1. Who is an American? American values and culture

2. “One Out of Many” Diversity – individual differences between groups of people.

3. The Diverse Population of America What is Ethnicity? – Racial or Cultural Identity Multinational Ethnicity – Many Americans do not identify with a single cultural group Freedom of Religion = a lot of religions – 200 million Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists in US

5. What are American Values Values? – Beliefs that guide our actions and attitudes

6. American Values Basic Values Freedom Equality Justice Tolerance Democracy Respect Unity Values that Unite Americans Popular Sovereignty – Consent to govern by the governed Fair free and regular elections

7. American Institutions Social Institutions Every society family is the most important Religion Education and Government Institutions

8. American Government Thomas Hobbs “without government life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”

9. What is a government? Ruling authority for a community Four Functions of a government 1)Keep Order 2)Provide Security 3)Guide the Community 4)Provide Services

10. Government and the community Set public policy – course of government action to achieve community goals Create a budget – plan for collecting & spending money

12. Types of Government Dictatorship – government controlled by one person or small group Democracy – government where the people rule

13. Abraham Lincoln “Government of the people by the people for the people.”

14. Types of Democracy Direct democracy – all citizens vote firsthand Representative Democracy - Chose a group to represent them & vote on their behalf

15. Five Principals of Democracy 1.Rule of law 2.Limited government 3.Consent of the governed 4.Individual rights 5.Representative government

16. Vocabulary Terms Government Public Policy Budget Democracy Direct Democracy Republic Monarchy Majority Rule Authoritarian Totalitarian