G 1.4 Democracy and Capitalism

Today’s Big Question

Are democracy and capitalism the answer to the political crisis?

  1. Watch the video and consider the problems there are with pure democracy. If you are interested in the Greeks and Socrates, you might enjoy this additional video.
  2. Read the rest of Ch. 1.
  3. Answer SG Identification. 9-18, and Review Questions 5-7.
  4. Check all Study Guide answers with the Teacher’s Guide and be sure you understand the answers.

 

When people look at the symptoms of the political crisis around them, often the initial response as to what will solve the problem is more democracy and more capitalism. However, there is much misunderstanding of what these words mean. You should be sure you understand the answers to some questions:

  • Why were the Founders leary of pure democracy?
  • How is the “capitalism” we practice in America today different from truly free enterprise?

 


Flash Cards for Identification Terms

 


Additional Questions

 


Study Guide PDF

A pdf of the study guide for this chapter is available below. You can download it and print it out to fill in your answers.

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6 Comments

Hello! Could you tell me the name of the Greeks and Socrates video? My YouTube account restricted it.

James Callahan (Group Leader) February 12, 2021 at 8:42 am

Hi, I cannot find the complete button for section 1.4–how do we conclude the section?

Cathe (Group Leader) February 12, 2021 at 9:56 am

1. Be sure you have watched the top video all the way to the end.
2. Take the quiz and make at least 70% on it. After completing the quiz, click the button at the bottom that says “Click Here to Continue”. That will mark the lesson complete and advance you to the next lesson.

where is the teacher’s guide?

Cathe (Group Leader) January 20, 2021 at 3:17 pm

You should have bee emailed a link to it with your receipt. You can also get to it when you are logged in using the original account you set up during the purchase process, go to the Account page and scroll down to the Boundary Stone Account Information section and click on Downloads. The Teacher’s Guide and the full Study Guide should be there for download.

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