb agreement (ex. The man were having a nervous breakdown.)

              C. fused/run-on sentence (ex. I had no choice I had to take the test.)

              D. incorrect tense or verb form (ex. The boy gone to the store for his father.)

Type II:  Major Errors (-5 pts. each)

              A. comma between subject and verb(comma fault) (ex. The mother,gave her son the apple.)

                 B. comma splice (ex. We went to the store,we  got some bread and milk.)

                 C. failure to show possession (ex. My husband pants are dirty.)

                  D. no indentation at beginning of paragraph and incorrect paragraph form.

Type III: Minor Errors ( -2 pts. each)

               A. misspelled words or incorrect capitalization

                B. misused homonyms or words used incorrectly

               C. commas added unnecessarily or commas lacking

               D. punctuation missing or incorrect

                E. incorrect pronoun agreement

               F. misleading pronoun reference

               G. unnecessary shift of tense or person

               H. words left out/dangling or misplaced modifiers.